“Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity, and change.” – Brene Brown Within a week of my diagnosis, my family had descended upon my home and I was wheeled into the OR for a transphenoidal tumor resection. The tumor would be approached through the nose, but my surgeon warned me …
The Stress of Match Day
Happy Match Day to all of those medical students who will be soon graduating and moving onto residency! While it is a day of relief in some ways, one more hoop that you've now jumped through on your journey to being a doctor, it can also be a day of stress. And that's not to mention the stress and …
Famous last words… “I know I don’t have a tumor”
After a brief hiatus for board study and a short vacation to the sun, PracticeBalance is back with another installment of my personal journey to balance! It feels like spring in Salt Lake already, but regardless of the weather, miniscule tree buds and longer daylight hours signal the …
The Doctor-Patient Relationship: 2 Souls Intertwined
Last week, Dr. Abraham Verghese gave a speech titled similar to that above as part of the Tanner Lecture Series. I was lucky to spy the ad in the free local rag at the coffee shop and then lucky enough to score one of the last tickets! Verghese is the author of the popular Cutting for Stone as …
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Spring Cleaning: Clarifying Your Direction
While cleaning out my office today, I found some interesting papers tucked under a large pile on my desk. These were my attempts at clarifying my values, goals, and priorities while I was on leave from residency. These are purposefully taken as pictures with my camera, and thus you can't see …
Listening to our bodies
I recently TIVO'd Climb for Life, a Utah Now special video which aired on PBS last week. (BTW, TIVO or any other DVR is one of my tools for simplifying and saving time in a busy life. Watch only what you want with no commercials, no channel surfing.) The video chronicled the life and work of Sean …
