by dmackinnon | Jun 8, 2022 | Tools for the Practitioner, Whole Healer
Once you become a doctor, it can seem like that’s all you are. I’ve written about the road to this “single identity” here. Many of us feel that the other parts of ourselves got lost along the way, but there are things you can do that will help you expand into all the...
by dmackinnon | Jun 8, 2022 | Process, Whole Healer
We take on the identity of “Doctor” long before we get the degree of Doctor of Medicine. For me, it started when I was 11 years old and decided I was going to be a doctor. I had many reasons for this decision: I couldn’t think of anything more useful than being a...
by dmackinnon | May 31, 2022 | Whole Healer
Don’t get me wrong, I had (have!) a great life. At the time I realized I was so miserable, many years ago, I was just working way too many hours and had no time to enjoy my great life. Once I realized I was miserable, I tried to meditate. (That’s supposed to help,...
by dmackinnon | Feb 28, 2022 | Process, Whole Healer
Recently, I had three different conversations with three different people who were all part of the medical profession. The conversations echoed each other in a way that made me really think about how we medical types identify ourselves. Long before I started medical...
by dmackinnon | Jan 30, 2022 | Healing Choices, Process
One day last summer when my sister, my son, and I were shopping, we saw a display of wooden signs. The one that caught my son’s eye was: “If stupid could fly, this place would be an airport.” I’m pretty sure he gets his love of sarcasm from me. 🙂 The one my sister and...
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 | Oct 27, 2021 | Healing Choices, Mindset, Process
On February 16, 2021, I decided to try do one scary (exciting!) thing a day. Not a scary-yucky thing, but something I’d really like to do if I had enough courage or if I suddenly couldn’t feel fear. I decided to pretend I had enough courage and think about what I...
by dmackinnon | Sep 23, 2021 | Healing Choices, Healthy Habits
Habits are tricky. They are insidious. They can steal time or give you back time. I’ve come to believe that habits are the key to a healthy life. The things we habitually do, as well as the things we habitually don’t do, make the difference between feeling good and...
by dmackinnon | Aug 22, 2021 | Healing Choices, Process
When my husband and I were first married, I quickly realized he was very tech-savvy and he loved gadgets. In fact, while I was doing my first coach training with Martha Beck (way back in 2003,) I called him from Arizona and mentioned I was going to need a website in...
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...
