The Brave Enough Show for Women Physicians

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enMarch 08, 2024

How to Psychologically Protect Yourself from Stress

In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Joanne Sotelo discuss:

What chronic stress looks like in our brain
How self-assessment is the key to removing ourselves from toxic environments
How giving yourself time off or changing your FTE can be life-saving
Red flags that signal you are under chronic stress and how to change it

Dr. Joanne Sotelo is a Psychiatrist and a Life and High-Performance Coach. Her coaching focuses on Mental and Emotional Well-being.

Joanne helps women physicians conquer their overwhelm and create defined steps towards their dreams to regain harmony, avoid burnout, and live a fulfilling and joyful life.

She has had a mission of bringing mental health awareness and prevention especially for female physicians and coaching has been a beautiful gift for herself and to promote health-seeking behaviors.

Joanne is a best-selling author, enjoys cooking, reading, personal development and spending time with her two teenager sons.

Joanne is from Puerto Rico which helps her understand the cultural differences and expectations, and best of all, she can coach in Spanish.

Dr. Joanne Sotelo is a Psychiatrist and worked as the Division Director of the Psychiatry Department for Baylor Scott & White, Round Rock/Austin Region for the previous 16years. In addition, Dr. Sotelo is the Chair of the Clinical Ethics Committee for BSW South Region and Co-Chair for the System's Ethics Committee for all of BSW. She has been part of the Faculty for the Texas A & M Medical School since 2007. She is also one of the Psychiatry Attendings for the RR BSW Family Medicine and the Internal Medicine Residency Programs. Dr. Sotelo obtained her Medical Degree from the University of Puerto Rico Medical School, where she is from; and her Psychiatry Residency Program at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.

Dr. Joanne Sotelo has been involved in personal development education and training for herself and for her Psychiatry Practice. Dr. Sotelo was certified as a High Performance Coach and she has been able to incorporate the tools and skills for her own growth, leadership for her team, for her patients and to serve. She also completed additional training in Physician Wellness and Burnout Prevention.

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enMarch 01, 2024

Am I Stressed or Burned Out: How Do I Know?

In this episode, I share how to tell if you are burned out or if you are under chronic stress. I walk through the symptoms of each and what to do if you find yourself in either camp. You do not want to miss this episode!

The Symptoms of Chronic Stress
What Burnout Looks Like
Differences between men and women and burnout
The FIRST step to take if you are chronically stressed

How to address burnout stat

Quotes:

"Every single human is on the stress path somewhere. The question for you is, where are you heading? Away from chronic stress, or towards burnout?” Dr. Sasha Shillcutt

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enFebruary 23, 2024

How to Assess Stress in Your Life & Steps to Remove it - Instantly

In this episode, Dr. Shillcutt and Dr. Tiger discuss:

The most common symptoms of stress and which ones NOT to ignore
Ways to combat both chronic and acute stress
Easy breath work that may save your life
How stress is our #1 Killer

Robyn Tiger, MD, DipABLM is a double board-certified physician in Diagnostic Radiology and Lifestyle Medicine. As founder of the physician wellness practice, StressFreeMD, she uniquely combines her trainings in medicine, yoga therapy, meditation & life coaching to teach other physicians a whole person approach to elevate their overall health and happiness. Her innovative CME courses, coaching, presentations, retreats and podcast focus on the key topics of stress relief, nutrition, fitness, sleep and social connection for complete physical, mental, and emotional well-being, resilience and longevity.

Dr. Tiger serves as lead faculty and subject matter expert in stress management for the Foundations of Lifestyle Medicine Board Review Manual, host of the StressFreeMD Podcast and Western Carolina Medical Society Healthy Healer Partner.

When she’s not busy supporting her colleagues, Robyn can be found enjoying her own self-care through hiking, paddle boarding, meditating, yoga, playing with her dog, husband and kids in the mountains of Asheville, NC.

