When you lean out from the hustle culture, you have the opportunity to lean in to other things. Things like improving your health, rediscovering old interests you'd forgotten about, or spending time with the people who matter most in your life. My guest on the Lean Out Podcast is doing just …
How to Deal With a “Bad Review”
(Note: If you'd like to listen to this article as a podcast episode, scroll to the bottom of the page) With the advent of the internet, reviews have become a huge part of our consumer experience. For instance: I’m a big Amazon shopper (when you live in a rural place that doesn’t have a lot of …
Is It a Failure or a Learning Opportunity?
So. For months, I’ve been talking gangbusters about how I’m going to give this talk on infertility to a large audience at a major medical conference. I talked about it here, in my newsletter, on my social media, etc. I recently gave the talk, and I want to share my experience with …
How To Do What You Say
Lots of people say what they’re going to do, but not everyone does what they say. “I’m going to …” lose 30 poundsleave a toxic joblearn a brand new skill But many times, the follow through just doesn’t happen. There are lots of reasons for this rooted in human nature. None of us like …
There Are No Shortcuts to Self-Awareness
I recently thumbed through my old journals while downsizing our bookshelf contents, and I came across... well, some common themes. Over and over, I saw similar phrases. Written as far back as 2004. “I need to work on resentment” "I'm not confident in myself" “Why do I keep ___?” Yup... …
What is Coaching?
My experience When I was in the throes of burnout and self-care failure, I had a coach. He was the spouse of my residency mentor, a person versed in executive problem solving with a thriving business and book on the subject. My sessions with him were so incredibly insightful; he helped me embark …