by Jeremy Topin | Nov 22, 2018 | Balance, Family, Parenting, Transformation
For me, holidays such as Thanksgiving, evoke memories more than emotions. Reflection on traditions more than generating a visceral response. The ritual of a 4am wake up alarm followed by a moonlit drive on barren roads to an empty hospital parking lot has been...
by Jeremy Topin | Nov 20, 2018 | Balance, Burnout, Medicine, Parenting, Transformation
This piece recently was published at Doximity’s Op-(m)ed. I worked on this essay for quite a while for publication elsewhere. It does touch on many of the same themes I have already written about on this blog. In that sense, it is not particularly revealing of...
by Jeremy Topin | Oct 26, 2018 | Balance, Change, Transformation
I am excited to bring another guest post to Balance, written by Doctor Monisha Vasa! Monisha is a psychiatrist, mother and writer, currently living in Orange County, California, but has strong ties to Chicago growing up in the southwest suburbs. I have had the...
by Jeremy Topin | Oct 17, 2018 | Balance, Burnout, Change, Medical Education, Mental Health, Parenting, Transformation
I wanted to share a sincere thank you to Elizabeth Metraux at Primary Care Progress, for the opportunity to be interviewed on her Podcast, Relational Rounds. Becky and I were able to share our story from medical school and residency training to fellowship and private...
by Jeremy Topin | Aug 22, 2018 | Balance, Change, Parenting, Transformation
I am sitting in the parking lot, waiting for the local bookstore, The Book Bin, to open. I am here because of a flower. And a pear tree turned maple. And a sense of time and space. And the writer Dostoyevsky. Sipping my morning coffee, with the Jeep’s soft top down, I...
by Jeremy Topin | Aug 13, 2018 | Balance, Burnout, Transformation
This was first written and posted on Doximity’s Op-(M)ed and can be seen by clicking here… I will be writing monthly for them and hope to have a year-long discussion about the trials and travails of being part-time. Whether its enjoying more time with the...
