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Part 6: Spirituality, Social Justice, & Health – 44 Revelations About Healing They DID NOT Teach Me In Medical School
In this series, I’m reviewing the Cliff Notes of everything I should have learned in medical school, but didn’t- and everything I’ve learned since I...
Part 5: Health In Relationships – 44 Revelations About Healing They DID NOT Teach Me In Medical School
In this series, I’m reviewing the Cliff Notes of everything I should have learned in medical school, but didn’t- and everything I’ve learned since I...
Part 4: Ground Healing In Reality, Not Magical Thinking – 44 Revelations About Healing They DID NOT Teach Me In Medical School
In this series, I’m reviewing the Cliff Notes of everything I should have learned in medical school, but didn’t- and everything I’ve learned since I...
Part 3: Healing The Mind-Body-Spirit Split – 44 Revelations About Healing They DID NOT Teach Me In Medical School
In this series, I’m reviewing the Cliff Notes of everything I should have learned in medical school, but didn’t- and everything I’ve learned since I...
Part 2: Whole Health – 44 Revelations About Healing They DID NOT Teach Me In Medical School
In this 7 part series, I’m reviewing the Cliff Notes of everything I should have learned in medical school, but didn’t- and everything I’ve learned...
44 Revelations About Healing They DID NOT Teach Me In Medical School – Part 1: OVERVIEW
In this 7 part series, I’m reviewing the Cliff Notes of everything I should have learned in medical school, but didn’t- and everything I’ve learned...
IFS + Memoir Writing: Writing From Your “Parts” For Healing Purposes
If you’ve ever written for therapeutic healing purposes or for self-expressive creativity, you might realize that different parts might show up when...
The Story My Parts Wrote On The First Day Of The Ukraine/Russia War
When I was introduced to Internal Family Systems (IFS) and my “parts” a decade ago, one of the first parts that stepped up to meet me was my writing...
A Daily Therapeutic Writing Practice That Could Help You Heal
Back in 2005, when I was still practicing medicine as an OB/GYN in San Diego and I was pregnant with my now almost 18-year-old daughter, I was...
Why Slowing Down The Internal Family Systems “Unburdening” Process Can Help You Heal Via Memoir Writing
For those of you who are familiar with the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model, you know that the main goal of the IFS practice is to become...
I Won An Award For Telling My Story: Don’t Ever Let Them Break You
For many years, I've been reading and resonating with the physician literary magazine PULSE. (You can read it on their site here and subscribe to...
Thanksgiving, National Day of Mourning, Reckoning With American History, & A Lot of Mixed Feelings
Growing up, Thanksgiving was always my favorite. Fall was my favorite season- the first cool chill of sweater weather and relief from the blazing...