The StressFreeMD Podcast

On this episode, I share with you how to overcome what I call “the garage grumble”! I know what it is like to come home after a crazy day of work, park your car in the garage, feeling beyond stressed, anxious, unsettled, imbalanced, head totally spinning and all the negative grumbling self-talk that came with you on that drive all the way to the garage of your house.  And then what happens?  You h...

On this episode we have the amazing Dr. Mark Soliman! Dr. Soliman is: ✅A board-certified colon and rectal surgeon ✅Medical Director of Colorectal Surgery for the Advent Health Digestive Health and Surgery Institute ✅Department Chairman of Colorectal Surgery at Advent Health in Florida ✅Fellowship director ✅One of the most recognized colorectal surgeons nationwide in robotic colorectal surgica...

There probably isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t hear these words “I can’t sleep” which includes problems falling asleep and falling back asleep. And it is a vicious cycle because a trigger for anxiety is not being able to sleep! So stress and anxiety block your ability to get a nourishing night’s sleep and then lack of sleep and exhaustion cause you to be anxious and stressed! So we need to t...

On this episode we have the insightful Dr. Haidar Al-Hakim who joins us from "over the pond" in England: ✅Ophthalmologist for over 20  years ✅Ran an ophthalmic charity in Iraq war zone in the 2000's ✅Author of the book Physicians on Fire ✅Became a coach and psychotherapist ✅Host of the Surgical Spirit podcast He shares his incredible journey: Being born in Iraq Family members w...

 On this episode, I share with you a very common damaging phrase with a big stressful impact. This phrase starts each sentence off with “If only…”  It is really common (me included) to start off a sentence saying “if only….” (and then you fill in the blank) over and over again, believing that if things were different, it would change everything and then things would be so much better. Most of the...

On this episode I address flexibility since I hear this from people all of the time: “I’m not flexible”!!  & so I giggle lovingly and quietly to myself I say “no you are not…but you can be!”…. because just saying “I’m not flexible” makes you not flexible by labeling yourself as such!!  You will learn about the 2 main components of flexibility and how it is related to stress: Flexibility in bod...

On this episode we will focus on how to relieve that morning stress because I totally know how stressful mornings can be. This is such a universally common problem that I did an episode early on called “morning jitters” to share tools that you can use before getting up while still in bed to help relieve this. If you haven't listened, you can check that out here . So here are 3 key questions t...

On this episode, we have the innovative  Dr. Carly Crewe,  a physician specializing in women's mental health. She is: ✅Psychotherapist ✅Mom to twin toddlers ✅Modern day nomad (she calls her 31 foot RV home!) ✅CEO of Owner of Eunoia Medical Clinic, a virtual mental health clinic ✅Host of the Mind Over Motherhood Podcast ✅Amazon Best Selling Author, "You are not your Anxiety" Dr...

On this episode, which was recorded during the month of February or "Valentine's month", we will focus on the concept of love. You will learn the 5 ways you can love another person based on how that person needs to be loved, looking at it through the eyes of the other person receiving your love, because it may be very different than the way that you need to receive love. I found out...

On this episode you will learn the 3 key questions to ask yourself and answer each evening to decrease night time stress and help you fall asleep and stay asleep! I totally know how stressful evenings can be! Doesn’t it seem like things frequently appear so much worse at night for some reason? Have you ever been upset about something at night as you are getting ready for bed, hopping into bed, lyi...

On this episode, I share with you one of my favorite go-to tools that I turn to when I feel that I am spinning out of control. Now I know you are saying “wait…you are the StressFreeMD… The Self-Care Doctor….the Doctor’s Doctor….and you always sound calm…and put together…” so if you are thinking that, know that I am really human too with a human brain and therefore I too have moments where I am fee...

On this episode we have the wonderful Dr. Emmie Strassberg! ✅Board certified: OBGYN ✅Board certified: Maternal Fetal Medicine (complicated and high risk pregnancies) ✅On staff at Shenandoah Valley Maternal Fetal Medicine in VA & WV ✅Certified Life Coach ✅Co-host of the journal club on the Beloved Holistic Podcast ✅Particular interests in patient education, fetal growth curves,  and patie...

On this episode I address the elephant in the room and do myth busting around meditation. Over the years, I have had so many questions about this and so many of my physician clients have shared with me their preconceived notions about meditation so I decided to create this podcast episode to address this topic to clear it all up (since you may also be having these same thoughts too I know I did)!...

