The Leadership Rx for Women Physicians

As a physician, do you find yourself frustrated with situations at work where you feel decisions are being made by management without any input from the physicians? Do you find that you are given metrics to achieve which may or may not be realistic, which may have worked in other places, but may not work where you are? Do you feel powerless, struggling to meet these metrics? And when you try to br...

"Decisions are made for us by people that have no clue about healthcare. That's why we're in the situation we are right now with our electronic medical records. Because we weren't at the table to make these decisions. It was the insurance companies. It was the hospital administrators. But it wasn't the doctors that are going to be using these things. And that's why th...

“The system is broken, not us. Why should we change ourselves? You cannot fix physician burnout with meditation and yoga. Until the system is fixed, nothing will change. There is no point in telling us to change ourselves.” Time and time again, we rail at the system. How awful it is that as women physicians we face gender inequity, bias, racism and a whole multitude of problems. And we wait for th...

Kristin Yates is a board-certified Ob/Gyn Physician, Author and Life Coach. She hosts the podcast “Imposter to Unstoppable,” which normalizes the experience of imposter syndrome among physicians (and all humans, really). She is a co-author of the book, The Chronicles of Women in White Coats 3 , and she creates adventure retreats that help professional women regain their confidence and find balance...

Fartlek runs. What are they? And how do they relate to my New Year Goal setting? As we come to the end of this year and the beginning of another one, I start the process of Goal-setting. And as part of that, I remember a quote from Brendon Burchard. He said “Do not move on to the new year without letting go of something significant. An old idea, label, habit, fear, concern of ego. Let go to free u...

Balance: a condition in which different elements are equal or in the correct proportions. We talk about work-life balance as something that we wish for, that we long for. And yet, what does it mean? Does it mean you spend equal amounts of time at work and at home? Or does it mean something different? In this episode I talk about how ‘balance’ means different things to different people.  And how on...

Dr. Sogol is a board certified pediatrician founder & managing partner of ABC Pediatric Clinic established in 2008. She along with her sister Dr Silen have grown their 2 physician private independent pediatric clinic serving 10,000 patients in east Houston which is an underserved hispanic community. After struggling with burnout and chronic fatigue, Dr. Sogol embarked on a journey of mindfulne...

Dr. Sharon Mclaughlin is board certified in plastic surgery. She started her entrepreneurial journey selling skin care. Over the years she created a scar line as well as a lingerie line. Dr McLaughlin is the founder of the Female Physician Entrepreneurs Facebook Group, which is a supportive group that brings women physicians together to network and grow. She has also created a wellness program whi...

Have you ever felt like if you had just reacted a little differently in a conflict situation, the outcome could have been different?  If you had just been able to get your point across, if you could just have been heard clearly, the situation would not have deteriorated? In this episode, learn the two steps and the three essential tools of communication that can turn around any conflict situation...

So many times we use simple throw away compliments, never realizing how they can affect someone else.  But what if we did it consciously? How would our day and our life change if we consciously used the ‘Power of Acknowledgement”?  What is it and why should we use it? In this episode I talk about the power behind sincerely and consciously using the Power of Acknowledgement in our day to day and ho...

“Feeling trapped and unhappy in your career? Here’s how to get out of the funk” Do you ever say to yourself “I have a great job but I’m unhappy. This is not my dream job, but I have many things to be grateful for. My hours are reasonable. I’m well compensated.   I feel guilty because I should be feeling grateful for what I have, but instead, I feel trapped and unhappy. I’m not sure changing jobs w...

Dr. Tokunbo Oluwasanjo (aka Dr. Toks) is a woman physician with a powerful mission - to create a resource to help equip, inspire and provide a safe community for girls and women.  She is doing this through creating GWWYN Tribe, a community for Girls and Women Wynning which endeavours to fill 4 vacuums in our educational system through the ELMM curriculum: E - Entrepreneurship, L- Leadership, M - P...

