Episodes
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There is no recipe or rule book to start your dream practice.
Dr. Anna Dowling, an ObGyn, joins us for a second time. In this episode, she shares her journey building a dream solo practice called Birth Story Obstetrics.
Her first podcast episode is Episode 155. Become Your Future Self.
In this episode, she shares what she found helpful in manifesting a practice that is fun and meaningful. Key to her success was setting up a team of supporters and helpers - a coach, her spouse, and friends who believed in her.
What else was essential to her success?
A healthy mindset. She shares how her physician mindset made starting a dream practice even harder. The pre-work she did to learn to notice and begin to let go of catastrophizing, the desire for control, her scarcity mindset, imposter syndrome, and perfectionism were essential to her success. Learning to accept and not like uncertainty and to embrace unsettledness was also crucial. We also talk about the importance of optimizing your physiology and the power of both fun and âyet.â
Listen to hear some of the other powerful and unlikely tools for setting up a successful dream practice.
If you are thinking you might want to make a transition in your career, join Transition Well. If you arenât sure yet, simply have a gnawing sense you were meant for more, Transition Well small group coaching brings clarity, courage, confidence, and commitment. You can add 1:1 coaching sessions to your group if you want time for just you. And you can get CME for all of it. Dr. Dowling has done Transition Well, Ongoing Presence, and a lot of 1:1 coaching over the last few years. She was a part of the group when she had her big breakthrough.
Her words: âYou gave me the permission and the courage to dream, innovate, and create something I never thought was possible. I've reached the tipping point and it's a place I never ever imagined landing in. Thank youâ
Find out more about Transition Well. Itâs very small group coaching - max group size is twelve so donât delay in signing up. We start in mid-January 2025. https://www.jessiemahoneymd.com/transition-well
If growing Ongoing Presence and cleaning up your mindset before you jump feels more like where you are, Ongoing Presence Group Coaching is another great option. It also starts in late January and is open for sign-up now. https://www.jessiemahoneymd.com/ongoing-presence
If doing the work in person sounds more appealing, join me for a retreat intensive. There are retreats almost every month in 2025.
https://www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreat-nicasio-creek-farm
Move beyond consuming this amazing podcast. True change happens when you work with us - virtually and/or in-person. www.jessiemahoneymd.com
Hire one or both of us to speak or lead a workshop on any topic covered in the Mindful Healers Podcast. We also create team retreats, teach yoga, and offer experiential mindfulness for teams, groups, grand rounds, institutions, and conferences.
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/mindful-healers-podcast
www.awakenbreath.org
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/speaking
*Nothing shared in the Mindful Healers Podcast is medical advice.
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An episode about what to do in challenging and disappointing moments.
You may have noticed that we did not record a new episode last week. We opted to model self compassion and kindness in the face of laryngitis, back to back retreats, and a volleyball championship. After 225 weekly episodes we decided to give ourselves grace.
The election was a pivotal moment of seeing what is. It was a clarifying moment.
Mindfulness is a key component to moving forward with grace and ease. It is essential in difficult circumstances such as this.
Listen to hear tips for choosing your language thoughtfully, asking helpful questions, and how to tell generous and helpful stories.
This moment is an abundant opportunity to practice noticing your thoughts and feeling your feelings.
Feel to heal and name to tame.
It is also a great moment to accept and be disappointed, accept and be angry, accept and not like, and to accept and allow.
Resisting reality is very costly.
Optimizing your neurochemical soup is in your control at this moment and it can help.
Practicing mindful self-care is also in your control and also helps.
You might find being alone helpful or community may be what you need.
Support yourself with healthy food, nature, and sleep to give yourself the most capacity to respond intentionally rather than create.
Consider practicing tons of hand to heart and self compassion. Oxytocin increases creativity, curiosity, and problem solving
Disappointment and challenges often lead to our biggest growth â personally and collectively. Let this moment in time be the nudge you need to engage in mindfulness and mindset coaching. Working with us is much more powerful than simply listening to a podcast.
Set yourself up for a smoother ride through the next four years by reaching out for 1:1 or small group coaching or signing up for a 2025 retreat.
https://www.jessiemahoneymd.com/coaching
https://www.jessiemahoneymd.com/ongoing-presence
https://www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreat-nicasio-creek-farm
Start practicing yoga with me on YouTube.
Listen to other episodes of the Mindful Healers Podcast. Itâs Ok to Not Be Ok and When Bad Things Happen are a great place to start.
Move beyond consuming this amazing podcast. True change happens when you work with us - virtually and/or in-person.
Coach with Jessie - 1:1, in topic-focused small groups, or at a retreat. www.jessiemahoneymd.com
Work with both of us in person at The Mindful Healers Annual Retreat www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreats
Hire one or both of us to speak or lead a workshop on any topic covered in the Mindful Healers Podcast. We also create team retreats, teach yoga, and offer experiential mindfulness for teams, groups, grand rounds, institutions, and conferences.
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/mindful-healers-podcast
www.awakenbreath.org
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/speaking
*Nothing shared in the Mindful Healers Podcast is medical advice.
#physicianwellness #mindfulnesscoach #pauseandpresence #physiciancoach
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Being off kilter is a normal part of the human experience at least some of the time.
Mindfulness and self-compassion offer opportunities to notice, show yourself compassion, and re-align.
Getting help helps.
Enjoy Jessie modeling how getting help helps. Listen as Ni-Cheng demonstrates mindful inquiry and how to explore body sensations, emotions, thoughts, and behaviors.
What might be helpful when you next find yourself off-balance
Sunshine
Yoga
Exercise/movement
Nature
Music
Human connection
Name it to tame it
Feel it to heal it
Patience
Being not doing
Self-compassion
Be like a tree
We encourage you to move beyond consuming this podcast and engage in the work. Having a full toolbox at the ready when the off-kilter day arrives is priceless.
