Healing Medicine: Mindfulness, Mindset & Physician Well-Being

Today we explore the emotional toll of practicing medicine in a healthcare system that often feels like it's working against us. Many physicians are feeling burnt out, unheard, and disrespected.  If you feel exhausted by the weight of it all, this conversation is for you. This episode covers: Acknowledgment of the widespread sense of betrayal in healthcare Practical strategies for mindful resilien...

What do you do when you feel stuck, unsure, or afraid to take the next step?  This episode is for anyone who is standing at a crossroads in their career or life, feeling uncertain about what's next. We are joined by Dr. Heather Fork, a former dermatologist who has now been a coach longer than she was in clinical practice. She shares her own journey of realizing medicine wasn't the right fit for he...

In moments of chaos and uncertainty, mindfulness is more necessary than ever—yet it can feel harder to practice. If you're struggling to sit still, focus, or even engage in the mindfulness practices that once felt easy, you're not alone. In this episode, we share how we are personally practicing mindfulness in these tumultuous times—what's working, what isn't, and how to stay curious and compassio...

A conversation about wellness, sustainability, and restoring your purpose in medicine. This episode is an invitation to reframe how we view our role in medicine. We emphasize long-term well-being over short-term fixes and prioritizing the human side of medicine. We share practical tools for rekindling your passion and calibrating your energy.  Dr. Linda Hawes Clever is the founding President of RE...

In today's episode, we offer invaluable insights on how to effectively partner with leadership to make a compelling and effective case for physician well-being and organizational transformation.   Dr. Brooke Buckley is an expert in navigating organizational systems and advocating for wellness and culture change within healthcare settings. She is currently the Chief Medical Officer of Henry Ford Wy...

Many accomplished women, especially physicians, find themselves drawn to partners with ADHD or those on the autism spectrum. I know this because I coach them—and because I am one of them. We feel alone in our relationships, but this dynamic is much much more common than we realize. This special episode of the Mindful Healers Podcast could also be called Mindful Love: Thriving as a High-Achieving W...

Learning to Hold Space and Compassion for Yourself In this episode, Dr. Yvonne Juarez, a pediatrician and physician leader at TPMG, shares her transformative journey of self-compassion, personal growth, and professional renewal. Yvonne and Jessie's friendship spans decades—they completed their pediatric residency together from 1999-2002 and both built their medical and leadership careers at TPMG....

Women physicians face pressure to give away their expertise for free, and feel intense guilt and discomfort when we say "no."  This episode encourages all women physicians to reflect on how they give and receive help.  We teach others to value us when we celebrate the value we bring to the table, set better boundaries, and stop undervaluing our time. There is a cost to "free" advice.  When we valu...

When we hide our rejections, we become small. When we talk about them, the rejections become small.  Today's special guest is Dr. Sasha Shillcutt, a trailblazer in both medicine and women's empowerment.  Dr. Shillcutt is a cardiac anesthesiologist at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and the founder and CEO of Brave Enough, a community dedicated to empowering women. Along with being...

Are you  absorbing too much of the system's inefficiencies ? Are You Taking on Too Much? Listen to learn about: Overcoming healthcare stress and how to stay compassionate without burning out" How to navigate healthcare challenges without overwhelm In this episode of  The Mindful Healers Podcast , Dr. Jessie Mahoney and Dr. Ni Cheng Liang explore how to  navigate healthcare-related stress with inte...

Have you and/or your loved ones been rattled, disgusted, angered, saddened, and/or scared this past week? Discomfort is normal.  It's possible to find calm, more agency, and approach the current situations with clarity and intention when you expect and accept what's happening. "Of Course" you feel rattled, upset, and scared. Of course, this is happening the way it is.  Expect It  Should you have e...

A deep dive into how to navigate the overwhelming uncertainty and change we're experiencing in the world today. From unprecedented natural disasters to major political transitions, many of us are feeling unsettled, unsafe, and anxious.  How do we move forward with clarity and calm, rather than getting lost in fear and catastrophizing? Embrace Uncertainty: With so much beyond our control, how do we...

