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Poetry During COVID: A Team-Building Experience

Poetry During COVID: A Team-Building Experience

In March 2020, SARS-CoV-2, also known as Coronavirus 19, entered our lives and changed us all forever. Both small and large gatherings ended, and our hospital division stopped having in-person meetings. Suddenly, teleconferences became the way to communicate with each...

How to Uplift Your Life with Gratitude

How to Uplift Your Life with Gratitude

Last year leading up to Thanksgiving I found a candy dish and colorful tiny Post-it Notes and asked my family to write a few things down. I wanted them to write down people, things and experiences from the past year (the year of the Pandemic) that they are grateful...

Editor’s Corner: Misinformation is the equal opportunity virus!

Editor’s Corner: Misinformation is the equal opportunity virus!

Living in Green Bay can be a lot of fun.  Among other things, there is football and there are four seasons. And it has great health care. Green Bay has been in the top 50 list of cities with excellent healthcare, including one of the top hospitals in the country....

Editors Corner: The Holidays Are Upon Us.

Editors Corner: The Holidays Are Upon Us.

Just last week was Diwali, the Indian festival of lights that is now celebrated universally. It is a celebration of good over evil and light over darkness. This was my first Diwali spent with none of my two children at home and it was a new experience for me.  With my...

Preventing Burnout as a Pediatrician

Preventing Burnout as a Pediatrician

As a Pediatrician, are you starting to feel overwhelmed by all of the uncertainty in medicine today?  In the midst of the pandemic, physicians of all specialties have felt an increasingly heavy burden. As Pediatricians, we were somewhat “saved” from the perils of...

Women Docs for Women Docs: Celebrating a year as editor-in-chief!

Women Docs for Women Docs: Celebrating a year as editor-in-chief!

It has been a little over a year since I started my stint as editor-in-chief of the Women in White Coats blog.  When I took up this exciting opportunity, you can bet that it was not without some trepidation. I was of course apprehensive with my main concern being...

Protecting Your Priorities And  Living An Intentional Life

Protecting Your Priorities And Living An Intentional Life

Congratulations! You have cleared the extraneous items from your day-to-day, so you can spend your precious time the way you want! The next step is maintaining your clutter-free task list. How do you keep the clutter out of the to-do list? First, set boundaries. You...

The Truth About Feeling Stuck

The Truth About Feeling Stuck

I remember looking forward to the day I graduated from residency for four years. I thought that I could not wait to feel the freedom of being an attending. There were several days and weeks during residency that I was sure I would never make it. When graduation day...

CoFounders Corner: Self-Care is Never Selfish

CoFounders Corner: Self-Care is Never Selfish

Dear Sister Docs, Recently, I was discussing self-care in our Physician Wellness Program. I know the term self-care is thrown around a lot, and it is becoming cliche to talk about it.  But from my personal experience, I can tell you just how important it is and...

Finding Harmony in #WomeninMedicine Month

Finding Harmony in #WomeninMedicine Month

September is Women in Medicine Month, and I have loved seeing all the promotions.  I have created some myself and shared them.  Many women's physician wellness conferences are set in September to honor and amplify this.  It is a time for celebration and...

     

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