Letters to a young doctor… Learning to say No

Gil Grimes

September 1, 2018

change, Core beliefs, Letter to a Young Doctor

Letters to a young doctor… Learning to say No

‘What has been the hardest lesson you have had to learn?’

‘Saying No instead of Yes….’

Hello….

It has been surprising to me that the hardest lesson I learned from Medicine is how to say “No’. I suspected the lessons in school would be the hardest, maybe the ways to have delicate conversations, or to sit with the dying. However, nothing comes close to learning to say “No’.

Gil Grimes

November 26, 2017

Compassion, Core beliefs, Hakomi, Inner Child, Self Awareness

Needing to be helpful.....

Gil Grimes

November 26, 2017

Compassion, Core beliefs, Hakomi, Inner Child, Self Awareness

Sometimes Medicine wants more than you can give, and there are many times in the past when I’ve given Medicine everything I had and a little bit more. These days, I give medicine what it deserves and nothing more. I don’t spend myself into debt for Medicine, I don’t empty my emotional banks to make sure that Medicine is full, I do what I can and when I get to the end of what I have to give Medicine, I stop.