Audio JoyFM Weekend Reads ☕️

This is the final week in a five-part series about what helps when you care deeply about something and your influence no longer changes the outcome. This episode explores what can become possible after acceptance,...

Week 4 of a 5-part series on what helps when you care deeply about something and your influence has stopped working. This episode explores the middle space—what Parker Palmer calls the tragic gap—and the pull toward...

This week’s Weekend Reads explores what helps when influence has stopped working and nothing is moving, no matter how much effort you bring. You’ll hear: Why “acceptance without endorsement” can be a relief, not a...

In this short reflection, I explores what it means to work within real constraints; whether it’s packing a carry-on for a winter trip or trying to create system change in medicine. When influence stops moving the...

This week’s reflection explores a moment every physician leader eventually encounters — when you’ve done everything right, and the system still doesn’t move. We walk through why this happens, how to recognize when...

This week’s Thanksgiving edition looks at why our brains tilt toward the negative, how a simple nightly ritual can reset the bias, and what happens when gratitude gets tangled up with ego. I also share a personal...

A humbling return to the pool, an unexpected starring role in Lane 1, and a reminder of what it feels like to be a beginner again. This is the recorded version of this week’s Weekend Reads, for listeners who prefer...