Practice these tools in person at a retreat in 2025. www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreats
Blending mindfulness, yoga, farm-to-table food as medicine, and mindset work together make change possible that otherwise wouldnât be. When you are physiologically and neurochemically in an optimal state opens up a world of creativity and opportunity.
You can also choose to respect the moment and start your journey to better right away by signing up for online mindful coaching with Jessie.
Coach with Jessie - 1:1, in topic-focused small groups. Transition Well and Ongoing Presence start again in January 2025. People are signing up already.
Hire one or both of us to speak or lead a workshop on any topic covered in the Mindful Healers Podcast. We also create team retreats, teach yoga, and offer experiential mindfulness for teams, groups, grand rounds, institutions, and conferences.
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/mindful-healers-podcast
www.awakenbreath.org
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/speaking
*Nothing shared in the Mindful Healers Podcast is medical advice.
#physicianwellness #mindfulnesscoach #pauseandpresence #physiciancoach
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What does non-striving in mindfulness mean? What is the invitation of non-striving? Why might you want to try it?
Non-striving isn't about giving up aspirations and goals, it is about letting go. Letting go of control, of needing things to be a certain way, and/or to get a certain outcome.
Non Striving is about patience, peace, presence, joy and transformation.
Instead of constantly doing, non-striving is about focusing on being.
Non-striving is allowing yourself to experience the moment without judgment.
It creates space to simply be rather than always reacting to try to change things.
We are human BEINGS, not human DOINGS.
âBeing is where the magic and healing happen.â - Dr. Holly MacKennaNon-striving involves accepting yourself as you are and others as they are. It is about being content where you are, without the need to be anyone else or anywhere else.
Non-striving increases the richness in your life. It helps you find the extraordinary in the ordinary.
The space opened up in non-striving opens portals to clarity, curiosity, creativity, and connection.Where are some areas of life that you would like to adopt a non-striving attitude? What are some ways you might try non-striving? What could you commit to not doing? What would more âbeingâ look like?
Move beyond consuming this amazing podcast. True change happens when you work with us - virtually and/or in-person.
Coach with Jessie - 1:1, in topic-focused small groups, or at a retreat. www.jessiemahoneymd.com
Work with both of us in person at The Mindful Healers Annual Retreat www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreats
Hire one or both of us to speak or lead a workshop on any topic covered in the Mindful Healers Podcast. We also create team retreats, teach yoga, and offer experiential mindfulness for teams, groups, grand rounds, institutions, and conferences.
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/mindful-healers-podcast
www.awakenbreath.org
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/speaking
*Nothing shared in the Mindful Healers Podcast is medical advice.
#physicianwellness #mindfulnesscoach #pauseandpresence #physiciancoach
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Are you sitting on a nail and not changing due to the fear of the discomfort of removing that nail?
Discomfort, pain, and struggle feel familiar to most of us. We may not notice we are sitting on a nail. If we do, we are often so accustomed to discomfort we stay on the nail anyway. Transition and pivots, ie gettign of the nail are even more uncomfortable, even when they ultimately offer more freedom and space.
Things often have to get SO bad before we are willing âgive inâ and change. What if we arenât "giving in" or giving up when we decide to get off a nail. What if we are giving ourselves permission to finally act in alignment with our core values.
Who would you be, could you be, if you stopped sitting on so many nails?
Some common thought patterns and beliefs that keep you sitting on nails:
Scarcity mindset
Not valuing yourself or your happiness. The belief that you don't deserve to have a comfortable pain-free life.
The belief that being uncomfortable is a badge of honor
Lack of boundaries
Fear of change, the what if, or making a mistake
Fear of judgment or being seen as " - "
So used to discomfort and pain we donât notice the discomfort of the nail
Believing that struggling and suffering and hard are valuable
Listen to the episode to learn more. And then sign up to work with us. Consuming this podcast helps but the big shifts happen when you work with us.
Personal mindset coaching and experiencing and practicing mindfulness are what actually help you see where you are sitting on nails and grow the courage and belief to finally get off those nails even when getting off is scary.
Make 2025 the year you stop sitting on nails.
*Many thanks to Dr. Sonal Haerter for sharing the concept of sitting on nails during her talk at Brave Enough 2024.
Join Jessie for 1:1 coaching or a retreat. Now is the time to jump in if you want to use 2024 CME time or funds. Itâs also the time to secure yourself a spot at Nicasio Creek Farm or Sagrada in 2025. www.jessiemahoneymd.com
Hire one or both of us to speak or lead a workshop on any topic covered in the Mindful Healers Podcast. We also create team retreats, teach yoga, and offer experiential mindfulness for teams, groups, grand rounds, institutions, and conferences.
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/mindful-healers-podcast
www.awakenbreath.org
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/speaking
*Nothing shared in the Mindful Healers Podcast is medical advice.
#physicianwellness #mindfulnesscoach #pauseandpresence #physiciancoach
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Do you feel like you are growing faster than your organization has space for?
Are your roots trying to grow out the bottom of your pot?
Dr. Holly MacKenna is the Founder of Dara Wellness an Integrative Psychiatry practice in New Orleans. She is Board Certified in Integrative Medicine and Psychiatry. She also has additional certifications in Helms auricular acupuncture and non-touch and distance Reiki.
Dr. MacKenna shares the story of starting her integrative practice right before the Covid pandemic. She embraced the journey because she felt like she had grown beyond what her organization had space for. Her roots were trying to grow out the bottom of a pot.
