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 | 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...