Have you ever wondered what it would be like to drop everything and move to the opposite side of the globe? My guest on the most recent episode of the Lean Out podcast recently did just that. Dr. Rachel Wood is an anesthesiologist with subspecialty training in pediatrics. While working hard at …
Lean Out Podcast: Travel with Claire Johnson
What's your one thing? You know, that thing that's always been part of your life. The thing that's stayed with you through all life's seasons. For Claire Johnson, that one thing is travel. Claire is an OB-GYN physician who started her medical career at a time and place where work-life …
Sailing Towards A Growth Mindset
Learning new things and letting go of limiting beliefs on a cruising catamaran I stood on the deck at Starboard staring out. The sun was setting while the full moon was simultaneously rising, equidistant across the horizon. The sky was painted in oranges on the one side and purples on the other. …
Life Is Like An All You Can Eat Buffet: Narrow Your Options For Happiness
We're headed out to lunch. Hmm, what to choose... will it be All You Can Eat sushi? Brazilian meats? Korean BBQ? We're no strangers to buffets. I like to eat, and so does my 6'6", 225-lb, all-muscle husband (who happens to be in the practice already of eating only one big meal a day). Even my 4 …
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Island Anesthesia
My Experience As A Traveling Doctor in the Virgin Islands A locum tenens is a person who temporarily fulfills the duties of another, and the term is often used for medical work assignments in locations of ongoing physician shortage. As the locum, you’re going to a foreign place to work with …
Learning Through Snorkeling
We wade into the aqua blue Caribbean that’s lapping at the white sand of Trunk Bay. I’m holding her hand, our masks and snorkels on. No fins (too easy!), but she’s wearing a floatie vest. Farther and farther out we go to where I eventually can’t reach the bottom. The aqua color morphs to …
