MD vs Momma I always knew that I would be a mother. I grew up in a family that loves and dotes on babies. What I didn’t imagine was my journey as a mother would also include my desire to become a physician. I was able to complete medical school with a newborn who...
Fertility! A little over six weeks ago life was terrific until this one day. We were incredibly excited when we announced that we were pregnant with our first child. We had just crossed the first-trimester mark and then suddenly, everything changed with one...
As women in medicine, we are always focused on the next goal we need to achieve to advance our career. Through undergraduate education, medical school, residency, and fellowship, we are constantly striving to get the highest score, to maintain a high GPA, to publish...
On this Earth Day, “Nature is my medicine,” writes Sara Moss Wolfe and yes it is mine as well. As Albert Einstein stated, “Look deep into nature and then you will understand everything better.” Some days that reassurance is all it takes to relax and make things...
I wasn’t always a meditation teacher. I didn’t even meditate until 5 years into my career as a hospitalist. I suffered from severe burnout, and I was in desperate need of a change. Once I learned to meditate, everything started to improve. I stopped crying. I stopped...
It was a beautiful warm mid-July morning in Minnesota and I was taken by surprise by my feeling of complete and utter contentment. I was with my family bicycling around a lake on a smooth, groomed gravel path surrounded by trees, ferns and so many shades of green my...
