Blog Archives - Page 4 of 17

09/09/2021 Muyibat Adelani MD

Should I Get a Coach … or a Therapist?

Being a physician can be very challenging! Sometimes we recognize that we are in a rut that we need help getting out of, but determining who should

08/26/2021 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

My Personal Experience with Surgery Part-2

In Part 1 of this blog series about my recent surgery, I discussed how gaining a different perspective allowed me to change my mindset. Part 2 will

08/12/2021 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

My Personal Experience with Surgery Part-1

In July, I had low back surgery (a right L5 -S1 discectomy and bilateral L5-S1 laminoforaminotomies) which in some part was due to years of performing

07/28/2021 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Career Milestones – Passing 500 Surgeon Coaching Hours

My vision is that every surgeon is working with a coach. I recently hit a career milestone, surpassing 500 surgeon client coaching hours since I

07/15/2021 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Coaching Promotes Self-Advocacy for Surgeons

As surgeons, we are often on our own in a competitive, high risk environment. There are times when we are faced with: Being forced to do something

06/30/2021 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Two Breathing Techniques to Calm the Mind

There are a few obvious times in my life when I think about breathing - before swimming in the ocean, while practicing yoga, and prior to surgery as I