The Balanced Medics' Handover Podcast

Dr Sophie Engelhardt is a German doctor who left a career in forensic pathology to be an actress!

Listen to our conversation where we dive straight into why Sophie left medicine to be an actress. We talk about expectations, living a life of joy, following your interest, and that it's never too late to change!

Welcome back! This episode we're lucky to be speaking with Dr Lara Hochman, a family medicine physician and advocate for physician wellbeing. Dr Hochman created Happy Day Health – a boutique physician matchmaking agency that matches doctors with practices that align with their values & needs. Dr Lara Hochman helps medics transition from burnout to enjoying practicing medicine again.

She's also a co-author of the book Made for more: Physician Entrepreneurs who live life and practice medicine on their own terms which was compiled by Dr Nneka Unachukwu.

This episode we discuss: 

• Dr Hochman's journey in medicine
• How physicians are the cavalry and change is happening in the culture of medicine
• All about the new book Made for more
• Dr Hochman's journey from primary care physician to entrepreneur
• What the requirements are for physicians wanting to journey into entrepreneurship
• Starting with WHY

For career transition coaching: balancedmedics.com/coaching/

Reach out to Dr Lara Hochman, founder of Happy Day Health:

Website | LinkedIn | Youtube | Instagram | Twitter

Get the book here

For more resources go to balancedmedics.com

This episode we're speaking all about skin cancer medicine and finding your niche with Dr Marjia (Maryjka) Johns. Dr Johns is a GP with specialty interest in skin cancer medicine, sexual health and paediatrics. 

We discuss:

• The stigma around choosing GP training
• Skin cancer medicine and how to further your training in it
• How skin cancer medicine can be a great option without a previous specialty as the Skin Cancer College of Australasia is a college that can be stand alone 
• Finding your niche in med
• Breaking the mould of what it means to be a female doctor
• How finding balance in life can be quite tricky!

Join the Doctors Changing Careers Facebook group

For coaching go here: balancedmedics.com/coaching

To contact Dr Marjia Johns: message her on Instagram

For info on the Skin Cancer College of Australasia, Master of Medicine (Skin Cancer) at The University of Queensland

For more resources check out: balancedmedics.com

Welcome back!

This episode we chat with Dr Claire Noonan, a GP with a special interest in human psychology and the ability to facilitate transformation through therapy.

Dr Claire offers group therapy, workshops including one focused on Impostor syndrome and retreats through Clarity Lane. Her next retreat is in partnership with the Burnout Project by Dr Amy Imms in March 2023, called “Healing the Healers”.

We discuss:

• Why she decided to be a GP and how it wasn’t a linear path
• Why she started her business Clarity Lane
• Imposter syndrome
• How she got the courage to start her own business
• Burnout and job quitting
• Losing her gallbladder to work-related stress
• How to keep creative in medicine

For career transition coaching: balancedmedics.com/coaching/

Join the Doctors Changing Careers Facebook group

To contact Dr Claire Noonan:

https://www.claritylane.com.au/

Register for the Healing the Healers Retreat Autumn 2023

Her socials: Insta | Facebook group

Dr Valerie Young - Imposter Syndrome

For more resources check out balancedmedics.com

Welcome back to The Balanced Medics' Handover Podcast. Today we're talking with Dr Jessica Wells, a Public Health Physician. 

We're going to be discussing:

• Dr Well's journey to work in Public Health
• What Public Health is
• The requirements needed to join the training program - there have been changes since this podcast was recorded and now up to 12 months of a Master’s degree (or equivalent) will be considered if it includes a formal work placement.
• Who would be suited
• What the day-to-day role is like
• On-call, after hours and renumeration
• Where you can study a Master of Public Health (MPH)

For career transition coaching: balancedmedics.com/coaching/

Join the Doctors Changing Careers Facebook group

For more information on Public Health training in Australia check out the links below:
Public Health Medicine RACP

Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine

Master of Public Health requirements:

• Epidemiology
• Biostatistics
• Health Protection (includes Environmental Health and/or Communicable Disease Prevention and Control)
• Health Promotion
• Health Policy, Planning or Management

This episode we have the great privilege of having Dr Una as our guest. Dr Una is a real force of nature, paediatrician, author, entrepreneur, and creator of EntreMD. On a mission to change the culture of medicine and help 100,000 U.S physicians live life and practice medicine on their own terms.

