Dr. Anthony Orsini

Difficult Conversations -Lessons I learned as an ICU Physician

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Every critical moment in our lives starts and ends with a Difficult Conversation. As an intensive care physician, author, and frequent speaker on communication, Dr. Orsini has spent most of his career teaching key communication techniques that can help anyone navigate through the most difficult conversations. This podcast is about effective and compassionate communication. Each week our guests will tell their inspiring stories of triumph and tragedy and the role that communication played in the their lives. . Whether you are a doctor telling someone they have terminal cancer, a business leader...

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Dr. Anthony Orsini

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Health

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www.theorsiniway.com

Latest episode

Jun 30, 2026

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Episodes

Achieving Excellence in Healthcare with Quint Studer 14.12.2020

Achieving Excellence in Healthcare with Quint Studer  Welcome to Difficult Conversations with Dr. Anthony Orsini. Today, It’s my incredible honor to have as my guest, Quint Studer. He is a businessman, visionary, entrepreneur, and a natural mentor to many. He’s worked with individuals at all levels of leadership and across a variety of industries to help them become better leaders and create high...

Brand Citizenship with Anne Bahr Thompson 07.12.2020

Brand Citizenship with Anne Bahr Thompson Welcome to Difficult Conversations with Dr. Anthony Orsini. On today’s episode, my special guest is Anne Bahr Thompson, a Trust Across America 2018 Top Thought Leader and a top ten 2020 Superbrands Branding Leader who has been using the brands as a motivating source force for change, relationship building, and profitable growth for more than 25 years.  She...

Elevating the Patient Experience with Jason Wolf 30.11.2020

Elevating the Patient Experience with Jason Wolf Welcome to Difficult Conversations with Dr. Anthony Orsini. Do you want to feel more optimistic about healthcare?  Well, today is the day  because on this episode, my special guest is Jason Wolf, a passionate champion and recognized expert on patient experience. As President of the Beryl Institute, he has led the growth of the organization into the...

Difficult Conversations with Your Teenager with Joshua Wayne 23.11.2020

Difficult Conversations with Your Teenager with Joshua Wayne Welcome to Difficult Conversations with Dr. Anthony Orsini. Today, my special guest is Joshua Wayne.  For over 25 years he has worked with at-risk foster youth. Once a struggling teen himself, Joshua understands what teens are going through. He speaks across the country to schools and youth organizations on how to help kids today become...

Human Centered Approach to Leadership with Holly O'Driscoll 16.11.2020

Human Centered Approach to Leadership with Holly O'Driscoll   Welcome to Difficult Conversations - Lessons I Learned as an ICU Physician with Dr. Anthony Orsini. On today’s episode, my special guest is Holly O’Driscoll, an industry expert in the field of Design Thinking and human centered innovation. She is the former Global Design Thinking Leader at Proctor & Gamble and led more than 250...

My Journey with Stillbirth with Debbie Haine 09.11.2020

My Journey with Stillbirth with Debbie Haine Welcome to the Difficult Conversations with Dr. Anthony Orsini. Our special guest today is Debbie Haine. Her daughter, Autumn Joy, was born still in 2011.  Somehow out of tragedy, she made it to through the darkest days and came out on other side. Since then she has been a dedicated and tireless advocate of stillbirth rights, promoting research at both...

The Speed of Trust with Stephen M.R. Covey 02.11.2020

The Speed of Trust with Stephen M.R. Covey Welcome to Difficult Conversations – Lessons I Learned as an ICU Physician with Dr. Anthony Orsini. On today’s episode, my special guest is Stephen M.R. Covey.  He is the New York Times bestselling author of The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything .  Stephen asserts that trust has become the new currency of the world and that having the...

Conversations with your Inner.U with Beth Weissenberger 26.10.2020

Conversations with your Inner. U with Beth Weissenberger Welcome to the Difficult Conversations – Lessons I Learned as an ICU Physician with Dr. Anthony Orsini. Today, my special guest is Beth Weissenberger, Co-Founder of the Handel Group, a renowned corporate consulting and life coaching company, dedicated to teaching people how to realize their personal and professional visions.  Their straightf...

The Patient Experience-Discovering the Best in Others 19.10.2020

The Patient Experience - Discovering the Best in Others with Diane Rogers Welcome to the Difficult Conversations with Dr. Anthony Orsini. Today, my special guest is Diane Rogers, Founder and President of Contagious Change, LLC.  She has a diverse background and a big heart. Both of which power a simple and focused mission: to inspire individuals and organizations to harness the strengths and magni...

Difficult Conversations in Leadership 12.10.2020

Difficult Conversations in Leadership with James Orsini Welcome to the Difficult Conversations – Lessons I Learned as an ICU Physician with Dr. Anthony Orsini. My special guest today is James Orsini. James Orsini is the President at The Sasha Group, a VaynerX Company. Working alongside Gary Vaynerchuk (aka Gary Vee), James leads the Sasha Group to help small business reach explosive growth potenti...

Caring for Our Veterans with the Honorable Dr. David Shulkin 05.10.2020

Caring for Our Veterans with the Honorable Dr. David Shulkin Welcome to the Difficult Conversations with Dr. Anthony Orsini. This week my extra special guest is the Honorable Dr. David Shulkin, who is currently CEO of Shulkin Solutions.  He was the Ninth Secretary of the US Dept of Veteran Affairs, nominated by President Trump to serve his cabinet. Prior to serving as Secretary of the VA, he serve...

