Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Between a Rock & a Hard Case | From Social Butterfly to Hermit_ The Unexpected Joy of No Plans

31 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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A short YouTube personal-reflection by Aaron Hartman, MD about shifting from an extroverted, social life to embracing introversion and solitude. The speaker emphasizes that family time and having "no plans" now matter most, and an interviewer asks how this personal change has influenced his role as a clinician, invoking the "heart–hand" connection between personal values and clinical practice.

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I used to be a social dynamo. I don't know how else to say it. I am a hermit now. I'm a total introvert. Your social emotional needs change as you get older. And for me, it's my wife and my kids. It's being at home, it's having no plans is really my favorite plan. Well, I know what your thing is. Like, if anything interrupts with my family time. Yeah, it's a problem. Yeah. So how has all this and your own personal journey, how's that shaped you as a clinician? And keeping in mind, like, kind of the heart hand connection, like, how is that kind of translated?