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Food Security
Christina
  • 7 days ago
  • 3 min

Food Security

Food security has always been difficult in Malawi, with floods and deforestation and an increasing population on a limited amount of...
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Overachieving and Wellbeing
Christina
  • May 4
  • 3 min

Overachieving and Wellbeing

I take wellbeing seriously. Sometimes the closest I get to balance is being extreme in all areas, but for the last year or two I have...
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Fitting In
Christina
  • Apr 5
  • 3 min

Fitting In

Normally when I attend a medical conference I quickly feel that I am among people like me. Especially global health conferences or...
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Well Babies and Sick Kids
Christina
  • Mar 23
  • 3 min

Well Babies and Sick Kids

It was a busy Monday morning. I had half a dozen kids scheduled to see me for vaccine advice, but by the end of the morning I had seen or...
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Pressure
Christina
  • Mar 15
  • 3 min

Pressure

The patient had a 5:30 appointment, later than I usually like to book, but was brought in at 1:30 by a colleague who used to work with me...
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Gule Wamkulu
Christina
  • Mar 15
  • 2 min

Gule Wamkulu

A few days ago, a Presbyterian pastor received threats from members of Malawi’s Gule Wamkulu secret society and complaints from the head...
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"We Treat, God Heals"
Christina
  • Mar 15
  • 3 min

"We Treat, God Heals"

I was discussing last week about how tempting it is as a doctor to feel like it is the physicians who have the responsibility to bring...
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Family Medicine Doctor
Christina
  • Mar 7
  • 2 min

Family Medicine Doctor

Just over ten years ago, I was writing personal statements for residency programs. Sometimes I go back through those statements and...
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Another Day in my Life
Christina
  • Feb 17
  • 7 min

Another Day in my Life

I wake up around 7 to the pouring rain. That’s great because I needed extra sleep after staying up late. And there’s power this morning,...
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Fatigue and Renewal
Christina
  • Feb 15
  • 4 min

Fatigue and Renewal

Today, I am tired. I am tired from planning trainings and travel and programs with so many pieces that something is sure to fall through....
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A Day in My Life: January 2022
Christina
  • Jan 27
  • 4 min

A Day in My Life: January 2022

A day in my life January 2022 I stayed up late on conference calls last night, hearing from experts in California about ways to improve...
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Learning the Dance
Christina
  • Jan 22
  • 6 min

Learning the Dance

Ten months ago, we adopted a little village dog and took over the contract for a night guard. Together, those two had been protecting for...
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Roots, Branches, and Pruning
Christina Metzler
  • Oct 3, 2021
  • 3 min

Roots, Branches, and Pruning

Pruning is my least favorite part of gardening. It’s probably my least favorite part of life, too. I love watching the growth of new...
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Lifestyle Medicine and Patients who Inspire
Christina Metzler
  • Sep 26, 2021
  • 3 min

Lifestyle Medicine and Patients who Inspire

My patients inspire me. I have patients who really take lifestyle interventions seriously and have prevented or reversed chronic disease...
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Getting Away
Christina
  • Sep 8, 2021
  • 3 min

Getting Away

Christian Health Service Corps has a policy that missionaries should physically get away from their place of work every quarter. These...
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A Day in our Life: I'm Glad there's Two of Us
Christina Metzler
  • Aug 23, 2021
  • 5 min

A Day in our Life: I'm Glad there's Two of Us

6:30 I get up, brew tea, read my Bible, eat breakfast, and get ready. Greg’s awake by 7:00 and I ask him to help with the printer. I...
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Shadowing
Christina
  • Aug 15, 2021
  • 3 min

Shadowing

Yesterday was Susie’s last day shadowing me at ABC Clinic. Sometimes she really was like my shadow, quietly observing my conversations...
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Just Another Day in Paradise
Christina
  • Aug 10, 2021
  • 5 min

Just Another Day in Paradise

I wake up just after 6:00. I had dreams about people singing, influenced no doubt by the roosters crowing at all hours of the night and...
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Pregnancy
Christina
  • Aug 10, 2021
  • 4 min

Pregnancy

She came into my office alone, without a family member as a guardian, and she didn’t want a student to sit in on our meeting; her issue...
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Focusing on Assets
Christina
  • Aug 10, 2021
  • 3 min

Focusing on Assets

The settings couldn’t have been more different. A couple years ago in rural Malawi I sat down with a team of two clinicians who provided...
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