Suicide Archives - The Happy Philosopher

The Happy Philosopher Visits the ChooseFI Podcast

The Happy Philosopher — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 04:16:52 +0000

Shortly after I was on the Mad Fientist’s podcast, Brad and Jonathan from the Choose FI podcast reached out to me. You see, they also have a podcast exploring aspects of financial independence, and after listening to me and Brandon chat for a bit, they still had questions. They wanted to dive into some of …

The post The Happy Philosopher Visits the ChooseFI Podcast appeared first on The Happy Philosopher.

Death of a Colleague

The Happy Philosopher — Sat, 07 Oct 2017 21:17:53 +0000

Recently a physician I know died suddenly, at home. He was young, certainly young enough for his death to be surprising. Shortly after this news filtered to me via the grapevine, a brief email from hospital administration arrived in my inbox. It was light on details, vaguely written, asked for thoughts and prayers. You know, …

The post Death of a Colleague appeared first on The Happy Philosopher.

Physician Suicide and Identity

The Happy Philosopher — Sun, 26 Mar 2017 16:31:48 +0000

Physician suicide and identity I was out of town, working for several days at a remote hospital. It was about an hour after I finished work. The day was typical, busy but manageable. I was in a very good place in my life. I was about 6 months into my part-time experiment, and …

The post Physician Suicide and Identity appeared first on The Happy Philosopher.

Happy Philosopher Weekend Reading: Volume 2

The Happy Philosopher — Sat, 10 Sep 2016 15:14:42 +0000

Well I had something in the works for this second installment of Weekend Reading, where I bring you a few of my favorite blog posts and articles to head into the weekend with, but instead I got distracted by Twitter (shocking, I know). interested. please elaborate. — TheHappyPhilosopher (@HapyPhilosopher) September 6, 2016 She asked if …

The post Happy Philosopher Weekend Reading: Volume 2 appeared first on The Happy Philosopher.

Physician Suicide

The Happy Philosopher — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 16:21:48 +0000

Today’s post is a little different than my usual material. I published an article on KevinMD about physician suicide. It is more personal and there are some underlying themes that are very important and worth thinking about. I chose to publish it there rather than my blog because it will reach more people, the …

The post Physician Suicide appeared first on The Happy Philosopher.