I always wanted to be a perfect mother and was naïve enough to think she existed. There was so much that I did not know when I became a moth...

As a daughter and granddaughter of high risk loved ones, this pandemic hits close. As a mom of elementary school kids, the homeschooling v...

I have a confession to make. I don't know how stressed out to be about COVID19. I'm a chief resident, so my job is to make conting...

The 5th of December 2019, a beautiful sunny Thursday and a day I will never forget. I woke up with a feeling of I-cannot-be-bothered to ...

I will finally sign out that last autopsy that is due in 9 days so that this time I don't wait until day 60. *I call my husband on day ...

One of the biggest time saving/life hack successes our family can claim is that I cut my boys’/ husband’s hair. The fact that I do this and...

I'm about 3 months in into my first after-residency attending job. I  really underestimated how hard this was going to be. Logically...

I just got back from a major Emergency Medicine conference, and I was absolutely blown away by the amount of female leadership- in academia,...

Hi, I am writing with a question that I would love to see what the MiM community has to offer for advice! My question is- while going thro...

I am thrilled to share this powerful essay by physician mom K. Hope Wilkinson. In "I'd Rather Be Dead", published in the Octob...

FIRST STEP: YOU HAVE TO WANT TO BE WELL TO DO WELL. “I had to think out of the box...”  I did all the “right” things: went to co...

My daughter started high school this year, and I can't believe I'm old enough to have a daughter starting high school. It feels like...

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

Hi there! I've just discovered this blog, and have been binge-reading posts for the past three days! I am a 35 year old brand new moth...

Last night at dinner, I looked at my husband and said, running my finger through my hair, "I don't know why, but I'm just so ti...