Sasha’s Thoughts on Wellness, Women in the Workplace, Motherhood, and Medicine.

Life is not a straight path to success. It is a winding road with lots of unexpected detours, potholes, and maybe even a flat tire or two. But here's the kicker: sometimes, the biggest obstacles in our way are not the ones we stumble upon out there in the world. They are the ones we set up...

The beautiful thing about being alive is we wake up each day having the chance to rewrite our narrative. 

As a working mom juggling a demanding career and the beautiful chaos of family life, I know how easy it is to get trapped in limiting beliefs. For years, I felt the pressure to be...

Limiting beliefs—they are the whispers in the back of our minds, the doubts that hold us back, the invisible barriers that keep us from reaching what we can be more. As women, we have all felt their grip at some point in our lives. We walk through life's twists and turns, facing ups and...

Have you ever found yourself in a room full of accomplished women, secretly questioning how you managed to sneak your way in? Do you ever downplay your achievements, saying it is either luck or mere coincidence, rather than acknowledging your hard work and talent? If so, welcome to the...

Let’s face it: being a woman in today's world comes with its own set of challenges. We are bombarded with societal expectations, stereotypes, and cultural norms that often leave us questioning our worth and abilities. We are constantly fighting against this invisible force that tells us we...

Society has a way of boxing women in, prescribing roles and norms that sometimes feel suffocating. But then, I realized, that women are anything but one-dimensional. We are multifaceted beings with dreams, aspirations, and the unyielding spirit to defy the status quo. 

In a world where...

Despite many advances for women in our world, we as women still find ourselves hitting invisible barriers that hold us back. You have probably heard of it – the notorious "glass ceiling" – those unspoken challenges and biases that keep us from reaching, doing, and being more. 

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In life we are bound to encounter a mix of triumphs and battles. Sometimes these battles are in the form of personal conflict, and it can be as challenging. Whether we like it or not, interpersonal conflict is part of life. It can happen to anyone – family, friends, or work colleagues....

We have all been in the middle of a heated argument at work, with our heart racing, our frustration boiling over, and our words becoming sharp as daggers.  

And then we take that feeling home with us. 

Conflicts are an unavoidable part of life, whether they come at home, in the...

Have you ever found yourself in the middle of a conflict, feeling the weight of tension and disagreement pressing down on you? 

Perhaps it was a disagreement with a loved one, a clash of opinions in the workplace, or an internal struggle within yourself. Whatever the context, conflict has a...

Conflict is a fact of life. As women physicians, we often find ourselves in workplace conflict, whether we want it or not. It can be dealing with office politics or standing up for fairness, and we have learned to be strong and resilient when it comes to facing conflicts head-on. Despite the...

I have to tell you something you might not like: stress is just a normal part of life. In today's fast-paced world, stress is practically unavoidable. It crops up from our jobs, our relationships, our finances, and a whole host of other things. It sneaks into our days and seeps into our thoughts,...