Dr Folusho "Foley" Tugbiyele is an Obstetrician & Gynaecologist from Atlanta, Georgia with a special interest in Urogynaecology. He's also an entrepreneur & intrapreneur and believes that intrapreneurship can help prevent burnout.

We discuss:

• What intrapreneurship is
• How to negotiate
• Ways we can reclaim our time
• His journey to entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship

For coaching with Isabella go to balancedmedics.com/coaching

To reach out to Dr Foley head to his Website | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook

Dr Hana Ali, the founder of HealthCareer Transitions, is on the pod today to speak all about her unique journey in and outside medicine. Dr Hana decided to pursue a career outside of clinical medicine in her final year of medical school.

We discuss:

• Dealing with unsolicited advice
• The decision to work outside of clinical medicine
• Entrepreneurship & tech startups
• The importance of community
• Trusting your own decisions
• Her new company HealthCareer Transitions

To connect with Dr Hana Ali go to Instragram | LinkedIn | Website

We are lucky to have the wise and powerful Dr Stacia Dearmin on the pod to discuss adverse outcomes, medical errors, and litigation.

Dr Dearmin is a paediatrician, speaker, coach, and a doctor who had her own experience with an unexpected patient death and malpractice litigation. Dr Dearmin turned this harrowing experience into Thrive, a business aimed at letting physicians know they're not alone and helping doctors learn how to thrive after litigation and poor outcomes.

Takeaways

• Stacia's journey from a traumatic patient outcome to starting Thrive
• The impact of adverse patient outcomes on a physician's perspective
• The importance of teamwork and support in the medical profession

• Coping with adverse events in medicine requires self-care, support, and understanding from colleagues
• The experience of medical training should emphasise the importance of compassion and humanity in the practice of medicine

To reach out to Dr Stacia Dearmin head to Thrive.

Dr Jessica Wade is a Noongar woman now living on Bundjalung country (Northern Rivers Region, NSW) who is a mother, medical doctor, sex therapist, and founder of Living a Turned on Life. Her business, Living a Turned on Life is all about reclaiming joy, pleasure, and connection with yourself. Our conversation gets deep as we discuss burnout, healing as a healer, finding the path in medicine right for us, and being brave to go against the grain.

We discuss:

• How Dr Jess left GP training to reconnect with who she was and heal
• How Dr Jess found her path as a holistic sex therapist
• Her business Living a Turned on Life that offers sex & relationship therapy, somatic trauma therapy, and mind-body therapy
• The importance of caring for ourselves as healers to better care for others
• Recovering from burnout
• The importance of listening to our bodies

To reach out to Dr Jessica Wade head to her website or Instragram.

Balanced Medics would like to acknowledge the traditional Owners of the land that we work and live on. We pay our respects to Elders past, present, and emerging. The Handover Podcast is recorded on the land of the Cammeraygal People of the Kuring-gai Nation.

Dr. Samantha Benjamin-Allen is a board-certified physician in physical medicine and rehabilitation. She started her own business after witnessing the unnecessary decline and complications that can occur as an inpatient. Her business provides specialised care and treatment plans to help individuals recover and thrive at home.

We discuss:

• Physical medicine and rehabilitation can help individuals go from tragedy to triumph and regain their function and purpose.
• There is a gap in care for severely debilitated individuals who want to recover and thrive at home.
• Starting a business in the healthcare field allows for more flexibility and the opportunity to fill gaps in the system.
• Setting boundaries and prioritising self-care are important for maintaining balance as an entrepreneur.
• Physicians have valuable skills and qualities that can make them successful entrepreneurs.

For coaching with Isabella go to balancedmedics.com/coaching

To reach out to Dr Samantha Benjamin-Allen go to her website | Insta

A quick episode on how we can all work with our inner critic. That pesky critical voice that we all have.

Using coaching knowledge, from training with The Co-Active Training Institute, Dr Isabella covers what the inner critic is, how we can identify it, and then work with it.

For coaching with Isabella go to balancedmedics.com/coaching

Dr. Maryam Baqir shares her journey from growing up in Pakistan to becoming a physician in New York. Dr. Baqir opens up about her experience of burnout and shares her journey of finding joy in medicine. Dr. Baqir also explains her transition from being a hospitalist to primary care, driven by her passion for preventive care and helping patients proactively maintain their health.

We discuss

• Experiencing burnout after years of exhaustion and neglecting other aspects of life
• The importance of being in touch with oneself
• Exploring different aspects of medicine to find what aligns with your vision and philosophy of health – it’s okay to not be drawn to a particular specialty straight away
• The importance of saying NO
• Staying curious, asking questions, and seeking help to find a path in medicine that brings you joy

Reach out to Dr Maryam Baqir on Instagram or LinkedIn

For coaching with Isabella go to balancedmedics.com/coaching

Dr. Catherine Kizana is an Emergency Medicine Specialist and Parenting Coach. We're lucky to have her on to share her journey through medicine, parenting, and postnatal depression. Dr Kizana sees her experience being admitted in a mother and baby psychiatric unit for 5 weeks as the hardest thing she's ever been through and the greatest gift. From this difficult time, her company ABC Parenting was founded so that she can help other parents in their own journey.

We discuss:

• Transitioning to a new specialty in medicine
• Fertility journey and postnatal depression
• Mandatory reporting
• The impact of childhood experiences on parenting
• Fear is a common theme in parenting, and understanding its impact can lead to better responses

For parenting coaching with Dr Kizana go to ABC Parenting

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