By Jessica Cilella This year, I’ll be spending Valentine’s Day alone. Physically, I won’t be alone. In fact, I’ll be surrounded by a few close friends and thousands of costumed tourists, enjoying the sights and sounds of Mardi Gras. By alone, I mean spending yet another special day away from my longtime boyfriend, Jon, who […] Continue reading → 
(Editor’s Note: In this week’s post, Marriage and Family Therapist and medical spouse Kim Blackham responds to a reader’s question from her September post on medical marriage.) Question: We are MS2 (MS1 was rough) and we have lots of layers to our situation. One of them is that we have two kids under four years […] Continue reading → 
By Sarah Johnson As days and decades go by in my life and relationships, I’ve been pleased at the end of a year or another milestone that I continue to discover lovely surprises about my husband. He turned 33 a few weeks ago and indicated that this was a tough birthday for him, cranky about […] Continue reading → 
By Stacie Johnson Last year I made a New Year’s resolution to not clean as much. Yep, that is right, I declared I wouldn’t clean my house. I decided that time with my four year old was worth more than an empty sink, sex with my husband was better than a clean kitchen and cuddling […] Continue reading → 
By Monica Swanson It’s that time of the year again…freezing cold temperatures in many places, and the cold and flu season hitting hard! Now I don’t know if I’ll get any sympathy, but even here in Hawaii, we’ve had some really cool nights! In case you’re wondering what a “cool night” is in Hawaii, we hit the mid-to-upper 50’s this […] Continue reading → 
(Editor’s Note: With a new year upon us, many of us have hopes of better health in the future: emotional, physical, spiritual and, especially in the medical training years, financial. Here are a few lessons learned the hard way from a medical spouse during residency.) By Tonya Adams When my husband started medical school, we […] Continue reading → 
By April Thorpe The summer before my husband’s M4 year, he came home one day and announced that he wanted to go on a boat. Ok, a ship. A very large ship. He had found out about a six week volunteer stint on a Navy hospital ship which was embarking on a humanitarian mission to […] Continue reading → 
By Stephen Lloyd Buying your first house is like having a child. You’re never really ready. It’s a huge decision that will potentially impact your finances either negatively or positively for years to come. And that’s scary. For most medical families, buying a house is even more intimidating and overwhelming because you have so […] Continue reading → 
(Editor’s Note: In this week’s post, Marriage and Family Therapist and medical spouse Kim Blackham responds to a reader’s question from her September post on medical marriage.) Question: We are currently in the last year of med school, and I’m wondering; what are some practical, everyday things we can do to keep our marriage strong? […] Continue reading → 
By Julia Sotile Orlando, MSW, LCSW Rebecca Sotile Fallon, M.A. Mary O. Sotile, MA, LPC Wayne M. Sotile, Ph.D. “My medical student (or resident) mate is so self-focused! I have sacrificed everything for his/her career, and get little in return. I am questioning whether to stay in this relationship. This is not what I signed […] Continue reading →