We are forever telling our patients to get exercise, but do we practice what we preach? I find my to-do list often keeps me away from the gym. How about you? Today’s episode is about getting that exercise in the schedule. Hope it will spark some ideas for you to try and get in the … Read more
New podcast interview Taylor Brana, a fourth year medical student, started a new podcast series on his website TheHappyDoc.com. He is featuring interviews with happy doctors with the hopes of showing both current doctors and future doctors, that you can still be a happy doctor. I was his subject in today’s podcast. We had a … Read more
Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life,” 1946, is my all-time favorite movie. I was discussing it this Christmas and someone asked my why it was my favorite movie. I had never thought of that before. Why was this my favorite movie? So this Christmas I watched the movie with that question in mind and I … Read more
My favorite movie of all time just happens to be the Christmas movie “It’s A Wonderful Life.” Here we see one man look back and see all the wonderful things that have happened in his life instead of dwelling on the one bad thing that happened recently. How often have we needed to do this? … Read more
So excited to return from my travels after a final stop at the Idaho Author and Book awards in Boise. It was a great evening and I was blown away to be honored with three awards for my first book, “The Doctors Guide to Starting Your Practice Right.” (Aloha Publishing) The award I was most … Read more
Have you ever found yourself packing work to take on your vacation? I caught myself doing just that a few weeks ago as I was packing to go to Hawaii for two weeks. I realized a lot of us face that same problem. We have so much to do that we even cram it into … Read more
Take a vacation after residency. When residency ends, you will be tired and stressed out. It has been a long haul. You have finished something great. Reward yourself with a nice long vacation before hitting the next phase of your life. Once you begin working, you may never have this opportunity again to take an … Read more
This year on October 22&23 I will have the privilege of being a mentor at the SEAK Non-Clinical Careers for Physicians Conference in Chicago. This is the meeting that sparked the interest in starting my business “Prescription for Financial Success” to help improve the financial and personal lives of doctors all across the nation. It … Read more
Date night. It’s what you need. When was the last time you took your spouse out on a date? If you can’t remember, it’s been too long. Get it on the schedule now. Today’s video is about the importance of date night. Comment below on your favorite way to work a date into your busy … Read more
I received an e-mail from a friend with a good idea I hadn’t thought of before. As I sat on the back of the paddle wheel boat, The American Empress, riding up the Columbia River Gorge on vacation with my parents, his email was especially timely. His suggestion was to plan on working two years … Read more