She shares the importance of coaching and leaning into a community of support when building something new. She recommends if you donât have a community, find one or create one. Coaching helped Dr. MacKenna give herself permission to let go of the unspoken rules in her head and make her own rules for the practice and life she was building.
Holly attended the Connect in Nature Mindful Healers Retreat six weeks ago. She recently shared in a Facebook group that she had learned so much at the retreat âwithout realizing it.â
In todayâs podcast, we discuss why and how this happened and the power of nature, especially trees and experiential learning.
Hollyâs two most powerful learnings at the retreat:
1. Lean into curiosity
2. Being is where the magic and healing happen.
Dr. MacKenna also shares her thoughts as a psychiatrist on the controversies and benefits of coaching and the importance of choosing a qualified coach.
You can find Dr. MacKenna @ www.darawellnessnola.com or www.hollymackennamd.com
Move beyond consuming this amazing podcast. True change happens when you work with us - virtually and/or in-person.
The date of next year's Connect in Nature Retreat will be released soon. We are leaning into curiosity and will be holding it in a new location and at a new time of year.
Coach with Jessie - 1:1, in topic-focused small groups, or at a retreat. www.jessiemahoneymd.com
Hire one or both of us to speak or lead a workshop on any topic covered in the Mindful Healers Podcast. We also create team retreats, teach yoga, and offer experiential mindfulness for teams, groups, grand rounds, institutions, and conferences.
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/mindful-healers-podcast
www.awakenbreath.org
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/speaking
*Nothing shared in the Mindful Healers Podcast is medical advice.
#physicianwellness #mindfulnesscoach #pauseandpresence #physiciancoach
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Nourishing our mind, bodies, and spirits âwellâ feels amazing!
Why do we talk about it as a task or something that requires discipline?
What if we talked about lifestyle medicine and healthy eating as fun, indulgent, and part of a well-lived life?
What if we moved exercise from the chore column to the gift column?
You donât need to exercise. You want to and you get to.
When you feel great you make better decisions, you are more productive and happier as well as healthier.
Great cooks make healthy food a delight to eat. You get to taste with your eyes and treat your taste buds. As health care providers we can make eating healthy about a feast and delight for the eyes, body, spirit, and soul.
Dr. Rak and I hope you will join us for this fun conversation about the power of âmarketingâ a healthy lifestyle to ourselves and others.
Join a Pause & Presence Retreat to taste with your eyes and nourish every cell in your body in delightful ways.
Move beyond consuming this amazing podcast. True change happens when you work with us - virtually and/or in-person.
Coach with Jessie - 1:1, in topic-focused small groups, or at a retreat. www.jessiemahoneymd.com
Work with both of us in person at The Mindful Healers Annual Retreat www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreats
Hire one or both of us to speak or lead a workshop on any topic covered in the Mindful Healers Podcast. We also create team retreats, teach yoga, and offer experiential mindfulness for teams, groups, grand rounds, institutions, and conferences.
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/mindful-healers-podcast
www.awakenbreath.org
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/speaking
*Nothing shared in the Mindful Healers Podcast is medical advice.
#physicianwellness #mindfulnesscoach #pauseandpresence #physiciancoach
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Trees offer tremendous wisdom. In coaching, I often talk about setting an intention to be like a tree for upcoming difficult meetings or conversations. Being like a tree is a surprisingly effective leadership and life strategy.
At the Connect in Nature Mindful Healers Retreat a few weeks ago, one of my intentions was to encourage others to be more tree. Specifically to :
Draw strength from others.
Ask for help when you need it.
Be authentic.
Attend to your core.
Don't be afraid to branch out.
Get plenty of rest.
Stand tall.
Be open to change.
These lessons come from an inspirational book called How To Be More Tree by Liz Marvin. Enjoy todayâs mindful moment to hear many more lessons from this book.
At the Connect in Nature Mindful Healers Retreat we share many lessons from the trees we stand amidst.
Trees have roots and they use âtheir resourcesâ creatively.
Their roots are embedded in soil which provides nutrients and microorganisms.
Why not âfertilize your own soilâ with the essential nutrients for a healthy, happy, and aligned life?
Redwood trees drink fog and live and grow in community. Their roots are one foot deep and football fields wide creating an extensive network of support. We are stronger together.
Trees grow towards the sun and stand tall and proud. They donât hide. The branches and leaves grow in the direction of sunlight reminding us to point in the direction of getting what we need and setting ourselves up for success.
Many trees live through extreme temperatures, lack of water, too much water, and fires. They have scars and other marks but the trees remain as they are through it all leaning into their support systems and utilizing the resources they do have.
Trees are calm and grounded. They are graceful and elegant despite irregularities, lumps, and bumps.
Trees sway in storms and rarely fall except in extreme storms. Their wood is strong and flexible.
There are all different kinds of trees but the inner anatomy of every tree is largely the same- roots, trunk, branches, leaves. Trees just like humans have more in common than different.
How might you âbe more treeâ?
Join us for the next Mindful Healers Connect in Nature Retreat in SPRING 2025.
We will enjoy a different season, and different, but still amazing, natural wonders from a different home base - Nicasio Creek Farm.
We will enjoy creeks, mountain tops, wildflowers, esteros, bays, and the wildlife of West Marin and Point Reyes National Seashore. We will explore food as nature and hands on experiences of mindful harvesting, preparing, and eating food.
Sign up for Jessieâs email list to be notified when registration is open.
Today's Mindful Moment is entitled Invitations from Trees. It includes some of my favorite excerpts from How to Be More Tree- Essential Life Lessons for Perennial Happiness, by Liz Marvin
âThis beautifully illustrated book celebrates the wisdom of trees and what they can teach us about everyday life, from basking in the sun to weathering the storm. As you learn about dozens of trees, from the Acai palm to the Yoshino cherry, you'll find that their means of survival are not so different from ours.
