Last month we recognized Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and this month we celebrate black history month! Each year, when others often get a day off, for us in medicine it is just another day. Each year I often try to look at what I am doing in life and see if it lines up...
I have had a really long relationship with the word “hard.” I believe it all began when I was about 10 or 11 years old, and I took some standardized admissions tests because my parents wanted to see if they could enroll me in a private college prep school for...
What exactly is trauma-informed care? Doesn’t everybody deal with bad things in their lives? Why should we dwell on trauma? Is it really that big of a deal? Shouldn’t people ideally find their own ways to cope? The mission of pediatricians and...
Traumatic Experiences During my decades long career I have had innumerable experiences around medical trauma and suffering: the unexpected death of a mother or baby (or both) during childbirth, witnessing the anguish of bereft partners who’ve suddenly had the...
What happens when you do nothing about burnout? The short answer is that not only does it start to affect every area of your life (your wellness, your health, relationships, and even your waistline and finances) but it actually becomes worse and sends you in a...
Winter is in the air, especially here in Chicago where I live. When winter and a new year roll around, I always feel a sense of renewal and rebirth. This is the perfect time to reevaluate where we are and what we, as women doctors, need now to succeed and thrive. I...
