By Claire Necessary Be present Carpe Diem Live in the moment YOLO (You only live once) As the spouse of a resident, I will admit there have been times when the above phrases made me grit my teeth. Someone would say something about being present and I would roll my eyes. For a time in […] Continue reading → 
By Donna Baver Rovito (This blog originally appeared on the Pennsylvania Medical Society website under a slightly different title – https://www.pamedsoc.org/tools-you-can-use/topics/quality-and-value-blog/Mar916) Hearing the word “balance,” always makes me flash to a scene from one of my favorite movies – The Karate Kid. I can clearly hear actor Pat Morita’s “broken” English (amazingly authentic considering that […] Continue reading → 
By Sara Duda While my husband was in residency, we always talked about the future and what life would be like after those hellish three years were over. We expected it to be perfect: three kids, picket fence, SUV, vacationing, you get the picture. And then, life happened…unexpectedly. We had our first son at the […] Continue reading → 
(Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared here on KevinMD. Stay tuned for more of Wendi’s original work on the Physician Family blog and to read more of her previously published writing, visit her personal blog.) By Wendi Kitsteiner As my husband’s pick-up truck rolls up the driveway, a long ER shift behind him, my four kids […] Continue reading → 
By Susanna Hindman So you’ve opened that long-anticipated, hard-earned envelope on Match Day and finally discovered where your family is headed for the next three to five years. How did you feel when that destination was finally revealed? Scared, excited, anxious, hesitant, thrilled, disappointed, amazed, surprised? All of the above? March 15, 2013. That was […] Continue reading → 
By Monica Swanson My husband and I are raising four sons. I am their homeschool teacher, though (thankfully) they do their work online and have excellent and qualified teachers for each subject. Our oldest son is a junior in high school now, and so begins the college prep process: ACTs and SATs, college visits, scholarship […] Continue reading → 
By Moira Muldoon Trying to explain Match Day and all its attendant stresses and excitement is tough. Partly I suspect that’s because it’s tough to cram a couple years’ worth of work into a few short paragraphs: It’s not like Match is just one day. Rather, it’s the culmination of years of work. It might […] Continue reading → 
It’s Never Too Early to Start Thinking About Retirement Planning By Donna Baver Rovito UPDATE – the registration fee for the Physicians Financial Summit in Orlando May 1-4 highlighted in this blog has been eliminated. Alliance members and physician spouses are now invited to register for this event AT NO CHARGE! You’ll still have to […] Continue reading → 
By Dawn Mast For the record, I’m a homebody. Which is weird because I’m an extrovert so people expect me to enjoy road trips and party with the stars. But the truth of the matter is road trips stress me out and I don’t know any celebrities. So it stands to reason that the Lord […] Continue reading → 
(Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared here on “The Other Half,” a blog by Angelic Rodgers dedicated to medical spouse experiences from the “other half”: Husbands, lesbians, and empty nesters (by choice or from the effects of time). By Angelic Rodgers I don’t know of many things more stressful than interviewing for a job–whether it is […] Continue reading →