How Meditation Saved Me
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 having road rage. I was able to find […]
What International Women’s Day Means to Women Doctors
Aren’t all things better when they’re in balance? That is this year’s theme for International Women’s Day (IWD). IWD will be on March 8th, and this year marks the 118th annual celebration. Since its inception in 1911 in several European countries, IWD marks the progress made in gender parity. While the US doesn’t recognize it […]
Girl Doc’s Gift Guide for that Special Guy
If you are anything like me, you have a hard time figuring out what to get the special guy in your life for Valentine’s day. How many coffee mugs, neck ties and slippers can a guy receive? We asked the authors of “The Chronicles of Women in White Coats” to share with us somethings that […]
Women in Medicine: Blackwell and Beyond
“For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all women.” These are the words of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States. By doing so on January 23rd 1849, she forever changed the face of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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’, […]
Gift Guide for Women Doctors
Finding the right gift for women who are doctors can be a daunting task. The authors of “The Chronicles of Women in White Coats” can help with this sometimes grueling process. Here are some suggestions for gifts that your special person will love. TOTE BAG “At the beginning and end of my shift, I can go into […]
12 Book Recommendations for Women Doctors
With the temperature dropping, now is the perfect time to curl up under the covers or next to a cozy fireplace and read a good book. If you are women in a white coat and are looking for a good read or are looking for a great gift for a woman doctor, check out these […]
Gun Violence: This is Our Lane
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.0.74″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] Yesterday afternoon a tragic shooting occurred inside a Chicago hospital. In the parking lot of Mercy Hospital, located on the south side of Chicago, a gunman shot his ex-fiance, emergency physician Dr. Tamara O’Neal, who witnesses say […]
