Voices of Women Physicians

Ep 194: How to Make It Easier to Pivot or Expand Your Career with Dr. Bertina Hooks

Bertina M. Hooks, MD is a board-certified internal medicine physician, author, and physician coach who supports women physicians navigating burnout, boundaries, and career reinvention. Drawing from her lived experience in medicine and leadership, she helps women reclaim clarity, resilience, and sustainable success. Dr. Hooks is the host of The Mindful Practice Podcast and the author of Fire to Freedom, focused on healing, growth, and empowered transitions in medicine.   Some of the topics we discussed were: * Dr. Hooks’ transition to locums and working at her own private practice * Exploring career pathways and coaching * The hands-on exposure and experience Dr. Hooks gained from reinventing her own career * How Dr. Hooks helps other physicians transition into a career that is more aligned with their values and goals * Viewing your medical degree as a launching pad * The importance of networking and creating a plan for career pivots * Examples of different types of career pathways * How the skills you build as a clinician can be used in other industries * Knowing that traditional clinical medicine is not the only pathway * Psychological and practical aspects of career pivots  * Reason why you might pivot your career  * Examining what energizes and drains you about your job * Advice on navigating a new career pathway after pivoting * How Dr. Hooks found her first utilization management job * Adjusting from a chronological to a more functional CV * Skill sets that non-clinical industries want to see * Seeking out informational interviews with people in the industry * Mistakes to avoid in career changes or expansions * Understanding the nuances of Medicare and Medicaid * Dr. Hooks’ fulfilling experience advising medical students and residents * The need for compassion and self-reflection in career changes And more! Interested in learning more about my telehealth direct specialty care practice? At AmazVita MD, I help patients optimize weight and metabolic health, harmonize hormones in peri/menopause, and enhance wellness and vitality. Accepting new patients now. Website: amazvitamd.com [https://www.amazvitamd.com/] Email: hello@amazvitamd.com Learn more about me or schedule a FREE coaching call: https://www.joyfulsuccessliving.com/ [https://www.joyfulsuccessliving.com/] Join the Voices of Women Physicians Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/190596326343825/ [https://www.facebook.com/groups/190596326343825/] Connect with Dr. Hooks: Website: https://www.pinnaclebusinessacademy.org [https://www.pinnaclebusinessacademy.org] Instagram: @Dr. B Hooks [https://www.instagram.com/drb_hooks?igsh=MWZzYnhhbnN3cDNkMQ==] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bertina.hooks/ [https://www.facebook.com/bertina.hooks/]  Pinnacle Business Academy: https://www.instagram.com/pinnaclebusinessacademy?igsh=MTg0Z3U4MGUwaWQ3YQ== [https://www.instagram.com/pinnaclebusinessacademy?igsh=MTg0Z3U4MGUwaWQ3YQ==]  Mindful Practice Podcast: https://www.instagram.com/mindful_practice_podcast?utm_source=qr&igsh=MWs2MjFhcjR3Mm5mNQ== [https://www.instagram.com/mindful_practice_podcast?utm_source=qr&igsh=MWs2MjFhcjR3Mm5mNQ==]  LinkedIn: Dr. Bertina Hooks/Pinnacle Business Academy [https://www.linkedin.com/in/bertina-hooks-046a3819?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_android] Upcoming Personal Website: www.drbertinamhooks.com [http://www.drbertinamhooks.com]

Ep 193: How You Can Reinvigorate Yourself Through Storytelling with Dr. Tali Lando

