Stormy Weather
That was quite a storm! 100 mph winds, rain pouring so hard it hurt, vivid lightening and deafening thunder. Did you see it too? Probably not…Because it all just occurred in my mind. The storm that brewed from a flood of thoughts – my brain taking me to all the shoulds…didn’ts…failures…doubts…fears. Reminding me that […]
Why Women in White Coats need a Wellness Retreat
As Co-Editor-in-Chief, of Women in White Coats, a blog dedicated to being THE VOICE of women doctors, I see one topic come up over and over again among writers and members of our tribe and that is burnout. We get submission after submission on this topic each with a slightly different perspective and sharing the […]
SheMD Rising and Fellowship Choices
It was February of the year 2007. I was an intern, a PGY-1 Internal Medicine Resident. Only a few more months as the junior most doctor doing scutwork in the hospital. I couldn’t wait for July to come around when I could wear the mantle of an experienced PGY-2. A second-year resident, supervising Interns, teaching […]
Finances: Making a Budget that Counts
Budgeting is a fundamental skill of adulthood that those in medicine don’t learn soon enough. I recently published a post called Got Debt?! The Truth About Paying for Medical School- Since We Can’t All Go to School for Free where I talked a lot about budgeting and how crucial that is to paying for medical […]
Finding a Career that Fits Your Passion
The story of how I found my career starts with my mother and her career. I am the daughter of an OBGYN mother. And not just any OBGYN. My mom is a solo practitioner and delivers over 650 babies annually. That’s 1.78 babies delivered per day. As far back as I can remember, she was […]
How We Became the Women in White Coats
When I first thought about creating the book “The Chronicles of Women in White Coats.” I thought it was just an idea. I had no clue who would buy into my dream of telling the real story of real women in medicine. I hesitated when I posted the invitation for authors in the book. After […]
Letting Go of 2018
So, I am not going to lie, I couldn’t wait for 2018 to be over. It had been a rough one — full of extreme highs and valleys so low, that I often thought I could not nor would not be able to climb my way back out. While last year made me a published […]
A Trip to Bethlehem
When I first decided to go to Israel, I have to admit that I knew it would be a trip of a lifetime. As a daughter of a Baptist minister and as a Christian myself, I learned about the many stories of Jesus Christ throughout my upbringing. Even with all this background knowledge, I learned […]
Culinary Medicine and How I Became The Foodie Physician
I often get emails from young bloggers, medical students and doctors who are just starting out. They ask me for advice on how I developed my website and brand and for any tips I may have to help them grow their followings and stand out in a sea of a million blogs. My answer is […]
Fashion Tips for Women in White Coats
Along the wearing scrubs…next comes the white coat; a staple in the cupboard of most physicians. In Pediatrics, sometimes we don’t wear white coats, in order to avoid scaring our little visitors. I thought all white coats looked the same, until recently when during our book launch for ‘The Chronicles of Women in White Coats’, […]
