I am honing my storytelling craft after thirty years as an emergency physician, mother, and observer of the human condition. I will be creating new entries and pulling in some of my published works. Thanks for coming along.
After Emergency Medicine…

#74 Can we Really Solve Any Problem?
According to life coach Brooke Castillo, we can solve most any problem. I apply her ideas to a common problem faced by clinicians, difficult interactions with patients and their families. sounds simple but it takes intention and practice.

#73 Visiting Auckland Between the Storms
Here is the last of my grand visit to Australia and New Zealand. We managed to visit Auckland between the devastating storms and flooding that the area dealt with over their summer. The visit was short and sweet.

#72 Pathological: a Tale of Misdiagnosis and Punctuation?!
Pathological: A Review
Sarah Fay somehow pulls together a patient memoir, an evisceration of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, and the history of punctuation into an enjoyable read.

#71 New Zealand: Open but not Quite Ready
Go back to New Zealand with me to experience geysers, the Kiwi bird, a Maori cultural performance, and a sheep herding demonstration. We lost some port calls but still did and saw a lot of charming New Zealand