60 Chapters
journey:
the act or an instance of traveling from one place to another; trip
any course or passage from one stage or experience to another
These impromptu essays are spontaneous but not arbitrary.
They are grounded in 10 years of reflection, experience, and , Medicine, Jungian psychology, dreams, and natural science.
They are here to draw memories, reclaim desire, and ask more of life, Medicine, myself, and each other.
Something I’ve been working on. An experience of Sanctuary ready to be shared.
Are you living the life you imagined when you dreamt of being a doctor?
One-to-One Work
Map your authentic path in medicine — one that bends toward meaning, integrity, and freedom.
Can you imagine how much energy will be unlocked when you
reclaim your original intention,
release self-doubt, and
stop measuring your worth by how well you fit into a profoundly dysfunctional corporate healthcare system and compromised professional culture?
Perhaps this feels impossible, and you’ve been told so many times — and have begun to believe— that there is no room to put your signature on your practice or find the power in your voice.
This is not the truth.
Meet the authority of your inner doctor, the one who cares about the life you live and your remarkable, distinctive formula for caring for others.
Refine your personal myth, and pick up its thread. This is the beginning.
New in Medicine, Rewritten
What is Metamorphosis Medicine?
Speaking unfettered truth, fueling personal transformation and reimagining Medicine. By doctors, for doctors.
Metamorphosis Medicine is a toolkit, an ever-expanding collection of original and curated content, points of view, experiences, practices, and strategies, combined with guidance. These resources are a Missing Curriculum, designed to help doctors achieve the most fulfilling expression of our profession, tailored to define a fulfilling, transformative, personal journey.
Ten Initiatives to Heal Medicine
Published on Close to the Bone with Lauren Kosinski, MD and LinkedIn in January 2025.
Before you write these off as unachievable, consider what practice could look like if these initiatives were realized. We have to imagine what we want to build. To the extent we believe we’re stuck, we are stuck.
1. The difference in income between the lowest paid and the highest paid person in medicine should be no more than 10x.
2. Forgive all medical school debt and establish debt-free medical education.
3. Make residency a sustainable lifestyle.
4. Establish the Functional Medicine model as the foundation for clinical instruction.
5. Every doctor should write and continually update a Personal Practice Prescription at every stage of clinical training and practice.
6. Reframe and restore physician professional accountability.
7. Continual rebalancing of the 3 priorities of medicine: intellectual engagement, prosperity, and meaningful work.
8. The practice of medicine should not make doctors sick or sick at heart; we should thrive because of our practices, not despite them.
9. Establish a single payer system that covers everyone and includes wellness activities.
10. Know your doctor origin story.
Hello
I’m Lauren Kosinski, MD, Creator of Metamorphosis Medicine
What I bring to the table:
25+ years in clinical surgery in diverse practice settings, from solo general surgery practice in Alaska to subspecialty academic colorectal surgical practice
Jungian (Analytic) Psychology Training Candidate (over 600 class hours), ISAPZurich (Switzerland)
Certified yoga teacher with 700 hours of yoga teacher and integrative therapy training hours
Creation and management of The Seed House, a wellness center and prototype
Life Atlas Consultant and Gifts Compass Inventory Advisor Certifications
Master’s degree in Health and Medical Sciences
3 years as executive director of a small surgical research foundation
MBA Essentials Certificate from the London School of Economics
My humanity
medicines
Things to support you in your practice
TOOLS, RESOURCES, REMINDERS
Some free, some paid.