Passionate Pediatrician. Marvelous Mom. Children/Vaccine/Physician Advocate. RA Warrior. Believer in Science, Medicine, Physician Autonomy, and the Patient:Physician Relationship. Connecting Physicians. Creating Change.
10/31/21 Saturday’s EWP session with Kristin Neff, PhD, & Sunny Smith, MD was AMAZING. Re: self compassion & saying words of kindness & support to yourself, I thought I’d share a magnet on my fridge that I bought years ago. Words Matter.Self talk matters. Having fierce self compassion is so important & so needed in … More Fierce Self Compassion
Most. AMAZING. Experience. New friends. New ideas. New Dreams. Overcoming obstacles. Committing to creating the life you want, have worked for, & deserve. Lifting each other. Celebrating wins. Sharing fears, insecurities, & recognizing we all experience similar thoughts & beliefs. Solidifying our whys. Planning our next steps as we reach, create, & journey toward our … More EntreMD Vision Retreat 2021
10/9/2021 This morning, while scrolling through social media, I encountered a resounding theme. Multiple physicians posting about being challenged, disrespected, & made to feel worthless by the very people they were trying to help: their own patients. Being brought to tears by the disrespect of patient’s family members. Physician expertise blatantly questioned. Advice ignored. Patients … More Expertise, Respect, & Boundaries
9/28/21 Currently my family member is hospitalized in LA for a non-COVID19 related medical issue. She’s in an overflow room with 14 other patients divided by curtains. She’s grateful so is calling it a “party room” as she’s extremely thankful to every overworked HCW helping care for her. She’s triple COVID19 vaccinated. She eats right, … More Mindset
8/25/21 In scrolling through FB this morning, I came across a post by a fellow physician mama, in which she acknowledged she is not ok. She is struggling. And she’s sitting in the all the feelings, allowing them to wash over her, the bad, the hurt, the disgust, the anger, the hopelessness. Allowing, admitting & … More It’s ok to not be ok
🌟SAFE. EFFECTIVE. & FDA APPROVED‼️🌟 If you’re 16y/o & older & have yet to be vaccinated – NOW IS THE TIME‼️ Today, August 23, 2021, the FDA announced full approval of the Pfizer BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine for ages 16y/o & older. The Pfizer BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine remains authorized for emergency use (EUA) for ages 12-15y/o’s, … More COVID-19 Vaccine FDA Approval
#DELTA IS BAD! If you’ve yet to get vaccinated – NOW IS THE TIME! Over the past week #COVID19 infection rates & hospitalizations are increasing, in fact they’re surging! Yes. Surging! It’s happening again. This #Deltavariant is MORE INFECTIOUS than influenza, the common cold, than the initial strains of COVID-19, SARS, MERS, Ebola. And DELTA … More NOW IS THE TIME. The Rise of Delta.
Physician suicide, 7/22/21 “I’m very sad to share the loss of beloved Family Medicine Physician, Radhika Lal Snyder. Radhika died by suicide on July 4th and her loss is a profound shock to all who know and love her. She died 3 days before she was scheduled to go back to work from maternity leave. … More This Must Stop.
7/24/21 Interesting thought. Yesterday, as I left the office after arriving almost 12 hours earlier, I thought to myself, “It’s Friday night. Huh. I think I’ve forgotten how to live, like I did pre-COVID19, & pre-Medicine.” The thought resurfaced as I drove past people dining outside on a packed patio. Eating, drinking, laughing. The sky … More A Thread
7/16/2021 Knowing when it’s time to let go of a life well lived is perhaps the most difficult part of being a pet owner. Our pets become family. They bring us joy, hope, love & light, and fill our days with purpose. The longing looks, the wagging tails, the perked up ears, engage, connect, & … More Love & Loss