The other day I asked my favorite 10-year-old (aka my grandson Lincoln) to give me a topic for an article this week. Linc: Uh, I don’t know. Me: C’mon man I need help! Linc [makes grinding noise]: OK let me just boot up my brain … Me: [waiting …] Linc: I KNOW – write about […]
What do you worry about? What makes your stomach hurt and your heart pound? Here’s a few things that I must claim: Health Finances Future My kids and grandkids How I spend my time This crazy world Trust me, I could go on. But I think maybe these things are fairly universal? My health is […]
This spoon is an intruder. I have no idea where it came from – an old set of silverware? Someone else’s house? Who knows. What I do know is that it does not match our current silverware set, at all. Which we’ve had for … maybe 15 years? And this one weirdly wrong spoon has […]
Support is necessary in the demanding world of medicine. Whether we are navigating career transitions, personal struggles, or the daily challenges of patient care, how we show up for each other can profoundly impact our well-being. Nonjudgment, compassion, and meeting colleagues (and ourselves) where they are in their lives, careers, and medicine journeys form the […]
… that’s the word I chose for 2025. And I really thought I was. With God on my side, how could I be stopped? On January 3rd I had back surgery, with a (truly) miraculous result. I was pain free for the first time in nearly a year, and the joy was almost overwhelming. I’d […]
My friend and colleague, Justin Mando, who serves on the Board of the Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association (LSRA) with me, has created a triptych of videos on the Conejohela Flats, a series of small islands and adjacent mudflats in the Susquehanna River which the National Audubon Society calls significant stopover points in the Eastern U.S. […]
From the moment we begin training as physicians, we’re conditioned to believe in our invincibility. We’re taught to prioritize patient care above all else, often at the expense of our well-being. Long hours, emotional strain and depletion, and the constant pressure to perform become our norm in life. And because we’ve chosen this path, we […]
By JK Stenger Chosen … me? Yes, I was. I had no doubt about it. Destined for greatness and the best that life had to offer. Or so I thought in my childish five-year-old mind, and it seemed everyone else around me thought so too. Except perhaps my older brother, who would occasionally try to […]
Topics Discussed:• Overcoming money taboos in the medical field• Delayed gratification and its impact on wealth• Understanding and utilizing the compounding effect• Budgeting and the importance of spending less than you earn• Examining financial products targeting physicians• Embracing a business mindset for financial success• Recommended literature for financial understanding• Making informed financial decisions and avoiding […]
It was hot, so hot, as she trudged yet again to the well. Her jug was already heavy and it was still empty! This journey exhausted her every day, but going at noon was her only choice if she wanted water without conflict. She was a Samaritan, after all, a mixed-race woman who most likely […]
