Dear Reader, I still have a business card I made for myself in medical school.My name. My old address. My number. And the words, “Doctor of Medicine Candidate, 2010.”Somewhere in a drawer I also have my old ER badge. A card from when I opened my Ontario practice in 2022. And now, brand new ones for Alberta.Each card is a different version of me.When I started medicine, I thought I’d become a psychiatrist. But something in me resisted the idea of being locked into one path forever. So I...
15 days ago • 2 min read
Dear Reader, Have you noticed how "connected" we're supposed to be, and how much lonelier it can actually feel? We have group chats, DMs, likes, and comments. We can reach a hundred people before breakfast. Yet, what we crave for is a friend who sees us and acknowledges what we are going through. This summer has been full of daily visits to the park near our home with my kids. Watching them make friends so effortlessly at the playground has me thinking about how different friendship used to...
29 days ago • 2 min read
Dear Reader, Welcome to July and the second half of 2026! I know they say "time flies when you're having fun," but I think time simply just flies! The first half of the year is usually full of starting something new... new goals, new habits, new intentions. And then we get here. The second half of the year has a way of making you pause. You look up and realize time is moving faster than you anticipated, and maybe you're moving with it... but not quite with the same pace and focus you had in...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Dear Reader, Lately I've been thinking about a verse that I learned as a child. Maybe it's familiar to you too: "Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they put it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house." (Matthew 5:15) The more women I speak to, the more I realize how many have spent years doing exactly the opposite... hiding their light. These are women with big ideas, talents, gifts and women who have something meaningful to contribute beyond...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Dear Reader, Have you ever stepped into a new season only to find that things felt so much harder than you expected? Maybe you’ve recently moved your family to a new city, pivoted your career, or stepped into a new professional space (e.g. a leadership or more visible role). You brought your personality, your expertise, your work ethic, and a proven track record of past success along with you... But for some reason, in this new space, things just feel… sticky and slow. Because action X led to...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Dear Reader, One of the most common struggles I hear about is feeling unheard in relationships. Whether it’s your partner, your kids, your boss, or even your friends, that frustration when you’ve said what you needed to say (or at least tried to), and somehow you still walked away feeling unheard. What I've come to realize is that, it's not always about WHAT you say, but HOW you might be saying it. And that opens up a really important question to ask yourself: How am I communicating? So today...
3 months ago • 2 min read
Dear Reader, A question came up this week in The Momentum Room (a 12 week space I facilitate to help women make progress on their goals). It was a simple, yet thoughtful and profound question: "How do you make decisions?" A couple of us shared our approach to decision-making (e.g. a Pros and Cons list), and I also shared on one of my favourite topics: Knowing your Core (or Personal) Values. Knowing your core values is an essential part of self-awareness. And the importance of self-awareness...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Dear Reader, Because of how ambitious and high-functioning you are, it's very easy to get stuck in thinking that your problems aren’t ‘real’ enough, or that if you just prayed harder or talked to one more friend, the feeling would disappear. In psychology, we call this "minimizing" and it's very common amongst high-achievers. This thinking trap is common in high-achievers and is one of the reasons you find it hard to ask for help (because asking would be admitting that you need it in the...
4 months ago • 2 min read
Dear Reader, When was the last time you thought about your younger self? In a couple of months I'll be opening the doors of KAMY Counselling Services in Alberta 🎉, and the process of applying for a license to practice in each province requires a thorough review of my degrees, credentials, and 16-year work history. Going down memory lane did something very interesting... it reminded me of different versions of my past self. I thought about the ER/ICU doctor version (2013-2022) I thought about...
5 months ago • 1 min read