Category: self-care

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Starting Over, with Ourselves

27 Jan 2016

By Kim Resnick I tug on my white tennis skirt nervously.  The man (no doubt) who insisted that white tennis clothes were de rigueur at my new tennis club should be tarred and feathered.  These hi...

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Starting Over: Making a Resolution That Works

20 Jan 2016

Lauren Poindexter, MD Making New Year’s resolutions is, for many, a task fraught with expected failure. The time-worn “Go to the gym more often,” “Lose weight,” “Eat better” sound lik...

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Cervical Cancer

13 Jan 2016

By Minerva Romero Arenas  I remember the first time I diagnosed cancer. I was a 3rd year medical student and was at one of our schools medical student-run  Clinics Commitment to Underserved Peopl...

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Food for Thought: When the Doctor Becomes the Patient

10 Jan 2016

By Nickey Jafari During my first year of medical school, my class had the honor of having Dr. Jeffrey Piehler, a retired thoracic surgeon, come speak to us. You may know him as the author of the Ne...

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Food for Thought: 2016-Time for a Change?

03 Jan 2016

Lately I’ve started noticing a common theme- in public and private conversations, in various parts of the internet, the gathering of momentum. In November of this year I attended the Millin Meet...

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Inhale, Exhale, Say Yes

23 Dec 2015

By Shree Agrawal Saying yes is complicated, powerful, and full of potential. Celebrities like Shonda Rhimes, known for her Thursday night television series and recent book, Year of Yes, and Ryan S...

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Saying NO

03 Dec 2015

By AJ Copeland  My Chair asks me to host the Department holiday party at my house. An office nurse hits me up to purchase giftwrapping for her son’s fundraiser. My mother wants to come along whe...

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GRATITUDE – 10 Things to be Grateful for

18 Nov 2015

By Sarah B. Bryczkowski Gratitude - To be grateful, give thanks, show appreciation. For those of you who don't know, I am forever optimistic. I always hope for the best. Even when the fecal mat...

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Gratitude at Home and Work

13 Nov 2015

By Lauren B. Nosanov Steeling myself for an incoming 5 year-old MVC victim with reportedly fixed and dilated pupils per the EMS report, I am overwhelmed with gratitude that my own children are safe...

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An Attitude of Gratitude

08 Nov 2015

By: Beth Shaughnessy It can be a difficult task to think about gratitude because we may become a little hardened and insensitive in light of the demands on our time.  I can't help but smirk when I...