Last week, I hopped on my monthly catch-up call with a friend who’s also a doctor turned entrepreneur. At some point, our chat turned into an emotional autopsy of leaving clinical medicine. We’d both bought into the whole “hard work” myth, and man, did we pay for it. We worked hard to get into med […]

What you’re about to read is real. The names have been removed to protect… well, mostly myself. But trust me—this happened. It all started, as these things often do, with a simple statement. “I work 7 days a week. Home when I can / need to be. That’s the work-life balance. Hard with 3 kids, but […]

In 1935, a young Anglican priest named Chad Varah stood over the grave of a 14-year-old girl. It wasn’t a normal funeral. She had taken her own life because she mistakenly believed she had picked up a sexually transmitted disease…in reality, she had simply gotten her first period. She had no one to turn to. […]

I do this thing, don’t I? One day, I’m cracking jokes. The next, I’m dragging you into a heavy, reflective, not-necessarily-happy place. Whoops. Occasionally, that part of my brain—the one that spent years studying the messy, complicated parts of being human—has something to say. And I will not be silencing it. Anyway. Today’s lighter. SALSA! […]

You: Hi, my name is your name, and I’m a recovering time blocker. Ayapyers (altogether): Hi, your name. You: It started innocently. I saw a post on LinkedIn about how successful people schedule every minute of their day. And I thought… why not? I’ll be one of them. So I spent 2 hours creating my schedule. It was […]

If you’ve been reading my emails for a while, you know I have a deep frustration with rom-coms these days. And if you haven’t—buckle up. Because today, I’m talking about 2 things that should’ve been outlawed in romantic movies decades ago. First, the lipstick kiss. The woman’s lips are painted a perfect red, they lean […]

There’s something fascinating about high-level business groups. These aren’t your “How do I set up an LLC?” forums. They’re filled with business owners who’ve been at it for years… people who throw around words like “scale”, “optimise” and “strategic alignment” in casual conversation… people who have entire Slack channels dedicated to debating the pros and cons of exit strategies. […]

I don’t want to alarm you, but you’re sitting across from me at this bar, gripping your whiskey that’s been mostly melted ice for the last 10 minutes like it’s all you have left. Your face is that of a person who has seen some things. More specifically, a person who has bought some things… […]

I read about this business owner who was considering hiring an accountability “coach” (their air quotes, not mine). Basically, they wanted a Zoom meeting for 30-60 minutes every week where this lucky person would check in on their progress and—ideally—help them stay on track. But then they added, “Honestly, someone just nodding and smiling might work just as […]

I first watched Breaking Bad in med school—back when it was just a wildly addictive show about a chemistry teacher making some… let’s say questionable career choices. (Weird thing to binge-watch while training to save lives, now that I think about it.) But years later, I’m seeing something I completely missed. Walter White isn’t just some criminal mastermind. He’s […]