Growing up, my mother introduced me to a world of spiritual wisdom, despite her Muslim upbringing. Her discussions were always centered around experiences rather than strict religious practices. As a young adult, I dismissed her insights, ignoring her texts brimming...
I first heard this expression as a resident, being ‘encouraged’ by my fellow house staff to limit the number of admissions that came onto the ward while I was on call. I often say it to my office staff now, as my schedule fills up with all manner of patient concerns....
I remember clearly the moment I reached financial independence. My husband and I were meeting with our financial advisor, and I suggested we put “zero dollars” in the spot for wages income when he ran our numbers. My husband had retired earlier that year, at age 59. I...
I like change. I started my work life in one practice and after fifteen years, I left and started my own practice. I constantly changed and adapted things in my office, opened a second location, started and led a 400-pediatrician clinically integrated network, and yet...
I recently had a sleepover with some high school friends of mine. Just the girls, staying up late in our jammies, reminiscing about the ‘crazy’ things we did back in the day. Crazy things for us were defying the nuns at our all-girls school by ignoring the dress code...
When I turned 16, I told my Nigerian father that I liked boys…and girls. I didn’t understand it. It went against everything I knew to be “right.” That was the first time it occurred to me that the world can think something is right, even when it is untrue. I was born,...
