Let’s talk about motivation—or rather, the myth of motivation.

So many of us wait until we feel motivated to take action, whether it’s eating healthier, working out, or making time for self-care. 

B...

I used to think my fate was sealed. Growing up, I watched family members struggle with Type 2 diabetes and hypertension, and I believed I had inherited the same future. I’ve got bad genes, I told myse...

How many times have you thought, I should have weight loss figured out—after all, I tell my patients to lose weight almost daily!

You’re not alone. I hear this from so many physician moms who shame t...

As physicians, charting is an inevitable—and often dreaded—part of the job. Whether we’re racing against the clock to finish notes before heading home or multitasking during downtime, it’s all too eas...

One of my favorite things to do is celebration calls with my clients when they come to the end of my Mama Docs Weight Loss Accelerator.

While some of the transformations they make on the inside of my...

Something happens to doctors in our training process, we stop listening to our bodies. We learn how to disconnect from our bodies.

I remember being a 3rd-year medical student scrubbed into an 8-hour ...

Stress eating is a learned behavior and is one of four bad habits I picked up when I became an emergency physician that made it hard for me to lose weight and keep it off. 

Whenever the ER would get ...

Ever heard the one about intermittent fasting being the weight loss godsend for busy professionals?

'Skip some meals and melt the fat' is the mantra. If only weight loss was as simple as a catchy slo...

They say that there are three things that change a person forever. One is going to war as a soldier. The second is becoming a doctor, and the third is becoming a parent. 

While I’m not a soldier and ...

I remember when I got a personal trainer back in residency. I had just gotten married and had gained a bit of weight in the honeymoon phase of marriage and wanted to get back in shape.

So I did what ...

As a new mother, working in the emergency department made me want to go home and childproof every nook and cranny of our house. On a daily basis at work I would care for children, most often toddlers,...

In France they have this great saying: “Don’t dig your grave with your fork and knife.”

When I heard it, it rang so true. As doctors we see this daily, people eating in a way that creates or exacerba...