Tag: self-care
Self-care Moments: A moment to breathe
We have been breathing since the moment we were born but no-one teaches us how to breathe, and we usually do it with very little awareness of what we are doing, while we are busy doing other things...
Self-care Moments: A moment to stop
We tend to think of self-care as something we need to ‘do’ and we are already doing so much that we think we cannot do another thing and thinking about ‘doing’ self-care just makes us feel even more exhausted…
Being married to a doctor
What is it like, being married to a doctor? My gorgeous wife is an eye surgeon; we have been together for 16 years and married 7 years ago. When...
The ABC of Self-care
We are familiar with the acronym ABC when it comes to CPR, but what is the ABC of Self-care? CPR is a dramatic event that is required when we...
Easter in the time of Coronavirus: the only way ‘out’ is...
Easter in the time of Coronavirus will be a very different Easter for most of us. As the world descends into chaos around us and we are asked to...
Self-care: who is the self we are caring for?
Self-care is a common topic of conversation these days, and we may think we should be doing more of it, but what is it? And who is the ‘self’...
The purpose of food: to satisfy the senses or to nourish...
I recently read an article on the use of food as medicine in cancer patients … it was complicated and left me feeling confused, when I had not been...
The Art of Repose
I have learned a lot about the art of repose lately. I learned it by breaking my big toe, which was a painful way to learn a lesson, but...
When doctors make mistakes
Doctors make mistakes. No-one really likes to admit it or think about it or talk about it, but it happens all the time.
We are imperfect people, working with other...
Self-care when the doctor is the patient
It is well known that doctors generally make terrible patients. We self-diagnose, self-treat, delay getting help from an appropriately trained person who is not us, and when we do,...