Quotes:

“If you feel yourself moving farther away from yourself, it is likely from chronic stress and it is time to evaluate what is going on.” - Dr. Robyn Tiger

“Stress is America’s number one killer.” - Dr. Robyn Tiger

“Stress is the umbrella that our chronic symptoms call fall under and when we don’t feel ourselves, it is time for us to take a step back and evaluate.” - Dr. Robyn Tiger

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enFebruary 16, 2024

How Our Internal Thoughts are Vital to De-Stressing

In this episode, Dr. Sasha talks with Rachael Gilbert to discuss:

How the Triangle Effect changes your behaviors
How exercise can decrease OR increase stress
What to do with a racing mind
How self-coaching and brain dumps work

Rachael Gilbert, MMFT, is a wife, mom, trauma-informed therapist, owner of BBC Health, and podcast host of Real Talk with Rachael. She combines her clinical expertise and personal experience to help women overcome fear and insecurity to walk confidently in their God-given dreams. A frequent speaker and article writer, Rachael lives near Dallas with her husband Matt and their three children. www.rachaelgilbert.com

Quotes:

“Your racing thoughts need an outlet or they will continue to cause stress. Don’t be afraid to do a brain dump by writing them out bullet style, or talk to a friend, or self-coach and talk them out.“ Rachael Gilbert

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enFebruary 09, 2024

Stress Triggers: What Are Mine, and How Can I Know?

Do you know your specific stress triggers? Do you ever find certain people, or places, stress you and you are not sure why? In this episode, I share my simple strategies to recognize your own specific stress triggers and how to identify, avoid and control your response to them. I chat about:

How our core motivations shape our stress triggers

The mental effects of stress
How overcommitment is a red flag
The power of LESS multi-tasking
Simple ways to reset in a crisis

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enFebruary 02, 2024

How Stress Affects our Weight and What to Do about It

In this episode, Dr. Sasha talks with Dr. Ali Novitsky to discuss

Stress and Sleep and the Negative Feedback of Weight Gain
Emotional Regulation and Walking
How 5000 steps a day can change your life
How to understand your genetic stress response

Ali Novitsky, MD is the CEO and founder of The FIT CollectiveTM, www.thefitcollective.com. She is Triple Board Certified in Obesity Medicine, Pediatrics, and Neonatology. She is also a Certified Master Coach, Nutrition and Fitness Expert, International Speaker and Fitness Trainer, Blogger, and Host of The Podcast “Fit Woman CollectiveTM”.

Ali attended Temple University School of Medicine and completed her Pediatric residency and Neonatal Fellowship at Thomas Jefferson/AI duPont Hospital for Children. She completed her coach training at The Life Coach School and her master coach training at The Coach Firm.

Ali helps high performing women to achieve optimal health by optimizing their unique potential with simple strategies backed by science. Ali also offers CME coaching programs designed for women physicians. Her programs are ever evolving and currently include Fit Woman CollectiveTM, Transform®, and Transform® Energy.

Ali has a trademarked nutrition program called Mindful Macros® where she combines an intuitive and gentle nutrition approach to achieve optimal health results. Ali is married to her medical school sweetheart, Mark, who is a Board-Certified Psychiatrist and co- founder of The Fit CollectiveTM. Together, they leverage neuroscience to help their clients achieve sustainable health results.

Quotes:

“Collecting data allows people to start being honest with themselves and also decreases a large amount of stress as you move toward understanding your optimal health.” - Dr. Ali Novitsky

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enJanuary 26, 2024

Breaking “Norms” As Leaders to Overcome Stress and Burnout

In this episode, Dr. Sasha talks with leadership gurus Michelle Troseth and Dr. Tracy Christopherson to discuss

Unhealthy Leadership Norms that Hold us Back
Breaking up with the “Us vs. Them” Mentality
The difference between Doing and Being

How Culture work is KEY to stress relief in the workplace

Dr. Tracy Christopherson and Michelle Troseth are co-founders of MissingLogic®. The core of their work is to help leaders to overcome leadership norms that cause suffering, achieve work life balance, create healthy work cultures and environments by leveraging Polarity Intelligence™. Tracy and Michelle are co-authors of the book Polarity Intelligence: The Missing Logic in Leadership and co-hosts of The TRU Leader Podcast (previously known as Healthcare’s Missing Logic Podcast). The dynamic duo is known for helping leaders balance leading and living so they can be TRU leaders—thriving, resilient, and unstoppable.

Quotes:

“All change starts inside. You can’t change external environments without first changing yourself internally.”

“Many problems leaders struggle with are not actually problems – they are polarities, and understanding the difference is key to being a good leader.”