We do not stop growing just because we reach adulthood. In this episode, we explore what it means to keep evolving through every season of life, and how growth in our 40s, 50s, 60s, and beyond can look very different from growth in earlier years. Instead of measuring ourselves by milestones, productivity, or comparison, we look at how adulthood invites us into deeper clarity, stronger boundaries,...

It's a celebration!  The Mindful Healers Podcast turns 4 , and in this special episode, we take a moment to pause, reflect, and celebrate how far we've come. It's easy to focus on what still needs to be done, but today, we're flipping that narrative. We're celebrating the wins, the lessons, and the incredible journey of this podcast and community. What We've Done Well: A Look Back at 4 Years of Gr...

This episode invites you to stop living from a place of inadequacy and instead embrace your inherent worth. By letting go of judgment and stepping into mindfulness, you can make decisions from a place of power, confidence, and authenticity. Jessie dives into one of the most common challenges many healthcare professionals face: the feeling of being "not enough." Whether it's feeling unworthy, inade...

From Overcommitted to Empowered: A Life-Changing Practice for Women Physicians Women—especially women physicians—are high-functioning, capable, and deeply committed. We take on too much, believing everything is our job.  While this benefits others in the short term, no one wins in the long run. The result? Exhaustion, overwhelm, and over-functioning. But what if you let go of unreasonable expectat...

Our annual episode on the value and process of choosing intention words. In it, we share a tremendously valuable process we both now use every fall. We choose three words for the upcoming year.  Setting intentions is science-based. Simply setting an intention gives your brain something to filter your experiences through. It's like setting your GPS. Without a focus, our brains naturally go to the n...

Today we share helpful lessons to help you navigate family gatherings with less stress. Are you feeling a bit of anxiety and/or nervous anticipatory energy, maybe even unease, or dread?  Are there potential or recurrent disagreements or points of contention that often arise when spending time with loved ones?  Do you sometimes feel like an outsider or disconnected at family gatherings?  Are holida...

Gratitude is much more complex than looking on the bright side. Gratitude and mindfulness often feel overused in wellness conversations. They are often thrown out as the answer to just about everything. Synonyms for gratitude include appreciation, thankfulness, acknowledgment, recognition, credit, regard, and respect. Interestingly gratitude is also listed as a synonym for a sense of obligation an...

There is no recipe or rule book to start your dream practice. Dr. Anna Dowling, an ObGyn, joins us for a second time. In this episode, she shares her journey building a dream solo practice called Birth Story Obstetrics. Her first podcast episode was 155. Become Your Future Self. In today's episode, she shares what she found helpful in manifesting a practice that is fun and meaningful. Key to her s...

An episode about what to do in challenging and disappointing moments.     You may have noticed that we did not record a new episode last week. We opted to model self compassion and kindness in the face of laryngitis, back to back retreats, and a volleyball championship. After 225 weekly episodes we decided to give ourselves grace.    The election was a pivotal moment of seeing what is. It was a cl...

Being off kilter is a normal part of the human experience at least some of the time.  Mindfulness and self-compassion offer opportunities to notice, show yourself compassion, and re-align.  Getting help helps. Enjoy Jessie modeling how getting help helps. Listen as Ni-Cheng demonstrates mindful inquiry and how to explore body sensations, emotions, thoughts, and behaviors.   What might be helpful w...

What does non-striving in mindfulness mean? What is the invitation of non-striving? Why might you want to try it? Non-striving isn't about giving up aspirations and goals, it is about letting go. Letting go of control, of needing things to be a certain way, and/or to get a certain outcome. Non Striving is about patience, peace, presence, joy and transformation.  Instead of constantly doing, non-st...

Are you sitting on a nail and not changing due to the fear of the discomfort of removing that nail? Discomfort, pain, and struggle feel familiar to most of us. We may not notice we are sitting on a nail. If we do, we are often so accustomed to discomfort we stay on the nail anyway. Transition and pivots, ie gettign of the nail are even more uncomfortable, even when they ultimately offer more freed...

Do you feel like you are growing faster than your organization has space for?  Are your roots trying to grow out the bottom of your pot? Dr. Holly MacKenna is the Founder of Dara Wellness an Integrative Psychiatry practice in New Orleans. She is Board Certified in Integrative Medicine and Psychiatry. She also has additional certifications in Helms auricular acupuncture and non-touch and distance R...