When was the last time you spent some time in reflection?  Actually spent some time thinking about and writing down your short -term and long-term goals? Have you ever consciously thought about and written down what brings you joy? What makes you feel fulfilled? How would your life look like when you knew to your core that you were living intentionally and working towards your goals? Would you eve...

Have you ever spent time reflecting on where you are in your life and career?  On if you have a balanced life or not?   I hear women physicians say all the time: I wish I had more of a work-life balance. But what does that even mean? Have you ever thought of what balance would actually look like for you specifically? Today I’d like to take you through a little exercise on figuring this out for you...

“I would like to be more self-confident” “I would like to be able to be more effective in my communications” “I would like to explore the next phase of my career” “I would like to learn to negotiate better” “I am happy at work, but feel like something’s missing and I don’t know what it is” “I’m burnt out, but if I give up medicine, what’s left? If I am not a doctor, who am I?” The medical professi...

Do you ever get annoyed or angry when people don’t behave the way you expect them to? And have you ever stopped to think about why they didn’t? And why that behavior or action annoyed you? Have you ever let that annoyance then carry through and be irritated or upset for the rest of the day? In today’s episode I talk about a crucial skill every woman physician, or really every human being needs to...

When you're told "you are too sweet to be a cardiologist, try another fellowship,” you can do one of two things: give up and apply for another fellowship, or you can decide to pursue your heart anyway. As an immigrant and a woman physician, moreover one coming from a culture which is not used to speaking up,  I am fully aware of all the struggles we go through to rise in our career. To d...

Dr. Jessie Mahoney is a Board Certified Pediatrician, a certified life coach, and a yoga and mindfulness instructor. She has practiced Pediatrics and was a Physician Wellness leader at Kaiser Permanente for 17 years. She’s also held many operational leadership positions including Site Chief of Pediatrics.  She is an Associate Volunteer Clinical Professor of  Pediatrics at UCSF, Chair of the SF Mar...

Stephanie Byerly, M.D., is a Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Director of Obstetrical Anesthesiology at William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital .  Dr. Byerly is also a certified Mind Body Medicine Coach and a Certified Life Coach.  Between a challenging personal life as a single mom raising two daughters on her own and a ch...

My guests Dr. Meera Kirpekar and Dr. Alopi Patel are two young anesthesiologists and fellowship trained Pain Medicine physicians who created a podcast and social media platform, The Female Pain Docs , to educate and empower patients as well to promote the use of social media for effective branding, networking and advocacy in the field of anesthesiology and pain medicine. They use social media to e...

Have you ever wondered what Coaching is and how it could benefit you? The business world and the Sports world have long utilized Coaches to enhance performance. Healthcare has lagged behind, but is now coming to realize the many benefits Professional Coaching has in medicine. From reducing Physician Burnout and improving Physician Well-being, to Career Coaching and Leadership Development, Coaching...

Priti Golechha is a first-generation immigrant, a physician executive, a national award winner, a mom of two girls, and a lifelong learner. As her day job, she serves as Associate Chief Medical Officer for a nonprofit community organization, Golden Valley Health Center in Central California. After Medical school in India, she did her pediatrics residency at Mount Sinai Medical School and Elmhurst...

When my dear friend and fellow podcaster Dr. Anjana Kundu asked me to talk about Leadership and Limiting Beliefs we as women physicians have, I was excited and thankful for the privilege to be on the other end of the microphone. This episode takes us through challenges women physicians face, not from external factors, but from within ourselves and the beliefs we have and hold close to our heart. ...

Are you a female physician who feels that every minute you are not at work should be spent with your kids? That you sacrificed so much time away from them during residency that now you need to spend all your free time with them? Do you let feelings of guilt stop you from spending any time on yourself?  In this episode, I talk about why it is important for female physicians to recognize that we nee...

Have you ever suffered from self-doubt? I can guarantee you if you ask this question to 10 people, every single one will say yes. “Self-doubt kills more dreams than Failure ever will.”  As a woman physician, I can personally attest to the fact that self-doubt has definitely killed some of my dreams and affected the way I work. Figuring out why I was having those thoughts,  and how to manage that h...