Making $23,000 a year just out of school, Sarah Catherine (SC) Gutierrez was approached by mortgage brokers about buying a $250,000 house. She almost fell for it. This was 2008 😳, and luckily her dad talked some sense into her. This experience, among others during that tumultuous time, …
A Dream That Made Me Question My Path
(Note: If you'd rather listen to this article as a podcast, click here.) Last night I had this dream. I was attending a conference with some of my other doctor blogger/coach/entrepreneur friends, and the scene turned into my classic “anxiety dream”: I had to be somewhere, had to meet some …
Lean Out Podcast: Courage with Susie Sharpe
Have you ever felt like you picked the wrong career? Like you had a passion you did not honor and chose your professional path for another reason (certainty, security, expectations of others...)? My guest on the Lean Out Podcast today had always wanted to be an artist. At age 16, she and her …
Lean Out Podcast: Challenge with Melissa Vela-Williamson
“A lot of us have these little crucible moments... These hinge points where things need to change. And if we're smart about it, we move with that change instead of just ignoring it.” Melissa Vela-Williamson You've done hard things in your life, and you've gone through watershed moments. But do …
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The One Thing You Can Rely On
Change. Uncertainty. We do many things to resist them and avoid them. Yet they keep happening. Living on a large piece of property out in the wilderness has given me a unique perspective on change… a very “in your face” perspective. You see, every day we take walks and do projects on the …
Lean Out Podcast: Surrender with Aman Costigan
What if you like your job, but you want to participate fully in another passion at the same time? My guest on the Lean Out Podcast is Aman Costigan, an attorney who enjoys her work in administrative law but was not satisfied with her life being about "just the law". What she's learned after 11 …