I choke down my overdone cafeteria cheeseburger, bite by bite, hoping some extra ketchup will make it go down. I passed over everything else, nothing looking or sounding good to my weary soul as I haunted the cafeteria before close. Not even the fryer can save me tonight. It’s time for a final embolization of […] The post Just take the next best step appeared first on Tired Superheroine ..read more

Recently, I found myself solo parenting for 11 days. It inspired me to write this post about shortcuts. As doctors and perfectionists, one might wonder: are short-cuts allowed? Are they forbidden? Sacrilegious? We live in a culture steeped in parental guilt, which upholds practices from helicopter parenting to Pinterest- perfect parties. So how does someone […] The post Cutting Corners As A Busy Parent: How to appeared first on Tired Superheroine ..read more

The prestigious Hospital Woebegone has launched a successful new course for female physicians entitled Inception 101. Inspiration for the course came from the 2010 science fiction movie Inception. In the movie, a professional thief infiltrates the subconscious minds of his targets, embedding new thoughts for a price. As in the movie, the goal of the […] The post Inception 101 Course Now Being Offered! appeared first on Tired Superheroine ..read more

This evening I was walking around my house naked, prepping a bath for my little one, and vibing to the sound of James Bay on my speakers. At that moment my quality of life was 10/10. And I realized that quality of life isn’t just for the dying, it’s for all of us. Even doctors.  […] The post Quality of life for doctors: Is it a thing? appeared first on Tired Superheroine ..read more

Do you want to squeeze all you can out of life? I do. That’s why my motto is “save lives, enjoy your own.” As a physician, I spend a lot of time serving, and I want to live well too. To me, that’s the balance. I want to live with purpose, to contribute to something […] The post Here’s a worthwhile challenge: 50 aspirations for your life appeared first on Tired Superheroine ..read more

It can be a roller coaster, folks. This life of putting your hands, needles, and scalpels on people. A week in the life of a superheroine can be trying. One week I am lauded for saving a life, and the next week, I can deeply disappoint patients and colleagues. That’s the way it is.   A […] The post Roller coasting: a week in the life of a superheroine appeared first on Tired Superheroine ..read more

When we become doctors, we install a new operating system. Or maybe it’s installed in us, depending on your perspective. There’s the hardware we start with: the brains, drive, and talent that help determine our potential. Then, we superimpose this system from which we operate, that will set us apart for the rest of our […] The post Becoming a doctor means installing a new operating system appeared first on Tired Superheroine ..read more

Motherhood as a female physician has been an incredible journey so far, overall. It’s gratifying, joyful, and exhausting. It’s a rolicking sort of balance. I love it. But I’ve noticed that working moms get a lot of subversive messages that can make us wonder if we’re doing a good job or not. There’s a lot […] The post How my being a doctor really affects my kid appeared first on Tired Superheroine ..read more

Welcome back to the blog this week! I just pulled off my first ever in-person event, and I wanted to share what that was like. In October, I put together the first-ever Mastermind Retreat for Women in Male-Dominated Fields. Approaching a retreat like this– taking on a responsibility of this magnitude feels analogous to the […] The post Risk, Fear, and New Experiences: Feel the fear. appeared first on Tired Superheroine ..read more

The first-ever mastermind for women in male-dominated fields created a cocoon of safe space to discuss real challenges we share across specialties. In male-dominated fields, we can often find ourselves to be the only woman in the room. When we are lucky enough to encounter another person like us, we may have only five minutes […] The post Weighed down? A tangible way to support diversity, equity & inclusion appeared first on Tired Superheroine ..read more