How do you balance multiple passions without getting overwhelmed? It's a constant practice. I'm very familiar with this conflict, and so is my guest on the most recent Lean Out Podcast, Dr. Mary Wilde. Mary is an integrative pediatrician and owner of Imagine Pediatrics Behavioral Health and …
What Is Confidence, and How to Get It
(To listen to this article in podcast form, scroll to the bottom!) It's ubiquitous. No, not confidence... the desire for confidence. When I ask clients, prospective clients, friends and colleagues what they want, their answer is almost always confidence. It comes up so frequently. …
What It’s Like to Live Off-Grid in the Wilderness
(Scroll to the bottom to hear this post in podcast form) As a longtime traveler having done lots of slow travel, I find different ways of living fascinating. People are so varied and individual in terms of how they prefer to live… individual, just like work-life balance. Not many people live …
Stepping Off the Treadmill of Achievement
Chapter 5 is my most favorite chapter of the book, Lean Out: A Professional Woman's Guide to Finding Authentic Work-Life Balance. It's titled Stepping Off the Treadmill. In this chapter, the book takes a turn from criticizing lean-in culture and identifying the current problems faced by women in …
Lean Out Podcast: Elements with Sara Cheng
What if you had the chance to try out different workplaces in your chosen profession? How do you know you wouldn't love another environment better than the one you're in now? My guest on the most recent Lean Out Podcast is Sara Cheng, MD PhD, who is doing just that. Sara is a board …
Lean Out Podcast: Sharing Burnout Experiences with Charleston Edwards
The epidemic of burnout spans across all professions and work environments. Some studies quote burnout rates as high as 70-80% of workers. What is burnout? Burnout is typically defined as a constellation of symptoms including emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a reduced sense of …
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