Transitions are hard. I think we all know this in our hearts but if you have young children, you witness this hardship multiple times a day. Even if your child likes what you are offering, they may not want to stop doing what they are doing. My son never wants to take a bath but …
I love to work out. I don’t always like it while it is happening but I love how I feel when I am done. It is upsetting to me if I don’t feel like the work out was hard enough. I know I had a good one if I felt like I was almost going …
I have always strived to help those that need it most. When I was younger, I spent a lot of time working with groups like National Organization for Women (NOW) and Medical Students for Choice. As a physician, I have the chance to ensure that all groups of people get the medical care they deserve. …
For this week’s blog post, I have the pleasure of sharing with you some of the work that Dr. Saloni Sharma is doing in order to help shift the management of pain from pills to natural alternatives. She is local to me and I already follow her on Instagram and Facebook and can’t wait to …
I was inspired to write about melatonin after scrolling through several Instagram posts about how all that mothers want is some alone time and good sleep (at least those that have small children). One of the first blog posts on this site was about how horrible my sleep is and how hard I have been …
Next Sunday is Mother’s Day, so of course I had to write something about being mom. I wasn’t sure what to focus on at first but after a deep dive through the Internet, I realized that mom guilt is still one of the top things that affects mothers everywhere. Whether you are a working mom, …
If you didn’t know, this week is National Doctors Day, a holiday celebrated yearly on March 30. I was not aware of this date for some time and even thought it was a new addition to the calendar. It turns out it has been around since 1933 when a physician’s wife in Georgia (Eudora Brown …
Today’s blog post is a first for Smart Mama, MD! I will be reviewing a colleague’s recently published children’s book, called Baby, MD. I read it with both my fresh 5 year old-boy and my almost 7 year-old girl and they both enjoyed it thoroughly but for different reasons. The first thing that really caught …
Most of you probably know that March is Women’s History Month and that March 8 is International Women’s Day. I try to write something relevant or in honor of this month during one of my March blog posts but this year I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do. At first I thought I could …
Last week was National Women Physicians Day and I wanted to take the time to share a Tedx talk by physician, best selling author, and leadership coach (amongst other things), Dr. Tammie Chang. I first became acquainted with Dr. Chang after being invited to join the Facebook group she co-founded, Pink Coat, MD. I was …