After a little break from creating content, I'm baaaaaack! The last episode of Lean Out was released during Christmas week. After that, my family and I had a quiet Christmas and New Year on our property, which was increasingly becoming colder and snowier. Luckily, we had a few trips to …
A Dream That Made Me Question My Path
(Note: If you'd rather listen to this article as a podcast, click here.) Last night I had this dream. I was attending a conference with some of my other doctor blogger/coach/entrepreneur friends, and the scene turned into my classic “anxiety dream”: I had to be somewhere, had to meet some …
The One Thing You Can Rely On
Change. Uncertainty. We do many things to resist them and avoid them. Yet they keep happening. Living on a large piece of property out in the wilderness has given me a unique perspective on change… a very “in your face” perspective. You see, every day we take walks and do projects on the …
Lean Out Podcast: Surrender with Aman Costigan
What if you like your job, but you want to participate fully in another passion at the same time? My guest on the Lean Out Podcast is Aman Costigan, an attorney who enjoys her work in administrative law but was not satisfied with her life being about "just the law". What she's learned after 11 …
How to Deal With Haters
When I was in residency, I became sick and didn't know why. One of the manifestations of this was a problem with my reproductive system, and after some lab work, the specialist told me my infertility issues and hormonal imbalances were stress-induced. So before I even knew what was really wrong with …
Yoga and Meditation Offerings
Mindfulness. You know it's good for you. It's often the answer coaches and experts give when asked how to learn the skills we need for recovery and optimal emotional health. But how can you make it a habit? How can you integrate it into your already busy life? As a certified yoga instructor, …