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Healthcare Burnout

In Brene Brown’s most recent work, Atlas of the Heart, she fills me with wonder, excitement and passion. She navigates the complex feelings and human emotions by providing us a beautifully written roadmap in her genuine storytelling style. As a healthcare worker, working on the front lines of the pandemic in my family medicine office… Continue reading Healthcare Burnout

I am enough

With some critical conversations coming in my future, I struggle with the concept of being enough. That there doesn’t have to be a competition with myself, a constant wanting and needing more of things, more of work, more of life. An unhealthy relationship with want brings me into a realm of comparison, reading all the… Continue reading I am enough

Adjusting to Anxiety

Notice I was careful not to use the term abolish anxiety, or getting rid of anxiety because I don’t think that is necessarily the goal for us. I view anxiety as that nagging flight or fight response that is activated by our thoughts, presenting with an unsettling feeling in our gut. We can have symptoms… Continue reading Adjusting to Anxiety

Inside the Unknown

These past two years have been more than unprecedented. They have picked us up and swallowed us whole into the darkness of the unknown. I don’t do well with uncertainty. I like order, calculated decisions weighing out the pros and cons of choices available. I thrive on problem solving and endless discussion of the evidence… Continue reading Inside the Unknown

Of all the things I’ve done before

No combination of reading, thinking or therapy has me feeling better and more functional than this combination of medication. For many of us, you cannot think or will your way out of your mental health diagnoses. You can eat well, sleep well, exercise and have good relationships and financial security and STILL be burdened with… Continue reading Of all the things I’ve done before

A Safe Place

As we close out 2021, I thought I would end the year with a fresh start. A fresh introduction to who I am and how this space came to evolve into a community of people being present with their mental health symptoms, being open to receiving help for those symptoms, and the fury of feelings… Continue reading A Safe Place

Core Beliefs

Sometimes no matter how far we’ve come it is so important to take a step back and revisit some attitudes we have kept along the way. Some can stay if they serve us well, but others, like an old pair of shoes, can be discarded and tucked away out of sight. We have to move… Continue reading Core Beliefs

5 tips for treating acne

Acne is a chronic skin condition characterized by a classic three things, sebum overproduction, bacterial overgrowth (having nothing to do with cleanliness) and keratin hyper proliferation. It presents as white heads, black heads or cysts and can be painful, debilitating, socially distracting and awful for many of my patients. Complications include scarring and infection as… Continue reading 5 tips for treating acne

All About Me

Welcome to the Blog, where you will learn all about your health, mental wellbeing, my story of mental health symptoms. I’m a family doctor, mother of two, terrible baker, and environmentally conscious wife to an amazing emergency doctor husband. I started blogging publicly as a way to work through my own symptoms of mental health,… Continue reading All About Me

Preventing Diaper Rash

One thing I have learned from having children, every baby sure is different. What works for 100 children may not work for yours. That\’s why we hope you have a primary care team you can run your questions and concerns through. Despite that, it can be helpful to have a general understanding of diaper… Continue reading Preventing Diaper Rash