“I almost didn't come, but I'm so glad I did”
Lessons from my first rest in medicine retreat - and how it's changing how I'm showing up for everything else, including Florescence.
Two years ago, I held my first Florescence circle for women in medicine. At the time, I'd been working as a 1:1 coach for medics for a while, but I was looking for ways to both broaden and deepen into this work, especially as, since attending my first retreat, I’d felt a growing pull to offer a way for more people to gather together. Knowing how busy people working in medicine are, an evening circle felt like a good starting point - one where we didn’t just gather together and drop straight in, but where we actually made a night of it, coming together for a meal in a beautiful space, first.
Creativity as Medicine: One Doctor’s Journey Back to Colour
There was a time in my medical career when everything felt pared back to essentials, the focus was getting through each day. Medicine asked so much of me that the parts of myself that loved colour, beauty, and imagination slipped into the background. I didn’t even notice it happening. Many doctors don’t.
But years later, something unexpected called me home.
A handful of flowers.
The ritual of arranging stems.
The way colour softened the edges of my day.