DocWorking: The Whole Physician Podcast

“Give me a reason why I’m doing this. Why is this significant for me? Because personally, I’m not a terribly extrinsically driven individual. If I don’t have that intrinsic drive that this matters to me for a reason, then every goal in the world is not going to make a difference.” -Coach Gabriella Dennery MD  In today’s episode, Coaches Gabriella and Jill break down the difference between goals an...

“…What I want is to help my kids be as fully human as they can, and to be open to the full breadth of the human experience. That includes happiness and it includes a whole bunch of other things in between, and the more capable I can let my kid be themselves and experience and understand the resilience of moving through the breath of that human experience, that's a lot more important than me trying...

“One of the things that is so great about doing this work is you have a direct effect on helping injured people, and that's one of the things that makes it so gratifying: Your ability to use your medical knowledge, your background, your training in a way that is non-clinical but is still really helping people.” -Armin Feldman MD In today’s episode, Dr. Jen Barna talks with Dr. Armin Feldman to fin...

“The key is to be okay with being uncomfortable. To be okay with asking questions. To understand that it is perfectly natural to be asking questions and to be curious about the answers and to check in with yourself.” -Coach Gabriella Dennery MD In today’s episode, Coach Gabriella and Coach Jill walk us through deciding to stay or go in our career or current employment. Gabriella knows from her own...

“I practice medicine differently from other people and what I do is good, and I’m good at what I do, and I don’t have to do it like everyone else.” Kisha Hartwick MD In today’s episode Coach Gabriella Dennery MD talks with Dr. Kisha Hartwick about being a practicing psychiatrist and an ordained minister. Dr. Hartwick believes in taking the whole patient into perspective, physical, mental, emotiona...

“He has been the best teacher because it’s just a matter of noticing and playing around with, what is the feedback that I'm getting from this other human being? And it’s just been absolutely amazing.” -Margaret Webb In today’s episode, Coach Jill Farmer sits down with Margaret Webb. Margaret is a Life Coach who specializes in coaching parents on ‘Parenting the child they didn’t expect while they w...

“Constructive conflict is kind of like how diamonds are formed by a little bit of pressure. Sometimes when we're in a group and we're pushing back against each other's ideas and saying, ‘Yeah but,’ out of that comes new and innovative ideas, something fresh.” -Master Certified Coach Jill Farmer In today’s episode, Coaches Gabriella and Jill sit down to talk about dealing with conflict. Many of us...

“I admit that I’m a recovering people pleaser. In that recovery process, I thought, ‘something is wrong, I feel irritated by what this person just said to me. But I can’t seem to stop it because I’m here to serve. Therefore it’s okay, I’ll just tolerate what is happening.’ And it could be any number of examples, whether it was patients, colleagues, or even at home.  I wasn’t terribly good at setti...

“Instead of getting together and playing cards, we get together and lift heavy weights. It's just been a great community to be in.” -Shellaine Frazier D.O. In today’s episode, host Dr. Jen Barna talks with pathologist Dr. Shellaine Frazier. But she isn’t only a board certified anatomic and clinical pathologist, she is also a world champion weightlifter! They discuss everything from how she came to...

“How are they going to make croissants and not have the recipe? A grocery list? Not have the equipment that you need to make something? It's the same concept. How are you going to be a Chief or Chair or the Dean or the Provost or whatever you want to be without having some sort of roadmap?” -Phyllis A. Dennery, MD, FAAP In today’s episode Coach Gabriella Dennery MD sits down with her sister, Dr. P...

Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success is a book by John C. Maxwell, you can find it here   “We’re kind of wired as humans to grow and to live our most meaningful, richest, flourishing life when we step out of that comfort zone, step out of the box and break the cycle of monotony in our lives by being willing to try new things.” -Master Certified Coach Jill Farmer   In...

“Burnout is a real issue and I feel like I got to that point where I was like, ‘I just can't do this anymore.’ And I don't think it's a good way to practice medicine. Especially what I do, cannot be done in a five to ten minute visit.” -Dr. Becky Lynn, MD, MBA, IF, NCMP       In today’s episode, Coach Jill Farmer talks with Dr. Becky Lynn. Dr. Lynn is the CEO and Founder of Evora Women’s Health, a...

