The Happy Gynecologist

Have you ever felt that you are an imposter? Have you ever felt that you needed to prove yourself as a doc? Have you ever worried about what people would think if the really knew you?  These are all variations of Imposter Syndrome, which can show up for us in many ways as OB/GYN's. The downside often results in burnout.  Join me today to learn why we often get this mindset and how to add...

Do you struggle with the holidays or with the end of year hustle at the office? This episode is for you. Today I am going to walk you through 5 examples of how to get rid of the drama, now and all year long. Whether it's dealing with relatives, procrastinating, patients wanting in before January 1st, being on call, or overeating/overdrinking--let's make a plan to deal with it together.  Also,...

This BONUS episode is a recording of the first Coffee with Coach session that I hosted. So sit back, grab a cup of coffee, snuggle in your jammies and let me chat with you. Today's topic is all about morning routines and how they can set us up for success and decrease our burnout.  If you would like more free help from me, check out my free course. To register for instant access, go to: coach...

This week we are going to be talking about how we collectively tend to think that Call Sucks. This is a solid belief and is true for many of us as OB/GYNs, but thinking this way tends to lead us to have terrible life experiences leading up to and while on call. Come listen in today to learn how to start to shift how you think about call in order to have a better experience of it and to prevent bur...

Want to know what motivates us as humans? Anything we can do to avoid pain, get dopamine, and conserve energy. So how are we able to take care of ourselves when we are wired to not do anything except sit around, snack and scroll our phones? Come listen to today's episode where we will be discussing just this! Also, I want to invite you to come have coffee with me! Join me on Saturday, November 20t...

When one of my favorite TV show characters said "Be Curious, Not Judgmental" I really took that to heart. When we are coming from a curious mindset, we are wondering and learning and exploring. We aren't criticizing or judging. Let's dive into how to employ this tactic in our every day lives. I'll also give you examples of how it can change our patient care and how we treat ourselves. If you would...

This week, I want to share with you my interpretation of former Secretary of State Colin Powell's 13 Rules for leadership and how they apply to OB/GYN life.  I also share with you how I am working on applying these more in my life and some simple questions to ask yourself to dive deeper. If you'd like more free help from me, sign up to get immediate access to my free course 3 Steps to End You...

Today I share my top 5 life lessons that I learned from taking my oral boards and how they apply to life now. So if you are preparing for boards, or long past that, there is something for everyone in this episode!  You can get more free help from me on my website: Coach-Miles.com/freeresources

Today, in honor of pumpkin season, I want to tell you a story about how some rotten pumpkins exemplified my burnout journey and what I learned from it that truly changed my life. This experience changed how I view myself as a mom and as a doctor and has helped fix my burnout. Let me share what I learned to help you on your burnout journey.  If I can help you change your life in any of these w...

I'm going to tell you a story of how a scheduling mishap led to me to make several realizations about my work schedule. Today I'll teach you the lessons I learned and help you figure out your crazy schedule too. If you'd like to learn more or enroll in The Happy Gynecologist Group, click here: coach-miles.com/happy

The Happy Gynecologist is 1 Year Old!  In this episode, I will be telling you about my story of how I got here, and the things I have learned over the last year. This is an excellent episode to review any time you are feeling stressed or burnt-out, as it is all of my favorite burn-out teachings rolled into one jam-packed episode.  Enrollment for The Happy Gynecologist Group is open and I...

When the pandemic started last year, we all thought tried to stay positive and get through 2020 the best we could. Now that we are 18 months in, we need to change the way we are caring for ourselves and our mindset around the pandemic so that we don't get stuck in burnout. Today, let me take you through the exact steps I am using to keep going through the pandemic and to stay out of burnout. ...

Are you considering making a change at work? Changing the schedule or how much call you take? Changing how many patients you see? Changing to GYN only or being a hospitalist? You are going to want to listen to this episode first! So often we try to change our surroundings to try to feel better, but if our thinking remains the same, guess what? You will still feel the same! Let me walk you through...

Today I share one of my favorite mantras that helps me get through crazy times (like when COVID first started) and how I apply it. "Everything is Figureoutable" is a mindset that I learned from Marie Forleo and it has not only driven me to be a better OB/GYN but it gives me hope when things seem bleak. With current events containing lots of negative events right now, I wanted to share my favorite...

When was the last time you were so mad that you thought "I just.can't.even..." You just couldn't deal with it. You were so frustrated and upset and angry.  How did you end up feeling better?  As humans, we typically try to avoid feeling negatively and will deal with our negative emotions in a few ways that are less than ideal usually. We have been taught by society and by medicine some w...

What's your self-talk like? Does it resemble the movie Mean Girls? What happens when you have a complication at work? What does your inner self-talk sound like then? We often have negative self-talk in order to try to make ourselves do better or be better. But having negative thoughts NEVER leads to a positive result--only negative results come from negative thoughts. Let me show you how to stop t...

Today we are going to learn about the science behind anxiety to better understand why we have it and how it can become a frequent emotion that we feel when we are burnt-out. In this episode I will also teach you the exact steps I teach my clients for processing the emotion of anxiety and how it applies to life as an OB/GYN.  Be sure to check out my free course if you would like more help: &nb...

Today on the podcast, we are going to explore the possibilities. What would your dream practice look like? Most of us don't know where to start on even answering that question. My guest today, Dr. Carolyn Moyers, shows us how she is chasing her dreams by creating a unique practice in Fort Worth, Texas. Dr. Moyers is an example of what is possible when it comes to creating the life you want.  ...

Was call busy? Is the clinic crazy busy?  What does busy look like for you? How do you know what is busy vs. crazy busy?  Busy is a mindset. Come listen to today's episode to learn how to stop being busy and some of my favorite ways to maximize your time.  Come get my free training course: CLICK HERE

When we are employed physicians, often we think we don't have any control over the things that happen at work, which results in us being miserable. We think we aren't in charge, so we can't make any positive changes at work.  But in reality, we should be taking charge of ourselves and who we are at work in order to make a positive change. In today's episode I will teach you how to do this and...

Medicine teaches us many things. It teaches us to spot abnormalities and anomalies and disease. So often, it is also modeled to us that we should hate call, that the ER likes to punish us and that patients are wasting our time.  These are lessons we learn over years of training that we accept to be true. These lessons condition our brain to be Committed to Suffering. We look for the ways that...

In medicine, we often relate to feeling "called" to our field. Answering our calling is what gets us through the hard years of training. However, once we are done with training, we can find ourselves feeling more like it's just a job we clock in and out of to pay the bills. Today we discuss a parable that I find useful in evaluating how we think and feel about our job. Come let me walk you through...

Do you like to control things? Are you "Type A" or a "control freak" so to speak? We like to control outcomes in medicine, but do we really ever have true control?  Many of us find ourselves trying to control more than just outcomes as a way to feel better. Today, we dive in to why we often try to control our surroundings, and what to do when it isn't helping us to do so.  If you are int...

Our training in medicine often teaches us that what we want doesn't matter. We put off our interests and lives until we complete our training, then we can find ourselves struggling with who we are outside of medicine. This is often a major contributor to burnout amongst my clients and amongst physicians in general. By allowing ourselves to want things and to dream about things again, we open our m...

Our medical training often makes it hard for us to tell others that we are struggling. Often we think they should just know and offer to help us. We often assume that our boss or administrator knows that we are struggling and we feel victimized when they don't help. But when we think this way, it strips us of all of our power in the situation. We need to realize that the company we work for highly...