Have you ever thought about making a life change by moving somewhere with a slower pace? What would it feel like to have a place in nature that's just for you to get away? Having traveled to so many beautiful wilderness places to rock climb, my husband and I have always wanted a piece of mountain …
The End* of My Fertility Journey
The BackstoryMy family knows, friends close to me know, and some colleagues know. People who happen to catch random posts on the internet know. For the past couple years, we’ve been trying to have another child through surrogacy.After complications I suffered at the end of my pregnancy with my …
An Appeal to Physicians to Normalize Infertility
I've talked a fair amount about infertility on this site. But how does it dovetail with designing your ideal work life balance? Physicians (and other professionals, for that matter) are conditioned to put our heads down and keep working. To not appear weak. To not ever get sick. But the reality is, …
Learning Lessons From Nature
There’s this noxious weed called thistle all over our property. It’s comprised of a thick stalk, often topped with a venus flytrap-looking purple flower. The oily, spiky leaves poke and sting as you brush by, and although some stalks are eyesores as tall as 4 feet, the small ones will surprise …
Book Review: From Strength to Strength
Every once and again, a book comes along that impacts me so much, I feel the need to do a review. You can find my reviews of other books here:ThriveBetter Than BeforeMindsetFour TendenciesSolve for HappyThe BookToday, I want to discuss From Strength to Strength by Arthur C. Brooks. I first learned …
Laundry: A Simple Pleasure
Have you ever realized that something so plain, so mundane, has significant meaning for you?I used to wax poetic about picking raspberries. But now... there's something about laundry.It seems like a boring chore; it's even something that people avoid and avoid until they have no clean clothes to …
