by elaine | Jul 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
First of all, if you are punishing yourself for not knowing how to meditate effectively, please take a break. I permit you to stop all punishing thoughts; they are unnecessary. Second, if you have a lot of anxiety, you are probably really tired of people...
by elaine | Apr 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
Physician and healthcare worker burnout is the epidemic that was occurring nationally and globally, before the pandemic. I suspect that many of us in healthcare are fearing that the COVID pandemic will be the final blow to the burned-out physicians’, nurses’ and...
by elaine | Mar 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
We have a dangerous mindset in healthcare. We believe we are all supposed to show up 100%, 100% of the time. When we make mistakes, when we are tired, when we just don’t know the right answers, instead of facing our errored humanness and our internal struggles, we...
by elaine | Mar 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
Life is much better when we have each other Phones and computers are very useful tools but they don’t replace face to face interactions at some deeper, chemical connection level. Kisses and hugs are much more comforting in times of stress over emojis but...
by elaine | Mar 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
It usually starts around age 11 for girls. From the moment we are born, girls especially, we are told it is important to be “pretty”. The sexualized shift occurs in pre-adolescence. Girls start to realize that how we look is tied to our value and also is connected...
by elaine | Mar 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
I have had a cough for 3 weeks. Luckily, not the flu, but this harsh cough. And my story is that “I never get sick, this is so unlike me” and “this cough is not going to stop me.” and with every cough “will this freaking cough ever go away?” When we get sick or...
