So grateful to share some thoughts on how we approach coping and defenses in serious illness care.

Please read this beautiful piece on humor & healing by Dr. Danielle Chammas “So what you’re really saying is that you want to be able to crack me up with shocking jokes even until your final days?” His laughter returns. “I’m going to like working with you, Dr. D.” #medhum #hapc

"they must — talk about the differences between what Biden is doing now, no matter how reluctant he was to do it, & Trump’s titanically selfish & epically destructive behavior in 2020, when he sought to stay in power..." Read here: nytimes.com/2024/07/21/opi…

Afternoons with Annie, who insists on trying to catch the one ball that is larger than her head 🤣😍 little moments of joy

Machines have surpassed humans in empathy. New evidence: AI beat humans in detecting emotions and giving support. As long as people didn't know AI created the messages, they felt more heard. It's not that AI is so good. It's that we often fail to use our emotional intelligence.

Watching the Olympic opening ceremony and making some bracelets. Kamala Harris Swifties For Kamala let’s go.

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Doctors will stay away from politics, when politics stays away from doctors.

Health Care Providers for Harris is in full swing! It’s time for medical professionals to get off the sidelines — if the GOP won’t stop attacking our patients’ fundamental freedoms, we have to fight. Because when we fight, WE WIN!!! secure.kamalaharris.com/a/healthcarepr…

Excited to be an associate editor for #SGIMForum SGIM! Feel free to send me ideas for pieces on #MedEd innovations. I look forward to helping you and your team share your important work. sgim.org/person/janani-…

“Who’s gonna tell him the job he is currently seeking might just be one of those Black jobs?” - Michelle Obama

this line from michelle stood out to me: “we cannot indulge our anxieties about whether this country will elect someone like Kamala instead of doing everything we can to get someone like Kamala elected."

Just a reminder that Barack Obama used the bulk of his political capital to give health care to people. Joe Biden used his to invest massively in infrastructure. And Donald Trump used his to give tax cuts to the wealthy. Vote for your interests, folks.

76 percent. If people ask me why I wrote a book on healthcare worker mental health or see healthcare workers as patients. I’m just going to show them this study. Maybe then theyd understand it’s a crisis.

Y'all. I'm not on here much anymore because it's not the same. BUT. I did a thing. I submitted 4100 words of my novel for an emerging writers workshop that I'll be at next month. I'm scared, excited, and cannot wait. Here's to finding time for creativity #medhum #hapc

A different type of writing I wrote while my husband was still living. Poetry has been a cathartic grief outlet jamanetwork.com/journals/jamao…

This adorable menace turned 2 this week! Almost a year ago, we were thinking about adopting a second dog, & stumbled on photos of a 13 month old pup who needed a new home. Now can’t picture our home without her Annie you are a goofus & you bring so much joy with the chaos 🐾❤️

🗣️ I just heard from our awesome chief Rebecca Sands, DO FAAHPM Stanford Palliative Care is hiring! 2 new faculty positions! See link for info: stanfordmedicine.box.com/s/k87qjfwfg320… Stanford Primary Care and Population Health Grant Smith Keri O. Brenner Shireen Heidari, MD Felicia Hui Winnie Teuteberg Alex Gamble Joe Hannah