The juniper tree proves that it's possible to flourish anywhere as long as we put down strong roots.
A mountain hemlock finds strength basking in the sun while a black walnut's sturdiness comes from its thick, steely core.
The hawthorn demonstrates resilience as it adapts to strong winds and storms by finding balance in its roots.
Trees have many more lessons to offer, from letting go of the past, to branching out, to resisting the urge to overstretch ourselves.
Trees have wisdom to offer parents, children, colleagues, leaders, physicians, spouses, and every person as an individual.
How to Be More Tree is an essential companion for all those moments when we're having trouble seeing the forest for the trees.â
- How to Be More Tree - Essential Life Lessons for Perennial Happiness, Liz Marvin
Move beyond consuming this amazing podcast. True change happens when you work with us.
Coach with Jessie - 1:1, in topic-focused small groups, or at a retreat. www.jessiemahoneymd.com
Work with both of us in person at The Mindful Healers Annual Retreat www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreats
Hire one or both of us to speak or lead a workshop on any topic covered in the Mindful Healers Podcast. We also create team retreats, teach yoga, and offer experiential mindfulness for teams, groups, grand rounds, institutions, and conferences.
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/mindful-healers-podcast
www.awakenbreath.org
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/speaking
*Nothing shared in the Mindful Healers Podcast is medical advice.
#physicianwellness #mindfulnesscoach #pauseandpresence #physiciancoach
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During times of stress or discomfort old and often maladaptive habits resurface.
Many of these habits originate in our childhoods.
This episode sheds light on âreparentingâ- what it is and how it can help you meet needs that went unmet in childhood. The intention of reparenting is to move towards healing by creating new healthier patterns.
Are there circumstances from your childhood that felt out of your control and like they harmed you? Might they be influencing your behavior as an adult?
âReparenting is when an adult meets their own needs that went unmet in their childhood. This is often affection, security, routines and structure, emotional regulation, and compassion." - www.verywellmind.com/reparenting-in-therapy-5226096
Many of us in medicine took on the responsible âcarerâ role in our childhoods.
A few tips to remember while reparenting. All are themes woven into almost every Mindful Healers. Podcast episode. They are also foundations of mindfulness.
Stay curious.
Self-compassion
Patience
Intention
Presence
Presence can be the ultimate present.
Learn more about reparenting in this article: www.verywellmind.com/reparenting-in-therapy-5226096
This podcast is not medical or psychoanalytical advice. Please seek guidance from your own healthcare team regarding whether or not reparenting is something that might be helpful for you.
We encourage you to listen to other episodes in our Parenting with Presence series.
26. What to Do When You Parent Differently
42. Parent with Presence Instead of Worry
45. What to do When Parenting is A Lot
61. Savor All the Moments of Parenthood
63. Cultivating Mindful Families
65. Stop Trying to FIx Your Kids
67. Teen Mental Health
71. How to Be An Even Better Mom
78. Parent from Abundance: Step Out of The Rat Race
93. Coaching in Action - Helping A Mama Bear Find Relief From Anxiety
124. Great Parenting is Often Messy
134. Mindful Wisdom from a New Grandmother
142. Navigating Transitions Tips from a New Dad
150. Parenting Your Athlete with Presence
151. Tips to Launch Your Young Adult Children with Love
167. The Invitation of the College Application Process
187. Opting Out of Toxic Achievement Culture
202. Finding Peace at the Family Dinner Table with Dr. Jaclyn Albin
203. Coaching Can Help you Be a Better Dad with Dr. Adam Was
218. How to Navigate the Early Acute Phase of Empty Nesting with Grace and Compassion
We hope you will join us for coaching or a retreat to practice mindful awareness of your thought patterns and tendencies so you can begin to live an intentional, responsive and more fulfilling life.
We strongly recommend that you move beyond consuming this amazing podcast. True change happens when you work with us - virtually and/or in-person.
Coach with Jessie - 1:1, in topic-focused small groups, or at a retreat. www.jessiemahoneymd.com
Work with both of us in person at The Mindful Healers Annual Retreat www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreats.
Information about the location and dates of the 2025 Connect in Nature Retreat will be available in the next few weeks.
In the meantime, hire one or both of us to speak or lead a workshop on any topic covered in the Mindful Healers Podcast. Have. us create a team retreat, teach yoga, and/or offer experiential mindfulness for your team, group, grand rounds, institution, or conference.
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/mindful-healers-podcast
www.awakenbreath.org
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/speaking
#physicianwellness #mindfulnesscoach #pauseandpresence #physiciancoach #themindfulhealerspodcast
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Every parent traverses into the space having an empty nest at some point. We want it to happen and we donât. If it's not happening we worry. If it is happening we worry.
This episode belongs in both the Parenting with Presence and Transition Well series. Jessie shares about her first week transitioning to an empty nest. The first week of a big life change is, âof courseâ, filled with intense and often conflicting emotions.
It was a bit like landing in a foreign country. How you feel may be unexpected. It may be different than you think you should feel.
I thought I would be excitedâŠbut I wasnât. As I headed home, I felt chest pressure and was anxious. It was totally unexpected. And it continued to come and go unexpectedly for a week or so.
Below are a few of the mindful tips shared in this episode. I hope they will help you handle the grief, anxiety, sadness or whatever else you might feel in the moment
Pause and breathe and remember to trust and believe in yourself and them. You did the best you could in the moment with the resources, skills and experience that you had in the moment.
Whatever you feel doesnât have to go away or be controlled. Feel it. When we donât strive to change it, it passes through more quickly.
