Category Archives: Career-Life Balance

Reflections on Being a SAHM vs Corporate Mom: Is There a Happy Middle?

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Noemi Gamel

Last week, as the kids and I were walking to the Monteverde Library, which is about a 45 minute walk from our house, Tristan, my 7 year-old boy, and I had a good little chat.  It went like this: Tristan: … Continue reading →

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5 Blessings of Going From Breadwinner to Stay-At-Home Mom in Costa Rica

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Noemi Gamel

**DISCLAIMER:  Please know that I am not advocating that being a stay-at-home-mom (SAHM) is more difficult than being a corporate mom or the other way around.  By corporate mom I mean a mother who works in a salaried job outside … Continue reading →

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5 Challenges of Going From Breadwinner to Stay-At-Home Mom in Costa Rica

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Noemi Gamel

**DISCLAIMER:  Please know that I am not advocating that being a stay-at-home-mom (SAHM) is more difficult than being a corporate mom or the other way around.  By corporate mom I mean a mother who works in a salaried job outside … Continue reading →

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3 Ways to Simplify Your Goals

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Noemi Gamel

Eighteen months ago, if anyone would have asked me, “What are your goals in life?”, this is how I would have responded: “Well, my 15-year plan is to become Associate Dean of Medical Education, either here (my workplace at that … Continue reading →

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Ladies: “You can have it all, just not at the same time.”

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Noemi Gamel

I have been thinking a lot about motherhood this week.  I have also been thinking a lot about my old life where I had a high-profile career and made good money.  This is most likely brought on by the fact … Continue reading →

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Redesign Your Life: Making things better at work

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Noemi Gamel

As I posted in earlier blogs, up until a few months ago I was on the fast track in a career in academic medicine.  I was at a high-point professionally even though I was still relatively early career.  I was … Continue reading →

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Eat, Pray, Love….Eat your heart out!

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Noemi Gamel

A secret revealed…. I always wanted to be a writer.  I was in Writing UIL when I was in middle school and I wrote for the school newspaper…..yes, I was that geeky!  I wrote stories when I was a little … Continue reading →

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“Do you regret being a doctor?”

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Noemi Gamel

And the survey says….. A physician friend of mine recently posted a link on twitter to a national survey by Jackson Healthcare that indicated that 59% of the physicians surveyed were “somewhat unlikely” or “very unlikely” to recommend a young … Continue reading →

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Why We Moved, Part 3: Rediscovering the joy of motherhood

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Noemi Gamel

It’s a cruel, cruel summer……(sorry, I just watched the original Karate Kid recently) The summer of 2012 was a difficult one.  I was conflicted about what to do with regards to my job.  My division chief,  a dear friend who … Continue reading →

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Why We Moved, Part 2: My career bubble burst

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Noemi Gamel

Turning crisis into opportunity…. There is a host of personal and professional reasons as to why we uprooted ourselves from our idyllic, suburban, American fairytale life to live in a developing country.  Not only that, we moved from one of … Continue reading →

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