Have you ever felt stuck?  Like you should feel grateful for what you have in your life but there's something tugging at you saying "there's more?"    Have you felt like you want to improve, change, grow, feel better / happier / more?   Well, this episode is for you.... Dr. Rebecca Lauderdale is an expert in Flourishing, not just surviving, but Thriving.  And she has so much juicy goodness to share with us.    In this episode we talked about the many ways we can evaluate and change our lives for the better,  including the following: *************** - What is the definition of flourishing? - How did Dr. Lauderdale go become an expert in flourishing? - Why is there so much shame around struggle and burnout? - How do we become aware of the capacity to change? - What can we do to make space for change? - What are the factors that we can evaluate / what is PERMA (Positive Emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Mastery, Achievement)? - What are the three different types of lives? - What is the VIA character strength survey? - How does someone begin to feel unstuck? - What are some resources to go from surviving to thriving? *************** Dr. Rebecca Lauderdale is a board-certified internist practicing Primary Care Internal Medicine in the Deep South. She is passionate about helping people learn the science and practices of flourishing. She can be heard regularly on her podcast, Women Physicians Flourish, where she talks about subjects ranging from grief and vulnerability to gender bias and joy in the practice of medicine. *************** You can find more from Dr. Lauderdale at: Website: www.rebeccalauderdalemd.com Instagram:  @dr.lauderdale Podcast: Women Physicians Flourish *************** Thanks so much for listening! There's lots more on my website: www.drlexlifestylemedicine.com and.... If you love the music, check out: www.therealmichaelvm.com/music All my love & gratitude to: my guest: Dr.  Rebecca Lauderdale, my inspiration: my patients, my idea guy: Edward, my intro crew: Izzy, Lance & Lucia, my tech & equipment guy: Pop, my angel: Susie, my music & sound guy: Mike VM, my mascots: Jules & P.S.,  my creative director: Emily, my love, Michael.