DocSwiner's Superwoman Complex Blog

…..is what I like to call myself. When I first started practicing Family Medicine, I didn’t even know what Facebook was. I avoided it like the plague, wondering why anyone would want to share their private moments and pictures with strangers on the Internet. But as I began to write articles and started a blog […]

I’m with my husband on my first (his second) ever cruise. I was nervous, because I’d never been on one before, and I can’t swim. I planned out getting a motion sickness patch, antibiotics for the possibility of Traveler’s Diarrhea, and tried to prepare myself for what the feeling of the rocking boat would feel […]

I’m not going to say that the release of Beyonce’s #Lemonade prompted this blog entry, but whatever……. 🙂 I have a dear friend who is currently going through a horrible divorce. She is a wonderful lady, phenomenal Mom of 3, and is well accomplished. I’m worried about her. I, unfortunately, have many friends who have […]

**This one’s dedicated to the good Dr. Mani Saint Victor. We have some collaborative things cooking, and he wanted to speak about side-gigs and social media** I’ve been in this medicine game for almost a decade, and I wrote my book (How to Avoid the Superwoman Complex™) after about seven or eight years of practicing. […]

Earlier this year, I was excited to join Periscope™ and was so pleased to join the Mocha Medicine’s Facebook group’s “Pass the Scope” challenge. We answered a series of scheduled questions to introduce the world to what we do, who we are and what makes us unique and did it over 4 days. These were […]

I wish I could take credit for that title for my article, because it’s brilliant. It’s the work of the editors of Griots Republic digital mag, for which I wrote an article on safety while traveling. Follow the wonderful magazine on social media, @GriotsRepublic, and on their site, http://www.griotsrepublic.com. Here’s my article: Griots, let’s discuss […]

Happy Sunday, everyone. I woke up with my children, bright and early as always (when do children realize they/the parents can sleep in on the weekends, by the way? I digress….) and turned on my favorite TV broadcast to get some Word. I’m a member of Union Baptist, but when attending “Bedside Baptist” (ie. didn’t […]