Somatic work really helps. Join me for a retreat to learn more about this.
Be kind to yourself. Hand to heart.
Be patient. Give yourself time to adjust.
Try to show up âhands wide openâ for the next phase. Be willing to accept the discomfort of uncertainty. Ask yourself âgoodâ questions. What if itâs fun? What if itâs better than you expect? What if you arenât lonely? What if itâs amazing?
Donât quarterback the past. Did you do a good enough job? Should you have spent more time doingâŠ?
Mindfulness and coaching help tremendously to navigate parenthood and big life and work transitions with buoyancy and grace.
Consider joining me for Transition Well. You can join the fall group until October 1st.
If you happen to be a new empty nester or about to be an empty nester, it is also a great time to enjoy a life reset at a Pause & Presence Retreat at Nicasio Creek Farm or Sagrada. Your next chapter will be much more fantastic if you do.
Move beyond consuming this amazing podcast. True change happens when you work with us - virtually and/or in-person.
Coach with Jessie - 1:1, in topic-focused small groups, or at a retreat. www.jessiemahoneymd.com
Work with both of us in person at The Mindful Healers Annual Retreat www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreats
Hire one or both of us to speak or lead a workshop on any topic covered in the Mindful Healers Podcast. We also create team retreats, teach yoga, and offer experiential mindfulness for teams, groups, grand rounds, institutions, and conferences.
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/mindful-healers-podcast
www.awakenbreath.org
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/speaking
*Nothing shared in the Mindful Healers Podcast is medical advice.
#physicianwellness #mindfulnesscoach #pauseandpresence #physiciancoach
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Enjoy this Curious About Coaching session and learn about the art of intention setting.
Choosing the tone and energy with which you show up is a life changing way to approach challenging situations.
How a plane lands is determined long before the wheels touch the ground. It takes awareness, attention, focus, and intention to land with safety and grace. If a plane pilot were to not approach a runway with care and planning, the outcome would likely not be optimal.
What if you determined âyour approachâ before you landed at home after work?
Or before a vacation? Or before an important meeting? Or before a date with your partner?
Or before morning rush or bedtime struggles? Even before a clinic day, an exercise session or dinner.
Listen to learn how to approach your life with intention and enjoy much smoother landings ahead.
Learn how and why you should set yourself up for success with mindfulness practices. Learn the art of choosing guiding words to optimize your results and experience.
Choosing your approach is especially helpful in transitions. Join me to learn all the ins and outs of this and many other tools in Transition Well which starts tomorrow! www.jessiemahoneymd.com/transition-well
If you prefer to learn in person, join me at Nicasio Creek Farm or Sagrada for a retreat. www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreats
Hire one or both of us to speak or lead a workshop on any topic covered in the Mindful Healers Podcast. We also create team retreats, teach yoga, and offer experiential mindfulness for teams, groups, grand rounds, institutions, and conferences.
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/mindful-healers-podcast
www.awakenbreath.org
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/speaking
*Nothing shared in the Mindful Healers Podcast is medical advice.
#physicianwellness #mindfulnesscoach #pauseandpresence #physiciancoach
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We often think we canât pivot because "what if" âŠ? What if the job I pick doesn't work out? What if my wife gets cancer?
Last year, Dr. Rakesh Jotwani shared his journey leaving a long-time employed hospitalist position to pivot to lifestyle medicine. Listen to that episode Mindfulness Can Lead You to a Plant-Based Diet and a Fulfilling Career here.
When we take a risk and make a big change, we all worry about the possibility of catastrophic "what if's".
In this encore episode, Dr. Rakesh Jotwani shares what happened when many of these "what ifâs" happened to him over the last year.
Life-jarring events often give you even more clarity and motivation to follow your passions. Dr. Rak tells how and why chose to not live as a victim and double down on his values.
Rakesh decided his best bet was to bet on himself. He recommends we all do the same.
He chose to see all the steps in his journey, whether expected or not, as valuable information. He chose to embrace the acquired skills and wisdom to help him on his next step.
His parting wisdom: âPick yourself.â
Find out more about Dr. Rakâs programs lifestyle medicine program, tribes @ www.rakyourlife.com
One of Dr. Rakâs favorite quotes is, âIf you want to go fast go alone. If you want to go far, go together.â
Going far together is the premise behind the Transition Well Small Group Coaching.
The fall cohort starts this week. There are only 4 spots left. Your future self in January 2025 will wish you had signed up.
Retreats are also a great way to "pick yourself" and move forward on following your dream and choosing to live a more fulfilled life. Join me at Nicasio Creek Farm or Sagrada this year.
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Listen to this Curious About Coaching Session with Dr. Jessie Mahoney to learn how to discern when something is unreasonable, what you can do about your own unreasonable expectations of yourself, and what you can do when others have unreasonable expectations of you.
Most high achievers have unreasonable and/or unrealistic expectations of themselves. As parents, children, physicians, friends, and members of society. We were also trained in professional schools to have unreasonable expectations of ourselves (think residency!)
The expectations of our patients and our employers are also often unreasonable and/or unrealistic. We don't have clarity or confidence to stand tall in what our job actually is. We default to it must be our job and we twist ourselves in knots trying to make it all work, please others, be enough, and get external validation. When we canât do it all. we fall into blame, shame and guilt. We feel like an imposter.
Others shouldnât have unreasonable expectations of us. Their expectations should be reasonable (different) â and we can still make a difference with our own responses, thoughts, feelings, and actions.
Listen to learn actionable and specific mindset, coaching, and communication tools that can help you navigate successfully when others' expectations of you are unreasonable.
