o are psychologists, psychiatrists, or to those of you who have taken a Myers Briggs personality profile. However, even before Carl Jung, "archetypes" and mythological personalities have appeared in various cultures and religions for over a thousand years as a means to explain the What is the significance of your having become a physician and how does it relate to your "destiny" or "soul path?"

For many of coaching clients, the reason we are working together is because their "professional" life has taken a significant turn---or is about to. In other words, they are either: a) questioning whether the professional road they're on is one they want to stay on, or b) they are already embarking on a "new road" and we're navigating the bumps, or c) they were abruptly bumped off the road they thought was "the one" for them.

Here is the task that I want to challenge you, my reader, with: look at your road in medicine and the choices you've made, or the twists in the road that you didn't plan on, and see if you can find the major clues that point to your "true self." Your "true self" points to your "destiny."

Let's Have Some Fun With "Archetypes"

A common "metaphysical" approach to looking at "true self" and "destiny" is to uncover your "archetype." The work of Carl Jung and his 16 archetypes is familiar to many of you who are psychologists, psychiatrists, or to those of you who have taken a Myers Briggs personality profile. However, even before Carl Jung, "archetypes" and mythological personalities have appeared in various cultures and religions for over a thousand years as a means to explain the m

rn---or is about to. In other words, they are either: a) questioning whether the professional road they're on is one they want to stay on, or b) they are already embarking on a "new road" and we're navigating the bumps, or c) they were abruptly bumped off the road they thought was "the one" for them.

Here is the task that I want to challenge you, my reader, with: look at your road in medicine and the choices you've made, or the twists in the road that you didn't plan on, and see if you can find the major clues that point to your "true self." Your "true self" points to your "destiny."

Let's Have Some Fun With "Archetypes"

A common "metaphysical" approach to looking at "true self" and "destiny" is to uncover your "archetype." The work of Carl Jung and his 16 archetypes is familiar to many of you who are psychologists, psychiatrists, or to those of you who have taken a Myers Briggs personality profile. However, even before Carl Jung, "archetypes" and mythological personalities have appeared in various cultures and religions for over a thousand years as a means to explain the

one" for them.

Here is the task that I want to challenge you, my reader, with: look at your road in medicine and the choices you've made, or the twists in the road that you didn't plan on, and see if you can find the major clues that point to your "true self." Your "true self" points to your "destiny."

Let's Have Some Fun With "Archetypes"

A common "metaphysical" approach to looking at "true self" and "destiny" is to uncover your "archetype." The work of Carl Jung and his 16 archetypes is familiar to many of you who are psychologists, psychiatrists, or to those of you who have taken a Myers Briggs personality profile. However, even before Carl Jung, "archetypes" and mythological personalities have appeared in various cultures and religions for over a thousand years as a means to explain the

self" points to your "destiny."

Let's Have Some Fun With "Archetypes"

A common "metaphysical" approach to looking at "true self" and "destiny" is to uncover your "archetype." The work of Carl Jung and his 16 archetypes is familiar to many of you who are psychologists, psychiatrists, or to those of you who have taken a Myers Briggs personality profile. However, even before Carl Jung, "archetypes" and mythological personalities have appeared in various cultures and religions for over a thousand years as a means to explain the

o are psychologists, psychiatrists, or to those of you who have taken a Myers Briggs personality profile. However, even before Carl Jung, "archetypes" and mythological personalities have appeared in various cultures and religions for over a thousand years as a means to explain the mystery of human existence. Numerology has been used as tool to arrive at or calculate aspects of the archetype or "destiny" and is still a tool for modern followers of Kabbalah and I Ching.

There is much more to learn about this topic than I can provide here, but I thought it would be fun to "borrow" a few archetypes from various disciplines to see if you recognize yourself in one or more of them. Here we go:

Shaman (aka Curandera) - This is the path of the holistic healer, who incorporates intuitive information along with observable facts. Mind, soul and body are one and the same. As a physician, has it been your desire to integrate all three and serve as a Shaman? Have you been frustrated by the reality that modern medical practice does not support this notion (either through practice convention or reimbursement). Is medicine leaving you drained because it has become so tactical and procedural, and lacking in soul-connectedness with patients?

Warrior - This is the path of trailblazers and those who step up first to figh