CMDA Podcasts

Dr. Jenny Brown is a pediatrician, teacher, and writer. A series of challenging life events resulted in somatic symptoms, including exhaustion, decreased compassion and empathy for patients, and a feeling of impotence at work. She was burned out, not knowing what to do, and entertained suicidal thoughts. She connected with a CMDA life coach and made significant changes that helped her recover. With the help of her life coach, she continues on her journey toward well-being.

Ken Sande is the founder of Peacemaker Ministries and Relational Wisdom 360. Trained as an engineer, lawyer, and mediator, Ken has conciliated hundreds of family, business, church, and legal conflicts. As president of RW360, he now focuses on teaching people how to build strong relationships in the family, church, and workplace.

Dr. James Anderson is CEO of Team Care Medicine, helping doctors find greater joy by removing the load of EMR documentation, freeing them to focus on relationships with patients and medical decision-making. The Team Care Medicine Model has been endorsed by the American Medical Association, the American Board of Internal Medicine, the Cleveland Clinic, and Family Practice Management.

Dr. Charles Stone is Lead Pastor at West Park Church in London, Ontario, Canada. His passion is intersecting cognitive neuroscience with Scriptural insight to apply to life and leadership. He has an engineering degree from Georgia Tech, a Masters of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, a Doctorate of Ministry from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and an executive masters in the neuroscience of leadership from The Neuroleadership Institute. He is the author of five books including, “Brain-Savvy Leaders: The Science of Significant Ministry” (Abingdon, 2015), and Holy Noticing: The Bible, Your Brain, and the Mindful Space Between Moments (2019, Moody Press). He blogs at www.charlesstone.com. He and his wife Sherryl have a heart for pastors and pastors’ wives, and have taught hundreds of pastors and their wives in the United States, Canada, Nicaragua, Colombia, Haiti, Cuba, and Mexico. He has three adult children, three grandchildren, and is an avid Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets fan.

Dr. Phil Brown is a retired physician who is now a life coach. Along with his wife Lynn, also a life coach, they share a passion to see marriages flourish. Dr. Brown holds a DO degree from the Kansas City College of Osteopathic Medicine, and completed a residency in Internal Medicine. He practiced Emergency Medicine for many years, and served as the director of Emergency Services at Central Vermont Medical Center from 1992-2008. He became the chief medical officer at that institution in 2008, serving in that capacity for ten years before retiring in 2018.

Bruce Steffes, MD shares about his personal experience with burnout and the changes he underwent to move his life out of crisis.

Dr. Dan Diamond is passionate about equipping people to thrive under pressure. He was the Director of the Medical Triage Unit at the New Orleans Convention Center following Hurricane Katrina, led one of the first medical teams into Haiti following their devastating earthquake, and deployed to the Philippines following Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan). He came home from Katrina with a burning question: Why is it that some people DON’T become victims? What he discovered will challenge you, inspire you, and equip you to thrive.

Dr. Emily Shupert is a licensed professional counselor and founder of Simplify Life, a boutique counseling and coaching company in Atlanta. Her goal is to help professional women experience greater fulfillment at work and in life. She partnered with respected businessman and innovator, Anthony Flynn to write the book “The Happiness Map”, which offers a personalized navigation tool to find happiness in life.

Dr. Frauke Schaefer is a psychiatrist who served seven years as a medical missionary in Nepal prior to training in psychiatry and psychotherapy at a Christian psychiatric hospital in Germany and then completing her psychiatry residency at Duke University. Her private practice provides mental health services for many global workers and their adolescent children. She provides clinical care and consultations utilizing telemedicine and video-conferencing, and travels frequently for teaching and consulting.

Matthew Sleeth, MD, a former emergency room physician and chief of the hospital medical staff, resigned from his position to teach, preach, and write about faith and stewardship issues. Dr. Sleeth has spoken at more than one thousand churches, campuses, and events, including serving as a monthly guest preacher at the Washington National Cathedral. Dr. Sleeth is the executive director of Blessed Earth And Author Of numerous articles and books, including Serve God, Save the Planet, and 24/6.