by dmackinnon | Jan 2, 2022 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
One day not too long ago, I thought to myself, I’m lonely. My husband, whose hobby is wild life photography, was immersed in editing the pictures from his last trip, and my son was playing online with his cousins. I was unpacking from the same trip, as the...
by dmackinnon | Jun 23, 2021 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
Not long ago, a client told me he’s recently been going over things that happened in the past—things he wasn’t proud of, but things he’d come to terms with. “I thought I had dealt with all that stuff,” he said, “but lately I just keep going over them. I can’t seem to...
by dmackinnon | Apr 29, 2021 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
One Saturday morning when I was a first year medical student, I got off the subway and stopped off at the bodega to get a cup of coffee on my way to school to study for the biochemistry test on Monday. I got to my study carrel, unloaded my books, and drank my coffee...
by dmackinnon | Dec 7, 2020 | Thought Work, Whole Healer
There was a day, back when I was working full-time as a family physician, when I sat at the water’s edge on a beautiful, rugged beach in Maine, trying to enjoy the view and the sound of the waves, despite my exhaustion. As it turned out, that was the only day I got to...
by dmackinnon | Mar 26, 2019 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
No one can set boundaries for you. It’s like work: your boss is not going to call you one day and tell you you’re working too hard and you should take a vacation. No one in your life is going to say, “You really go above and beyond, you need to start taking care of...
by dmackinnon | May 10, 2018 | Healing Choices, Thought Work
I have a good friend who recently got a promotion at work. But he didn’t tell me about the promotion—and I was hurt. Actually, that’s not correct. When he didn’t tell me about his promotion, I was fine. When I heard about his promotion from someone else, I was hurt....
