The Doctors Paro dive into their thoughts on food and nutrition. Episode Takeaways:- Identify your emotional attachment to food.- Eat more plants. More plants.- Tracking, even for a short period, will help you.- Macronutrients control what you see. Micronutrients control what you can’t see.- If you are struggling to lose weight, you are not in a calorie deficit.- You also gotta live (a little).

Drs. Renee and John discuss the importance of making big career decisions based on what makes you happy. Key Takeaways:- Don't be afraid to pave your own way.- Despite the past 7-10 of your life, academia is actually a small subset of medicine.- Your true, lifelong mentors will support a decision you make for you.- You have to be OK with the butt pus.- Your career should fit in your life, not the other way around.

Drs. John and Renee talk about those important first years in practice and all that can be learned from them.Key Takeaways:- You can train all you want, they are still going to be super hard.- If you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room.- Develop your new routine of life long learning.- Be a third year med student again.- Invest time in figuring out your own style. It is very fun.- You can be confident and humble at the same time.

Dr. Renee answers questions in her solo episode.

The Doctors Paro talk all about their nonprofit, Doctor Vegetable!! Episode Takeaways:- Your life will shape your career, which then shapes your life, endlessly.- You shouldn’t complain if you aren’t contributing.- Small, simple ideas can be very powerful catalysts. - Good ideas can snowball quickly.- Defining your mission is a challenging but important exercise.- Gratefully accept the contributions of others, and then pay it forward.

Drs. Renee and John spend this episode giving you a bit more information about who they are, a bit about their background and some fun interesting and embarrassing did bits. They end the episode with two truths and a lie and a little touch feely ending.

The Doctors Paro discuss the importance of how development and refinement of a routine is the key to the changes you are looking for. Episode Takeaways:- Life is a habit loop.- Your routine determines your outcome.- It’s OK to fail (sometimes).- You need a good morning routine. A good morning routine starts at night.- You are clay.- Life changes. Adapt.

The Doctors Paro discuss their path to residency matching with the couples match!Episode Takeaways:- If you decide to couples match, you are essentially engaged.- Recognize your weaknesses, work to strengthen them.- You must discuss your priorities as a couple.- If you love a place - tell them so.- It is possible to have fun during this process.- If life will be miserable, don’t rank it.

A super special episode that Dr. John gave for his Chief Resident Ground Rounds presentation prior to graduating from Stanford Plastic Surgery Residency. Key Takeaways:- Happiness is not a passive action, you create it.- Cut the negativity out - it does not serve you.- The power of a gratitude practice.- Happiness is not the absence of sadness.- Happiness drives success, not vice versa.- There are scientifically proven ways to elevate your "happiness baseline".

The Doctors Paro discuss a big way that they’ve been able to do a better job with routines with meal prepping!Episode Takeaways:- There are a million upsides and maybe one downside.- The prep before the prep will set you up for success.- Just like anything, you will get better with practice.- Meal prep + Macros = Simplicity.- Here is literally what we do every week.- You can troubleshoot all obstacles.

Dr. John, with the help of Dr. Renee, dives into the world of plastic surgery and why he chose it as his career.Episode Takeaways:- Becoming a plastic surgeon.- Why I love Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.- Wait, a plastic surgeon does THAT?- You can craft your ideal practice mix.- If something doesn’t feel right, fix it.- Renee explains non-cardiac anatomy.

Renee and John share their miscarriage story. You’ll want to stick around and hear the song at the end….Episode Takeaways:- Miscarriage is common.- This is our story.- The strong one needs support too.- There is a way to be there that helps.- Wounds heal but the scar stays.- Rainbows come and they are beautiful.

An update from Episode 23 about our most recent fundraiser!

The Doctors Paro dive into the importance of working as a team and outsourcing whatever can be outsourced to make life work… better.Episode Takeaways:- It takes two to make a family, and two to make it work.- Sometimes you need to expand the team.- Stop keeping score.- Outsourcing can add financial cost. Not outsourcing can add emotional cost.- Drop the mom guilt.- As life adapts, so does your roster.

Dr. John discusses his thoughts about breast cancer. As a board certified plastic surgeon, this topic is very near and dear to his heart. Episode Takeaways:- Breast cancer totally sucks.- It’s super important to know your oncologic options.- It’s also super important to know your reconstructive options.- Every patient, and therefore every treatment approach, is different.- The field is constantly evolving (and improving).- Breast reconstruction can be incredibly rewarding.

Dr. Renee, with the help of Dr. John, dives in more to the world of Pediatric Cardiology and why she chose it.Episodes Takeaways:- Have an idea what you like, but don’t pigeon hole yourself.- Pay attention to the signs and get exposure.- The breadth of Pediatric Cardiology.- Narrowing the focus.- A day in the life of a general outpatient private pediatric cardiologist.- John’s pop quiz on bread and butter pediatric cardiology.

Dr. John answers questions!Episode Takeaways:- Help! I might want to be a plastic surgeon!- That Nip Tuck Life.- Dad-ing in Medicine.- John gets creative.- Thoughts on the girl I kinda like.- Rapid fire round.

Drs. Renee and John discuss their crazy (but ultimately perfect) choice to have a kid during training. Key Takeaways:- There is no perfect time to have a kid.- You could have unforeseen issues, don't take your fertility for granted.- You need to bring a different attitude to parenting than you do to the hospital.- You might feel like you want to quit everything you worked so hard for, I did.- You might be the sleepiest trainee. You might also be the happiest.- Beware, it could change eve...

The Doctors Paro discuss their thoughts on how and why figuring out a fitness routine that works for YOU is vital.Episode Takeaways:- Don’t overcomplicate it.- Start with something that’s fun, expand from there.- Ladies - lift heavy. Trust me.- Success in fitness does not require innate athleticism.- Find accountability.- Be appropriately skeptical of quick fixes.

The Doctors Paro discuss their thoughts on incorporating fitness events into your life as a way to build a fit life.Episode Takeaways:- Picking the right time is important.- Make the decision and shell out the cash.- Train insane or remain the same.- The fitness is important, but not everything.- Race day is accumulation of the work you put in.- Cross one finish line and set up another one.