Dr. Tali Lando is a pediatric otolaryngologist, speaker and survivor of advanced breast cancer whose compelling voice bridges the worlds of medicine and memoir. Fellowship-trained in Pediatric Airway at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Cornell-Columbia ENT residency program. She maintains a busy academic practice at the Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital of Westchester Medical Center. Her debut memoir, Hell and Back: Doctor and Patient, Wife and Mom, Dragon Slayer, uses raw honesty in describing her battle with advanced stage breast cancer as a young surgeon and mother of three. Her second book, Breathless: Surgical Tales from the Brink and Back, is a compelling amalgamation of her life’s work. Her voice is real, raw, full, and heartfelt. Her writing is enthralling, superb, and unflinchingly honest—an edge-of-your-seat experience that resonates deeply with readers. Her stories are vivid and complex, with evolving storylines that unfold like episodes from a gripping, high-stakes medical drama. She is also a mother of three daughters in Westchester and dog mom, she brings authenticity, medical insight, and humanity to every stage she steps on and every story she tells. Some of the topics we discussed were: * How Dr. Lando got into storytelling * How talking to her her patients about their background invigorated Dr. Lando * Storytelling as a natural learning tool for trainees * Important lessons retaining more easily when they’re related to an individual patient * How medical conferences utilized storytelling through doctors coming together, doing case reports and teaching each other * Individual stories still being at the core of what doctors do and communicate with each other * Improving patient outcomes through storytelling * The connections that can be formed via sharing individual stories * How Dr. Lando’s first book really came together after she was diagnosed with stage 3C breast cancer * Dr. Lando being a writer that became a doctor and integrated the two * Crafting stories that are accurate, fun, and accessible to read * Telling the stories that make it all worth it * Approaching the structure of the book as an operating room * The audiobook for Dr. Lando’s newest book And more! Interested in learning more about my telehealth direct specialty care practice? At AmazVita MD, I help patients optimize weight and metabolic health, harmonize hormones in peri/menopause, and enhance wellness and vitality. Accepting new patients now. Website:  amazvitamd.com [https://www.amazvitamd.com/] Email: hello@amazvitamd.com Learn more about me or schedule a FREE coaching call: https://www.joyfulsuccessliving.com/ [https://www.joyfulsuccessliving.com/] Join the Voices of Women Physicians Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/190596326343825/ [https://www.facebook.com/groups/190596326343825/] Connect with Dr. Lando: Website: www.drtalilando.com [http://www.drtalilando.com/] Instagram: @drtalilando [https://www.instagram.com/drtalilando/] Book: Breathless: Surgical Tales from the Brink (and Back) [https://www.amazon.com/dp/1948238535]

Ep 192: Navigating Working a Demanding Career While Raising a Family with Dr. Tali Lando

Dr. Tali Lando is a pediatric otolaryngologist, speaker and survivor of advanced breast cancer whose compelling voice bridges the worlds of medicine and memoir. Fellowship-trained in Pediatric Airway at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Cornell-Columbia ENT residency program. She maintains a busy academic practice at the Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital of Westchester Medical Center. Her debut memoir, Hell and Back: Doctor and Patient, Wife and Mom, Dragon Slayer, uses raw honesty in describing her battle with advanced stage breast cancer as a young surgeon and mother of three. Her second book, Breathless: Surgical Tales from the Brink and Back, is a compelling amalgamation of her life’s work. Her voice is real, raw, full, and heartfelt. Her writing is enthralling, superb, and unflinchingly honest—an edge-of-your-seat experience that resonates deeply with readers. Her stories are vivid and complex, with evolving storylines that unfold like episodes from a gripping, high-stakes medical drama. She is also a mother of three daughters in Westchester and dog mom, she brings authenticity, medical insight, and humanity to every stage she steps on and every story she tells. Some of the topics we discussed were: * Balancing practicing medicine while starting and raising a family * Granting yourself permission to prioritize quality time with your child over quantity while in medical training * Devoting time to your children while on a demanding career path * When finances make outsourcing difficult and there’s no family around * Balancing fertility concerns with waiting to start a family because of career demands * Having a backup to the backup to the backup for childcare * Stressors you can avoid with a live-in nanny And more! Interested in learning more about my telehealth direct specialty care practice? At AmazVita MD, I help patients optimize weight and metabolic health, harmonize hormones in peri/menopause, and enhance wellness and vitality. Accepting new patients now. Website: amazvitamd.com [https://www.amazvitamd.com/] Email: hello@amazvitamd.com Learn more about me or schedule a FREE coaching call: https://www.joyfulsuccessliving.com/ [https://www.joyfulsuccessliving.com/] Join the Voices of Women Physicians Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/190596326343825/ [https://www.facebook.com/groups/190596326343825/] Connect with Dr. Lando: Website: www.drtalilando.com [http://www.drtalilando.com] Instagram: @drtalilando [https://www.instagram.com/drtalilando/]  Book: Breathless: Surgical Tales from the Brink (and Back) [https://www.amazon.com/dp/1948238535]

