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 | 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 | 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...
