Empowering Women Physicians

Episode #38 - The Work with Byron Katie

Byron Katie is one of the matriarchs of modern thought work.  Her process, known as The Work, is a powerful tool for examining how our thoughts, our perspectives, and our

Episode # 37 - Perfectionism

In this episode we discuss how medicine selects for people who have a strong tendency for perfectionism.  We reflect on the socialization and enculturation we have experi

Episode # 36 - Fierce Self Compassion with Dr. Kristen Neff

This episode included clips from a workshop inside the Empowering Women Physicians coaching program with Dr. Kristen Neff on self-compassion.  We discuss the difference b

Episode # 35 - Jill Bolte Taylor (the neuroanatomy of psychology)

In this episode, we listen to a full two hour workshop held inside the EWP Coaching Program with Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor.  She is a Harvard neuroanatomist who had a stroke

Episode #34 - Radical Responsibility vs Over-Responsiblity

In this episode, we discuss the unseen burden and mental load of taking over-responsibility for things that aren't ours to carry.  We discuss the difference between takin

Episode #33 - What Matters Most

In this episode, Dr. Sunny Smith reflects on how a recent life threatening situation helped her to see what things really matter in the end, and how most of the things we

Episode #32 - Oprah & Inner Knowing

Our last episode was a conversation with Dr. Edith Eger on how we always have a choice.  No matter our situation, we always have a choice.   This episode is a reflection

Episode #31 - Dr. Edith Eger

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Edith Eger who is a 97 year old Holocaust survivor, clinical psychologist, and New York Times Best Selling author of the book The Ch

Episode #30 - Learned Helplessness Part 2 (Learning Control)

In this episode we examine the evolution of the understanding of Learned Helplessness.  We review the neuroscience that explains how helplessness is a default and what we

Episode #29 - Learned Helplessness Part 1

In this episode we learn about Martin Seligman's initial experiments on Learned Helplessness.  This context can help us better understand ourselves and why we may sometim

Episode #28 - Indoctrination

In this episode we talk about the indoctrination all of us went through during our medical training.  In the next episode we will discuss learned helplessness, unlearning

Episode # 27 - There is no badge of honor

In this episode we talk about the important role of "micro-mentoring" in facebook groups for women physicians.      We also discuss one such example where women physic

Episode # 26 - The Power of Our Stories

Human beings are enthralled by stories and use them as tools to connect, to make sense of the world, to engage and transmit information from one person to another, one co

Episode # 25 - What we really do

We are thrilled to be back after a year long break from releasing new episodes to bring you more of the Empowering Women Physicians podcast.  In this episode, we hope to

Episode # 24 - Dr. Milene Argo's internal and external transformation through coaching

Dr. Milene Argo started her journey with coaching 3 years ago, which started with 80 lb weight loss, she then applied this work to optimizing her clinical practice, to ma

Episode # 23 - Dr. Sonia Wright (sex, mentoring, racism, continuous transformation)

In this episode, we talk with Dr. Sonia Wright about her journey, continuous transformation from her time in college, postbacc, residency, fellowship, parenting, mentorin

Episode # 22 - Dr Stella Evans (pediatrician in Minneapolis during recent uprisings)

Dr. Stella Evans reflects on the last few months and how our paths crossed when she reached out while she was on quarantine for fever and cough.   She then found herself

Episode # 21 - Dr. Sarah Watler (Intern year in NYC, COVID, racism)

Dr. Sarah Watler is one of my former medical students who has spent the last year as an Intern in New York City in the largest medical center in the area hardest hit by C

Episode # 20 - How are you feeling? (Affect labelling)

How are you feeling? No really, how are you feeling. Pick a word. See if you can name how you are feeling right now. Affect labelling (naming an emotion) has been shown t

Episode # 19 - Offering some hope (including Dr. Krista Olsen's story of being COVID+, recovering, and returning to clinical care)

While the COVID pandemic is spreading, I wanted to encourage us to manage what is within our control, including flattening the curve. This episode also includes reminders