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.

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Current Featured Series: Careers in Family Medicine

Welcome to our current featured series: Careers in Family Medicine, where we explore the many paths physicians take to serve ...

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Physician Success Tool - Confidence Series confidence physician tools

Welcome to our current featured series: Physician Success Tool - Confidence, where we explore the dynamics of self-confidence...

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Faculty Coaching Skills Series coaching-approach faculty faculty coaching

Welcome to the Faculty Coaching Skills series, where we explore the comparison and contrasting (and seeing the overlap betwee...

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What Can You Talk About in Coaching? Common Topics for Residents & Faculty

 

Coaching in academic medicine can feel a little abstract until you’re in it.
Whether you're a resident navigating clinical ...

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Your Least Favorite Emotion, and What to Do with It... emotions processing

 The Challenge of Emotions in Medicine

As physicians, we encounter a LOT of interesting situations and can experience a LOT ...

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Finding Joy in the Journey of this Medical Career engagement joy in the journey refresh

 The Challenge of Staying Engaged in Medicine

There’s no doubt that practicing medicine is rewarding, but it can also be exh...

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Well-being Investment: Nutrition nutrition well-being investment

 We are looking at your investment in your own well-being with the emphasis this go round on physical health. To date, we rev...

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Well-being Investment: Restorative Sleep - Foundation of Self-Care restorative sleep well-being investment

Welcome back to our series on physical well-being investments. Today, we’re diving into perhaps the most critical supporter o...

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Well-being Investment: Movement & Exercise exercise movement well-being

We are looking at your investment in your own well-being with the emphasis this go round on physical health. Last week we rev...

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Well-being Investment: An Expanded Approach to Lasting Change lifestyle change. meaningful change well-being investment

We continue to take a deeper dive into our physical health as one facet for our well-being. 

Background:

It's a new year an...

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Well-being Investment: Your Physical Health investment physical health well-being

 Well-being as an Investment

Whether or not you embrace the practice, the new year often comes with resolutions, with many c...

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Aspirations for an Ideal Future in Medicine: Implementation and Pivoting ideal practice implementing pivoting quality failures

This week, we’re adding the final touches to your action plan for transitioning into your ideal practice of medicine. So far,...

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