So your New Year's Resolutions haven't quite panned out as planned?

Learn how to catch destructive thoughts before they drag down your emotions and lead to unhealthy behaviors. Dr. Ali teaches you the skills to catch unhealthy thoughts and feelings - and to replace them with thoughts and feelings that are more likely to help you accomplish your goals. In this episode, The Drs. Novitsky discuss neuroplasticity and the mind's ability to change.

Get The Results You Want With Cognitive Behavioral Coaching!

Ali Novitsky MD, the Life Coach for Women Physicans and busy professional women teaches the fundamentals of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and effective goal setting. Learn more at: www.mindbodymarriage.com

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Welcome in the New Year with an improved version of Yourself. All too often, individuals make unrealistic Resolutions for themselves and are set up for failure before they even start. In this Podcast, Dr. Ali Novitsky, The Life Coach for professional women, and her psychiatrist husband, Dr. Mark A, Novitsky Jr. MD discuss how to make appropriate, realistic goals - and share some of their own.

Get The Results You Want With Cognitive Behavioral Coaching!

Ali Novitsky MD, the Life Coach for Women Physicans and busy professional women teaches the fundamentals of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and effective goal setting.

The Drs. Novitsky strive to help you prioritize your marriage in the craziness of the holidays. Whether time is constrained by your work expectations, family visiting, or other obligations, they use the cognitive coaching fundamentals to help you reframe your mindset. The holidays are not a single day, but rather an entire season.

In anticipation for the upcoming New Year, they give some helpful pointers on setting achievable goals for New Years Resolutions - a topic that will be explored further in next week’s podcast.

A MANDATORY Listen For Holiday Weight Maintenance!

If you are looking to gain weight this Christmas or Hanukkah, this Podcast may not be for you. We teach you the tools to shed your unforgiving diet that refuses you to get into the spirit - yet teach you a mindful eating approach that will avoid falling into the “All or Nothing” distorted thinking process that often follows any deviation from our self-imposed dietary restrictions. The Drs. Novitsky offer a strategy to navigate holiday eating, while promoting steadfast attention to sleep hygiene and exercise balance.

We teach you to embrace the culinary gifts of this Holiday Season, but in a mindful way. With moderation, you won’t have to look in the mirror in 2019 and find the Jelly of The Month Club… ie the gift that keeps on giving all year round…

"I don't know what to say except it's Christmas and we're all in misery!" - Ellen Griswold, CHRISTMAS VACATION

* Are you someone who can't wait for the holidays to end?

* Would you like to rekindle enjoyment during this stressful time of year?

Life Coach for professional women, Dr. Ali Novitsky, and her psychiatrist husband, Dr. Mark Novitsky offer a prescription to change your mindset around the holidays. They analyze likely sources of holiday stress including buying gifts, handling work expectations, social media posting, and awkward holiday parties). They offer a strategy to navigate holiday blues and missing loved ones who have passed away. Learning to change your mindset can help when you are hosting visitors and time commitments with friends. Learn to balance old holiday traditions with new ones - and to stand up for yourself when loved ones may appear to overstep boundaries.

Want to get in that sentimental mood? Then it needs to start with your MIND.

Addiction is a serious health concern that knows no boundaries. Though many might hope their medical providers are immune to these risks, they are actually at more risk given the social isolation, stress, and burnout that can come with the job. Philadelphia Addiction Psychiatrist, David Clements MD (https://www.myexecutivehealth.com) notes that mental well-being is directly proportionate to the the social connectedness of an individual. Similarly, intimacy in the marriage is contingent on effective communication and the ability of partners to show eachother vulnerability. Short-comings in either can lead down the road of substance use. Lydia Clements, MD highlights the stigma of mental illness/addiction and introduces a comparison with well-known medical conditions to better explain the prognosis of addiction. If you or a loved one are suffering from an addiction, Dr. David Clements provides meaningful initial steps on the path to recovery, including potential detoxification/residential treatment at The Malvern Institute (phone#: 610-MALVERN; https://www.malverninstitute.com), the institution where he and Mark first met.

Fall Back in love with Sleep... In this Episode, Ali and Mark Novitsky deliver a true eye-opener about the importance of adequate "Shut eye". They discuss a seminal publication about sleep by Dr. Matthew Walker. An exploration of sleep medication included a warning about using benzodiazepines for sleep and discourse about the potential benefits of Melatonin. They teach about the Glymphatic system (and it's implications on memory and Alzheimers). The Novitskys point out the fallacy in the old adage "you can sleep when your dead" because you are likely to die sooner if you dont have adequate sleep. They identify the association between of poor sleep/overnight call and Ghrelin/Leptin levels (and subsequent eating/diet implications and risk of diabetes). Weakened immunity and cancer are also noted to be a sequelae of insomnia. Sleep habits can affect intimacy for couples and reinforce negative core beliefs that can poison not only the relationship, but the perception of the entire family about the strength of the marriage. The Doctors Novitsky share some take-away recommendations to optimize sleep for the sake of medicine, health, and marriage.

Today's podcast offers an authentic glimpse into the married life of the Shillcutts. Dr. Sasha Shillcutt is a renowned national speaker on the topic of Physician burnout, a working cardiac anesthesiologist, a dedicated wife, and loving mother of 4. Several years ago, she started a Facebook group, Style MD, aimed at empowering attending women Physicians. Dr. Shillcutt's most recent endeavor, Brave Enough (www.becomebraveenough.com), is an outgrowth of her own personal battle with Physician Burnout and promotes women physician wellness through professional development master classes, Retreats, Conferences, and a weekly podcast. Her devoted husband Lance, reflects on his choice to take on more of the household/parental duties and behind-the-scenes operations of Brave Enough in order to make their life manageable. He candidly opens up about the stigma experienced when men support highly driven female physicians.

In this episode, Drs. Ali and Mark Novitsky explore common marriage pet peeves and open up about a few of their own. They use the Cognitive Model to help couples realize that these pet peeves are generally not “deal breakers” - and emphasize that “All-or-Nothing Thinking” is a cognitive distortion that can allow these pet peeves to fester and negatively affect our emotions and behaviors. Dr. Ali coaches you on how to focus your attention on your significant other’s positive attributes and ultimately, reframe these behaviors as cute nuances.

In this episode, Drs. Ali and Mark Novitsky help couples to effectively communicate about spending and collaborate to establish financial goals. They encourage couples to take a money personality quiz as a good place to start to understand each others perspective - and avoid having to “hide the Amazon boxes”. They look at the importance of balancing enjoying the present with putting money away for retirement. They warn of the dangers of late night online shopping, and how it may be a sign of deeper relationship/personal problems.