Today I’m talking to orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Jothi Murali-Larson. 

Dr. Murali-Larson is one of the 6% of all orthopaedic surgeons who are women. Jothi is an orthopaedic sports medicine and trauma surgeon who built her own practice when she found that a traditional big group practice wasn’t working for her. With all of her experiences being mentored by strong women in orthopaedics, and in going out on her own, she pays it forward in her work with the Ruth Jackson Orthopaedics Society. 

We talk about:

• The benefits of having women mentors in the male-dominated world of orthopaedics.
• How Jothi set up her own practice and found the autonomy within medicine that she was looking for. 
• How she’s grateful to help shape the next generation of women orthopaedic surgeons by paying forward the guidance she’s received. 

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Today I’m talking to sport therapist Dr. Becky Clark. 

Becky is a mental performance consultant, sports diplomat, and licensed psychotherapist. She was a multisport athlete in college and beyond, and a 3x Deaflympian winning multiple medals with USA Deaf Women's Volleyball. Today, Becky continues her work on the international stage as a sports diplomat, helping countries find connections and start conversations through sports.

We talk about:

• The importance of having a robust network of support at every stage of life as well as that one person you can lean on to sort out life’s challenges.
• How the athlete mentality can push people to achieve the unimaginable but also presents a challenge after the competition when the question on everyone’s mind is “what’s next?”
• The challenge of accepting our triumphs without dismissing them and the importance of taking time to feel emotions during big transitions.

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On today’s episode I’m talking about building self-confidence and maintaining that confidence while working in a male-dominated field and being constantly bombarded with patriarchal messaging.

Here's the crucial summary... having true self-confidence has to be internal. It depends on the thoughts you are telling yourself about yourself. It cannot depend on external validation. I talk about the mindset shift and thought work to help make it happen even in the face of constantly being told you don't belong or that you're not good enough.

This is the kind of coaching I provide in the Women's Career Transformation Academy. The next session doesn't open until May, but if you're ready to build your confidence and take ownership of your career, sign up on the waitlist so you don't miss out!

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Today I’m talking to sports medicine physiatrist Monica Rho. 

Monica is the Chief of Musculoskeletal Medicine at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She also serves as a team physician for the US Women’s National Soccer Team.

We talk about:

• How Monica’s mission has been to take care of and listen to female athletes ever since she was a young athlete athlete who felt like her injuries were dismissed.
• How finding the right training environment at any point in your career includes finding mentors who are invested in your development. 
• Monica's unique opportunity to serve as an ambassador for If/Then, an organization looking to provide female role models in STEM to young girls.

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Today I’m talking to sports psychologist Lisa Lewis.

Lisa is a licensed psychologist with her own practice where she often helps athletes with complicated problems beyond their sports performance. Her mission is to help her clients uncover what motivates them, but it took her years to figure out that motivation was her focus and her mission all along. 

We talk about:

• How when things didn’t go as expected out of college, Lisa took advantage of unique opportunities which were later valued by her doctoral program.
• How Lisa grew her sports psychology practice from something she did one night a week into her main business while still leaving plenty of time to take on other projects.
• How she’s a self-described “decathlete in psychology,” and keeps many different irons in the fire by teaching, running continuing education classes for people in the fitness world, and consulting for a tech start-up. 

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Today I’m talking to sports medicine physician Dr. Shelley Street Callender.

Shelley is a team physician and Chief of Sports Medicine and Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine at Mercer University. While she was training in internal medicine and pediatrics, Shelley never thought that sports medicine was in her future. That all changed when she started working with a local high school girls' basketball team. Many years later, she’s working as a team physician and helping to encourage the next generation to get after their dreams.

We talk about:

• The encouragement from her family and mentors that helped her pursue a career path she had never seen before
• How following her passion at every turn led her to where she is today.
• Finding a home and a support network within AMSSM and the honor of serving as a board member. 

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On today’s episode I’m talking about how the practice of clearly articulating your values is one of the very first steps to taking ownership of your career. Too often we have our head in the sand, or we're hustling through all the work, and we don't stop and take a look around to see if what we're doing is in alignment with our values.

Because knowing your values, and being in alignment with your values at work, can improve job satisfaction and happiness. And with the rates of burnout and all around misery right now... this feels VERY important!

To help you out, I created a free exercise to help you identify your personal values so you can start taking ownership of your career ASAP.  I’ll walk you through the simple steps to clarifying your key values so you can take a quick gut check on how your current job situation is aligning with your values (if it is) and start thinking about what changes you can make to achieve better alignment, which will help you feel better within that job.

Grab your free exercise to start pinning down your key values today!

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Today I’m talking to Georgia Tech's Director of Sports Medicine Carla Gilson. 

Carla is the Director of Sports Medicine at Georgia Tech, where she has spent her entire career starting out as an athletic trainer. While it might seem like a straight shot from athletic trainer to her current role, Carla didn’t always see herself working in the world of athletics in the first place. She graduated college with a degree in business but began working as a student athletic trainer and fell in love with serving student-athletes in a role where she could have a huge impact. Over the years, Carla’s found that she uses her business skills to manage both the student-athlete experience and the business side of sports medicine. 

We talk about:

• Seeking opportunities to grow
• Comparing yourself to yourself
• Following gut feelings

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Today I’m talking to career coach Gladys Garcia Neroda. 

Gladys is a consultant and coach helping people and organizations to grow. Starting with her first job out of college, Gladys knew her work needed to match her values. She always wanted to make the world a better place and found she could help others to develop the professional skills she had learned. She eventually found her way to Coaching Corps where she found that helping kids access sports taught them so many of the skills needed in life. Gladys also shares the incredible story of her year-long personal sabbatical that led her to consider her true self rather than the persona she used to put on in the workplace. As a result, Gladys now runs her own consulting business in a way that’s true to identity.

We talk about:

• Being yourself to yourself
• Asking if your dreams really belong to you or someone else
• Teaching and mentoring

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Today I’m talking to Paralympic triathlete Amy Dixon.

Amy is a visually impaired professional triathlete and a member of the USA Paratriathlon National Team. When Amy was in college, she was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease that caused her to progressively lose her vision. As circumstances have changed, Amy has always pivoted back to her passions, first as a student, then as a professional sommelier, and finally as a world-class triathlete. She is a nine-time ITU World Paratriathlon Event Medalist and competed at the Tokyo Paralympics. Amy is continuing to train for the 2024 Paris games while working to inspire the next generation of triathletes.

We talk about:

• Being resilient and figuring things out as you go along
• Multitasking and prioritization
• Passing on the knowledge we learned the hard way

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