I'm returning to posting after a kind of long break. I've been busy working on my MFA thesis, and wanted to stay in the writing headspace I needed to get this done. I've written a group of essays about life as a physician/mother/wife/daughter/sister - in other words, the conundrum of being a woman and trying to be and do everything- the exhaustion and exhilaration and hopes and dashed hopes of 'having it all' in 'modern' America. When I submit my thesis, it will be about 1

It's been quite a while since I've posted. I wasn't sure if I would continue after I hit the one year mark after leaving primary care, but I feel like it's important for physicians to keep talking about what we see going on in the medical system. Working in urgent care, I've started supervising some of the other providers at sites other than my own- 19 sites in all in Pennsylvania and Delaware- so I hear about a lot of patient situations. The urgent care site where I work i

I am lying on my yoga mat in heart bench, a block under my upper back, lifting my chest skyward and another, lower one, supporting my head, my feet together, my knees wide. Class is about to start, and I am wondering why I am here. Like many other people in this class and like the hundreds of thousands of people in yoga and meditation classes all over the U.S., I am here because life is hard and complicated, and I want to believe that something can make it easier, can help