Learn how to implement these tools in your own life by engaging in coaching. Doing the work is much different than simply consuming this podcast. Join us for coaching or a retreat and change your life.
Move beyond consuming this amazing podcast. True change happens when you work with us - virtually and/or in-person.
Coach with Jessie - 1:1, in topic-focused small groups, or at a retreat. www.jessiemahoneymd.com
Work with both of us in person at The Mindful Healers Annual Retreat www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreats
Hire one or both of us to speak or lead a workshop on any topic covered in the Mindful Healers Podcast. We also create team retreats, teach yoga, and offer experiential mindfulness for teams, groups, grand rounds, institutions, and conferences.
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/mindful-healers-podcast
www.awakenbreath.org
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/speaking
*Nothing shared in the Mindful Healers Podcast is medical advice.
#physicianwellness #mindfulnesscoach #pauseandpresence #physiciancoach
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Are you frustrated by the constraints that the current healthcare system places on physicians?
Is your well-being jeopardized by challenges at work?
Would you like to embody practicing whole-hearted medicine?
Dr. Michelle Biehlâs inspirational story will galvanize you to feel empowered to take steps towards both living and practicing medicine wholeheartedly.
Dr. Michelle Biehl is a pulmonary and critical care physician at the Cleveland Clinic. She is the founder of the Post-ICU Recovery Clinic and a certified coach. She immigrated to the US from Brazil after her residency. She did another residency in the US, followed by her fellowship. Before starting at the Cleveland Clinic she and her physician husband worked in South Dakota to fulfill the requirements of their J-1 Visas. Along the way, they had two children.
Dr. Biehl shares how coaching and a Pause & Presence Sagrada retreat gave her the courage to cut back to part-time and let go of a part of her job that used to be her passion but was now no longer in alignment.
She shares how hard it was to give herself permission to not work full-time as an immigrant. She shares how she grew the courage to ask her chair and change her life at a recent Pause & Presence Retreat. Inspired, motivated, rested, and nourished, she returned home, took immediate action, and changed her life.
What did Dr. Beihl learn on her retreat?
How to practice nonjudgmental awareness, tune into her body, and notice alignment and misalignment.
How to trust herself
How to slow down and meditate
She had previously been making decisions based on what she thought she was âsupposed to doâ and that she could and wanted to make decisions from her heart
It is ok to focus on what she loves.
Someone has to be âthe first to do itâ- why not her?
Move beyond consuming this amazing podcast. True change happens when you work with us - virtually and/or in-person.
If you would like to change your life, learn to trust yourself, grow courage, and make aligned heart-based decisions about how you spend your life, join a Pause & Presence retreat: www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreats
If you want to get started right away, sign up to coach with Jessie on Zoom. Join the Fall 2024 Ongoing Presence or Transition Well small groups or treat yourself to 1:1 coaching. Both lead to incredible results. www.jessiemahoneymd.com/coaching
*Nothing shared in the Mindful Healers Podcast is medical advice.
#physicianwellness #mindfulnesscoach #pauseandpresence #physiciancoach
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We don't like to disappoint people or be disappointed and we especially don't like it when our children are disappointed.
Liam Mahoney is back for an encore episode. Listen to hear Liamâs story of navigating a big and unexpected disappointment. Hear how Jessie, as his mother, navigated his disappointment.
Leave with some gold nuggets of advice to ease the bumps of frustration and anger that arise when we face disappointment. Our own or someone elseâs.
Coaching and mindfulness have dramatically changed how I react to disappointment whether it be with those I love, those I care for, those I work for, or those I am friends with.
Life is full of disappointment and learning how to handle it with more ease and grace is truly life- changing.
Managing disappointment more effectively and buoyantly is a topic that always comes up in group coaching. This is but one of the tools you will learn when you join me for Ongoing Presence, Transition Well, or an in-person retreat this fall.
True change happens when you work with us - virtually and/or in-person.
www.jessiemahoneymd.com
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreats
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/speaking
*Nothing shared in the Mindful Healers Podcast is medical advice.
#physicianwellness #mindfulnesscoach #pauseandpresence #physiciancoach
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Do you find yourself frustrated when others show up late?
Do you make it mean that others donât respect you or donât care when their âtimingâ and way of working through to-do lists, planning, and chores is different than yours?
We hope this episode will leave you feeling liberated from chronic frustrations around timing, urgency, and the preferred paces of others.
We all have different inner rhythms and preferences. Many of us were taught that there is a right and/or wrong way and/or a âpoliteâ pace.
We have stories about what the pace of others means.
What do you make mismatches in pace mean?
Those of us who work in medicine tend to have an urgency bias and a quick pace. We have painful stories about late patients and respecting our time.
Some people are always late. Some people are always early. It isn't usually about you at all.
When you want someone to be different, move faster, act, or respond differently than they are, you are resisting reality. This usually increases your suffering.
Tips to Respond with more ease and grace when others have a different pace.
Notice your bodily reactions, expectations, and stories
Pause and breathe
Move forward with intention
Ask your future self for advice.
Ask what would love do
How might you respond to future timing mismatches with mindfulness and compassion?
Join us for a retreat to practice responding with grace, ease, mindfulness, and compassion to everything in life that doesn't happen your preferred way. This skill is liberating and will change your life for the better every single day.
If you canât come to a retreat in person, join Jessie for coaching. You will be amazed by how much better your life feels after coaching. Without anyone else changing you will feel much better. www.jessiemahoneymd.com
Please consider moving beyond consuming this podcast. True change happens when you work with us - virtually and/or in person.
Join us at The Mindful Healers Annual Retreat www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreats
*Nothing shared in the Mindful Healers Podcast is medical advice.
#physicianwellness #mindfulnesscoach #pauseandpresence #physiciancoach
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Do you think you don't practice mindfulness âright?"
