The Joy in Family Medicine Blog

Insights and practical ways forward:
Rooted in years of reflection, medicine, education, and coaching
Curated to support your well-being, growth, and fulfillment as a physician.

Looking for something specific?

placeholder="Search Blogs" aria-label="Search Blogs" class="mobile-search-input" />
 
Vlog: Right-sizing our perspective with gratefulness.

Our brains naturally focus on the negatives and when we are stressed, that is even more true.  Gratefulness practices help us...

Continue Reading...
 
Video: Separating out Fact from Story

Begin recognizing your automatic stories that include fact and assumptions. This creates room for you to break common thought...

Continue Reading...
Over-reliance on external validation, pitfalls and fixes

Let’s explore external validation. I believe it’s an important topic since it, along with unhealthy perfectionism and a coupl...

Continue Reading...
The pursuit of balance...

Oh, the elusive yet promising search for work-life balance. I hear people say it's not possible. I listen to others proclaim ...

Continue Reading...
Developing your own personal board of directors

I first heard the concept of creating your own personal board of directors from Sasha Shillcutt, someone who seems to accompl...

Continue Reading...
Dr Mike Woo-Ming hosts me on his BootstrapMD podcast

Listen Here as Dr. Woo-Ming and I discuss why it's essential that residency programs have coaching. 

Continue Reading...
From the archives: Buildings stories (and causing suffering) one lego at a time.

This weekend, while I am cultivating friendships and life skills at the Brave Enough Conference (all of us vaccinated and mas...

Continue Reading...
 
Video: Cultivating Friendships

Friendships are important in life. It's natural that the nature of our work sets some obstacles in place to those friendships...

Continue Reading...
Setting healthy boundaries: a corollary to manuals.

Today, we are talking about boundaries. Boundaries are the next natural thing to explore once we have started letting go of m...

Continue Reading...
Getting rid of manuals to reduce stress

Today, we are talking about manuals. You've likely not heard of this concept, but stick with me, and you'll understand.  We k...

Continue Reading...
Self-care revisited: Movement and Exercise

In our series of Self-Care Revisited, we have covered the why, sleep, nutrition, and this week we are discussing physical mov...

Continue Reading...
 
Video: Setting Boundaries for Your Health

Last month we talked about dropping the manuals for others. In this month's vlog, we cover a coaching perspective on setting ...

Continue Reading...