Learning to Serve Yourself FIRST So You Can Serve Others with Dr. Jewel Smay
Sometimes, you make an instant connection with someone who becomes a dear friend. And other times, you’re surprised at the connection with someone you didn’t even pay attention to initially.
On the day Dr. Jewel Smay and I met, we barely acknowledged each other in the surgeon’s lounge. Since then, though, she’s become a colleague and a friend, and now we have so many points of connection in our lives.
In this episode of the Words of Love podcast, you’ll hear her amazing story and how she’s learned to start serving herself in the process. You’ll learn about the journey that led her and her husband to adopt two girls, how they and the pandemic have affected her dreams and plans as a pediatric anesthesiologist, and so much more!
4:58 - Why Dr. Smay got into pediatric anesthesia and wants to re-craft her work
8:22 - Dr. Smay’s emotional journey adopting two kids (and the surprise that revealed itself about one of them)
14:52 - How COVID-19 was a blessing in disguise for Dr. Smay
22:50 - The difference in personality between Dr. Smay’s daughters and their relationship with each other
29:56 - How Dr. Smay got her MBA during the pandemic
33:01 - The question that women have to learn to ask themselves (and men don’t)
40:15 - The big dream Dr. Smay wants to fulfill
47:06 - Meditation as the gateway into a theta-dominated state