
Social Self-Care for Physician Spouses: Why Your Village Matters More Than You Think
It’s Monday morning. The kids are at school. Your husband left before anyone was awake (there was a case, or rounds, or something) and the

It’s Monday morning. The kids are at school. Your husband left before anyone was awake (there was a case, or rounds, or something) and the

Someone asked how you were doing last week. You paused for just a moment, and then you gave them the answer you always give. The

Someone handed you that advice early. Maybe it was another physician spouse, someone a little further ahead, someone who looked like she had it figured

She was standing at the kitchen sink, halfway through the dishes, kids fed, lunches packed, school drop-off done. And that is when it hit her:

Katie reached out to me during her husband’s transition from medical school to residency. She wasn’t drowning yet. She was just smart enough to ask

You are capable. You are organized. You have held things together through every hard season so far. And still, somewhere quiet, underneath the competence, there