The Joy in Family Medicine Blog

 
Video: Cultivate What Matters cooking creative cultivating relationships intentional video vlog

This month's vlog focuses on important relationships. Learning to be intentional in cultivating creative time now is key to m...

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Taming overwhelm Step 2- List, Prioritize, Eliminate, Delegate, and Let Go delegate list overwhelm prioritize

Last week, we covered the first lesson in Taming Overwhelm: be fully present with the person or task at hand. 

This week we ...

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Taming Overwhelm Step 1 - Lessons from the Tsunami. focus mindfulness overwhelm perspective present tsunami

I don’t know a single physician who hasn’t felt overwhelmed at some time, and commonly, felt it very often.  For a long time,...

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Making up stories, AKA Building skyscrapers and suffering.

Who doesn't love a good story?  Well, it really depends on the story, right?  Many of us makeup stories in our heads and beli...

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Christmas 2020 was a success! christmas gratefulness permission perspective

Christmas 2020

 

Christmas 2020 was back to the basics in the Alaska Caylor home. A few of the tools I learned from coachin...

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Video: Exploring Limiting Beliefs confirmation bias growth limiting beliefs video vlog

In this month's Vlog I discuss limiting beliefs and how you can start to uncover them and decide if you want to change them o...

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The rumble of renovation - from houses to residency training and beyond. academic medicine be at the table brené brown mutual respect renovation rumbling

Brene’ Brown defines a rumble as “a discussion, conversation, or meeting defined by a commitment to lean into vulnerability, ...

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COVID19 Coping coping covid family medicine pandemic

The pandemic is stretching everyone in multiple directions simultaneously.  It is terribly inconvenient and disruptive.  It i...

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What do roller coasters, movies, and Justin Timberlake have in common? Emotions. emotions family medicine feelings processing resident physician

When I bring up feelings and emotions with residents, I can almost sense the suppressed cringe.  It’s actually very easy for ...

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