Latest Journal Posts
Beyond Medicine: The Healing Power of Perspective in Patient Care
Recently, I read a post by another physician online about an experience he had decades ago, soon after he first became an attending in the ER. The experience still troubled him significantly.
The anecdote was one of so many in a long career on the front lines of healthcare, where life and death are often part of the daily events, amidst the otherwise mundane and ordinary.
People Don’t Walk on Their X-rays
In my residency program, post-op X-rays were often used to evaluate the care delivered to patients. Decision-making, procedural, and surgical abilities were judged based on the accuracy of reduction and fixation.
When care happened at night, this assessment was done the following morning, usually by others who were home sleeping in the middle of the night.
Playing Your Own Game: Lessons from 'Miracle' for Life and Success
One of my favorite movies, and I have A LOT of them that I watch over and over again, is Miracle. This is an account of the 1980 US Olympic Hockey team, comprised of amateurs, that managed to defeat the significantly more experienced and dominant Russian team. (This was way back when before the modern “dream teams” that play now.)
Navigating Resistance: A Path to Inner Peace and Greater Productivity
Let’s talk about resistance. That sneaky bandit of prosperity that can ruin your day at any moment and how to escape its clutches.
The Oxford Dictionary defines resistance as the refusal to accept or comply with something. In Star Trek, when the Borg prepares to assimilate a ship it declares, “Resistance is futile”, meaning the ship has no chance of escape.
In coaching, resistance has a different connotation and is readily escapable, but takes some mental effort. It’s not an attack from without, it’s an attack from within when your mind refuses to accept the reality of the situation that you’re in.
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