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Is Guilt or Shame Driving You? The Perspective of a Physician Coach on Why It Matters

Is Guilt or Shame Driving You? The Perspective of a Physician Coach on Why It Matters

by Diane W. Shannon | Mar 2, 2023 | Coaching, Humanizing Medicine

Guilt has a purpose. It reminds me of my responsibility to be the best version of myself that I can be. Shame does not. It only serves to keep me bound up in negative thoughts about who I am—thoughts that block all possibility of being my best self. The research...
Sexism in Medicine: Alive and Well or a Dying Breed?

Sexism in Medicine: Alive and Well or a Dying Breed?

by Diane W. Shannon | Oct 5, 2021 | Gender, Humanizing Medicine

By Diane W. Shannon, MD, MPH; Nadia Obaed, Dieula John, MD; C. Elena Cervantes, MD; and Miriam Zylberglait Lisigurski, MD Thirty-five years ago, as a first-year student, I (DWS) wrote an article for my medical school’s student-run newspaper titled, “Sexism in Medical...
A Superhero’s Task: Normalizing Work-Life Balance for Physicians

A Superhero’s Task: Normalizing Work-Life Balance for Physicians

by Diane W. Shannon | Mar 4, 2021 | Culture, Gender, Humanizing Medicine

A month or so ago, I came across a social media post about a new children’s book. My children are young adults, not yet parents—so why did I immediately order the book and eagerly await its arrival? And when I had the slim paperback in my hands, why I place it on the...

The Equity of Breastfeeding: Why it Benefits Us All to Support Lactating Women Physicians

by Diane W. Shannon | Nov 6, 2020 | Gender, Humanizing Medicine, Thriving

I’ve been speaking with women physicians about the top challenges they face today. I’ve learned there are many—which honestly didn’t surprise me, given that 48 precent of women physicians report burnout symptoms (compared with 37 percent of their male...

Musical Theater: a Vehicle for Humanizing Medicine

by Diane W. Shannon | Sep 2, 2018 | Humanizing Medicine

Research has demonstrated the benefits of integrating the humanities into medicine. What about bringing medicine to the arts? There are countless examples of physicians in literature: John Keats, Williams Carlos Williams, Anton Chekhov, Abraham Verghese....

Creating a Humane Health Care System: “Everyone Has a Stake in This.”

by Diane W. Shannon | Dec 20, 2017 | Humanizing Medicine

In my recent post on the stigma associated with burnout, I shared messages that clinicians learned in training and on the job about self-care, being human, and being vulnerable. Their responses illuminate the toxic culture that exists in our health care system....
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