Simon S. Craig

Jul 15, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Simon S. Craig |Alejandro Badia |G. Richard Olds |Michele Luckenbaugh

All around the world, health care systems are crumbling, resulting in less effective clinical care and damage to health care workers. We all recognize the need for change and want to see it. But could doctors’ psychological makeup hamper the achievement of the actual change we wish to see in our systems? The nature of doctorsWorldwide, those who enter a medical career are intelligent and driven individuals.

Apr 22, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Simon S. Craig |Sophia Zilber |Cindy Thompson

Recently, I met a coaching client for her second session. As we greeted each other, it was immediately apparent that her energy and mood had shifted from the first session. She seemed lighter, her shoulders were higher, and her posture was straighter. There were smiles instead of tears. In the initial session, we discussed pressures and expectations. It became clear that these were largely internally generated. Like many doctors, this person had uncompromising expectations of herself.

Dec 26, 2023 | kevinmd.com | Simon S. Craig |Anna Gladstone |Anna Delamerced |Amelia L. Bueche

An excerpt from From Hurting to Healing: Delivering Love to Medicine and Healthcare. Before we speakMany people enter a conversation with preconceived ideas of how it will go. We constantly make assumptions, and our brains often jump to conclusions based on experience, previous interactions with a particular person, our current emotional state, and our own agenda and aspirations.