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As I’m preparing to go pick up my new puppy, Frank Costanza Parsons, I’m using this episode to share a eulogy of sorts for my sweetest dog, Barney Stinson Parsons. Before I fall in love with Frank the Tank, I want to honor Barney Boo and the almost thirteen years he spent teaching my family about unconditional love and the benefit of caring about another living creature at least as much as we cared about ourselves. I debated writing all of this out and sharing it with you, and I'm so glad the part of me that wanted to tell Barney’s story won out over the part of me that wondered if it would be helpful to anyone but me. If you’re listening while missing a pet of your own, I hope you feel a little less alone. Click HERE to read the full show notes.

If time—not money—were the measure of wealth, would you be rich? This powerful question comes from my friend and colleague, Dr. Kristine Goins, whom I heard speak at the Physician Coaching Summit in November. In this episode, she joins me to share her wisdom about the true wealth of time. So many of us are taught that money is our most precious resource, and we spend our lives trying to accumulate more of it so we can enjoy spending it someday. Kristine offers the powerful reframe that time is actually even more valuable. Today, you’ll hear how it’s possible to live into this idea, and how doing so can change your life. Dr. Kristine Goins is a board-certified integrative adult & pediatric psychiatrist and digital nomad. Having served in several healthcare settings and various leadership positions within academic centers, Dr. Goins has witnessed firsthand the impact that burnout, stress, and work-life imbalance can have on physicians’ lives. Motivated by a desire to make a difference, Dr. Goins founded Nomad MD, where she helps burned-out doctors replace their income abroad and build freedom-first careers. Click HERE to get the full show notes.

In this episode, I’m so excited to talk with three amazing physicians about their book, It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way: A Physician’s Guide to Radical Self-Care. Robin Beardsley, Risa Adams, and Elizabeth Parsons join me to explore what it looks like to get curious about yourself and the parts of you that help you function and succeed in your role. While this book is written by physicians for physicians, its insights reach beyond one profession. Many high-achieving women experience burnout, a loss of purpose, or a longing to feel more alive. If any of that resonates, this conversation offers a lens for understanding how different parts of ourselves can both help and hinder us–and how that knowledge can help you live as a favorite version of yourself. Click HERE to get the full show notes.

In this episode, I have the absolute pleasure to speak with another one of my new friends whom I met at the Physician Coaching Summit earlier this month. Dr. Tasha Faruqui is a fellow pediatrician, public speaker, medical advocate, and author. She’s here today to talk about her beautiful book, Keep Your Head Up: A Mother’s Story of Chasing Joy in the Face of Grief, and how anticipatory grief shaped her journey as both a parent and a physician. We explore what it looks like to parent while navigating anticipatory grief, how Tasha learned to trust her intuition as a guide, and why her family stopped waiting for things to change before allowing joy.  Pursuing joy on purpose can help you hold grief and joy at the same time—and even anticipating joy can be just as meaningful as the moment itself. Inspired by her father, a doctor and surgeon to an underserved rural community, Dr. Tasha Faruqui joined the National Health Service Corps following her graduation from medical school. Her plan was to take over her father’s practice once her commitment was complete, but this was diverted when her second daughter, Soraya, was born with a rare, little-known genetic disorder that remains largely a mystery thirteen years later. Tasha’s focus then shifted to pediatrics, with particular attention to advocacy and support for parents of medically complex children and those with a limited life expectancy. Today, she regularly brings her dynamic message of fierce and loving hope to medical students at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, the top pediatric medical facility in the country, Make-A-Wish events, and her Instagram community (@thefaruqui5). Her debut memoir, Keep Your Head Up: A Mother’s Story of Chasing Joy in the Face of Grief, was published by Jossey-Bass in September 2025. Tasha was named a top doctor by Cincinnati Magazine in 2022, 2024, and 2025. Click HERE to get the full show notes.

I’m excited to be joined on the podcast by one of my dear friends and a fellow physician coach, Dr. Shideh Shafie. Shideh brings so much wisdom, humor, and honesty to this conversation, and I loved having the chance to explore how she lives with intention across medicine, parenting, work, and personal growth. Today, we dive into understanding the practice of sovereignty and how it differs from freedom. Sovereignty isn’t about being completely untethered from your life. It’s about choosing, with intention, where you focus your energy and attachments. We discuss how women often lose their sense of sovereignty through cultural conditioning and caregiving, and how reclaiming it doesn’t always require doing less. When you shift to making decisions with more awareness and self-trust, you create more space to become a favorite version of yourself. Dr. Shideh Shafie is a board-certified emergency physician and high-performance coach who helps leaders and high achievers live and lead without breaking. Through her work, she blends neuroscience, conscious leadership, and behavioral psychology to help people transform the way they experience stress, success, and connection. Click HERE to get the full show notes.