“Mindfulness, hobbies, gratitude, proper sleep, proper rest and proper nutrition, these are not necessarily things that can be compromised.” -Coach Gabriella Dennery MD    In today’s episode Coaches Gabriella Dennery MD and Jill Farmer discuss why it’s important to have hobbies and passions outside of work. We need these outside interests for so many reasons that Jill and Gabriella outline in this...

“We all know what a deep hole the Internet can be. A tremendous amount of misinformation, especially with medicine. So I personally think that the more physicians are out there really putting true evidence-based medicine, regardless of your field, it really does all of us a service.” - Dr. Marissa Tenenbaum In today’s episode, Coach Jill Farmer talks with Dr. Marissa Tenenbaum about social media....

Lisa Kuzman’s DocWorking courses on Diagnosing Your Leadership Style and Communication For The Win are coming soon to DocWorking.com ! Please click here to let us know you’re interested and we’ll keep you updated on the go-live dates! “So the little bit of time to build that connection, is definitely going to serve you in the long run” -Lisa Kuzman Today’s episode is all about communication! Coach...

“As women, we’re told that we can have it all, but we still have to make a sacrifice. There may be a time when you’re sacrificing for your family and your career is on hold. But there’s always going to be that time to go back to your career. You can do it before, you can do it after, you can do it any way that works for you, you don’t have to be like anybody else. You don’t have to worry about wha...

“Procrastination is often not just about laziness and people who don’t care and don’t give a darn and aren’t willing to do something. It’s actually a variation of a fear response.” -Master Certified Coach, Jill Farmer In today’s episode, Coaches Gabriella and Jill tackle procrastination. Who of us hasn’t dealt with procrastination at one time or another? Does it leave you calling yourself lazy or...

“You've got this. You can take your own time and figure it out the way I did, which was over a course of trial and error. There is an easier way and looking back now, I think if I had found someone like you, Jill, that could've helped me, I could have made strides years ahead. So just working through time management, working through issues with the (mom) guilt and just different aspects of trying...

“A New Era of Leadership” course will go live later this month on DocWorking.com!  Please click here to let us know you’re interested, and we will keep you updated. “‘There’re many intricacies around all the ways in which I see adapting leadership approaches can have really positive long lasting impacts across all areas of healthcare, so this is why I'm really passionate about it.” -Lisa Kuzman  I...

  “Giving yourself room to breathe, and at the same time that pressure to perform, perform, perform, was alleviated tremendously. So I think it's just finding those little hacks that make a big, big difference.” -Coach Gabriella Dennery MD   It’s understandable that you strive for perfection in your work life, but is it spilling over into your personal life too?   In today’s episode, Coaches Gabri...

“Begin to create a new script in our heads about ourselves, that looks more like how the person who knows, likes and believes in us the most talks about us.” -Master Certified Coach, Jill Farmer    In today’s episode, Coach Gabriella and Coach Jill answer a question from a listener about how to flip the script on imposter syndrome. Is imposter syndrome something that you have experienced or are ex...

“You’re not going to be happy ‘when.’ I (previously) thought, ‘I'll be happy when I finish residency (etc)...’  It's really important to just be happy now. To do something that you love, to be in a place that you love, to be around people who make you feel good about yourself. I think prioritizing yourself and your happiness is really important.” -Dr. Joanne Stekler  In today’s episode, Jen talks...

“We can’t control what happens in our life, but we can control how we respond to it.” -Master Certified Coach, Jill Farmer   In today’s episode Master Certified Coach Jill Farmer talks with us about what we can learn from the Navy SEALs. We know that being a Navy SEAL is an extremely difficult job, we know that it is a highly stressful career. But did you know that researchers have found that they...

“So one thing I would invest in, and this is a tip that I would give to any entrepreneur, especially if you have multiple things going on: Get an assistant.” -Dr. Saira Ahmed   Tune in to today’s episode on real estate investing with Dr. Saira Ahmed. Jen sits down with Dr. Ahmed to discuss how she got started in real estate investing, how she purchased her first properties, what tips and tricks sh...

“You know, I would yell at a diabetic patient who, for instance, was not taking their insulin. But why would I not grant myself that same grace?” -Dr Ilene Wong   In today’s episode Jen sits down with Dr. Ilene Wong, also known as author I.W. Gregorio. Dr. Wong is a practicing urologist and the author of two young adult novels,  None of the Above  and  This is My Brain in Love . Tune in to hear ho...