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enJanuary 19, 2024

DeStressing in the New Year: 3 Steps to Remove Stress

In this episode, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt shares three easy steps for us to have less stress in our lives in the upcoming year. Stress seems to be the “norm” in our lives, and it can have deleterious effects on our health, on our relationships, and our productivity.

How to do a quick stress self-assessment

Physiological symptoms of stress
Acute stress vs. Chronic stress
The power of the “Instant No”
Simple ways to schedule a recharge

Quotes:

"We, as women, are conditioned to live in a constant state of stress. We take on the responsibilities of everyone around us which results in chronic stress, and can lead to serious health issues that we ignore.” Dr. Sasha Shillcutt

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enJanuary 12, 2024

Highlights from Brave Enough 2023

In this episode of the Brave Enough Show, we share stories and highlights from the 2023 Brave Enough Conference!

Enjoy these stories from women in the Brave Enough community and make sure you join us in 2024!

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enJanuary 05, 2024

Three Things to STOP Doing in 2024

In this mini-episode of the Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses:

Second Guessing When You Stand Up for Yourself or Protect Your Boundaries (replaying things you said/did during the day)

Other People’s Paid Work & Responsibilities

RESTING last, Working First (the work is never done!)

Waiting for life to be perfect before you enjoy it

The approval of others – even those who love you

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enNovember 24, 2023

How Taking a Yearly Self-Assessment is Life Giving

In this mini-episode of the Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses:

Retreating somewhere where you don’t have to make decisions is key

Where all you have to do is focus on you

Giving Yourself Space to Ask the Hard Questions

The Power that Happens in the Collective

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enNovember 17, 2023

The Importance of Getting Away

In this mini-episode of the Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses:

When you unplug, you can see more clearly

You normalize your experiences when you are around other women

Setting an example for your kids that It’s important to prioritize your health

You come back a better you, more patient, etc.

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enNovember 10, 2023

What is REVIVE and Why I Created It

In this mini-episode of the Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses:

How a retreat helped me change my career

How REVIVE is different from other retreats

How REVIVE will change you and your day-to-day

How REVIVE retreat will lead to a better YOU in 2024

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enNovember 03, 2023

The Biggest Lessons I've Learned As An Entrepreneur

Have you loved this season of the story of Brave Enough and ALL the phenomenal women entrepreneurs? I have! Nothing is more motivating that hearing from women founders who believed they had something special to offer and overcame obstacles to launch an organization, program, business or product! In this episode of the Brave Enough Show, I’m wrapping up this Season by sharing my BIGGEST 3 lessons I’ve learned as a woman entrepreneur. You don’t want to miss it!

Ambition is an ugly word if you are a woman

Comparison kills authenticity

Resting to Create

Quotes:

“Rest is key to longevity in your business. You may think adopting a hustle mentality is what will lead to the most success, but I have found my biggest business wins have come from times of rest where my brain is able to innovate and create.” Dr. Sasha Shillcutt

“Society sees ambition is an ugly characteristic for a woman. You have to get over the fact you will be judged for your ambition and continue to remember your ‘why’ and keep going to be a successful entrepreneur.” Dr. Sasha Shillcutt

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enOctober 13, 2023

Turning One’s Personal Struggles into A Business Plan

In this episode, Dr. Sasha and Dr. Laura discuss:

How to Normalize Processing Adverse Events
Second Victim Effect
The importance of coaching and therapy to recover
How to build a mission-driven organization

Dr. Laura Fortner is a board certified OBGYN, Speaker, Author and Founder and CEO of the Med Mal Coach. She has been practicing for over 21 years and got hit with a malpractice lawsuit. This rocked her to her core - the anger, the fear, the isolation and the shame. It was through her journey of self-healing when she hired a life coach as a last resort that changed everything. She now helps physicians get peace of mind and thrive through adverse events and medical malpractice. She is launching a safe, confidential, and non-discoverable space for physicians called the Healthcare Hero Healing Circle.

Quote:

“When you share your story with one compassionate person, that alone may be enough to heal you in ways you didn’t realize you needed.”

