With great pleasure, HMO Wellness presents this must listen episode from Manali Bhave, MD who shares her journey into medicine and breast oncology. Finding a career that provided the opportunity to help others and improve lives was the initial motivation for going into medicine. Oncology offered a space to know patients longitudinally while continuously staying curious about how to help them optimize their health. Her tendency to see similarities with patients was a strength in caring for them but also created a challenge in figuring out how to protect her own energy while providing top notch care for others. Exercise, reading and hobbies as well as thoughtful consideration of her own personal goals has been helpful in keeping her academic medical career on track. May this story being encouraging, even nurturing, to your own wellbeing knowing that we have such a lovely colleague in HMO!