No one is born with a mindfulness practice. It takes time to discover your needs, to personalize your practice, and to cultivate that practice as you evolve as a mindful person. Dr. Sima Porten is a skilled urologic cancer surgeon and incorporates mindfulness into her everyday routine. Both her surgical skills and her mindfulness practice developed over an extended period of time and minor adjustments are continually required to reach the expert levels at which she performs. In this episode we talk about developing and refining a mindfulness practice as a surgeon – how to incorporate those skills into the operating room, clinical care, and our home lives. Dr. Porten also recently completed a clinical trial investigating the impact of mindfulness on perioperative outcomes for patients undergoing a major cancer operation. Her balance and positive attitude are an inspiration to all who know her, and hopefully to all who listen to this episode. (Music Credit: Sunshine, Simon Jomphe Lepine.)