Navigating infertility treatments as a woman professional presents a perfect storm of stressors. It is emotionally, physically, and financially draining. There is no perfect time during your training or early career - which coincides with your ideal fertility window - to stop and have a baby. Thus, …
Lean Out Podcast: Reset with Jeanne Bramer
Have you ever felt so overwhelmed, underwater, and burned out that you needed to do a complete reset? I've talked on my blog about resets before, but this is a whole other level of reset. My guest on the new episode of the Lean Out Podcast felt just that... so she and her family made a bold move. …
Lean Out Podcast: Vision with Sara Workman
Did you set a vision for your work-life balance from an early age? How has it changed? How did it morph over the years of your adult life? My dad was my role model for what work was "supposed" to look like. I think I envisioned being pretty similar to him, and boy am I different now! My most …
Lean Out Podcast: Family with Hannah Renno
Today's episode of the Lean Out Podcast features an engaging story of warning signs, blind spots, and epiphanies. You'll hear how a busy doctor decided to leave clinical medicine so she could focus on her children, only to realize she was sitting on a unique skillset she could build into a …
How to Deal With Haters
When I was in residency, I became sick and didn't know why. One of the manifestations of this was a problem with my reproductive system, and after some lab work, the specialist told me my infertility issues and hormonal imbalances were stress-induced. So before I even knew what was really wrong with …
Lean Out Podcast: Adventure with Rachel Wood
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to drop everything and move to the opposite side of the globe? My guest on the most recent episode of the Lean Out podcast recently did just that. Dr. Rachel Wood is an anesthesiologist with subspecialty training in pediatrics. While working hard at …