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Trailer · Lean Out Podcast

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Welcome to the Lean Out Podcast.
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I'm your host, Dr.
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Dawn Baker.
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Are you looking for a new approach to finding work-life balance?
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You've come to the right place.
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Listen, as I interview amazing women professionals who've taken the steps to lean out and find balance on their own terms.
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Hello.
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Hello.
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I'm so excited to have you join me today for the inaugural episode of the Lean Out Podcast.
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During my writing of the book Lean Out, I had the idea to showcase other women professionals and what they've been doing.
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So I set out to interview women doing unique things in their respective professions.
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Women who've made courageous moves against the status quo, the lean in culture to carve out their own unique work-life balance.
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And recently I was listening to an episode of the Tim Ferris Show, where he interviewed James Clear, who's the author of the excellent book Atomic Habits.
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Now this book has been out for about five years now, and I highly recommend it if you haven't read it.
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And James has been working, speaking, writing, talking with other people extensively for the last five years about the concepts of habit.
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And one thing he told Tim Ferris that he underestimated in the habit change realm is the importance of the social environment.
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When it comes to habit change, the more your habits go with the grain of your different social groups and the tribes that you belong to, the more attractive the habits are going to be for you to keep doing.
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That belonging really helps for your motivation to work towards different goals.
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And it hit me as physicians, and this is the same for any other profession.
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We're used to having our particular tribes and our particular culture for how things should happen or how people should behave.
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So what happens when what you want, how you want your work-life balance to look like.
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What habits you wanna adopt, et cetera.
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When it doesn't really align with what the rest of the tribe is doing, there's going to be friction and it's going to be hard to get to the place that you want to be.
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Now, if what you're looking for in your life is normal in your groups, the easier it will be for you to stick to the habits and the behaviors that are required to get you where you wanna go.
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So what I'm offering to you is to let this podcast be that supportive environment for you.
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A group of like-minded women who all want something more than the status quo.
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What's coming is interviews.
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With inspiring women professionals who've taken steps to lean out in their respective professions, design their own unique and authentic work-life balance.
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Thank you so much for listening, and I cannot wait to connect with you.