Doctor Me First with Errin Weisman DO

I have been getting email after email and DM after DM about life hacks for productivity, which prompted me to do a little research! What I found is that you don't have a productivity issue, you have a time issue.   Women on average spend over 30hrs per week taking care of the household, making meals, and dealing with the needs of the family. Essentially you have a whole other part-time job that yo...

What do you do when you're living your life's passion, but you still feel unfulfilled? Expand on that passion. Dr. Jennifer Variste absolutely loves being a pediatrician. She'd dreamt of it since she was a little girl, but she knew that she was meant for more so she set out to find fulfillment.   After medical school, she and her husband settled down outside of Houston, TX, but the pediatric jobs...

Uncontrolled anger, lashing out at strangers, a never-ending feeling of exhaustion and overwhelm. Sounds like the perfect recipe for burnout, but when Shang was going through it, she had no clue. Listen as she shares her story and how she's changed her life and mindset to stay out of the pit of burnout today. Shang was working at a startup, working her own business, in a long-distance relationship...

Now that things with the pandemic are starting to calm down and several of my doctor friends and I have been vaccinated, we decided it was time for a girl's trip. I've done them before but this time around it really hit home that I needed a hike and I needed it with girlfriends.   There ended up being four of us on the trip and these are ladies that I've connected with virtually but haven't met in...

I have talked about imposter syndrome on the show many times before, but I was having a conversation with my mastermind ladies and someone brought it up in a whole new way. So I knew I had to come on and discuss it again but in a different light.    Part of impostor syndrome is 100% negativity bias. It's our deep brain trying to keep us safe and keep us from taking too many risks with our health a...

It's time! We've finally gotten to sit back down and have an Alpha Female discussion. Spring is in the air and with it will come extremely LONG days for Craig so we knew we had to get it in. Listen as he shares what's going on down on the farm and we chat about our family updates.    Corn is up in prices and we've been preparing the fields and the equipment to get the highest yield. Craig shares w...

In the spirit of protecting my clients' information, I'm always hesitant to share the wins that they're seeing. However I had a few clients recently share some of their wins and how they've been conquering their fears and I had to share. Listen in to hear some inspirational changes.    Because really, what's the point if we're not sharing the changes we've made for the better right?    These three...

We all experience burnout differently, something you'll learn as you listen to these episodes, so it's important for me to share my experience with you! Listen in as I dig deep into what I was thinking, feeling, and doing when I was in the deep pit of burnout.    I first experienced burnout within the first few weeks of my attending job. Here I was with the big beautiful new job, the husband and t...

Ever feel completely overwhelmed by the emotions you feel while you're at work or around other people? Do difficult situations touch you on a deeper level than they appear to with others in your sphere? Then lady, you might be an empath. Listen in as Dr. Sheetal Ajmani and I chat about the realizations we had in our careers and how we've learned to better cope.    What is an empath? Per Merriam-We...

Have you ever thought to yourself, maybe I'm just meant to be an entrepreneur? Me personally, I didn't until I stepped out and realized what it was about being an employee that made me so unhappy. I need to do my own thing, make my own rules, and have my own impact. Sound familiar?    Shannon Claire has always been a rebel and it's her out of the box way of thinking that has served her well in the...

What do you do after building your own businesses for over 30 years? Share the knowledge with others coming up behind you. That's exactly what Kc Rossi is doing now. After starting and ending multiple businesses, she realized that she loved helping others to do the same in a way that aligned with their soul purpose.   She's here today to share why it's important to actually implement what you've l...

Woman, I see you! If you're walking around feeling exhausted and drained and wondering where you'll get the energy to just make it through the next day, then I used to be you! You are doing so much and you are doing GREAT!   I'm sending out this love letter to all of the Alpha Females out there who are busy making everything happen. Leave fear in the corner of the room and listen in to hear an ama...