In this episode, I am thrilled to bring you a conversation with another incredible guest. I’m joined by Dr. Rashmi Schramm, a board-certified physician and coach who helps people connect with the highest version of themselves. After hearing her speak about expanding consciousness at the Physician Coaching Summit, I knew I wanted to invite her to share her approach to awareness and coming home to who we truly are beneath all the shoulds and expectations. We talk about why it’s so hard to expand your consciousness when your life is full of doing, and how even a little white space can open the door to deeper awareness. Rashmi explains what expanded consciousness actually means, how practices like meditation, yoga nidra, and even the therapeutic use of psychedelics can support it. More than anything, our conversation is a reminder that your favorite you has always been there, waiting for you to make enough room to finally meet her. Dr. Rashmi Schramm is a board certified family physician, an embodied performance coach, retreat host and meditation teacher. She is the host of the Inner Peace and Power podcast. Rashmi helps busy women to tap into their own inner peace and power so they can live more energetic and fulfilling lives. She offers group and private coaching programs in addition to hosting transformational in person retreats twice a year.  Click HERE to get the full show notes.

In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Yolanda Bogaert, a physician and coach I met at the Physician Coaching Summit. Yolanda shares her journey through academic medicine, burnout, and an MS diagnosis, and how being a mom to a neurodivergent child has reshaped her understanding of identity and what it means to show up as your authentic self. We explore Yolanda’s philosophy of “detached attachment,” a way of parenting and healing rooted in letting go of outcomes and focusing on emotional co-regulation and safety. You’ll hear how she learned to support her autistic son from a place of compassion and how doing her own emotional work created the foundation for his growth and her own. Yolanda Bogaert, a clinical kidney doctor for over 20 years, was the Dr. Mom who tried to fix everything - until active multiple sclerosis and the complexities of raising her autistic son called her to redefine what strength and connection look like. She transformed her life using an intuitive wellness approach, and the detached-attachment model was born along with a blueprint to living your life fully without burnout. Today, she helps medical and professional moms move from overwhelm and guilt to clarity, energy, and a sustainable, shame-free self-love. A life that honors you, not just the roles you’ve had to carry. Click HERE to get the full show notes.

"Having your own back" means choosing yourself, trusting yourself, and not abandoning yourself when things get hard or when other people disapprove. It means being on your own team, being your own advocate,and being your own best friend. "Having Our Own Backs" was the theme of this year’s Physician Coaches Summit at the Civana Resort and Spa. There were 32 physician coaches gathered together, and I'm still buzzing from the experience. To start the summit, we went around and shared how we have our own backs. What I heard was so powerful, so diverse, and so permission-giving that I knew I had to share it. In this episode, you’ll hear the wisdom of my fellow physician coaches–their words about what it means to have your own back. My hope is that you'll get curious about how you can have your own back, or if you don't yet, be inspired by what's possible when you decide to always back yourself up. Click HERE to get the full show notes.

Becoming your favorite you includes knowing how to find your calm, especially in the hurricane of life. This is difficult for so many of the brilliant women I work with, not because calm isn't available, but because it’s not their usual territory. Does this sound like you? You’ve spent most of your life in motion; always doing, achieving, producing, and managing. Simply being may not be something you’ve had much practice with. Calm exists within you, but perhaps you're unsure what it looks like or how to access it. In this episode, I share what it means to find your calm and center, what it actually feels like in your body, and how to practice going there as often as possible. Because once you find it, everything—your stress, your decision-making, your creativity, your relationship with yourself and with others—can shift. Click HERE to get the full show notes.

In this episode, you’ll hear a conversation with one of my beloved friends from residency, Dr. Dominique Williams. Dominique specializes in obesity medicine, and we talk about obesity as a chronic diagnosis, what GLP-1 medications are and how they function in the body, and the narratives so many of us carry around taking medication for obesity. You may remember my recent episode where I talked about my relationship with my body and my own biases against taking medication for my diagnosis of obesity. Today, Dominique and I revisit those biases and gently dismantle the idea that “willpower” should be enough to treat obesity. We talk about why oversimplified stories don’t serve us, and why a more nuanced, holistic approach that considers your history, health, and what you really need in partnership with a trusted clinician can make all the difference. Dr. Dominique Williams is double board-certified in Obesity Medicine and Pediatrics. She is a dedicated educator and clinician with more than 20 years of experience in person-centered care, holistic mentoring, and curriculum development. In addition to her clinical work, she has been a mentor to medical students and resident physicians and serves as Adjunct Faculty at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Dominique has publications on the topics of nutrition, person-centered care, mentoring and medical education. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nutrition from Case Western Reserve University, Doctor of Medicine from Wright State University School of Medicine, and Master of Public Health in Nutrition from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.  Dominique currently serves as medical director at a global healthcare company. She resides in Columbus, Ohio with her husband of almost 20 years, Clement, and their teenage son, also named Clement, but don’t call him Junior. Her love languages are crocheting and quilting. Click HERE to get the full show notes.