Ep 191: Finding Fulfillment by Redesigning Your Life to Fit Your Inner Purpose with Dr. Chelsea Turgeon

Chelsea Turgeon (aka Coach Chels, MD) is a business mentor and marketing strategist for clinicians. She dropped out of OBGYN residency in 2019 and built a six figure coaching business from cafes around the world. Her expertise is designing coaching offers for clinicians who refuse to be limited by the healthcare system. As host of The $100K Healer podcast, she shares weekly trainings to help you build an offer that makes selling feel like service. Some of the topics we discussed were: * Turning coaching as a fulfilling hobby to a sustainable career * The inner journey Dr. Turgeon had to go on to have success in her business * Learning to separate self-worth from the success of your business * How to build an offer that made selling feel like service * The pathway to purpose process Dr. Turgeon created * Getting past the barrier of requesting money for your services And more! Interested in learning more about my telehealth direct specialty care practice? At AmazVita MD, I help patients optimize weight and metabolic health, harmonize hormones in peri/menopause, and enhance wellness and vitality. Accepting new patients now: email amazvitamd@gmail.com Learn more about me or schedule a FREE coaching call: https://www.joyfulsuccessliving.com/ [https://www.joyfulsuccessliving.com/] Join the Voices of Women Physicians Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/190596326343825/ [https://www.facebook.com/groups/190596326343825/] Connect with Dr. Turgeon: Substack Trainings: https://100khealer.substack.com/ [https://100khealer.substack.com/] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachchelsmd/ [https://www.instagram.com/coachchelsmd/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChelseaTurgeonMD/ [https://www.facebook.com/ChelseaTurgeonMD/] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coachchelsmd [https://www.linkedin.com/in/coachchelsmd]

Ep 190: Finding Freedom by Leaving Residency to Become a Digital Nomad with Dr. Chelsea Turgeon

Chelsea Turgeon (aka Coach Chels, MD) is a business mentor and marketing strategist for clinicians. She dropped out of OBGYN residency in 2019 and built a six figure coaching business from cafes around the world. Her expertise is designing coaching offers for clinicians who refuse to be limited by the healthcare system. As host of The $100K Healer podcast, she shares weekly trainings to help you build an offer that makes selling feel like service. Some of the topics we discussed were: * How Dr. Turgeon has stayed in 59 countries * Living out of a suitcase while traveling the world for the past 7 years * Quitting residency to become a travel blogger  * Finding a job by teaching English as a foreign language  * The flexibility accompanying working to teach English online And more! Interested in learning more about my telehealth direct specialty care practice? At AmazVita MD, I help patients optimize weight and metabolic health, harmonize hormones in peri/menopause, and enhance wellness and vitality. Accepting new patients now: email amazvitamd@gmail.com Learn more about me or schedule a FREE coaching call: https://www.joyfulsuccessliving.com/ [https://www.joyfulsuccessliving.com/] Join the Voices of Women Physicians Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/190596326343825/ [https://www.facebook.com/groups/190596326343825/]  Connect with Dr. Turgeon: Substack Trainings: https://100khealer.substack.com/ [https://100khealer.substack.com/] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachchelsmd/ [https://www.instagram.com/coachchelsmd/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChelseaTurgeonMD/ [https://www.facebook.com/ChelseaTurgeonMD/] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coachchelsmd [https://www.linkedin.com/in/coachchelsmd]