I've posted before about my life as a series of sabbaticals. I'm not the only one who loves them. On the Lean Out Podcast, I interviewed Meagan Gallagher, who took a long climbing trip in between nursing studies and her clinical career. Dr. Weili Gray also took a 9 month sabbatical early in her …
Lean Out Podcast: Flexibility with Asha Padmanabhan
Flexibility is not about bending and bowing to outside forces. Flexibility is about initiating a bend, a "leaning out" if you will, from the well-worn path on your own terms. My guest on the most recent Lean Out Podcast is Dr. Asha Padmanabhan. Asha is an anesthesiologist, leader, coach, and …
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Scammed! What to Do and How to Prevent Internet Crime
(Scroll to the bottom to hear this article in podcast form!) Today's article is a little off-topic from what you usually see at practicebalance.com. But I assure you, this is applies to literally everyone - unless you live under a rock and use no email, no phone, do no internet shopping, etc. Are …
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Lean Out Podcast: Values with Karla Castillo
It's easy to rush through life. It's easy to assume the identity dictated by our professions without consideration for who we really are. But it's hard to have your structure and identity stripped away from you, leaving you wondering... What now? My guest today on the Lean Out Podcast …
Lean Out Podcast: Plans with Sarah Hart-Unger
Do you have an interest that doesn't seem to fit with your profession? What if you were to pursue it just for the joy of the thing? Not everything we spend time doing in our lives needs to contribute to work status or income. There's such a push nowadays to "share your gifts" and yet …
Do You Have Margin In Your Life?
(Scroll to the bottom of this article to listen in podcast form!) Recently I was coaching a client who identified one of her core values as flexibility. When I do work-life balance coaching, I focus a lot on values. I ask clients a series of questions about their chosen words. Those questions …