We discuss:

• That feeling of wanting more in medicine
• Starting your own business
• How introverts can learn the skill of speech, networking, marketing and entrepreneurship
• How she has helped hundreds of doctors gain autonomy and create profitable businesses
• Gaining autonomy through owning that we are the CEO of our lives
• Breaking out of the victim mentality
• Changing the culture in medicine
• Not letting fear stop us

Find Dr Una here:

https://entremd.com/ | Her books on amazon | EntreMD Business School

For coaching: balancedmedics.com/coaching

For more resources go to balancedmedics.com

This episode we're speaking with our inspirational guest, Dr Amy Imms, a medical doctor, mother of 5, and founder of The Burnout Project

During her GP training, Dr Imms found herself in the midst of burnout with very little resources available. This experience pushed her to start a new mission of providing for others what she could not find for herself. The Burnout Project was born and for the past 6 years she has worked to raise awareness of burnout, reduce stigma, support burnt-out individuals, and create burnout-aware workplaces.

In this episode we discuss

• What burnout is
• How to recognise the signs & prevent it
• Why junior doctors are most at risk of burnout
• How & why Dr Imms founded The Burnout Project
• Finding the career right for your life, beyond burnout

For coaching: balancedmedics.com/coaching/

Join the Doctors Changing Careers Facebook group

Reach out to Dr Imms:

https://www.dramyimms.com/

Social media: Instagram | Facebook | LinkedIn

For more resources check out balancedmedics.com

This episode we are lucky to have Dr Jo Braid as our special guest. Dr Braid is a rehab specialist, who is also a coach that supports healthcare professionals work through topics such as imposter syndrome, burnout, fear of failure and more. We discuss:

• Imposter syndrome 
• The 5 different types of imposter syndrome
• How to recognise it
• How to care for ourselves when experiencing it

If you'd like coaching with Isabella - balancedmedics.com/coaching

Connect with Dr Jo Braid:

Website | The Burnout Recovery Podcast | Insta

Resources:

MensLine | Drs4Drs | Beyond Blue | TEN - Black Dog Institute

Helpful books 

• Mindset by Dr Carol Dweck
• Burnout: the secret to solving your stress cycle by Emily & Amelia Nagoski
• The Thriving Doctor by Sharee Johnson

Dr Emily Amos came on the pod to talk about her portfolio career, and share how this approach can create greater fulfilment & balance in our life. Dr Amos is a General Practitioner, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, 200hr yoga teacher, university tutor and registered mindfulness meditation teacher. She also hosts the mind.life.me podcast, talking about what’s good for our mind, body and soul.

We discuss:

- what is a portfolio career

- the distinction between portfolio career vs “side-hustle”

- overwhelm

- her burnout recovery journey

- how she designed a life that fulfils her

- the doctor identity and what it means to be a “good doctor”

For coaching go to balancedmedics.com/coaching

Reach out dremilyamos.com

Whole Hearted Medicine Retreats

This episode we are lucky to have Dr Chelsea Turgeon here to talk about her amazing journey from O&G trainee (resident) to digital nomad, healthcare career coach, author and podcaster. Chelsea quit training to pursue her own path and now works to help others find their own fulfilment in career and life.

We discuss

• External validation
• The moment she decided to drop out of residency and bought a one-way ticket to South Korea
• Trusting her intuition in becoming a digital nomad 
• Her burnout, hitting rock bottom, then coming out the other side
• How her plan evolved from aspiring travel blogger to healthcare career coach
• Navigating unsolicited advice about major career & life changes
• If she ever looked back

For coaching with Isabella go to balancedmedics.com/coaching

To reach out to Chelsea visit her website, follow her on socials Insta, listen to her podcast