Are you concerned about not being able to âclear your mind?"
Does your inability to practice mindfulness the way you think you should make you feel anxious, guilty, or like a failure?
Do you have a list of reasons why you think mindfulness doesn't work for you?
This episode addresses all of these questions and more.
Mindfulness is accessible to anyone, anytime, anywhere, doing or not doing anything at all.
Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present, and aware of where we are and what weâre doing, while not being overly reactive or overwhelmed by whatâs going on around us.
The media has made mindfulness sound complicated. Experts throw out lots of ways to practice that are âright.â
We know you can get huge benefits from mindfulness without being fancy.
It can be as simple as pausing and being present. Slowing down enough to notice. Remembering to breathe.
Just like becoming more physically fit, exercise, repetition, and practice are needed. Mindfulness is exercise for the brain. It enables our minds and bodies to be together at the same place and the same time.
Mindfulness has been shown in studies to help reduce burnout, but it doesn't heal or prevent burnout alone.
You canât meditate your way through the practice of medicine today. Medicine is a mess. Physicians and other providers are not the problem. Mindfulness is a tool to help us function in an inadequate, often harmful system. It is not a replacement for reasonable expectations of responsibilities, appropriate time to meet them, and resources
Mindfulness is synergistic with mindset work (AKA coaching) and self-compassion practices. Together they can help you work within the system, if you want to, until it gets fixed. They help you be healthy enough to take care of yourself and advocate for yourself well despite the current situation.
Move beyond consuming this podcast. True change happens when you work with us.
We strongly encourage you to join us for the Mindful Healers Retreat Sept 6-8th 2024. You will learn all the tips and tricks to finally have a meaningful and impactful mindfulness practice. You will leave with âthe lowest cortisol level you had in years.â www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreats
You can also work with Jessie individually on incorporating mindfulness into your life strategically and effectively. It is the antidote to so many of our trained negative thought patterns. Without it, coaching isnât nearly as effective. And the effects are not nearly as long-lasting. If you have tried coaching before and not had the results you wanted, this is likely part of the reason. The other reason may be the coach. Reach out to me if you want to discuss whether we might be the right fit. www.jessiemahoneymd.com
Hire one or both of us to speak or lead a workshop on any topic covered in the Mindful Healers Podcast. We also create team retreats, teach yoga, and offer experiential mindfulness for teams, groups, grand rounds, institutions, and conferences.
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/mindful-healers-podcast
www.awakenbreath.org
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/speaking
*Nothing shared in the Mindful Healers Podcast is medical advice.
#physicianwellness #mindfulnesscoach #pauseandpresence #physiciancoach
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Do You Think You Canât Do Yoga?
If you have struggled with yoga, think you aren't a yogi, or simply want to understand you to make yoga work better for you and your ever-changing body, listen to this episode.
Yoga is not what most of us think. With creativity and a good teacher, yoga, in some form, can work for all bodies.
Yoga is not about flexibility or standing on your head.
Medical conditions don't need to exclude you from enjoying yoga and its benefits. In fact, yoga has been shown to help with almost all medical issues and long-term morbidity, mobility, and mortality.
What may get in the way of people trying yoga
all or none thinking thinking there is a right way to practice thinking they have to be able to do everything in class or all of a class feeling uncomfortable about needing variations and modifications not understanding that there are many different kinds of yoga not understanding the purpose and intent of yoga Not understanding the structure of a yoga classYoga is an ancient and complex practice, rooted in Indian philosophy. It began as a spiritual practice that incorporated physical movement. It is about much more than fitness. When taught well, yoga goes well beyond the physical practice.
Yoga is a way of life and a way of promoting physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. It weaves together physiology and philosophy. It is a way of noticing, thinking, speaking, being, and living.
Yoga is intended to help you
practice being in your body
decrease stress
better balance your parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system
better balance your outlook and find new perspective
give you tools to help decrease stress
teach you how to breathe
What makes a good yoga teacher?
A good yoga teacher feels like a good fit for you in this moment of your life journey. A good yoga teacher has a flexible approach. They are open to variations and modifications for every human body. A good teacher is committed to doing-no-harm and accepts that there is no ârightâ way to practice.
A good yoga teacher is also inclusive and makes their classes accessible. They encourage listening to your body and adapting as needed. They are nonjudgmental, kind, compassionate, and open-minded. They understand yoga philosophically, physiologically, and anatomically and are aware of the interplay between trauma and the nervous system.
When you work with a good teacher, everyone can reap benefits from practicing yoga.
*if you have significant medical issues, 1:1 yoga, in person, and/or yoga therapy is the place to start.
Join Jessie for her free Zoom MIndful Yoga: www.jessiemahoneymd.com/mindfulyoga
Join Jessie for YouTube yoga: www.youtube.com/@JessieMahoney
Join Jessie for in-person yoga at a retreat: www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreats. You will discover a kind of yoga that works for you.
Invite Jessie to teach her Mindful Yoga for Healers at your retreat or conference: www.jessiemahoneymd.com/speaking . It's an experience your participants will love.
Please share this podcast with your colleagues, friends, and patients.
Invite them to do yoga with Jessie too.
The more we all practice yoga the healthier, happier, more calm, and equanimous we will all be.
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The world needs physician voices. Enjoy a fun conversation with Hilary Blair, founder of Articulate Real & Clear, about how mindfulness, intention, and most of all presence can help anyone, especially doctors, give a great talk.
The way we are trained to think as physicians makes public speaking more of a challenge than it should be for most physicians.
