by dmackinnon | Jan 14, 2021 | Healing Choices, Limiting Beliefs
Last year, a client, I’ll call her May, told me about someone who’d seen all the work she’d put into the report she was sending to her boss. At the time, her colleague had told her, “This is supposed to be a 1 page summary! You don’t need to do all this work every...
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 | Oct 29, 2020 | Tools for the Practitioner, Whole Healer
As physicians, we do a lot of different things for a lot of different people including, hopefully, ourselves. Sometimes we are more successful than other times.. In her book, Gretchen Rubin explores how we handle expectations—internal and external, and I found it a...
by dmackinnon | Oct 21, 2020 | Limiting Beliefs, Whole Healer
Have you ever become defensive when your partner told you you’ve been working late too much, and claimed, “I always put this family first!” yet you know the reality is you’ve missed dinner and bedtime with the kids every night this week? Have you ever ignored expert...
by dmackinnon | May 28, 2020 | Healing Choices
When we are in crisis mode, and we are all in crisis mode these days, in some way or another, we need to be gentle with ourselves and stick to the basics.
1. Eat as healthily and mindfully as you can. Then, when you don’t eat healthy, tell yourself it’s okay, and...
