by ngpearl | Sep 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
I recently published Avoid “Shots in the Dark” to Maintain Pristine Professional Boundaries in Psychiatric Times in an effort to demonstrate how drinking alcohol in public may lead well-meaning licensed health professionals onto the slippery slope of boundary...
by ngpearl | Jun 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Earlier today I overheard my dentist, a wonderful fellow named Herbie, say to the patient in the room next door: “I could retire whenever I want to but I love what I do. So why in the world would I retire?” I’m almost embarrassed to write that I feel exactly the same...
by ngpearl | Apr 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
In 2016, I published A Tale of Two Epidemics in the Harvard Health Blog. Sadly, our current pandemic has joined with health professional burnout and the opioid epidemic to gobsmack us with virus-infused spittle. Although doctors and nurses have stepped up heroically...
by ngpearl | Mar 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
Every now and then, a physician in a group practice or clinic setting disappears abruptly. Sometimes this is due to illness or a family problem; occasionally the doctor has encountered a professional difficulty of one sort or another that precludes them from...
by ngpearl | Jan 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
The majority of my coaching clients are physicians. It isn’t easy for them, these days. For the most part, doctors are rational types who believe in science, data, and facts. They have trouble understanding why so many of their patients seem to have signed on as...
by ngpearl | Oct 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
A common communication problem: Although important questions often have complicated answers, sometimes we ask things in a way that shuts people down. When someone poses a question that calls for “YES” or “NO” as the expected answer, the person doing the asking often...
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