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Mastery and Wellness: Thriving in Medicine

A weekly newsletter designed to empower medical professionals to achieve mastery, balance, and well-being in their careers and lives.

The grandkids are 4 and 7 months old now. I'm still getting used to being called Grandpa Ben. This weekend my partner and I traveled to Texas to watch my bonus son graduate from his emergency medicine residency. He and his partner have the seven-month-old. She's a year ahead of him, working locum...

Jun 20, 2026 coaching legacy

The Question I Get Most: "How Can You Help Me?"

And the honest answer — especially for physicians. It usually comes a few minutes into a first conversation, sometimes with a slightly raised eyebrow: "So — how exactly can you help me?" It's a fair question. Honestly, it's my favorite one, because physicians ask it differently than most people d...

by Ben Reinking — Jun 13, 2026 coaching

The Cottonwood

When I’m visit my hometown, I like to go for walks with my parents They live on the eastern edge of South Dakota, where the Big Sioux runs down to meet the Missouri. There’s a wooded peninsula between the two rivers. A quiet area full of cottonwoods. We see deer, Baltimore orioles, and the occas...

Jun 06, 2026 legacy

The Hibachi

Last week was full at every edge. Clinic was overbooked. The medical students had finals, with extra duties in the learning community on top of the clinical load. And we are in the middle of launching a clinical expansion that is the kind of project that does not follow you home in your car ...

by Ben Reinking — May 30, 2026 energy audit physician careers

The Untaught Skill

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by Ben Reinking — May 23, 2026 communication listenting physician coaching

THE GIFT AND THE GRIFT

I haven’t sent one of these in months. Here’s why. When I last wrote, I was running this whole thing on the assumption that the newsletter was the front door. Then I launched the podcast. Rebuilt the blog. Stepped further into the division director role I’d been quietly growing into. An...

by Ben Reinking — May 17, 2026 community physician coaching

Growth Without Burnout: Mentorship, Leadership, and Sustainable Careers in Medicine

One of the things I’ve come to believe over the years is that development never really stops. As physicians, we spend so many years grinding away to reach the next milestone—medical school, residency, fellowship, by the time we reach our first job, it’s easy to assume the hard part is behind u...

by Ben Reinking — Mar 15, 2026 career resources physician career growth

Olympic Dreams

If you’ve been reading my blog or this newsletter for a while, you know I have an Olympic obsession. I was a competitive swimmer from age six until I was twenty-two. Somewhere along the way, like most kids who spend that much time staring at a black line on the bottom of a pool, I dreamt of...

by Ben Reinking — Feb 15, 2026 olympic spirit physician career growth

A New Chapter: Conversations, Tools, and Support

As we turned the page from 2025 to 2026, I’ve spent some time reflecting on where The Developing Doctor is headed. One word kept coming up for me: connection. At its heart, this platform has always been about creating a place where physicians can share real stories, learn from one another, a...

by Ben Reinking — Jan 11, 2026 physician burnout coaching podcast

Holding hope close as we wrap 2025

This past year felt, in many ways, like stepping into what feels like the new normal of medicine: reimbursement pressure tightening, patient complexity growing, workforce shortages felt daily, and technology surprising us by showing up where we least expected it. And yet, even in that heavine...

by Ben Reinking — Dec 20, 2025 physician careers

The Holiday Lists That Burn Doctors Out

You've heard the song lyrics. "He knows when you are sleeping. He knows when you're awake. He knows if you've been bad or good so be good for goodness sake." Every holiday season comes with lists. The naughty list. The nice list. The grocery list. And for physicians? The most exhausting one of...

by Ben Reinking — Dec 12, 2025 burnout holiday lists physician careers

The Unexpected Gift Inside Your Side Gig

Lately I’ve been living in two completely different professional worlds. One is the world of building our comprehensive heart center. I have been in my division director roles for 5 months. The heart center work started years ago. Years of planning, committees, approvals, budgets, and meets. I...

by Ben Reinking — Dec 07, 2025 physician coaching physician side gigs

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