(Note: Scroll to the bottom of this post to listen to this article in podcast form!) We all avoid things from time to time. We avoid a difficult conversation or an interpersonal interaction we know will be awkward. We avoid saying no to something we don’t want to do because we don’t want to …
Lean Out Podcast: Rest with Saundra Dalton-Smith
What kind of tired are you? This is the question Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith asked herself while lying on the bathroom floor, exhausted, many years ago. She was in the throes of burnout, working herself ragged as an internal medicine physician with young children. So she started researching. …
All About Trust
(Scroll to the bottom to hear this post in podcast form!) The other day, I was doing my normal Q & A and anesthesia consent with a patient who was about to have surgery. After I was finished, I asked (as I always do), "Do you have any questions for me?" The patient simply replied, “No, I …
Design Your Life
The other day, one of my coaching clients said to me, “I’m accepting that my path can look different than I envisioned.” When she was a young adult, she had the mindset that if she didn’t meet the vision she had for her life at that particular time point, she’d be a failure. It’s taken her …
Freedom of Thought
(image courtesy unsplash.com) (Scroll to the bottom to listen to this episode in podcast format!) The other day I was taking a walk on the homestead by myself. I walked to a stream crossing we call "the cold pool” – a short but deep section of the creek that runs through our property, fed by a …
How to Give Yourself Permission
There’s a quiet truth we often miss in the midst of our professional striving: no one is coming to give us permission. Not our bosses, our mentors, or even our families. And yet, we wait—trapped by our own expectations and obligations. But here's the thing: you already have permission. Chapter 10 …