We've all felt the slump that this past year has brought. So many of us have felt stuck. Whether in our jobs, our homes, our workouts, or maybe in our relationships, we've felt like things have stopped. When Dr. Michelle Quirk started feeling this, she decided to build some momentum and get moving.    She's an avid runner and has built a coaching business designed to help professional women to pri...

I recently had a listener write in and ask me to expand on ways to avoid burnout, before it even happens. Graduation is just around the corner for many med students and one thing your degree doesn't cover is the effects of burnout and how to avoid it.    When I received the request to go over this topic from Taylor, I thought it was an amazing idea. So, my tips for avoiding burnout or if you've al...

It's amazing how vulnerable being clear with others can make you feel. Think about it. How often do you tell people how you truly feel? How often do you speak out with clarity and confidence about what you need? Kelli Thompson is a leadership coach who is passionate about helping women find their clarity and confidence.    After spending years in corporate America she realized that her passion lay...

With the lockdowns and added stress of the pandemic, it's no wonder that alcohol intake has increased. Does this mean that alcoholism has increased or are we dealing with the ramifications of a very destructive coping mechanism?    Angela Mascenik joins me to chat about her journey and why it is rarely about the alcohol itself and all about why you're drinking instead. For many of us, drinking beg...

Dr. Susan Wilson has focused on peer support throughout her career, but when she had to quit medicine due to her own medical issues, she realized just how important it is. Listen as she shares her experience and why she's so passionate about peer support and coaching today.   When you're spiraling through grief and depression due to some really terrible medical news, what do you do? If you're a do...

Did you know that some of our listeners only listen to the Married to an Alpha Female episodes? It's true! Thank you so much to everyone who listens to these because we love doing them.    Okay, now to get into our discussion!    Not much has been going on down on the farm. Craig has been taking grain to market, and no that does not include a horse and buggy, but it has been oddly impacted by Covi...

We all know that female reproductive and general health has always been lower on the totem pole in the medical field. Only in recent years has the narrative begun to change and one of the big players in that is Dr. Teresa Irwin. She's the vaginacologist and she's here to share her story and why she's so passionate about women's health.    So how did she come up with the name the vaginacologist? Sh...

This is not a political episode… I don't care where you fall on the issue of student loans, but I DO care about how you relate to your student loans. So often I hear people take on personal identifiers when they talk about their student loans. It's as if the loan itself has some sort of hold over our identity.    Things I've heard, and thought, in relation to student loans:    If I leave medicine...

Just because you're getting older, doesn't mean you have to become any less interesting or badass. Dr. Robyn Alley-Hay is an Ob-Gyn and she spent a great deal of her time helping women who were moving into their fifties and owning it. Listen as she shares why she believes in the "fuck-it 50s" and how getting older is a good thing!   After 25years of practice, Dr. Alley-Hay turned in her white coat...

You can figure this out. You can honestly figure anything out. Do you ever find yourself thinking that you're a failure and that you've just reached the end of what you can do? Guess what, you haven't.    No matter if things are going right or if things are going wrong, you will be able to figure out the next step. You didn't make it through your residency and all those years of medical school to...

What do you do when a fellow alum is running in similar circles as you? Do a podcast swap! Dr. Nii Darko and I have been in each other's spheres for years, but everything has finally aligned for us to chat about all things business and gatekeepers.    Honestly, this interview was truly amazing. I have been following Dr. Darko's journey for years and it is just so inspiring. Between paying off debt...

Burnout destroyed my faith. There's no other way to say it. Having grown up as a conservative Baptist I fully expected medicine to bring me closer to God. Instead I chafed against beliefs that weren't supported by my experiences and that I had been questioning for a long time.    But burnout took those beliefs and put a huge crack right down the middle of them. I couldn't believe that God wasn't s...

Our youth are our future, so why don't we do more to help them along in a productive way? When Dr. Elisabeth Fontain asked herself that question, she decided to do something about it. Along with her medical practice she is a coach to up and coming students, early careerists, and physicians and she's sharing why she's so passionate about her work.   Dr. Fontaine is dedicated to creating a norm of h...