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Simon Craig is an obstetrician-gynecologist in Australia and author of From Hurting to Healing: Delivering Love to Medicine and Healthcare.

How Olympic cycling can improve health care

Dr. Simon Craig
Physician
November 9, 2025

It’s no secret, is it? Health care organizations and institutions are struggling, some more than others. However, all are faced with seemingly insurmountable challenges. Demand outstripping resources, failing cultures and disengaged staff, and everywhere blockages and lack of flow are but a few of the common themes.

Big money, large initiatives, and great minds have all been thrown at the problem. The result? Well, if there was an answer we would …

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How Olympic cycling can improve health care

How do our own characteristics as doctors limit the change we can make in health care?

Dr. Simon Craig
Physician
July 15, 2024

All around the world, health care systems are crumbling, resulting in less effective clinical care and damage to health care workers. We all recognize the need for change and want to see it. But could doctors’ psychological makeup hamper the achievement of the actual change we wish to see in our systems?

The nature of doctors

Worldwide, those who enter a medical career are intelligent and driven individuals. Throughout our training, we …

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How do our own characteristics as doctors limit the change we can make in health care?

Why doctors should embrace uncertainty for better patient outcomes

Dr. Simon Craig
Physician
April 22, 2024

Recently, I met a coaching client for her second session. As we greeted each other, it was immediately apparent that her energy and mood had shifted from the first session. She seemed lighter, her shoulders were higher, and her posture was straighter. There were smiles instead of tears.

In the initial session, we discussed pressures and expectations. It became clear that these were largely internally generated. Like many doctors, this person …

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Why doctors should embrace uncertainty for better patient outcomes

Unlocking the power of open-minded conversations

Dr. Simon Craig
Physician
December 26, 2023

An excerpt from From Hurting to Healing: Delivering Love to Medicine and Healthcare.

Before we speak

Many people enter a conversation with preconceived ideas of how it will go. We constantly make assumptions, and our brains often jump to conclusions based on experience, previous interactions with a particular person, our current emotional …

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Unlocking the power of open-minded conversations

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