We are trained to:
worry what others will think of us
fear judgment, rejection, and shame
talk fast and "not waste time"
always share as much information as possible
be sure others think we know "enough"
not take risks
blame ourselves if we make a mistake (or even if others think something not flattering about us)
xatastrophize what might happen if we make a mistake or embarrass ourselves
Most physicians find it very uncomfortable to be seen as an expert or a star. We were taught this could be perceived as gloating. It could also lead to complacency and maybe a mistake. We tend to prefer to âserveâ others under the radar.
We are trained that there is âa right wayâ and that, if you havenât been trained, "you donât know how."
We tend to default to thinking that we are imposters. We fear that someone may discover we donât know everything about everything.
What can we do to improve our public speaking?
Choose connection over perfection
Do more of whatâs working and less of whatâs not
Work with a mindset/life coach (AKA Jessie) to understand our patterns, how our brain works, and how we can optimize our performance in the exam room, on a stage, and at home
Practice owning our authenticity, wisdom, and expertise every day
Practice mindfulness and learn how to drop into our body
Connect with our intentions, as a speaker and otherwise
Work with a speaking coach to clarify our message, tone, and energy
Hilary Blair is the CEO of ARTiculate: Real and Clear. She is an energized speaker, trainer, facilitator who capitalizes on her professional voice over and stage training techniques - where she used to put the drama in, she now takes the drama out of team and leadership communication. She facilitates and leads programs internationally for corporate teams and leadership to elevate presence, communication, and authentic connection. Clients include AWS, Starbucks, ACLU and MD Anderson. Hilary is a TedX speaker, a cofounder of ARTiculate: Real&Clear and holds an MFA in acting from the National Theatre Conservatory and a BA from Yale University.
How to work with ARTiculate Real and Clear- https://articulaterc.com
Move beyond consuming this amazing podcast. True change happens when you work with us - virtually and/or in-person.
Coach with Jessie - 1:1, in a small group, or at a retreat. www.jessiemahoneymd.com
Work with both of us in person at The Mindful Healers Annual Retreat www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreats
Hire one or both of us to speak or lead a workshop on any topic covered in the Mindful Healers Podcast. We also create team retreats, teach yoga, and offer experiential mindfulness for teams, groups, grand rounds, institutions, and conferences.
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/mindful-healers-podcast
www.awakenbreath.org
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/speaking
*Nothing shared in the Mindful Healers Podcast is medical advice.
#physicianwellness #mindfulnesscoach #pauseandpresence #physiciancoach
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What is forest bathing?
How does forest bathing impact mental health? How does it impact physical health?
Nature is medicine.
Forest = For Rest
There have been many studies to show that forest bathing and simply being in nature is a way to decrease stress and improve well-being. It improves mental and physical health conditions. It impacts both our vital signs and our outlook.
Dr. Suzanne Bartlett Hackenmille, MD, FACOG, ABoIM is board-certified in integrative medicine and ObGyn. She has additional certifications in herbal medicine, Ayurveda, and meditation. She is also certified as a Forest Bathing Therapist through The Association of Nature and Forest Bathing and she is the author of The Outdoor Adventurerâs Guide to Forest Bathing.
In this episode, Doc Suzy shares her compelling and emotional story.
She discovered integrative medicine and forest bathing. when she began seeking answers to burnout as an ObGYN on top of navigating having an autistic child and a husband diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer.
Forest bathing, just like mindfulness, is primarily about noticing. It is also a practice of using all your senses. Listen to the episode to learn how to forest bathe.
Suzy recommends a pyramid approach to forest bathing. This means, if possible, we should celebrate the awe and wonder of what we notice in nature amidst significant natural wonders (such as national parks) regularly. A plug to join us in Muir Woods, at Muir Beach, and in the gardens of the Green Gulch Farm and Zen Center for Connect in Nature. Our location is a site of much awe-inspiring nature. This is the last year we will host Connect in Nature in this location. Next year we will be moving this event to a TBD different spectacular spot in nature.
Dr. Bartlett Hackenmille explains that we can also practice forest bathing weekly in urban local parks, botanical gardens, arboretums, and/or daily in our backyard. We can even practice nature therapy/nature medicine with a potted plant and/or on a construction site.
We highly recommend Suzy's gorgeous book which is full of color pictures and a myriad of invitations to practice forest bathing.
How might you like to practice more ânature medicineâ? Where could you forest bathe today? This week? This year?
Why not forest bathe with us in Muir Woods at Connect in Nature Sept 6-8th. ?
If those dates don't work for you, consider signing up to forest bathe with Jessie at a Nicasio Creek Farm Wellness Retreat in October or, November 2024 or at Sagrada Wellness in November 2024, There are also many date options for Pause & Presence nature-based retreats in 2025.
Today's Mindful Moment offering is a forest bathing meditation guided by Dr. Suzanne Bartlett Hackenmiller. For podcast listeners, please find a photo of your ideal forest space for this practice or listen outside.
You can find Dr Suzanne at @docsuzy on IG or at her website www.integrativeinitiative.com.
Move beyond consuming this amazing podcast. True change happens when you work with us - virtually and/or in-person.
If you can't make it to a retreat soon, coach with Jessie virtually 1:1 or in a small group. Coaching also helps you become happier and healthier. www.jessiemahoneymd.com
Hire Ni-Cheng, Jessie, or both of us to give a keynote talk or lead a workshop or breakout session on any topic covered in the Mindful Healers Podcast. We also create team retreats, teach yoga, and offer experiential mindfulness for teams, groups, grand rounds, institutions, and conferences.
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/mindful-healers-podcast
www.awakenbreath.org
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/speaking
*Nothing shared in the Mindful Healers Podcast is medical advice.
#physicianwellness #mindfulnesscoach #pauseandpresence #physiciancoach
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