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enOctober 06, 2023

How to Scale to a 6-figure Business as a Full-Time Working Mom

In this episode, Dr. Sasha talks to industry expert Holly Haynes about how she developed an amazing business by showing up for herself one hour a day. They discuss:

Why consistency is king
Scaling in ways that are family-friendly
How keeping promises to yourself is the key to success
Why you don’t need social media to have success as an entrepreneur

Holly helps female entrepreneurs create simple scalable offers and systems to grow to multiple 6-figures. An industry expert and featured Thrive and Entrepreneur.com author with a 20-year business consulting background with Fortune 500 companies, Holly runs her strategic coaching business, the Crush the Rush Planner company, and hosts the top 100 Crush the Rush podcast while raising her twin daughters with her husband in Columbus, Ohio.

Quotes:

“Consistency trumps talent…and so I decided I was going to be as consistent as possible for one year and see where my consistency took me.” Holly Haynes

“I knew I had to scale in a way that would not distance my family or that didn’t require me to be on my phone all day every day.”

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enSeptember 29, 2023

How to Turn Your Passion into Your Business

In this episode, Sasha speaks with Dr. Thomas Hemingway. They discuss:

How curiosity drives entrepreneurship
How to deal with negative, fixed-minded people
How prevention is the key to health

Dr. Thomas Hemingway MD is a holistic and integrative Medical Doctor whom lives and shares his personal and professional philosophy of PREVENTION over PRESCRIPTION and is passionate about sharing the message of Natural Health and Healing through Powerful Practices which are simple, doable AND can be LIFE SAVING.

He has the goal of saving 100 million lives by optimizing health and wellness through natural means.

His book, “PREVENTABLE! 5 Powerful Practices to Avoid Disease and Build Unshakeable Health” describes the foundational principles of creating solid lifelong health.

He also loves sharing this message in his top rated health podcast “Unshakeable Health” where he is known for distilling down the latest medical knowledge and science into easily digestible and actionable steps which can change our lives in the present AND the future.

He is also a husband, and proud father to 6 wonderful humans with whom he enjoys spending time in the outdoors being creative while surfing, snowboarding, skiing, hiking, skateboarding, mountaineering and playing tennis.

Quote:

“There is only one you. When you want to stop, don’t. Keep going. There are people only you can reach.”

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enSeptember 22, 2023

Legal Advice for Start Up Entrepreneurs

In this episode, Sasha speaks with CEO, founder, and lawyer Andrea Sager who founded the legal tech startup Legalpreneur, where she helps small business owners thrive. They discuss:

How you must heal yourself before true success really happens
Understanding your mission
The importance of a hype-woman
Listening to the nudges
The difference between trademark and copyright, and other important business legal knowledge

Andrea Sager is the CEO and founder of Legalpreneur, a legal tech startup that focuses on offering affordable legal services to businesses of all sizes. While working at a corporate firm, Andrea noticed a gap in the legal industry – no one was catering to the small, innovative start-up brands dominating her social media feeds. As a serial entrepreneur, she knew firsthand the importance of building a business with a solid legal foundation. However, she also knew that many new businesses simply did not have the funds. That realization led to the development of Legalpreneur. Because legal services should be accessible to everyone.

Quote:

“Listen to the nudges.”

“To truly heal yourself, you have to first get out of your own way.”

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enSeptember 15, 2023

How To Start A Business When You Have No Other Choice

In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Alli Worthington discuss:

Knowing what is the right business to start

Overcoming the fear of starting a business
3 things all business owners need for success
How to become a successful coach

Alli Worthington is the bestselling author of four books. She is the founder of The Coach School and is a speaker, podcaster, and business coach. Her goal is to help women reach the next level. Alli coaches individuals, small business owners, and Fortune 500 companies to be more successful. Alli’s no-nonsense, guilt-free take on business, family, and balance led to appearances on The Today Show and Good Morning America as well as in Forbes. Alli, her husband, Mark, and their five sons live outside of Nashville, TN with a very pampered golden retriever. You can connect with her at AlliWorthington.com and on Instagram at Alli Worthington.

Quotes:

“There is always a fear that says ‘You could be a total flop,’ when you are first starting out. The only answer to that is to tell yourself, ‘I’m never going to be great if I don’t give myself the chance to be good.’”

Alli Worthington, successful author, entrepreneur and founder of The Coach School

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