by Diane W. Shannon | Sep 1, 2022 | Dealing with COVID-19, Identity
I had a mini epiphany recently. I realized there are three basic categories of time: Productive: many work tasks (but not all), completing a task at home, achieving a specific personal or professional goalNon-productive and enriching: sleep, physical activity, being... 
by Diane W. Shannon | Aug 23, 2021 | Burnout, Dealing with COVID-19, Thriving
If elephants are chained to a stake in the ground when young, they will not attempt to dislodge it when older. Their long-held belief that they are captive remains, even when their strength makes freedom possible. It’s their mindset that holds them in place, not their... by Diane W. Shannon | Jul 23, 2020 | Dealing with COVID-19
Sure, there are happy images from my clinical days—before I left primary care for a writing career—like the sheer joy of birth when suddenly another live being entered the room; the relief on a patient’s face at being heard and helped; the grateful smiles from... by Diane W. Shannon | May 19, 2020 | Dealing with COVID-19
Last week my husband Sam and I started arguing. Frequent episodes of bickering about what used to be regular household decisions like whether we need to go to the grocery store. After several days of really resenting his take on almost everything, I realized we were... by Diane W. Shannon | May 12, 2020 | Dealing with COVID-19
Crises make you reevaluate your life. One thing I’ve learned from the Covid-19 pandemic is how out of whack my expectations of myself tend to be. In the first weeks of the pandemic, I pushed hard to get things done. My paid work had slowed down to a trickle, but I... 