Dear Physician Coaching Skeptic,
I see you. I hear you. I was you.
I imagine many of you believe that I was always a die-hard fan of coaching. You might even think I signed up for my first coaching program without hesitation or objection. If you know me,...
While coaching a physician recently, we started talking about his upcoming vacation. He and his wife had planned a two-week trip to the South Pacific, and it sounded incredible. As he spoke about his break, he talked about all of the thoughts coming up for him about his...
“Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance.”
ā€•Ruth E. Renkel
It is incredible to look back at your life and recognize the critical moments that lead you to become the unique human being you are today. Many people,...
“Change begins at the end of your comfort zone.”
–Roy T. Bennett, The Light In The Heart
Before physician coaching, I did not believe that I had the capacity for change. I would dare say that I had a relatively dismal opinion of anyone’s ability to...
What is this self inside us, this silent observer,
Severe and speechless critic , who can terrorize us
And urge us on to futile activity
And in the end, judge us still more severely
For the errors into which his own reproaches drove us?
--T. S. Eliot, The Elder Statesman
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“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.”
ā€•William James
If your house is anything like mine, you’ve probably seen the hit Disney film Encanto more than a few times. And while everyone...
“There” is no better than “here.” When your “there” has become a “here,” you will simply obtain another “there” that will again look better than “here.”
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One of the biggest struggles of my adult life has been the elusive idea of work-life balance. It seems like a simple concept. First, determine your priorities. Then, live your life aligned with those priorities. Easy peasy. But somehow, every time I...
Foreboding Joy. I didn’t make it up. In fact, I had never even heard of foreboding joy. I had also never heard of Brené Brown, the author of Daring Greatly, where I was first introduced to the idea of foreboding joy. If you haven’t read ...
I wanted to write about the power of positive thinking. I wanted to tell you that having good thoughts can serve you. I wanted to start by quoting Roald Dahl: "If you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams, and you will always look lovely."...
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
The idea of leaning into discomfort is a tough one for me. I’d love to blame it on age, but I have always been this...
Storytime is over. It is time to wake up!
What is a story? When I think of a story, I think of a fairy tale. Fiction. Made up. Entertainment. The truth is, we tell ourselves stories every day. Narratives in our minds about who we are and what we are capable of...