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Rest - the foundation of intentional self-care

By Dr. Jonathan Ramachenderan @thehealthyGP on March 21, 2019March 25, 2019

Why do we fill our lives with endless activity which doesn’t actually matter in the end? Who are we trying to please and what are we actually trying to do? Why do we sacrifice our health and our best years at the altar of work and not chase after our own dreams and found passions?

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Dark days in Palliative Care – The importance of intentional self-care

By Dr. Jonathan Ramachenderan @thehealthyGP on January 29, 2019January 29, 2019

I love my job as a Palliative Care doctor. There is nothing that I look forward to more on a Monday morning than meeting with our team, solving problems and helping to relieve suffering in our patients and their families. It compels me out of bed early and is the only job that I see

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Best friend.

By Dr. Jonathan Ramachenderan @thehealthyGP on January 3, 2019

In the last two years, I have struggled. Struggled with what I thought was a romantic blockade in my actions and thoughts. I’ve asked myself: “Why aren’t I more romantic? “ But what I have come to realise has been a revelation to me. It is that my marriage and life with Kylie is richly

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Kylie Blue Sky

By Dr. Jonathan Ramachenderan @thehealthyGP on July 14, 2018July 14, 2018

For months I’ve been stumped on what to do and what to get for my beautiful wife Kylie on her 40th birthday. Even as I recovered and rehabilitated my arm 7 months ago, this day puzzled and trouble me, I was stumped. But then, only a few weeks ago it dawned on me that I

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How executing on your ideas will grow your leadership (Part 1)

By Dr. Jonathan Ramachenderan @thehealthyGP on December 12, 2017December 12, 2017

Photo by Diego PH on Unsplash “There’s no shortage of remarkable ideas, what’s missing is the will to execute them” — Seth Godin “Jonathan I think we are going to run with your idea for a forum, but we only have a few months to plan it”, Scott the experienced medical educator said to me over the phone. I

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