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Sleep
New Parents? What to Do When Sleep Is Off the Menu

Jan Bonhoeffer M.D. on March 1, 2024

Is sleep a distant memory? Pediatrician and mother Jessica Bonhoeffer offers comforting, workable strategies that prioritize both your baby’s needs and your own well-being.

Is sleep a distant memory? Pediatrician and mother Jessica Bonhoeffer offers comforting, workable strategies that prioritize both your baby’s needs and your own well-being.

Parenting
How Parents and Kids Can Find Flow

Jan Bonhoeffer M.D. on November 20, 2023

Relaxing into an easy, magical flow state with your kids is the antidote to stress. Here’s how to find more flow together.

Relaxing into an easy, magical flow state with your kids is the antidote to stress. Here’s how to find more flow together.

Anxiety
Learning to Surf Uncertainty

Jan Bonhoeffer M.D. on October 5, 2023

The only constant in life is change. So why do we find it so difficult to go with the flow? These practices can help you face uncertainty with grace.

The only constant in life is change. So why do we find it so difficult to go with the flow? These practices can help you face uncertainty with grace.

Self-Esteem
You Are Enough

Jan Bonhoeffer M.D. on July 28, 2023

Not sure how to support your kids in becoming confident, secure adults? Modelling self-esteem (even when you think they’re not looking) can be surprisingly effective.

Not sure how to support your kids in becoming confident, secure adults? Modelling self-esteem (even when you think they’re not looking) can be surprisingly effective.

Anxiety
Anxiety Unmasked

Jan Bonhoeffer M.D. on June 5, 2023

Don’t let anxiety run your life! Asking these five questions from the safety of your heart will improve your coping skills and boost your confidence.

Don’t let anxiety run your life! Asking these five questions from the safety of your heart will improve your coping skills and boost your confidence.

Attention
Be Seen, Be Heard: Conscious Communication for Patients

Jan Bonhoeffer M.D. on March 9, 2023

Increasing attention is paid to how healthcare professionals communicate, but very little is shared about how patients can be empowered to ask the right questions.

Increasing attention is paid to how healthcare professionals communicate, but very little is shared about how patients can be empowered to ask the right questions.

Relationships
Love as Medicine

Jan Bonhoeffer M.D. on January 14, 2023

Personal Perspective: Love is our most natural state, yet we rarely acknowledge it as a healing force. Isn’t it time we did?

Personal Perspective: Love is our most natural state, yet we rarely acknowledge it as a healing force. Isn’t it time we did?

Intelligence
How to Quickly Return to a Loving State

Jan Bonhoeffer M.D. on March 15, 2022

When fear and exhaustion are the prevailing narrative, or you are operating on autopilot, here is a quick reset to restore you to your center.

When fear and exhaustion are the prevailing narrative, or you are operating on autopilot, here is a quick reset to restore you to your center.

Trust
The Power of Deep Listening in Healing

Jan Bonhoeffer M.D. on November 15, 2021

Doctors who practice deep listening with patients are able to be fully present, return to a sense of wonder, and trust the innate wisdom of patients and their own health journey.

Doctors who practice deep listening with patients are able to be fully present, return to a sense of wonder, and trust the innate wisdom of patients and their own health journey.