Joy in Family Medicine – Stories & Reflections
Lessons, lightbulb moments, and honest reflections from life inside and outside medicine - served with a side of perspective.
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Part Two: Damage and Discovery
Among the casualties of our move was a beautiful glass hourglass that normally sits on my desk. It was a small, beautiful thing, given to me by a friend and doing exactly what it was supposed to do – beautifully measure time.
I think it's great comedic timing that the (now shattered) hourglass sh...
by Dr. Tonya Caylor —
Oct 09, 2026
acceptance
adaptability
aftermath
balance
caregiving
challenges
change
chaos
collaboration
community
construction
damage
delegation
discovery
disruption
endurance
exhaustion
family
flexibility
gratitude
healing
imperfection
leadership
life
logistics
moving
opportunity
organization
overwhelm
patience
perseverance
perspective
planning
preparation
priorities
productivity
recovery
reflection
relocation
resilience
setbacks
stress
support
teamwor
time
trtansition
uncertainty
work
Broadening the Differential: A Lesson in Agile Thinking
I've been spending time with colleagues lately exploring the concept of agility in the research literature. And as a result, I keep finding the need for it everywhere.
This week alone, our house build presented a wiring issue that no longer aligned with the original lighting and door-swing plans ...
by Dr. Tonya Caylor —
Jun 12, 2026
adaptability
adaptation
advocacy
agility
anchoring
assumptions
awareness
bias
caregiving
change
chaos
clinical thinking
collaboration
communication
complexity
contingency
curiosity
decision making
diagnosis
efficiency
execution
family
flexibility
growth
home building
humility
insight
judgment
leadership
learning
logistics
medicine
openness
perspective
perspective shift
planning
prioritization
problem solving
realignment
reassessment
recalibration
reconsideration
reflection
reframing
resilience
responsiveness
rethinking
structure
systems
truth seeking
uncertainty
Joy in Family Medicine – Stories & Reflections