Becoming the healer!

With the first day of medical school approaching, or perhaps the first day of the internal medicine rotation, comes a wave of emotion; excitement, but also if we are able to touch it, apprehension, and if we are honest, panic.  And, that's okay, because it's normal; and, this is actually an opportunity to learn about you, about your truth and beauty,  about the fact that you were put on this earth for purpose and given huge gifts for a reason. That you were set on this course is important. You are important!  And, it is important that you learn this lesson so that you might fill with so much loving kindness for and trust in yourself that it overflows to everything you do and everyone you touch easily, openly, honestly; not because you need to, but because you want to. It is this belief and compassion that transforms the technician into the healer, the true meaning of doctor.  The real journey of life is not how much money you make, or even how many people you help.  The journey of life is inward, to self awareness and self love, becoming love as it were.  And, this is a powerful thought.  What is the meaning of love other than YES.  Yes to you. yes to healing, and even, when the time comes, yes to dying.

Please join me on this blog. I am a sixty five year old woman doctor, trained in family medicine, still working at a college student health, familiar with how intimidating, challenging, yes scary this profession can be.  In the last twenty years, I have begun my own journey with the help of many wonderful teachers of mindfulness meditation, cognitive behavioral counseling, twelve step work, clinical hypnotherapy, shamanic healing, qigong, reiki, and yoga. I would love to accompany you and support you on your journey.