Today, I’m joined by four of my incredible group coaching participants: Krystin, Erin, Colleen, and Prerana. Even though these women are in different stages of life, they all share the common thread of being physicians. You’ll hear how that shared background created a sense of safety and understanding, and how group coaching can still be deeply effective for anyone, no matter their profession. These women offer a glimpse into group coaching, sharing their biggest takeaways and explaining how the opportunity to relate to other women can enhance the overall coaching experience. Group coaching provides connection, compassion, and practical tools you can carry forward. I hope this conversation inspires you to consider how this kind of shared growth could support you on your own journey to becoming your favorite you. Click HERE to get the full show notes.

I’m honored to bring you a conversation with one of the incredible people who has helped me learn to support my clients–and all of you–in a new and exciting way. Anna Gartshore is a psychotherapist and a lead trainer at the Internal Family Systems Institute, who brilliantly guided me and many other therapists, social workers, and counselors through IFS training this past summer. In this episode, we explore what it means to have everything you need to heal already within you, and how embracing the multiplicity of the mind and learning to listen to different parts of yourself can bring more ease and clarity to your life. Anna explains self-energy, offers examples that highlight how each part of us may work, and shares a simple exercise to help you begin recognizing and befriending your own inner parts so you can lead from a more grounded place. Click HERE to get the full show notes.

So many of us think we need to be perfect before we can help anyone. We think our Instagram post needs to be profound, our podcast needs to be polished, or our coaching needs to be life-changing. Because we're waiting for perfection, we never start—or we start and then immediately stop ourselves, second-guessing everything, making it so hard that it's not even fun anymore. We're afraid we'll put ourselves out there and no one will care, or maybe even worse, that someone will care enough to criticize us. That fear feels protective, but it’s really just keeping us hidden. And the cost of staying safe, but small, is steep: the people who need our help never get it. The world doesn’t receive our gifts because we're waiting for a readiness that probably will never come. In this episode, I give you permission to share your gifts before you're ready. You don’t have to be at the top of the mountain to help someone who's at the beginning of the trail. Someone out there needs exactly what you have to give. You may not be perfect—no one is—but you have lived, learned, and grown, and that’s more than enough. Click HERE to get the full show notes.

You're at your kiddo's soccer game, but you're scrolling through work messages. You're in a meeting, but you're mentally making your grocery list. You’re on vacation, but you’re thinking about what you’re missing at home. Does this sound familiar? You’re constantly thinking about what’s next, trying to do everything and be everywhere at once. Not only is that an impossible standard, but believing you should meet it leaves you feeling like you’re failing everywhere instead of being fully present anywhere. In this episode, I talk about why work-life balance is a myth, why it's making us miserable, and what to aim for instead. Finding an alternative to balance starts with being honest about where you are and giving yourself permission to be there. When you do, you begin to live more in alignment with your favorite you—in whatever season of life she’s in. Click HERE to get the full show notes.

Resentment usually shows up as a low-level annoyance, something small that you tell yourself isn’t a big deal. But when ignored, it can build into a bigger issue that you can’t simply brush off, such as serious strain on your relationships or tension at work. But the way to stop that from happening isn’t by pushing your resentment down, it’s by listening to what it’s trying to tell you. ​ What are you feeling resentful about right now? Maybe your job is draining you, or you're in a relationship that seems one-sided. Or maybe it's the way someone leaves dirty dishes in the sink instead of putting them in the dishwasher. Whatever it is, your resentment isn't a problem. It's your inner wisdom trying to get your attention, guide you toward what you need, and protect you from continuing to abandon yourself. The real problem comes when you ignore it, judge it, or tell yourself you shouldn't feel it. ​ In this episode, I share examples that highlight how resentment shows up and how you can identify what it’s actually trying to tell you so you can take small steps toward relief, self-trust, and stronger relationships. ​ Click HERE to get the full show notes.