February 2021 – The Mindful Medical Learner

Why making self-forgiveness a part of your life will make you a better physician

“Your task is not to seek for love,but merely to seek and findall the barriers within yourselfthat you have built against it.” ~ Rumi Medical students have a tendency to be perfectionists. However, mistakes are an unavoidable and critical component of our training. If mistakes are inevitable, it follows that we must learn to be more forgiving to ourselves.Continue reading “Why making self-forgiveness a part of your life will make you a better physician”