by dmackinnon | May 27, 2021 | Healing Choices
I took my son to the dentist for his six-month cleaning recently and he had a new hygienist. She was very good with my son, who is still fairly uncomfortable with the whole process. He had to have x-rays and she explained everything to him and got the first picture. I...
by dmackinnon | May 20, 2021 | Healing Choices
A few months ago, I wrote a blog post about doing one scary thing a day. The practice has been very helpful for me and my clients but a recent conversation made me think I wasn’t clear enough with that post. As Brené Brown says: “Clear is kind, unclear is unkind.” I...
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 | Mar 10, 2021 | Tools for the Practitioner, Whole Healer
We spend our days in exam rooms with patients. One after the other. We walk in the room to connect, problem-solve, and heal. How we feel when we walk into that room is important. Taking a little time—a microsecond—to manage our feelings before we step across that...
by dmackinnon | Feb 18, 2021 | Healing Choices, Limiting Beliefs
Recently, I decided to do something scary once a day. Very recently. Two days ago, actually. Today will be the third day but I haven’t done anything scary yet. Two days ago I called the medical school I went to to update my information in the alumni directory. Not...
