The StressFreeMD Podcast

Have you checked all the boxes of a successful life and still found yourself wondering, “Is this all there is?” In this episode of The StressFreeMD Podcast, I’m joined by pediatrician, certified coach, and podcaster Dr. Melissa Parsons for an honest conversation about rediscovering your dreams and becoming your favorite you. Melissa shares how coaching transformed her relationship with herself, he...

You have a story, but you are not your story.  In this episode, we explore the difference between who you truly are including your values, needs, desires, core qualities, meaning, and purpose—and the difficult experiences you may still be carrying in a heavy invisible backpack.  Learn how to separate your identity from what has happened to you, keep the wisdom without carrying all the weight, and...

What if facing mortality could teach us how to live more fully today? Dr. Delia Chiaramonte—physician, author, and founder of the Integrative Palliative Institute—shares powerful lessons from caring for patients and families facing serious illness. We explore the tools that inspired her book Coping Courageously : honesty, avoiding regret, asking for help, prioritizing meaningful relationships, and...

What if failure isn’t the end, but an opportunity to learn, grow, and rise? In this episode, Dr. Robyn Tiger explores three powerful ways to define FAIL.  Discover how shifting your perspective on setbacks can help you move through fear, find the lesson, and turn disappointment into forward momentum. Walk away with simple action steps to stop fearing failure and start failing forward! Information...

What happens when you’re feeling your strongest and healthiest and suddenly become the patient? Dr. Michelle Chestovich, a board-certified family physician in Minnesota and certified life coach, returns to The StressFreeMD Podcast to share her deeply personal journey. After completing a half Ironman and feeling her best, she discovered a breast abnormality that led to a diagnosis of bilateral brea...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. What if having more fun was actually good for your health? In this episode Dr. Robyn Tiger explores why so many of us feel we need to earn or deserve fun and why it’s time to let that belief go.  Discover the science behind laughter, play, and joy, how fun can help decrease stress and support your well...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. Join me for an inspiring conversation with Dr. Michelle Quirk, a board-certified pediatrician, certified run coach, and founder of Mindful Marathon. After the loss of her father, Dr. Quirk found herself searching for healing and authenticity. What began as simple walks outdoors gradually evolved into r...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. What if one simple mindset shift could reduce stress, strengthen your relationships, and help you move forward instead of staying stuck? In this episode, Dr. Robyn Tiger explores the powerful practice of choosing curiosity over judgment.  Learn how taking a bird's-eye view can transform challenges...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. What does it truly mean to lead from the inside out? In this inspiring conversation, psychiatrist, critical care physician, retired Army Colonel, executive coach, and leadership expert, Dr. Jess Bunin, shares her remarkable journey through multiple career reinventions, leading healthcare teams, and nav...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. Life doesn't always go as planned, and disappointment, resentment, or regret can leave us feeling stuck. In this episode, Dr. Robyn Tiger explores how to shift from feeling bitter to better by changing your perspective, focusing on what you can control, and taking meaningful action. You'll le...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. What if the greatest gift you leave behind isn't only money or possessions but the wisdom, kindness, and impact you share with others? In this inspiring episode, Dr. Robyn Tiger explores how intentionally creating a legacy can decrease stress, increase purpose, and bring tremendous peace because y...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. Who are you becoming with each thought, choice, and commitment you make? In this episode, Dr. Robyn Tiger explores one simple but powerful question that can transform the way you live: "Is this bringing me toward or away from the real me?" Learn how your thoughts, habits, relationships, respo...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. Dr. Jarret Patton’s story is a powerful reminder that our greatest detours can become our greatest purpose. In this conversation, this inspiring board-certified pediatrician, physician leader, author, coach and speaker shares his journey into medicine, his passion for transforming healthcare, and the u...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. What if one of the greatest sources of stress isn't what you lack, but believing you always need more? In this episode, Dr. Robyn Tiger explores the powerful difference between needs and wants, how the constant pursuit of "more" pulls us out of the present moment, and simple ways to cult...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. Have you ever felt like your creativity has disappeared? What if it hasn't gone anywhere, but it's simply been buried beneath stress? In this podcast episode Dr. Robyn Tiger explores the powerful connection between stress and creativity and why calming your nervous system is one of the most e...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. Have you ever felt like you're simply along for the ride in your own life? Over time, repeated setbacks, stress, other people's opinions, self-doubt, and limiting beliefs can quietly lead to learned helplessness which is the feeling that you have little control over your circumstances. In thi...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. In this inspiring episode, Dr. Robyn Tiger sits down with Dr. Kara Wada, a quadruple board-certified physician in pediatric and adult allergy & immunology, functional medicine, and lifestyle medicine. Dr. Wada shares her deeply personal journey of being diagnosed with Sjögren's syndrome and ho...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. What if one of the most powerful prescriptions for better health isn't found in a pharmacy? In this episode of The StressFreeMD Podcast , Dr. Robyn Tiger explores the science behind social health and why strong relationships are essential for reducing stress, cultivating resilience, and enhancing...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. How much time do you spend trapped in "what if" thoughts? Rumination, blame, shame, worry, and fear can keep us stuck in the past feeling heavy, overwhelmed, and like a helpless passenger in the back seat of our own lives. In this episode, Dr. Robyn Tiger shares her simple yet powerful four-s...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. Are you paying attention to what fuels you and what drains you? In this episode, Dr. Robyn Tiger invites you to explore your personal energy landscape by identifying what leaves you feeling depleted and what helps you feel energized, fulfilled, and alive. Learn how energy shows up in your body, your wo...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. In this inspiring episode, Dr. Robyn Tiger welcomes Dr. Wendy Schofer, a dual board-certified pediatrician and lifestyle medicine physician, retired Navy physician, certified coach, improv comedian, and founder of Family in Focus®. Discover how the principles of improv can be used for stress relief not...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. Complaining may feel like communication, but they're not the same thing.  In this episode, Dr. Robyn Tiger explores the powerful difference between complaining and communicating. Learn how complaints often keep us stuck, create defensiveness, and increase stress while thoughtful communication can...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. Are you feeling overwhelmed, overcommitted, or stretched too thin? The solution may not be doing more. Instead it may be creating better boundaries. In this episode, Dr. Robyn Tiger explores how healthy boundaries can reduce stress, protect your time and energy, and support your physical, emotional, an...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. We are surrounded by constant noise—our own thoughts, other people’s opinions, social media, news, politics, and endless distractions. In this episode, Dr. Robyn Tiger explores how all of this noise can increase stress, overwhelm your nervous system, and disconnect you from your inner wisdom. Learn how...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. In this episode Dr. Robyn Tiger explores how getting stuck in microscopic thinking and repetitive thought loops can increase stress, overwhelm, and emotional exhaustion. Learn how widening your perspective and viewing life through a more macroscopic lens can help you feel calmer, clearer, and more grou...