About

Dawn L. Baker MD, MS

Dr. Dawn Baker is the physician, writer, speaker, and lifestyle design coach behind Practice Balance. She helps physicians and other professionals step off the treadmill of achievement, rediscover their true selves, and cultivate a practice of balance that’s right for them. She is the author of Lean Out: A Professional Woman’s Guide to Finding Authentic Work-Life Balance and host of the Lean Out Podcast. Dawn is also a certified yoga and meditation instructor who is passionate about off-grid living, homeschooling, fitness, and travel.

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Presentations

• How to Stay Sane in the Era of Social Media – White Coat Investor Physician Wellness and Financial Literacy Conference 2024, Orlando, FL
• Finding Your Unique Work-Life Balance – White Coat Investor Financially Empowered Women group presentation, January 2024
• A (Medical) Life Less Ordinary; Beyond Budgeting; Families and Balance Workshop – White Coat Investor Physician Wellness and Financial Literacy Conference 2023, Phoenix, AZ
• Physicians and Infertility: A Perfect Storm – Pitt Plastic Surgery Dept Grand Rounds, July 2022
• The Epidemic of Infertility Among Physicians – White Coat Investor Physician Wellness and Financial Literacy Conference 2022, Phoenix, AZ
• The Freedom Mindset – Workshop on financial freedom for Kara Pepper MD group coaching program, October 2021
• Using Self-Knowledge to Improve Your Relationships – Marriage and Money MD Summit 2021
• You’re Burned Out… Now What? – White Coat Investor Physician Wellness and Financial Literacy Conference 2021
• Using the Four Tendencies to Help Clients Optimize Their Habits – Physician Coaching Summit 2020
• Mindfulness Through Self-Knowledge – Brave Enough Elevate Summit 2020
• Self Knowledge: The Key to Managing Physical, Mental, and Financial Health (keynote); Extreme Solutions for Burnout Panel; Adventures in Burnout Panel – White Coat Investor Physician Wellness and Financial Literacy Conference 2020, Las Vegas, NV
• Heal Thyself: Prioritizing Wellness for Physicians; Physicians and Social Media: What, Why, When, and How (keynotes) – Idaho Society of Anesthesiology Annual Meeting 2019, Boise, ID
• Physician Bloggers Panel – White Coat Investor Physician Wellness and Financial Literacy Conference 2018, Park City, UT
• Heal Thyself: Stress Management for Physicians – Utah Medical Association Women Physicians Section Monthly Meeting 2011, Salt Lake City, UT

Podcast episodes

• The Real Estate Mogul MD Podcast – Leaning Out: Dawn’s Journey to Financial Freedom and Work-Life Balance
• The Upward Spiral Podcast – Episode 5, Dawn Baker
• Tracey O’Connell MD – How to Create Authentic Work-Life Balance
• Earn & Invest – Leaning Out for Success
• Becoming Immune Confident Podcast – Lean Out
• The Sharon McLaughlin Show – Leaning Out with Dawn Baker
• Sustainable Clinical Medicine Podcast – You Can Try Something New
• Doctor Me First – Lean Out and Design with Dawn Baker
• Retire Often Podcast – Multiple Mini-Retirements as a Medical Professional
• The Pathless Path Podcast – Why Sheryl Sandberg is Wrong – Dawn Baker on the Art of Leaning Out
• It’s Not Just You – Infertility with Dr. Dawn Baker
• Ordinary Sherpa – Lean Out with Dr. Dawn Baker from Practice Balance
• B.O.S.S. (Business of Surgery Series) – Lean Out: Authentic Work/Life Balance with Dr. Dawn Baker
• Habits on Purpose Podcast – How to Stop Striving and Start Thriving with Dr. Dawn Baker
• The Brave Enough Show – Cultivating the Courage to Live Counter-Culture
• Sustainable Clinical Medicine – You Can Try Something New
• Clipping Chains – Lean Out: The Achievement Paradox with Dawn Baker
• White Coat Investor – Infertility Among Doctors
• Medicine, Marriage & Money – How Challenges Create Happier Marriages with Dr. Dawn Baker
• Doc Working – How Physicians Can Design Success on Their Own Terms with Dr. Dawn Baker
• Life After Medicine – Waking Up to What’s Important in Life with Dr. Dawn Baker
• Ordinary Sherpa – Slowing Down and Being Aware with Dawn Baker
• Intentional Ten – Stopping the Cycle of Self-Sacrifice: Finding Purpose While Practicing Balance
• Talk2MeDoc – Self-Knowledge and Practicing Balance with Dawn Baker MD
• Doctors & Dollars – Brain Tumor and Balance: Episode 5
• Passive Wealth Strategies for Busy Professionals – High Income Pros Must Practice Balance with Dr. Dawn Baker
• Right Brain Rounds – A Conversation with Dawn Baker
• The Scope of Practice – Find Your Perfect Work/Life Balance, Even in the Middle of the COVID-19 Crisis with Dr. Dawn Baker
• Doctor Me First – PracticeBalance with Dr. Dawn Baker
• White Coat Investor – Finding Balance In Your Life with Dr. Dawn Baker
• Married to Doctors – How Personality Tests Can Help You and Your Marriage
• Future Rich – Expert: Dr. Dawn Baker MD, MS “Work because you enjoy it, not for the paycheck”
• Anesthesia Success – An Anesthesiologist’s Guide To Financial Independence, Taking Mini Sabbaticals, And Living Intentionally w. Dr. Dawn Baker
• Doctors Unbound – How to Choose Balance Over Burnout
• Hippocratic Hustle – Practicing Balance with Dawn Baker
• Beat Infertility – Pituitary Tumor: Dawn’s Story

Guest posts

• Resolve.org Infertility Awareness – #WeCanAll Normalize Infertility
• Physician Estate – Doctor Burnout: No Specialty is Immune
• Physician on FIRE – How to Ask for What You Want at Work… and Get It
• Crispy Doc – Docs Who Cut Back Interview
• Wealthy Mom MD – Why I’ll Never Say, “We Can’t Afford It”
• Wealthy Mom MD – Interviews with Real Women Physicians

Other Blog Work/Publications

• Stealth Wealth Family blog
• Mothers in Medicine contributor page
• Doctors on Social Media contributor page
• KevinMD author page
• Doximity Op-Med – The Hidden Costs of Physician Infertility
• Book chapter – Navigating Life Challenges as a Mother in Medicine
• Medpage Today – Morning Break
• Mark’s Daily Apple – A Doctor Finds Primal Balance

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