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Permission To Be Imperfect
My six-year-old Siena just finished her school year, and on the last day of school, her adorable little Waldorf school in Sausalito held a...
When Someone Almost Died In My Hands
"Matt! Stop!" When Matt pulled the car over on the side of the freeway in Oakland beside the unconscious man with blood gushing from his face, his...
How To Keep Your Heart Open When You Lose A Pet
I was only seven when my parents hired a chimney sweep to wipe out the cobwebs on our brick flue. They didn’t expect him to stumble into a nest of...
The Hardest Thing You’ll Ever Do
She walked out on you when you were a little girl who needed her to braid your hair because Daddy didn’t know how to do it. She didn’t mean to walk...
Repressing The Real You Makes You Sick (For Real)
I write a lot about authenticity, being unapologetically YOU, and letting your freak flag fly. In my TEDx talk, I spoke about the importance of...
The Pressure To Be Perfect
When I wrote The Story Of An Imperfect Woman, I ran it by my hubby to get his blessing since it referred, not only to my quirks and imperfections,...
The Difference Between Sick, Well, & Whole
I don’t think it’s enough for us, as doctors and other health care providers, to aim for helping our patients get well. Yes, it’s critical to help...
Don’t Settle For Being Well
When I was learning to be a doctor, the focus was on making the sick well, but there was a huge piece missing from what they taught me in my medical...
Expanding The Definition Of “Health”
Not only do I think we need to revolutionize the way we as patients and healers collaborate; I also think we need to redefine how we think about...
10 Things I Learned From People Who Survive Cancer
When I interviewed women who had survived breast cancer for my art project The Woman Inside, I noticed that they all shared one remarkable thing in...
Introducing Sacred Medicine
When I decided to put my white coat back on, I committed to reclaiming what I love about medicine and ditching what I’ve come to despise. In fact,...
Meet Your Inner Pilot Light
If you’re a patient of mine, if you’ve been reading my blog, if you’re a student of the Get Out Of Your Own Way e-course, or if you read The Daily...