The PAUSE
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A physician wellness blog with practical tools for burnout recovery, boundaries, mindful leadership, and a life better lived — from Jessie Mahoney, MD.
About the Author: Jessie Mahoney, MD, is a board-certified pediatrician, certified coach, and physician wellness expert with over 20 years of experience as a leader in physician wellness, coaching, and mindful medicine
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In addition to this blog, I publish regularly on KevinMD. These are some of the pieces that have been shared most widely
What Makes A Healthy Neurochemical Soup
Our brains and bodies are always bathed in neurochemicals. We might as well bathe ourselves in healthier ones when possible. Coaching helps you make choices to opt out of unnecessary stress, anxiety, blame, shame, guilt, and trying to control things out of your control. Coaching helps you make choices to create a healthier “neurochemical soup.” Yoga, mindfulness, hand-to-heart, self-compassion, gratitude, awe, wonder, nature, and coaching itself all positively influence the release of neurochemicals you bathe your cells and DNA in.
What would be different if you stopped being driven by guilt and anxiety?
What if you approached your life with intention as your motivation rather than being driven by guilt or anxiety or something else?
The things we choose to NOT DO define us as much, if not more, than those we do
Most of us see accomplishments and possessions as markers of success. We relentlessly chase dreams and achievements. We collect possessions—homes, cars, and even experiences.
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