Science-Backed Recovery Tools You Need to Perform Better
We live in a culture that celebrates hustle. The late nights, the extra reps, the calendar packed with back-to-back commitments. For high-achieving women — whether you’re an athlete, a doctor, or a professional used to performing under pressure — this can feel like the only way to keep up. But here’s the problem: when you […]
Redefining Strength as Flexibility, Not Force
When most of us think of resilience, we picture toughness. Powering through exhaustion. Refusing to quit. Holding it all together, no matter what. For years, I bought into that definition too. As a physician, amputee marathoner, and high achiever, I spent years believing resilience meant being unbreakable. Pushing through fatigue. Saying yes to everything. Ignoring […]
How To Run Your Fastest Marathon Yet
Breaking the 3:18 barrier at the Boston Marathon just a month after turning 41 wasn’t something anyone expected from me. The science was stacked against me (stick with me and we’ll cover that soon). I’ve been running competitively since I was 14 years old. I ran my first marathon in my 20s, clocking in a […]
Understanding Food Preservatives: What Are The Risks?
In our fast-paced world, convenience often trumps health considerations when it comes to food choices. Behind the extended shelf life and convenient packaging of many processed foods lurks a concerning reality. Packaged and processed foods are filled with preservatives that can have a huge impact on your health. I get it! As a physician and […]
The Health Benefits of Spending Time in Nature: Insights from a Lifestyle Doctor
In our fast-paced, technology-driven world, so many of us are guilty of losing touch with the outside world. We spend hours indoors, hunched over screens, barely giving ourselves a chance to connect with nature and all of the benefits it offers. As an anesthesiologist and lifestyle doctor, I see the consequences of this disconnect every […]
The Importance of Adopting a Growth Mindset
Your mindset is the combination of beliefs, opinions, and thoughts that you’ve formed about yourself and the world around you. Your mindset is learned and shaped over a lifetime by your education, religion, upbringing, and experiences. Your mindset can both limit and liberate your perspective. While you most likely didn’t choose your mindset in the […]
Four Simple Steps to Overcome any Challenge
In life, adversity is an inevitable companion on our journey towards growth and success. It comes in various forms, testing our resilience and pushing us out of our comfort zones. While adversity may seem daunting at first, it also presents us with valuable opportunities for learning and self-discovery. To me, adversity is a powerful teacher […]
Go To Anti-inflammatory Foods for Better Performance
The role of nutrition in regulating inflammation is becoming a more and more mainstream topic. The inflammatory process can be good or bad depending on why it starts and the duration of the effect. When your body is exposed to something foreign like pollen, a thorn or a virus, it initiates a cascade of inflammatory […]