by Petra N. | Dec 29, 2015 | Featured blog post, Lifestyle
“I can’t even see where the chart is! I think I’m blind,” said Dr. Denise to the ophthalmologist who was giving her a vision test as she sat in the examination room covering her right eye. Dr. Denise, who was a second-year medical student, started experiencing sudden...
by Petra N. | Dec 15, 2015 | Featured blog post, Lifestyle
Three words I hope to hear (and say) less often in the future: “I am busy.” It’s good to have plans and be active, but contrary to popular belief, too much of anything is counterproductive. Dr. Janos Hans Selye, an internationally renowned endocrinologist who is known...
by Petra N. | Nov 30, 2015 | Featured blog post, Lifestyle
“When I finally opened my eyes, I found myself lying in the intensive care unit. I knew something really bad had happened. I didn’t know the details but I knew things were bad, very bad.” Today marks the one-year anniversary of my first story of inspiration, courage...
by Petra N. | Nov 17, 2015 | Featured blog post, Lifestyle
Time. We all have 24 hours of it in a day, yet we always seem to be strapped for it. We’re overscheduled. And when we free up one thing in our calendar, we replace it with something else. We lead with “doing”. Always doing. Rarely just being. When we just “are”, many...
by Petra N. | Nov 3, 2015 | Featured blog post, Lifestyle
Stress continues to be one of those elephant-in-the-room kind of topics at work. We don’t want our boss or team to know we’re stressed because it’s viewed as a negative thing and a weakness in the workplace. And often times, we are so caught up in it that we ourselves...