On this episode we talk about how damaging making resolutions can be, how resolutions dump you into what I call “the resolution-stress cycle” which set you up for failure, and what you can do instead to turn that all around.  A resolution is a finite expectation, a hard and fast goal usually related to something that you want to fix about yourself or your life. Resolutions focus on a specific conc...

On this episode we reflect on 2021 as we are closing out an unprecedented year together A full year daunted by the COVID pandemic, and with that has come a plentitude of damaging factors for your health all ultimately circling back to chronic stress and its negative impact on your whole being…your body…your mind…your true self….(which is who you really are inside—what makes you uniquely you). You...

On this episode we have the sweet and caring Dr. Erkeda DeRouen who is: ☑️Board certified in Family Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine ☑️Host of The Prospective Doctor Podcast ☑️Chapter contributor to the book Medicine Women ☑️Keynote speaker   &  passionate about medical student mentorship to help them avoid the pitfalls that she and her colleagues have experienced She discusses: Her mentoring j...

Welcome to Part 2 of Hocus Pocus Focus! On this episode,  I am going to share with you 3 more simple effective tools to help you QUICKLY snap back into focus when your mind is going every which way… totally scattered … when your mind is totally FULL… WAY too much bandwidth happening at once.. way too many tabs open at once… and a  reset is in order… or you will be unproductive frustrated and exhau...

On this episode I share with you some simple effective tools to help you QUICKLY snap back into focus when your mind is going every which way… totally scattered … monkey-mind… like monkeys jump from branch to branch to branch, so do the thoughts in your head…. WAY too much bandwidth happening at once.. way too many tabs open at once… and you need to do a reset or you will be unproductive frustrate...

On this episode we have my friend,  Dr. Parastoo Jangouk! She has particular interest in gut health, brain-gut interaction, gut microbiome, mental fitness, preventative medicine and lifestyle medicine. Dr. Jangouk is:  ☑️Dual board certified in Gastroenterology & Internal Medicine from Austin, Texas ☑️Certified Life Coach ☑️Founder of MindGutFitMD ☑️Author of multiple publications in medical j...

Did you ever go to take a bite of an energy bar.....or grab a chip or a piece of popcorn out of a bag only to find that the wrapper or bag is EMPTY?! ....and you don't even remember eating ANY of it?  You may be nodding now... This used to be me-all the time. Especially at work, reading out imaging cases from PACS, too busy to take a "real lunch". I call this "Empty Wrapper Syn...

On this episode we have the incredibly kind and insightful Dr. Randy Cook! ✅44 years of practice as a general and vascular surgeon ✅Medical Director for wound care and hyperbaric medicine center ✅Host of the Rx for Success Podcast ✅MD Coaches personal coach for physicians He shares: ➡️How medicine  used to be when he didn't ever have a day that he just couldn't wait to go to work bec...

On this episode you are going to learn the next 3 steps so you can  feel a real sense of accomplishment at the end of your day!  I shared the 1st step on part 1 (the last episode) so if you didn't catch that yet, no prob! You can go back and listen after this. When you implement these 4 steps, you can say YES! that was a super successful day! And you can then feel successful and go to sleep w...

On this episode you are going to learn how to feel a real sense of accomplishment at the end of your day!   So you can say YES! that was a super successful day! And you can then feel successful and go to sleep with a big smile on your face…and who doesn’t want to feel that, right?   So you don't say, "What the “blank” did I do all day?" and then the  negative self-talk begins.... an...

On this episode  I am going to chat with you about these 3 little words…“I have to”….these 3 little words that are incredibly heavy… they weigh us way down….. and we say them all day long…. and we don’t even realize that we are saying them… ”I have to this”…. ”I have to that”…. on and on.... Each time you say “I have to”, what happens? It’s like an invisible weight is placed on top of your head…an...

On this episode we have a very special guest, my friend, Dr. Amy Comander who is: *Board certified in Hematology, Medical Oncology & Lifestyle Medicine *Breast oncologist at the Massachusetts  General Hospital Cancer Center *Director of Breast Oncology and Cancer Survivorship at the Mass General Cancer Center at Waltham & Newton Wellesley Hospital *Co-Medical Director of the Mass General C...