One For The Planners
Today, I wanted to provide some encouragement to those of you who may look around at the life you are living and think… “What in the world am I doing.” I have always been a planner – I mean color coordinated calendars and post-it reminders and always knowing what is coming next - type of person. Rarely did I feel I fit into my class or got along with my peer group because I was always looking ahead and knew EXACTLY how my life would unfold. Benjamin Franklin’s quote, “By fail
Sitting At Rock Bottom
Rock Bottom : the point of being at your very lowest. While it is a myth that recovery only occurs once rock bottom has been reached, for...
Say It Out Loud
It has been a while since I addressed eating disorder recovery. So I figured it was about time for another post. If you asked me what I...
Waiting for Him
It is Saturday, the sun is shining and Bodi and I are hanging out at the house. Micah left in the wee hours of the morning for work and will not return until dark. The whole day is ahead of us, full of empty time waiting to be embraced. What to do... what to do.... I miss Micah, I await his return with eagerness, but the hours will tick by wasted if I simply sit by the door and stare at the clock. There is work to be done. There are things to accomplish in the waiting. I hav
Lessons Of A PA-S Turned PA-C
PA school... 27 months of lectures, labs, simulations, learning 85 didactic exams 11 clinical rotations 7 EOR exams 73,782 patients...
Success
Dedicated to Shari, the most joyful soul I had the pleasure of knowing It is November, and I am nearing the end of my second and final year of PA school. And, to be honest, more than joy I feel relief. These past two years I have pushed myself to the breaking point and have finally reached burnout. For those of you who don’t know, burnout is a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. It is characterized by thr
