{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Thinking through relationships with heart and mind (part 1 of 3)","description":" Show Notes  Episode 20: Thinking through relationships with heart and mind (part 1 0f 3) The following story typifies one aspect of thinking through relationships with heart and mind. It also sets the stage for the next two episodes:   Yesterday a third-year medical student came to my office to work with me. The first two years of medical school are in the classroom. Students learn about the body, in health and disease. They spend the second two years with patients, learning to apply what they\u2019d learned. Pediatrics was his first clinical rotation, and this was his first day.   \u201cDo you know what you want to do in medicine?\u201d I asked   \u201cI think I want to be a surgeon.\u201d   \u2018How did you decide to go to medical school?\u201d   \u201cThe idea occurred to me late in college. I was a psychology major. One day I realized that I was going to be a psychologist because my mom is a psychologist. I respect her so much that I wanted to be like her. After appreciating that, I thought about what interested me. Biology was my real interest, and I knew I wanted to go to medical school.\u201d   \u201cSurgeons can be very impersonal, pompous, even conceited,\u201d I said. Their work, to them, is almost art. They see what needs to be done, and they apply their skill and ability to the task. When I was in medical school, a surgeon\u2019s comment highlighted this attitude. \u201cInternists,\u201d he said, \u201cstand around and talk about problems. Surgeons fix them.\u201d   \u201cYou can avoid developing this standoffish attitude,\u201d I went on. \u201cby bringing the warmth and goodness you revere in your mom into your practice. If you become a surgeon with this ideal, you will be a different doctor. You\u2019ll be true to yourself and to what you value most.\u201d   &amp;nbsp;   &amp;nbsp;   &amp;nbsp;  ","author_name":"On Being Happier: Thinking with Heart and Mind","author_url":"https:\/\/ronschneebaummd.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/22818122\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/22818122"}