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DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician
🔥 Doctors Feeling the Burnout? We’ve Been There—and We’re Here to Help You Climb Out of the Fire. 🔥 Drive Time Debrief: A Physician Wellness Podcast Welcome to Drive Time Debrief, the anti-burnout podcast built just for physicians and healthcare providers who are ready to reclaim their joy, purpose, and well-being. Hosted by the physician-coaches of The Whole Physician, this podcast delivers honest conversations, evidence-based tools, and practical strategies to help you navigate burnout, set…
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DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#63: Physician Wellness with Al'ai Alvarez, MD Part 2
In this episode, we continue our interview with Dr. Al'ai Alvarez, a national leader and educator on physician wellness. He's an emergency physician, clinical…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#62: Physician Wellbeing with Al'ai Alvarez, MD Part 1
Dr. Alvarez is joining us today to talk about all things wellness in medicine. I met Dr Alvarez at ACOEP Spring Seminar last month. He is an emergency…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#61: Smaller Steps
Sometimes the smallest changes in habits can lead to huge results. Sometimes trying to change too much all at once backfires. In this episode, we discuss just…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#60: What To Do When We Feel Shame and Guilt
What is the difference between feeling guilty and spiraling into shame? On today's podcast, we dive deeper into these two very poignant emotions. Shame is when…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#59: EM Over Easy Interview with Dr. Andy Little
This week we're sharing a podcast we did onsite at ACOEP23 with EM Over Easy Podcast's Dr. Andy Little. Hope you enjoy! In this episode we discuss our personal…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#58: Intro to Boundaries
This episode we dive into the topic of boundaries...finally! We have a fun and candid conversation about what boundaries are and what it means to have…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#57: What Happens in a Coaching Session?
In this episode we talk about what happens during one of our private coaching sessions. We realize most of our listeners have never personally experienced…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#56: Fear, Anxiety and Dread
We continue our quest to improve our emotional granularity by discussing the emotions, fear, anxiety and dread. These are all emotions we as doctors experience…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#55: Magic Equation to Reduce Suffering
In this episode we talk about the various uses of the equation attributed to Psychologist Kristin Neff. Pain x Resistance = Suffering Part of being a human on…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#54: Insight on Addiction with Elyse Segebart
This special edition is a conversation with software developer, life coach and addiction survivor, Elyse Segebart. She bravely discusses her journey being…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#53: Lessons from "The Star Thrower" by Loren Eiseley
In the episode we discuss the essay "The Star Thrower" from Loren's Book The Unexpected Universe. It is a beautiful piece about making a difference even when…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#52: Coaching in Residencies with Tonya Caylor, MD
Introducing Dr Tonya Caylor, family medicine doc, who relocated to Alaska from Florida. She describes her journey from academic medicine to independent…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#51: Lessons from "Just One Thing" by Rick Hanson, PhD
Today we discuss some tips from Rick Hanson, PhD's book Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time for how to change your brain…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#50: Numbing Out (aka Buffering) with Heather Awad, MD
Dr. Heather Awad joined us to talk about buffering. She's a family physician in Minnesota, a weight loss coach at Vibrant MD, and has her own podcast called…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#49: "The Giving Tree" Has Got To Go
In the episode, we discuss "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein. It is a beloved book by many, but it is problematic to say the least. And altruistic…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#48: Physician Coaching- A Man's Perspective with Michael Hersh, MD
Introducing Dr. Michael Hersh, who was in the same coaching class as Amanda and Laura, and has pioneered the male coaching space. He is a full time practicing…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#47: Stress and Overwhelm
Today, we continue improving our emotional granularity (or ability to correctly identify emotions) using Brene Brown's book "Atlas of the Heart." And, since…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#46: Envy, Jealousy, & Resentment
The theme of this episode is adapted from Brene Brown's book, "Atlas of the Heart". Each chapter focuses on a group of emotions that are common places we go to…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#45: The Brain-Gut Connection with Cecilia Miñano, MD
Meet gastroenterologist, Dr. Cecilia Miñano. She joins the show today to talk about the powerful mind-body connection, especially in regard to gut health…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#44: Thoughts, Feelings, Memories, & Triggers
In this episode, we start with a quick refresher of what thoughts and feelings are and where they come from. We then take it a little further and introduce…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#43: The Co-Survivor with Kristin Flanary, MA (aka Lady Glaucomflecken)
We're honored in this episode to talk with Kristin Flanary, MA (aka Lady Glaucomflecken). She shares her experience when her famously hilarious husband (Will…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#42: The Secrets to Sleep with Funke Afolabi-Brown, MD
Our guest on today's show is an expert in all things SLEEP! Dr Funke Afolabi-Brown is a triple boarded physician who knows what it is like to battle to get…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#41: Organizational Psychology in Medicine with Gregory Guldner, MD
Our guest, Dr. Greg Guldner discusses the successful implementation of positive and organizational psychology into medical culture. Two key theories used at…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#40: Completing the Stress Cycle
We continue our discussion on stress. This is the second of 2 podcasts that explain what stress does to our mind, brain and body and how we can choose ways to…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#39: Stress with Shideh Shafie, MD
Meet our friend, Dr. Shideh Shafie! She's a mother of twins, performance and malpractice coach, business owner, and ER doc. She talks with us today about…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#38: Limiting Beliefs
Limiting beliefs, or this idea of learned helplessness, is a thought or belief about yourself that restricts you in some way. Usually these beliefs are…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#37: Anger with Arpita Gupta-DePalma, MD
This week we are excited to introduce you to our friend, Dr. Arpita Gupta-DePalma. A pediatrician by training, she now specializes in coaching for anger. Today…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#36: Thoughts, Beliefs, and Neuroplasticity
