Month: May 2018

We are well acquainted with the idea of evidence based medicine. The idea that we can develop treatment recommendations based on collecting evidence about which treatments have worked the best in the past.  Well, I submit that we can also buy into the idea of evidence based living!

To me this means that as I live my life, I can look for, and find, evidence to support almost any belief I have. For example, the other day I was feeling like I couldn’t diagnose any patient I saw. Everything was baffling and hard for me.  I felt like an imposter.

Have you ever felt that way?

It is a powerful feeling. It can take over and make every future decision more difficult and lead to a downward spiral.  

But then I stopped myself, took a breath and looked for evidence to contradict the belief that “I am an imposter.”

I thought about the cases where I nailed the diagnosis. I thought about the cases where even without a firm diagnosis the animal responded to the treatment. I allowed myself to believe the evidence “I am a good diagnostician and doctor!” I moved forward with my day more confidently as I kept remembering the evidence.

Now, yes, for those of you sitting there saying that there are times when I did miss the diagnosis or the animal did not respond and so I could have latched onto those times.  You are right, so true, so true. I don’t always get it right.

BUT, the idea here is to look for evidence of what will make me feel better and see if it exists. And it does, for me and for you.

So let’s try and use evidence based living more in our lives in and out of the clinic. I am positive you can find evidence to support any idea you want to have.

Why not choose thoughts that allow you to feel better, stronger, bigger and more adept? That’s the key! Choose the thoughts you want to feel and back them up with evidence from your past and move forward.

Today I am sharing a video from Lisa Nichols, a transformational speaker. In this video she talks about second guessing yourself and how to stop it. I thought it was a powerful video and it speaks to looking for the evidence. You can view the video by clicking here.

NOTE: Lisa starts the video with responses to comments from previous videos so you can skip to the 2:22 mark if you only want to hear about second chances. But I think there is great information as well in the first minutes even if you haven’t watched her before. It’s only 10 min long so enjoy!

As always, you can set up a 1:1 call with me to explore what you are wanting to create in your life at  https://calendly.com/healthyselfdvm!