The StressFreeMD Podcast

Today I want to talk with you about how to prevent the stress you feel over food waste.  I know how bad it feels when you realize that food is spoiling or you overbought or you overcooked and you end up throwing food away… And it happens over and over again… And your human brain keeps beating you up for it.  So here are some effective food waste hacks that I have collected over the years that I lo...

On this episode we have the "brave enough" Dr. Sasha Shillcutt: ✅Professor & Vice Chair Anesthesiology University of Nebraska Medical Center ✅Founder & CEO of Brave Enough ✅Researcher ✅Author of 2 books ✅Podcaster ✅Tedx speaker She shares: *Her journey juggling academic medicine and motherhood *Wake-up call after physician friends died from suicide *Learning how to say no *...

On this episode we have the courageous and strong Dr. Laura Fortner! ✅OBGYN of over 21 years ✅Speaker &  expert in litigation stress She is passionate about helping physicians thrive through medical malpractice, normalizing the topic and how to not let it define who you are and how to feel at peace.  She shares: ✅her own journey being sued (and how she is STILL in it after 8 years!) ✅MMSS:...

On this episode I overcome your "I don't have time for self-care" and "I can't add one more thing into my day" by sharing with you the 3 steps you can take to create time!  Knowing how important it is to care for yourself but at the same time feeling that you don't have the time to do so can create a lot of stress.  So let’s find you some time to care for you! He...

On this episode we have Dr. George and Vanessa Naum.   George is a Family Medicine Physician & author of: “What’s Forever For? A Physician’s Guide for Everlasting Love and Success in Marriage.” Vanessa has a background in accounting and finance her MBA and is a relationship and intimacy coach   Together they specialize in physician marriage coaching with 25 years of experience and focus on hel...

On this episode I teach you how to be successful with your goals. It is one thing to have goals. It is another thing to actually successfully carry them out and attain them. I know what it is like to have lots of things you want to achieve and then only partially get there or not at all. And since my doctor brain loves organization, boxes to check, specific steps laid out for me without me having...

On this episode we have the amazing  Dr. Kelly Casperson! ✅Board Certified Urologist ✅Interested in the power of the body and mind to change the view of sexuality ✅Host of the You Are Not Broken Podcast ✅Best Selling Author: You Are Not Broken: Stop "Should-ing" All Over Your Sex Life As physicians we have an incomplete sexual education that is sparse and not fact-filled. Dr. Caspers...

On this episode we look on the other side of the COVID pandemic, not the horrific side, but the educational side, giving some clarity and shedding light on what is really important in life. Recognizing what really matters. I know it isn’t over and I don’t know when that day will come. But there have been some deep meaningful life lessons that we can all learn from. And while they are still fresh,...

On this episode I talk with you about the importance of forgiveness because lack of forgiveness is a large source of chronic stress which reeks havoc and causes dis-ease in your body and your mind setting you up for illness and disease and lack of joy. I know what it is like to feel wronged for sure….and carry that story around… and defining yourself as your story…how heavy and burdensome that fee...

On this episode we explore the differences between the 2 types of core brain functioning modes:  doing and being With doing, your brain is working to accomplish tasks towards a specific goal to reduce the gap between how things are and how you think they should be.  With being , your brain is giving you space to experience present moment awareness, accepting and allowing what is without the need t...

On this episode we have Dr. Myrdalis Diaz-Ramirez from Sarasota, Florida! ✅Anesthesiology ✅Interventional Pain Medicine ✅Founder: maxAllure, entrepreneurship mastermind for physicians ✅Host: Design Your Physician Life Podcast She shares her story: Business experience began in childhood working with her parents in Puerto Rico. Passionate about giving physicians tools to succeed, plan their live...

On this episode, learn how to turn back the clock when it comes to your brain health! Research (from reputable institutions such as Harvard/MGH) shows that you can  create neuroplasticity and actually change the configuration of your brain for the better through meditation.  YES! Meditation (not medication). 3 parts of your brain that "change shape" are: 1-prefrontal cortex 2-amygdala 3-...

On this episode I share with you some wonderful life lessons that I have learned from my very special sibling with cerebral palsy. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t appreciate what he has and continues to teach me on a daily basis. So I thought I would share with you what I have learned so far as we look together at life through his eyes.  At birth, my step brother was hypoglycemic (had...

