Career

  When you have spent your education , training and practice following the linear path of clinical medicine it can be daunting to consider changing gears and switching to a non-clinical career in medicine, or to explore opportunities completely outside of the healthcare arena. Does the task  seem so overwhelming and fraught with fear and […]

“Life Shrinks or Expands in Proportion to one’s Courage.”
Anais Nin

 
Courage / Cour.age
– mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear or difficulty.

Keeping sight of the bigger picture is critical  to not only effectively fulfill the goals of any project or endeavor, but is necessary if  the time and energy expended are to feel connected to a meaningful purpose. Escalating demands; unrealistic expectations; endless interruptions can very easily sabotage the best of intentions and create a sense

Purpose is much more than a collection of goals. It is like finding the fuel for the fire in your soul. Purpose may or not make money, but ensuring that at least part of your life is linked to your “purpose” creates richness in life. My clients have spent years getting educated and then working

This was the phrase that my grandmother lived by. It sustained her when she left  a small village in Scotland at eighteen, having never left Scotland before, to take  a boat from Southampton, England heading for  South Africa to marry a childhood sweetheart. She ran a hotel, a general store, nursed family and friends through malaria and dysentery,