Maria Simbra, MD, MA, MPH
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“Fallen leaves lying on the grass in the November sun bring more happiness than the daffodils.”
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 AM
“Fallen leaves lying on the grass in the November sun bring more happiness than the daffodils.”
Doctor… What's a unique perspective your medical background brings to your writing?
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Doctor… What's a unique perspective your medical background brings to your writing?
Participated in the Fall Local Authors Fair at the South Fayette Library. Thanks for supporting local authors!
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Participated in the Fall Local Authors Fair at the South Fayette Library. Thanks for supporting local authors!
Doctor…
Writing can be a powerful way to decompress and learn something new.
Write as discovery.
Often, we learn more about ourselves and our experiences through the act of writing.
Writing can be a powerful way to decompress and learn something new.
Write as discovery.
Often, we learn more about ourselves and our experiences through the act of writing.
November 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Doctor…
Writing can be a powerful way to decompress and learn something new.
Write as discovery.
Often, we learn more about ourselves and our experiences through the act of writing.
Writing can be a powerful way to decompress and learn something new.
Write as discovery.
Often, we learn more about ourselves and our experiences through the act of writing.
How subscribing to Healing Ink helps doctors who write…
It builds your confidence in your writing abilities and helps you overcome the fear of rejection.
The next issue is just around the corner. Subscribe here: open.substack.com/pub/healingink
It builds your confidence in your writing abilities and helps you overcome the fear of rejection.
The next issue is just around the corner. Subscribe here: open.substack.com/pub/healingink
November 21, 2025 at 2:27 AM
How subscribing to Healing Ink helps doctors who write…
It builds your confidence in your writing abilities and helps you overcome the fear of rejection.
The next issue is just around the corner. Subscribe here: open.substack.com/pub/healingink
It builds your confidence in your writing abilities and helps you overcome the fear of rejection.
The next issue is just around the corner. Subscribe here: open.substack.com/pub/healingink
Doctor…
Is your writing project overwhelming?
Set achievable goals.
Instead of "write a book," try "write 500 words this week."
Is your writing project overwhelming?
Set achievable goals.
Instead of "write a book," try "write 500 words this week."
November 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Doctor…
Is your writing project overwhelming?
Set achievable goals.
Instead of "write a book," try "write 500 words this week."
Is your writing project overwhelming?
Set achievable goals.
Instead of "write a book," try "write 500 words this week."
Doctor… Do you prefer writing fiction or non-fiction? Tell us why!
November 18, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Doctor… Do you prefer writing fiction or non-fiction? Tell us why!
South Park 🍁🍂
November 16, 2025 at 2:36 AM
South Park 🍁🍂
Doctor, your writing is better than you think.
Battling Imposter Syndrome: Remember your expertise. You are a doctor who writes, and your insights are valuable.
Battling Imposter Syndrome: Remember your expertise. You are a doctor who writes, and your insights are valuable.
November 15, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Doctor, your writing is better than you think.
Battling Imposter Syndrome: Remember your expertise. You are a doctor who writes, and your insights are valuable.
Battling Imposter Syndrome: Remember your expertise. You are a doctor who writes, and your insights are valuable.
Get your words in an upcoming issue of DocWriteRx™!
Write 100-500 words
🔸Describe a moment something in medicine became crystal clear to you.
🔸How do you introduce yourself to patients and why?
🔸What was an experience that put you on your professional trajectory?
Deets: DM
Write 100-500 words
🔸Describe a moment something in medicine became crystal clear to you.
🔸How do you introduce yourself to patients and why?
🔸What was an experience that put you on your professional trajectory?
Deets: DM
November 14, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Get your words in an upcoming issue of DocWriteRx™!
Write 100-500 words
🔸Describe a moment something in medicine became crystal clear to you.
🔸How do you introduce yourself to patients and why?
🔸What was an experience that put you on your professional trajectory?
Deets: DM
Write 100-500 words
🔸Describe a moment something in medicine became crystal clear to you.
🔸How do you introduce yourself to patients and why?
🔸What was an experience that put you on your professional trajectory?
Deets: DM
Doctor, how to you get reaction to what you’ve written?
Get feedback.
Ask a trusted friend or colleague to review your work.
Get feedback.
Ask a trusted friend or colleague to review your work.
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Doctor, how to you get reaction to what you’ve written?
Get feedback.
Ask a trusted friend or colleague to review your work.
Get feedback.
Ask a trusted friend or colleague to review your work.
In the 11/25 issue of DocWriteRx™, read the words of lifestyle medicine physician Dr. Angela Andrews about a unique object and why she’s kept it.
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This month in the primer: some tips on writing about pain, suffering and death.
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Get it all here: open.substack.com/pub/healingink
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This month in the primer: some tips on writing about pain, suffering and death.
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Get it all here: open.substack.com/pub/healingink
November 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
In the 11/25 issue of DocWriteRx™, read the words of lifestyle medicine physician Dr. Angela Andrews about a unique object and why she’s kept it.
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This month in the primer: some tips on writing about pain, suffering and death.
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Get it all here: open.substack.com/pub/healingink
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This month in the primer: some tips on writing about pain, suffering and death.
