After a little break from creating content, I'm baaaaaack! The last episode of Lean Out was released during Christmas week. After that, my family and I had a quiet Christmas and New Year on our property, which was increasingly becoming colder and snowier. Luckily, we had a few trips to …
Lean Out Podcast: Priorities with Chrissy Guidry
“I started looking around and seeing things that I was missing.” “I can still be a surgeon and not work as much. I can still be a surgeon and get the respect, get the support around me, but actually build a life outside of work as well.” “Doors are opening and doors are closing for all the …
Lean Out Podcast: Education with Kara Wada
You're in your first "real job." You've arrived! Yet it's not necessarily what you expected. Things are hard, but you're on the treadmill. Until your health fails and you have to get off. My guest today on the Lean Out Podcast is Dr. Kara Wada, a quadruple-board-certified …
Lean Out Podcast: Freedom with Harmony Smith
When her fourth child turned out to be twins and there were three young children who needed daycare, she knew something had to change. On two salaries (one an attorney at a large law firm), the childcare costs they incurred were not sustainable. At the same time, Harmony Smith felt like she wanted …
Lean Out Podcast: Dharma with Elizabeth Hubbell
How many of you can say that you are truly living your dharma - your life's purpose? After a long career in higher education and instructional design, my guest on the Lean Out Podcast today told me she is there. It took a period of stillness and discovery for Elizabeth Hubbell to realize she …
A Few of My Favorite Things: 2023 Gift Guide
It's yet again the season for giving thanks and giving gifts. Winter is pretty much here; the pines are covered with a little shelf of white, and the road to our homestead will soon be passable with tracked vehicles only. It truly is a winter wonderland, and even though it's cold, we still get out …