One day, I was listening to a favorite podcast when my ears perked up: this woman physician was talking about participating in long distance, multi-day sailing races. She described the intensity of working in close quarters with team members, leaning into the constant uncertainty, and the skill of …
Lean Out Podcast: Conviction with SC Gutierrez
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, …
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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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 …
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 …