Do you have an interest that doesn't seem to fit with your profession? What if you were to pursue it just for the joy of the thing? Not everything we spend time doing in our lives needs to contribute to work status or income. There's such a push nowadays to "share your gifts" and yet …
Lean Out Podcast: Joy with Tiffany Moon
What does joy mean to you? Where do you find it in your life? My most recent guest on the Lean Out Podcast has made it her mission to seek and spread joy. Tiffany Moon, MD is a mother, wife, entrepreneur, anesthesiologist, and TV personality. Her anesthesiology career is decorated with …
Seeing Love
I used to think of love in the typical ways that we all do: the love between a parent and child, romantic love between two individuals, love as admiration and dedication to a certain practice or cause. But I'm seeing it differently now, just as a thing that IS. Everywhere. For the month of …
Holiday Inspiration from PracticeBalance
Happy holidays! Here is a smattering of good writings related to balance that I found inspiring on the web this week... Whole9's Holiday Simplicity Guide encourages you to spend a few minutes taking stock of your values and what the holidays really mean to you. Then figure out what to do and …
The Stress of No Stress
Ever heard of that depression paradox, wherein the prevalence of depression in developing countries is often much lower than developed countries? This is often tied to Maslow's Heirarchy of Needs. In the developing countries, people are generally struggling and focused on getting their basic needs …