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Get it all here: open.substack.com/pub/healingink
Doctor…
What’s one question you have about writing for a medical audience? For a non-medical audience?
What’s one question you have about writing for a medical audience? For a non-medical audience?
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Doctor…
What’s one question you have about writing for a medical audience? For a non-medical audience?
What’s one question you have about writing for a medical audience? For a non-medical audience?
My writing retreat last weekend was a huge success!
I wrote two chapters, finished a short story, and got started on another.
My retreat mate edited ten chapters of her book.
I will do this again in January!
I wrote two chapters, finished a short story, and got started on another.
My retreat mate edited ten chapters of her book.
I will do this again in January!
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
My writing retreat last weekend was a huge success!
I wrote two chapters, finished a short story, and got started on another.
My retreat mate edited ten chapters of her book.
I will do this again in January!
I wrote two chapters, finished a short story, and got started on another.
My retreat mate edited ten chapters of her book.
I will do this again in January!
Doctor, do you cheer for yourself when you make headway on your writing project?
Celebrate Every Word: Every sentence is a victory. Acknowledge your progress, no matter how small.
Celebrate Every Word: Every sentence is a victory. Acknowledge your progress, no matter how small.
November 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Doctor, do you cheer for yourself when you make headway on your writing project?
Celebrate Every Word: Every sentence is a victory. Acknowledge your progress, no matter how small.
Celebrate Every Word: Every sentence is a victory. Acknowledge your progress, no matter how small.
Santa doesn’t have the only workshop in December.
The Doctors Writing Workshop kicks off the month. Get focused and organized feedback on YOUR 1,500 words.
Sunday, December 7 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Google Meet.
Group max = 6, so register asap.
www.ironedwordsproductions.com/doctors-writ...
The Doctors Writing Workshop kicks off the month. Get focused and organized feedback on YOUR 1,500 words.
Sunday, December 7 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Google Meet.
Group max = 6, so register asap.
www.ironedwordsproductions.com/doctors-writ...
November 7, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Santa doesn’t have the only workshop in December.
The Doctors Writing Workshop kicks off the month. Get focused and organized feedback on YOUR 1,500 words.
Sunday, December 7 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Google Meet.
Group max = 6, so register asap.
www.ironedwordsproductions.com/doctors-writ...
The Doctors Writing Workshop kicks off the month. Get focused and organized feedback on YOUR 1,500 words.
Sunday, December 7 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Google Meet.
Group max = 6, so register asap.
www.ironedwordsproductions.com/doctors-writ...
Writing hack for doctors:
To focus your writing…
Know your audience: Tailor your writing to who you're trying to reach.
To focus your writing…
Know your audience: Tailor your writing to who you're trying to reach.
November 6, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Writing hack for doctors:
To focus your writing…
Know your audience: Tailor your writing to who you're trying to reach.
To focus your writing…
Know your audience: Tailor your writing to who you're trying to reach.
Hello, Doctor.
In this season of giving thanks, you may have mixed emotions. Perhaps you’re working the holiday. Maybe you have a patient who’s showing you what it means to be grateful.
What’s your prescription for gratitude?
Write on.
In this season of giving thanks, you may have mixed emotions. Perhaps you’re working the holiday. Maybe you have a patient who’s showing you what it means to be grateful.
What’s your prescription for gratitude?
Write on.
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Hello, Doctor.
In this season of giving thanks, you may have mixed emotions. Perhaps you’re working the holiday. Maybe you have a patient who’s showing you what it means to be grateful.
What’s your prescription for gratitude?
Write on.
In this season of giving thanks, you may have mixed emotions. Perhaps you’re working the holiday. Maybe you have a patient who’s showing you what it means to be grateful.
What’s your prescription for gratitude?
Write on.
Doctor…
Share a book or article that has inspired your writing.
Share a book or article that has inspired your writing.
November 4, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Doctor…
Share a book or article that has inspired your writing.
Share a book or article that has inspired your writing.
Writing hack for doctors:
To make progress on your writing…
Consistency over intensity: Showing up regularly for your writing, no matter how brief, yields lasting results.
To make progress on your writing…
Consistency over intensity: Showing up regularly for your writing, no matter how brief, yields lasting results.
November 1, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Writing hack for doctors:
To make progress on your writing…
Consistency over intensity: Showing up regularly for your writing, no matter how brief, yields lasting results.
To make progress on your writing…
Consistency over intensity: Showing up regularly for your writing, no matter how brief, yields lasting results.
Golden leaves promise a world of beautiful adventures.
October 31, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Golden leaves promise a world of beautiful adventures.
Writing tip for doctors…
Simplify medical jargon: Translate complex terms for a general audience.
Simplify medical jargon: Translate complex terms for a general audience.
October 30, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Writing tip for doctors…
Simplify medical jargon: Translate complex terms for a general audience.
Simplify medical jargon: Translate complex terms for a general audience.
October 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Hello, Doctor! What genre or topic do you love to write about the most?
October 28, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Hello, Doctor! What genre or topic do you love to write about the most?
Met some wonderful readers and met some new friends at the Beaver County Book Fest 📚
October 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Met some wonderful readers and met some new friends at the Beaver County Book Fest 📚