On this episode I  share with you  techniques to decrease your stress by self-soothing touch. It is human nature to need to be touched to feel content and safe.  Physical touch has a protective effect on the physiologic stress response. A hand hold or a hug from another can relieve your stress. But sometimes touch from another is unavailable, uncomfortable, or not safe. Research has shown that alt...

On this episode we have the courageous and powerful Dr. Lulu aka "The Momatrician": ✅Pediatrician ✅LGBTQ+ advocate ✅Queer ✅Mom of a non-binary transgender young adult ✅Youth suicide prevention activist ✅Disabled veteran ✅Parent Life Coach ✅ Speaker ✅Best selling author She candidly discusses: 💡 misconceptions about the LGBTQ+ community 💡 respecting pronouns and the effect on s...

On this episode I address the stress and overwhelm associated with having an overcluttered life.  Life is so cluttered with so much stuff which can be so very stressful!  Learn the 7 simple steps you can take to spring clean your life, in essence, declutter your life, and create space for yourself and relieve all that stress build up. And you can do these steps at any time, in no particular order...

On this episode I address a really common question I hear and that is this, “Can you please help me fall back asleep at night?” Well I have some good news! The answer is absolutely! So do you ever wake up in the middle of the night and have trouble falling back asleep? That used to be such an issue for me, too. What not to do:   Scroll through your phone or tablet What to do: 5 simple quick steps...

On this episode we have the inspirational Pat Croce!💡 His diverse entrepreneurial journey includes: ✅Sports Medicine/Physical Therapist/Fitness Trainer with multiple centers ✅Rehab coach, the Philadelphia Flyers ✅Owner & CEO Philadelphia 76ers ✅Commentator, NBA & Olympic Taekwondo ✅Restaurant owner ✅Museum owner ✅Multiple time best selling author ✅Creator, HEALED Community Movemen...

On this episode, I have a really important question for you: How old are you really? Not your chronologic age (how many years you have been on this earth).... but your cellular age that is determined at the genetic level. The cellular age is the actual age of your cells. This is independent of how many years you have been alive on this earth. Your cellular age can be younger, older or exactly your...

On this episode we have the amazing Dr. Nneka Unachukwu aka "Dr. Una"! Dr. Una is: ✅ Board Certified Pediatrician ✅ Founder & CEO:  Ivy League Pediatrics outside Atlanta, Georgia ✅ Founder & CEO: EntreMD Business School & Community ✅ Podcast Host:  EntreMD ✅ Author: The EntreMD Method ✅ Featured: Forbes ✅ Member: Forbes Business Council Her Mission: Help physicians emb...

On this episode I break down for you the 4 action choices you have when you feel an unwanted feeling. Have you ever stopped to think about the thing that happens next immediately after you feel an unwanted feeling or emotion? Guess what? Actually 4 different things can happen next… and… they are a choice! I spent most of my earlier life doing 3 of the 4….and  those 3 are not so healthy choices...a...

On this episode I address what to do when you ask yourself the question, "I drove here....how?!" Have you ever driven somewhere, may be to work or home and you realize at some point that you don’t even remember how you got there? If you even stopped at the stop signs and lights? Which path you even took? Admit it! I am admitting it to you….it has definitely happened to me….and it is supe...

On this episode I share with you what you can do to interrupt and gain control when fear becomes a full on panic attack (this just happened to me while hiking a very high peak  the week before recording this episode!) F.E.A.R., can mean 2 things as an acronym, each letter representing a word: #1Fear everything and run  or  #2 face everything and rise.  Fear comes from a thought we are having which...

On  this episode we have the incredibly forward thinking Dr. Christopher Loo with us: ✅Physician ✅Author ✅Podcaster ✅Speaker ✅Blogger ✅Educator He became financially secure at the age of 29 years "young" and became a multimillionaire at age 38. Mission: Help physicians create financial independence early so that they are working because they want to not because they have to. He tal...

On this episode, I teach you about how damaging labels can be. Now when I say labels, you may be thinking about those sticky labels such as on jars.  But I want to focus on a different type of label, those are the labels that you create with your words….we can call them “word labels”. And just like the sticky labels, the longer you hold onto word labels, the “stickier they become” and the harder t...