4/17/2023 I just finished a visit with my rheumatologist. Well, I actually finished 30-40 minutes ago and have been sitting in my car, staring at this sign, amidst sunshine, blue sky, and harshly blowing strong winds, thinking. Contemplating. Wondering. See, I’m exhausted. I’m spent. There are plenty of “to dos” and I’m currently trying to … More Not Today.
4/10/23 I wrote this piece 3 years ago, in 2020, during the beginning of the COVID19 pandemic. As I reread this entry, and reflect on the past 3 years, I realize that one can replace “COVID19” with “cancer”, “immunologic illness” “depression”, or any new life altering chronic disease/diagnosis/major disruption/transition in one’s life. The one constant … More Change and Choice
1/17/2023 Today is the day. Over a year in the making! Today is the day I became a best selling author! And the BEST part?!? I’m one of over 40+ physicians that became best selling authors today! Together. All of us. Lifting each other up to succeed. Each of us is a member of the … More Made for More
Yes. Yes! YES‼️ I was just thinking how important it is to reflect, think about, & really be curious about what it is we, as individuals, want in life. We are constantly inundated by what others want us to want & it takes STOPPING & THINKING & REFLECTING to really figure it out. It’s ok … More Moments, Solitude, Self Reflection
This entry is inspired by Dr. Adam Harrison’s social media posts today, 11/18/22. Bullying. Belittling. Making one feel worthless, unvalued, not enough. Constantly berating & focusing on deficits rather than helping to improve & recognizing what’s done well PRIOR to pointing out potential areas needing improvement. Being made to feel as if anything & everything … More Courage to Change: Become an Anti-Bully
Power. Pain. Joy. Influence. Thought. Words are powerful. The words you choose each and every day determine what you do, how you think, feel, act, and in turn lend to how you feel, the actions you take, and experiences you create. I have to…. OR I get to… You have a choice. Each and every … More Choice
10/2/22 I’ve been a physician for 26 years. I graduated medical school in 1996. I’ve lived through and witnessed physicians go from “respected full of autonomy leaders” to discouraged “data entry clerk providers”, brainwashed into a purposeful learned helplessness – intentionally created by healthcare’s profit hungry corporate cartel. Once respected, now belittled. Once autonomous, now … More My EntreMD Story
In todays world we face so many pressures.To be better.To do more, often with less, and less. Time pressures.Work pressures.Home pressures.Family pressures.Childcare pressures.Financial pressures.Health – physical & mental – pressures. We are constantly putting others first, playing catch up, tackling seemingly never ending to do lists, and the pressure builds and builds and builds until … More Stronger Together
8/21/22 Yesterday I had the opportunity and privilege to experience a live life planning coaching session with the amazing Dr. Weili Gray. She needed a volunteer for her workshop, reached out, and me being an extroverted extrovert, of course I said yes! Win – Win! As I sit outside in the morning sunshine, sipping coffee, … More Heart space
7/1/2022 July 1st, 1996, was my first official day as a general surgery resident at Wayne State University/DMC: Neurosurgery my first rotation. I was scrubbed in, operating with the fellow, on an anterior cervical laminectomy. He finished the majority of the case, looked me in the eye, and said, “Ok you close”, broke scrub, and … More I Was A July 1st Intern