Dr. Punam Rana

09/01/2025

08/28/2025

I do it too — reaching for my phone before I’ve even taken in what’s happening.

Snapping the photo,
posting the update,
checking if it turned out…
and missing the very moment I was trying to hold onto.

In my latest Substack essay, When Capturing the Moment Costs Us the Moment, I share the story of a graduation that opened my eyes, what my oncology patients have taught me about time, and a simple 5-second practice to help you experience your life before you record it.

📖 Read the full reflection here → [link in bio]

08/26/2025

It’s easy to miss the very moments we’re trying so hard to hold onto.

In this week’s Substack, I explore how mindfulness can help us stay present — so we enjoy the moment, instead of losing ourselves in trying to capture it.

🌿 This is also one of the themes we’ll go deeper into in my upcoming Rooted Mothers program — a 6-week journey into calm, clarity, and connection in the chaos of motherhood.

✨ Join the waitlist through the link in bio to be the first to know when doors open.

08/23/2025

Water remembers. When we pause, so do we.

Next time you drink water, pause.
That same water once flowed through ancient rivers, fell as rain on civilizations long gone, and moved through countless lives before reaching you.

I’ve been sitting with Elif Shafak’s words in There Are Rivers in the Sky—that water carries the memory of everything it has touched across centuries.

This is mindfulness at its core: realizing our interconnectedness with all of time and humanity through something as simple as H2O.

Water remembers. And when we pause to reflect, we remember too—that we’re part of something infinitely larger than ourselves.

More reflections like this in this week’s Lemon Drops 16.0 (link in bio).

08/20/2025

If you’ve ever felt ashamed of your irritation, exhaustion, or resentment—know this:

You are not failing. You are overwhelmed.

🌱 Inside Rooted Mothers, we learn to regulate the nervous system so we can move from resentment to rootedness.

Join the priority list to be the first one notified when we open up enrollment- Link in Bio!

08/19/2025

Resentment in motherhood isn’t rare—it’s just rarely spoken about.
It doesn’t mean you don’t love your child.
It means you’re human.
It means you’re carrying too much for too long without enough support or rest.

Your nervous system isn’t broken—it’s doing exactly what it was designed to do: protect you when you’re overloaded.

🌱 That’s why I created Rooted Mothers—a 6-week journey into nervous system healing, emotional honesty, and self-trust in motherhood.

✨ JOIN THE WAITLIST ! you will be the first to be notified when enrollment opens up for Rooted Mothers LINK IN BIO

08/13/2025

Who am I when nobody needs me?

In motherhood, it’s so easy to get lost in our roles and lose touch with the person we are underneath.

This year I stopped asking for permission and started reconnecting with things that bring me joy. To read more, check out this week’s Lemon Tree 🍋 link in bio

If you’re feeling the pull to reconnect with yourself, my upcoming program Rooted Mothers 🌳 is for you. Six weeks of calm, clarity, and connection to your authentic self.

Reply to this message with ‘waitlist’ and I’ll send you a link to be alerted when we open for enrolment . ✨

06/24/2025

Sometimes the most compassionate thing we can say is: “I don’t know why this happened.”

Not because we’ve given up, but because we’ve stopped trying to force meaning onto pain.

This week on The Lemon Tree, I’m sharing why I stopped saying “everything happens for a reason”—and what I say instead.

✨ Read the full reflection via the link in bio.

06/20/2025

✨ Excellence in Leadership ✨

Mindfulness in medicine isn’t just about how we care for patients—it’s also about how we show up for each other.

This week I had the joy of celebrating my incredible nurse, Joan Myers-Harrison, who received a well-deserved award for Excellence in Leadership.

Her quiet strength, compassion, and unwavering dedication inspire our whole team.

She leads not just with skill, but with heart. 💛

Congratulations, Joan! I don’t know what I would do without you!

06/19/2025

We often think resetting our day requires a big shift—time away, a break, a perfect moment of calm.

But the truth is: it only takes a breath.

These 4 micro-moments are part of how I move through medicine, motherhood, and everything in between. They’re small, yes—but powerful.

They remind me to return to myself.
To pause.
To breathe.

✨ If you're feeling stretched thin, pick one micro moment to try daily for one week and you will see that the powerful shift.

👇 What’s your go-to micro-moment? I’d love to hear it.