Inspired Mom MDs

Find the full transcript and more resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/108 . I cried over a cupcake GIF this morning. You see, my youngest turned eighteen today. I was in bed, drinking my coffee, phone in hand, scrolling through Happy Birthday GIFs. I picked a cupcake with one flickering candle and rainbow sprinkles cascading onto the table. The words simply said, "Happy birthda...

Find the full transcript and more resources at inspiredmommds.com/107 . You probably didn't hit a breaking point all at once. It was a hundred small hits that added up before you even noticed.  Maybe it was the drive home you don't fully remember, or the question your kid had to ask twice because you didn't catch it the first time.  My guest, Rhonda Crowe, gets that better than most...

Find the full transcript and more resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/106. She missed dinner again. Not for an emergency, or a last minute add-on patient. For a spreadsheet, at a desk she'd meant to leave an hour ago. That's a client of mine, four months into a contract job that was supposed to be extra. Not because she was careless. Because every reason she said yes to wa...

Find the full transcript at InspiredMomMDs.com/105. People trained to save lives are often the last ones to ask for help saving their own. When one of us is struggling with addiction or mental health, it touches our patients, our teams, and our organizations too.  Today I'm joined by Kristin Waite-Labott, a registered nurse, recovery coach, and founder of the Wisconsin Peer Alliance for Nurse...

Find the full transcript and bonus resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/104. Last summer it was one kid leaving for college. This summer, it's both — in the same week. Every morning I get my dog food and water in this one corner by my back door, where the shoes pile up every day without me even noticing. Mine. My daughter's. My son's, dirty from running outside. By nex...

Find the full transcript and bonus resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/103 . Can stress actually cause gum disease?  Today I'm joined by Dr. Rana Al-Rasheed, an integrative dentist, UCLA School of Dentistry professor, and founder of Heal the Healer, a program for burned-out healthcare professionals.  Before she built that program, she needed it herself. Rana looked healthy on p...

Find the full transcript and more resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/102. Dr. Elissa Gartenberg trained at Mayo Clinic. Now, the resume line everyone expects to hear next: insurance-based practice, packed schedule, burnout by forty. Rather than build the career she was handed, she built a concierge practice around the medicine she actually believes in. Bold. Or maybe just honest. T...

Find the full transcript and more resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/101 . What if some things women brush off as stress, getting older, or just being busy are really signs that something more serious is going on with their heart? Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women, but the conversation around women's heart health is often incomplete. A lot of women are neve...

Find the full transcript and bonus resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/100 . Have you ever noticed a symptom in your body that felt small enough to ignore? Maybe you noticed tension, a sense that something felt a little off, or even changes in your bladder habits, but you were just too busy to listen. Did you know that stress and pelvic floor health are often more connected than man...

Find the full transcript and more resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/99. “ Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should .” I found myself repeating that empowering quote 24 hours later hearing it, while navigating a small dilemma in my own life. My guest, Dr. Stephanie Ganter, is a board-certified periodontist and implant surgeon who, in the middle of building a succes...

Find the full transcript at inspiredmommds.com/98 . “ Your brain is giving you hints. We just need to quiet down and listen. ” When my guest, Karen Geiger, said that during our conversation, I thought, “ She gets it .”  If you’ve been feeling mentally overloaded, emotionally stretched thin, or wondering why your brain suddenly feels foggy and scattered, this conversation is going to feel like a de...

Find the full transcript and more resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/97. If you’ve ever wondered how to teach kids about money… but honestly weren’t quite sure where to start, you’re not alone. Because most of us were never really taught this ourselves. And now we’re trying to figure it out in real time… We want to give them opportunities… without raising entitlement. We want them...

Find the full transcript and bonus resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/96 . “ Even if it’s 10 minutes, take it for yourself because you need it. ” That is a powerful statement, spoken by Dr. Farah Deshmukh in this episode. She is an obesity medicine physician, mom, and children’s book author who found an unexpected path out of burnout. For many physician moms, life becomes all about...

Find the full transcript and more resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/95 . You walk in the door after a full day. You’re already tired and just as you set your bag down, your phone buzzes. A message from a colleague. It could be a question or a comment with a certain tone. You feel that pull to respond and try to get it just right – clear, professional, not misinterpreted. You rerea...

Find the full transcript and bonus resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/94 . Parenting as a doctor mom can feel surprisingly hard. You spend your day calm and focused with patients… solving problems and helping people through some of the most vulnerable moments in their lives. And then you walk through the door at home. Suddenly the skills that serve you so well in medicine don’t alw...

Find the full transcript and bonus resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/93 . If you’ve ever found yourself Googling “I’m worried about my child’s eating and weight,” this is for you. Today I’m joined by Dr. Wendy Schofer, a board-certified pediatrician who practiced for years inside a system built on prescribing answers. But after watching families struggle with food fights, body ima...

Find the full transcript and bonus resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/92 . “ I’ve done all the right things, so why am I not happier? ” If that question has ever crossed your mind, you’re not alone. So many women physicians reach this moment and immediately question themselves. Am I just stressed? Do I need a vacation? Or is this actually growth asking for my attention? In this epi...

Find the full transcript and bonus resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/91 . Many doctor moms I know can tell you their next professional milestone. Fewer can tell you what their body has been trying to say lately. There’s a question we rarely pause long enough to ask: Can stress affect fertility? Not in a dramatic, breaking-news kind of way. It’s more subtle. In the exhaustion that...

Find the full transcript and more resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/90 . Medicine teaches you how to save lives.  It rarely teaches you what repeated exposure to suffering does to you . Today’s episode is about traumatic stress in physicians – not burnout, not weakness, and not something you can outwork. I’m joined by Dr. Kimia Serraf – Dr. K – a physician, public health expert, a...

Find the full transcript at inspiredmommds.com/89. You are smart, accomplished, deeply trusted… and yet may feel like you fall short. You may not feel good enough as a doctor mom, even after years of training, sacrifice, and success. Especially if the bar keeps moving, Especially if you’re tired of meeting others expectations. I’m joined by Dr. Ana Tanase, board-certified in pediatrics and integra...

Find the full transcript and bonus resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/88 . You can be competent, accomplished, and still feel deeply misaligned.  And often, the hardest part is realizing you followed the rules and still lost yourself. That tension is exactly where today’s conversation begins. I’m joined by Dr. Alice Horrell, a board-certified emergency medicine physician who steppe...

Find the full transcript and bonus resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/87 . “ Balance is a myth we outgrow.” That line stayed with me long after my conversation ended with guest Dr. Bojana Jankovic Weatherly. She captured an experience many busy moms barely notice – that life doesn’t always fit into tidy categories. It will expand and contract, asking things of you that no one prepa...

Find the full transcript and bonus resources at inspiredmommds.com/86 . “ Am I enough to be a leader? ” If you’ve ever wondered that, you’re not alone. So many women physicians feel pressure to be louder, tougher, or somehow “more” than they are. But the truth is simple, we’re not taught how to lead. Not really. And that gap shows up everywhere. You can save a life without breaking a sweat… but pr...

Find the full transcript and bonus resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/85 . We’ve all heard it or said it ourselves: “I can run on five hours of sleep.” But does that really work? Or does it cost you more than you admit? Today, we’re talking about sleep and mental health for physician moms. They’re inseparable, yet so many women in medicine can’t seem to rest, even when they know be...

Find the full transcript and bonus resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/84. What if the time you’re spending caring for everyone else – your patients, your kids, your parents – isn’t lost time at all, it’s just a different kind of calling? In Episode 76, I began this conversation about the sandwich generation moms and today I have a special guest, Dr. Krystal Sodaitis, to continue th...