childhood dreams – NOT YOUR DOC

ONE OF THE TECHNIQUES, THAT HAS WORKED WELL FOR ME, AS A PHYSICIAN, WHEN COUNSELING PEOPLE WHO ARE STUCK IN THEIR LIVES, IS TO ASK, “WHAT DID YOU WANT TO DO/WANT TO BE, WHEN YOU WERE BETWEEN AGES 11 TO 16?”. THESE ARE THE YEARS WHEN WE CAN THINK ABSTRACTLY, AS WELL AS DREAM BIG, BUT NOT BE RESTRICTED BY THE MANY SELF-COMPARISONS TO OTHERS AND THE MANY WORRIES ABOUT THE PRACTICAL NEEDS OF MAKING A LIVING. THESE CHILDHOOD DREAMS ARE STARTER SEEDS TO REASSESS WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE ARE GOING AND WHERE WE WANT TO BEIN OUR ADULT LIVES.

Charles Tadros, M.D. August 17, 2021 Saint Louis, Missouri

WHEN YOU WERE BETWEEN 10 and 15 YEARS OLD…

What did you dream about? What did you like to read? What did you like to do? Whom did you like to be around? Whom did you admire? Whom did you want to be when you grew up? Maybe now is the time to manifest the person you dreamt you would be. Charles Tadros, M.D.Continue reading “WHEN YOU WERE BETWEEN 10 and 15 YEARS OLD…”