Diane MacKinnonSelf-Doubt and Rumination Happen When Bad Things HappenNot long ago, a client told me he’s recently been going over things that happened in the past-things he wasn’t proud of, but things he’d…Jul 7, 20216Jul 7, 20216
Diane MacKinnonOne Scary-Exciting Thing a DayA few months ago, I wrote a blog post about doing one scary thing a day. The practice has been very helpful for me and my clients but a…Jun 10, 20218Jun 10, 20218
Diane MacKinnonChanging Habits: Sometimes Easy, Sometimes NotOne Saturday morning when I was a first year medical student, I got off the subway and stopped off at the bodega to get a cup of coffee on…Jun 9, 20214Jun 9, 20214
Diane MacKinnonOne Deep Breath Changes AllWe spend our days in exam rooms with patients. One after the other. We walk in the room to connect, problem-solve, and heal.Mar 10, 20218Mar 10, 20218
Diane MacKinnonAre You Using Generalized Language to Keep Yourself Stuck?Last year, a client, I’ll call her May, told me about someone who’d seen all the work she’d put into the report she was sending to her…Jan 20, 20217Jan 20, 20217
Diane MacKinnonJournaling While Exhausted Reveals Limiting BeliefThere was a day, back when I was working full-time as a family physician, when I sat at the water’s edge on a beautiful, rugged beach in…Dec 10, 20209Dec 10, 20209
Diane MacKinnonHow to Help Your Patients Make Positive Changes Using The Four Tendencies FrameworkAs physicians, we do a lot of different things for a lot of different people including, hopefully, ourselves. Sometimes we are more…Nov 12, 20205Nov 12, 20205
Diane MacKinnonHow Cognitive Dissonance Can Help You GrowHave you ever become defensive when your partner told you you’ve been working late too much, and claimed, “I always put this family…Oct 28, 20206Oct 28, 20206
