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 family …
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-WilliamsonYou've done hard things in your life, and you've gone through watershed moments. But do you …
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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 years …
Lean Out Podcast: Dream with Weili Gray
I heard about Dr. Weili Gray's fledgeling podcast the Dare to Dream Physician through a friend. I happened to listen to an episode where she described how she had taken a 9 month sabbatical between fellowship and her first attending physician job out of training. Not only did she slow down, learn …
Lean Out Podcast: Inner Compass with Kristi Angevine
Have you ever felt the sense that you were meant to be doing something else? Maybe you're happy where you are, but another passion is calling your name. My guest on the Lean Out Podcast today loved her Ob/Gyn work. She was a partner in a very supportive private practice group. But she fell in love …
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Lean Out Podcast: Integrity with Shilpa Shahani
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, …
