Work Heart, Play Heart

A series of personal stories, advice and insights from women in medicine around the world.

Tick Tock Goes the Biological Clock

In one month, I will turn 30. While I try to reassure myself that this year will be no different, there is…

Money Money

During my residency and fellowship, I moonlighted. Admittedly I lived in expensive cities – New York and DC – but even if…

New Can Be Overwhelming

A few years ago, I went skiing for the first time ever (what can I say, I grew up in Alabama and…

Tuck Your Shirt In

I went to a large public high school in New Orleans where I played on the varsity volleyball team. My high school…

From Solitude to Activation

I knew I wanted to pursue Cardiology training in my first clinical year as a medical student. I was fascinated by cardiovascular…

Shoes!

Who knew when I started blogging that I would get to write a post about one of my favorite things?! I like…

Networking 101

Recently, I was having dinner with one of my mentees. She’s a college senior starting grad school in the fall, and I…

Lessons From Looking for My First Job

Reaching my third year of fellowship was like glimpsing the light at the end of a really, really long tunnel. The process…

C’mon Man

The last several years have put “women” at the forefront of the zeitgeist. From #MeToo to politics, classrooms to boardrooms, our cultural…

That Time I Froze My Eggs

I wish more people talked about this, so here I go. I decided to freeze my eggs when I was 32 –…

Building an Academic Portfolio

There are some parts of being an academic attending that were never really covered in training, and I wonder when exactly we…

Redefining Failure

A few months ago, I saw this Twitter post. I LOVED it. I have read so many pieces about women’s fear of…
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