This being a blog made of women physicians, I thought it would be prudent to write a post about Coaching. If you haven't noticed on the ...

It started back in May. She dropped her stainless steel sippy, and the bottom rim landed right in the middle of her big toenail. For hours, ...

(Blubbering) "But WHY can't I go play with Sarah??" The extent of our current outdoor adventures How's everyone do...

What exactly constitutes self care? It's different for everyone, but one thing's for certain: it's not just pedicures and massag...

The other day, my 3 year old daughter said to me, "I'm feeling fat, so I need to go take a long walk." Is this the start of ...

I walk by the closed double doors and frosty windows of the ICU. You’re lying in there, intubated. It feels weird to go to work now. I can...

A little snippet of a recent email At work, I go by Dawn Baker MD, MS. But at home, I’m sometimes known as Kristie Reynolds. I don’...

Years ago, I wrote  this blog post  about morning routines and how much I adored my "slow" non-workday mornings. I was in the mids...

I had just survived one of those hyper-scheduled "days off." Early morning short work assignment at the fertility clinic, my daugh...

Do you know how social security works? Are you maximizing contributions to your retirement accounts? Have you ever heard of a 529 account, o...

Almost a year ago, I was  worried about  her lack of verbal expression. Now, she talks constantly. She knows so many words, it’s amazing. Bu...

As my toddler becomes more and more active, I've been grappling with an internal conflict: how do I balance my desire to let her experie...

I have to give a shout out to my hospital (University of Utah*) and my department (Anesthesiology).  We are  trying . In the age when  burno...

I'm not even posting this close to Mother's Day, and that's just fitting. My second Mother's Day as an actual mother came a...

If you're a mother in medicine and you haven't heard about Physician Moms Group, you might be living under a (social media) rock...

One of the things I really enjoy about being an anesthesiologist is the wide variety of patients that I see. You never know who you're g...

I am so sick. Like miserable, no energy, hacking cough, congestion, achy muscles type of sick. Who knows what it is, but does it really matt...

I had a dream when you were only six months old that your first words were the complete sentence, "You can't tell me what to do!...

It's July, the time of year when new interns and residents begin their training programs. It's our busiest time at my academic hosp...

This article on KevinMD was published a week or so before the end of my maternity leave. As I read it, steam emanated from my ears. How da...