Giving Back-When the Patient Becomes the Provider with Lauren Heaslip, RN 28.09.2020

Giving Back- When the Patient Becomes the Provider with Lauren Heaslip Welcome to Difficult Conversations-Lessons I Learned as an ICU Physician with Dr. Anthony Orsini. This week is extra special because my guest is extra special to me. My niece, Lauren Heaslip, is joining me to share her incredible story. I promise you that you won’t want to miss this one. Lauren Pender Heaslip was born premature...

Difficult Conversations about Physician Burnout 22.09.2020

Difficult Conversations About Physician Burnout with Dr. Dike Drummond Welcome to Difficult Conversations – Lessons I Learned as an ICU Physician with Dr. Anthony Orsini. Our special guest today is Dr. Dike Drummond, a Mayo trained family doctor, professional coach, author, speaker, and trainer, whose sole focus is addressing the modern epidemic in physicians and that is professional burnout. He i...

The Power of Empathy with Dr. Helen Riess 14.09.2020

The Power of Empathy with Dr. Helen Riess Welcome to the Difficult Conversations with Dr. Anthony Orsini. Our special guest today is Dr. Helen Riess, a Psychiatrist and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Director of the Empathy and Relational Science Program at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and the leading expert on the topic of empathy. She founded Empathetic...

How Communication Improves the Patient Experience with Elizabeth Poret-Christ 08.09.2020

How Communication Improves the Patient Experience with Elizabeth Poret-Christ Welcome to the Difficult Conversations – Lessons I Learned as an ICU Physician with Dr. Anthony Orsini. Our special guest today is Elizabeth Poret-Christ. Liz is a dear friend of Dr. Orsini and Director of Programming at The Orsini Way, where she’s involved in all aspects of marketing, scheduling, and teaching. As Dr. Or...

Leading with the Heart with Claude Silver of VaynerMedia 01.09.2020

Difficult Conversations with Dr. Anthony Orsini-Episode 7 Welcome to the Difficult Conversations Podcast with Dr. Anthony Orsini. Our special guest is Claude Silver who is the Chief Heart Officer at the mega digital agency, VaynerMedia. Claude is known for taking a particularly human approach to human resources, unlocking employee potential, performing close person to person connections, fostering...

Difficult Conversations in Pediatric Oncology with Dr. Michelle Neier 25.08.2020

Difficult Conversations in Pediatric Oncology with Dr. Michelle Neier Welcome to the Difficult Conversations with Dr. Anthony Orsini. Today, we have special guest, Dr. Michelle Neier, a board-certified Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist and Integrative Medicine Physician. She has a strong interest in the medical humanities and narrative medicine.  She is passionate about teaching and is a Breaking...

Difficult Conversations and Workplace Violence with Larry Barton 17.08.2020

Difficult Conversations and Workplace Violence with Dr. Larry Barton  Welcome to Difficult Conversations with Dr. Anthony Orsini. Today, we have special guest, Dr. Larry Barton, who is one of the world’s leading experts in crisis management and threat assessments. Currently, he is the distinguished University Professor of Crisis Management and Public Safety at the University of Central Florida. Dr...

Surviving Infant Loss. A Conversation with Noelle Moore 10.08.2020

Surviving Infant Loss and The Finley Project- A Conversation with Noelle Moore Welcome to Difficult Conversations with Dr. Anthony Orsini. In today’s episode, we have a very special guest, Noelle Moore. Noelle is the Founder and President of the non-profit organization, The Finley Project. The Finley Project is the nation’s only 7-part Holistic Healing Program for mothers that experience infant lo...

Welcome to my Podcast- Sharing My Journey with Dr Anthony Orsini 04.08.2020

Difficult Conversations with Dr. Anthony Orsini-My Journey Welcome to the first episode of Difficult Conversations podcast with Dr. Anthony Orsini.    This podcast is all about learning to communicate effectively and with compassion. You will hear inspiring stories of tragedy and triumph, and from each story we’ll learn together about the major role communication played. In our professional lives,...

I'm Here - Communication and the Patient Experience with Marcus Engel 04.08.2020

          I’m Here Communication and the Patient Experience with Marcus Engel The two most compassionate words any human being can say to another person is  “I’m here.” Today’s episode is a story of tragedy, triumph, and success. My special guest is Marcus Engel, who was hit by a drunk driver, every bone in his face crushed, has permanent and total sight loss in both eyes, and endured over 300 hou...

Communicating to Be the Most Powerful You with Kathy Caprino 04.08.2020

Difficult Conversations with Dr. Anthony Orsini-Episode 3  Welcome to the Difficult Conversations with Dr. Anthony Orsini.  Today we are lucky to have special guest, Kathy Caprino with us. She is an internationally recognized career and leadership coach, writer, speaker, educator dedicated to the advancement of women in business, a former corporate vice president, now a trained marriage and family...

Difficult Conversations - Trailer - What to expect 16.07.2020

Difficult Conversations Lessons I Learned as an ICU Physician with Dr. Anthony Orsini- Trailer - Welcome to Difficult Conversations with Dr. Anthony Orsini podcast.  Are you looking for inspirational and uplifting stories that will make you feel incredibly good each week? Do you want to learn how to communicate better even during the most difficult times? I'm Dr. Anthony Orsini, a Neonatal IC...

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