Did you know that every thought that comes into your mind is not true? This was a mind-blowing revelation! Get it? Ok, well just because we capture a thought…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#35: Organizational Wellbeing with Hani Chaabo, MD
Share this episode with your hospital leaders! In this episode, you get to meet one of our favorite humans, Dr. Hani Chaabo. He's a family doctor with…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#34: Our Prescriptions for Others
We are all very familiar writing a prescription. But did you know that you actually have prescription for people? You have a name (label), instructions on how…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#33: Relationships
Relationships are strange because they're just the thoughts you have about someone. You can have a long distance relationship with someone and still feel…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#32: Goals
On today's show, we talk about GOALS and what it is to set them and what we need to get started and KEEP GOING! We talk about how we get in the way of just…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#31: Priorities
A priority is a thing that is regarded more important than another. So are you living your life in alignment with your own priorities? In this episode we…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#30: Difficult Patients with Joan Naidorf, DO
On today's podcast, we host a special guest, Dr Joan Naidorf. We had the pleasure of meeting her at a conference we attended in South Carolina hosted by…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#29: Self Determination Theory Part 2
In this episode we continue the discussion on the Self Determination Theory, originally presented by Deci and Ryan in 1985. It suggests intrinsic motivations…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#28: Self Determination Theory Part 1
Today's show introduces this concept of the self-determination theory originally written about in a book by two psychologists in 1985. It focuses on how it's…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#27: When You Get Sued with Laura Fortner, MD
This episode we talk with Dr. Laura Fortner, an OB/Gyn, about medical malpractice, the distress associated with it, some statistics, and how physicians can get…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#26: Asking Better Questions
This episode highlights the idea that when we go through life desiring a different result, we need to start by asking better questions. We discuss what…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#25: Financial Wellness with Latifat Akintade, MD
On this episode we chat with Dr. Latifat Akintade, a gastroenterologist and the dynamo behind MoneyFitMD podcast and financial wellness program. She talks…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#24: The Power of Community (the Roseto Effect)
On today's episode, we discuss the importance of social connections and how they can actually positively impact our health, mentally and physically. We share…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#23: 10 Signs of Emotional Maturity Pt. 3
This episode is part 3, the final part, of our evaluation of Signs of Emotional Adulthood according to americalbehavioralclinics.com. Signs 8-10 of Emotional…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#22: 10 Signs of Emotional Maturity Pt. 2
In part 2 of our journey through discovering what Emotional Adulthood looks like, we discuss how we can learn from every experience, seek to understand each…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#21: 10 Signs of Emotional Maturity Pt. 1
In this episode we start a series on the 10 Signs of Emotional Maturity as laid out in this article from americanbehavioralclinics.com. This follows our…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#20: Emotional Adulthood
In this episode, we discuss how to go from emotional childhood to emotional adulthood and what that looks like as we progress from one into the other. We share…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#19: Self Confidence
In this episode we discuss the difference between confidence, self-confidence, and arrogance. Confidence is what you gain from past experience, whereas…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#18: "You Are Not Broken" with Kelly Casperson, MD
On this episode we host, Dr Kelly Casperson. Dr Casperson has a number one, best selling Amazon book that just released on June 28th. She is a urologist wife…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#17: Feeling Feelings
In this episode, we talk about processing feelings, something that many doctors tend to avoid. It makes sense when you consider our training. The problem is…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#16: Perfectionism
In this episode, we unpack Perfectionism! The good, the bad and the ugly!! We use real life examples to explain how maladaptive perfectionistic tendencies can…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#15: Unconditional Love
This episode we discuss Unconditional Love, both for ourselves and other people in our lives. Unconditional Love: assumes people are doing the best they can…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#14: Self Integrity
In this episode, we introduce the idea of self-integrity. Which is identifying the values that we have and keeping the internal and external self in alignment…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#13: Relationship with Yourself with Richa Thapa, MD
TRIGGER WARNING: In the episode we briefly discuss abusive relationships. This is NOT meant to victim-shame. This does not apply to children. This is more a…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#12: A Psychiatrist's View On Coaching with Richa Thapa, MD
In this episode, we introduce you to our friend, Dr. Richa Thapa. She is a clinical psychiatrist who is a burnout survivor and newly certified Life Coach. Her…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#11: Arrival Fallacy
This episode we discuss Arrival Fallacy - the illusion that once we “make it,” once we attain our goal or reach our destination, we will achieve lasting…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#10: Self Talk
This episode looks at the relationship you have with yourself, specifically your self-talk. What kind of self talk do you use daily? Would you speak that way…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#9: Thought Errors 5/5
In this episode, we continue with the 4th of the 5 part series on the 15 most common thought errors. In episodes #3-4 we went over how to try to identify the…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#8: Thought Errors 4/5
In this episode, we continue with the 4th of the 5 part series on the 15 most common thought errors. In episodes #3-4 we went over how to try to identify the…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#7: Thought Errors 3/5
In this episode, we continue with the 3rd of the 5 part series on the 15 most common thought errors. In episodes #3-4 we went over how to try to identify the…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#6: Thought Errors 2/5
In this episode, we continue our 5 part series on the 15 most common thought errors. In episode 3, we went over how to try to identify the thought that is…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#5: Thought Errors 1/5
In this episode we start a 5 part series of the 15 most common thought errors. In episode #3 we went over how to try to identify the thought that is causing…
DRIVE TIME DEBRIEF: A Physician Wellness Podcast with The Whole Physician#4: How to Coach Yourself
In this episode, we talk more about bringing awareness to what’s going on in your brain and how it’s ultimately creating the results in your life…