Quote of the week: “Guilt is useless. Determination is important”. One of my department faculty members is leading a day long seminar of...

As a resident, I rotate through a number of different departments and different hospital sites. This past month (or last month, because I...

Have you been feeling stuck? What are you going to do to get unstuck? Maybe start with your sock drawer? Or start with a vision board for yo...

We have the same birthday, she and I. We were born worlds apart, both geographically and culturally, but on the same day of the same month...

2018 was intense, harried, and a blur. There were highlights, like our first international trip to Italy in June (amazing, loved every minut...

Genmedmom here. Yes, this lovely photo of walnuts, dark chocolate, and red wine against the backdrop of Christmas was my real dinner. ...

I learned a beautiful new word this week - exceptionality I am on my community health rotation. One of the best parts of being a resident ...

I have been so blessed to have several amazing groups of girlfriends, most of whom are mamas. I have a handful of dear friends from high sch...

I hate interviews. I don’t know why I hate them so intensely or get so anxious, but whenever I have a job interview I develop “functional dy...

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...

I believe in signs. Driving home from getting the kids flu shots, we heard the song "The Sign" by Ace of Base on the radio. When...

We went trick-or-treating for fifteen minutes last night. That's right, fifteen minutes. Let me preface this by specifying that my ...

I talk about my kids. A lot. I mentioned them in my residency application, during my interviews, and share anecdotes at work with my attendi...

Hello mom-asphere, I'm curious to get people's opinions/advice on spacing of kiddos. My husband and I have been talking about how ...

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’...