"Write Your Best Chapter"

As women, we can do hard things. We know this intuitively, but still, some how, some where in our brain, we are told that we are not good at math; that we are not good with money.

This is even true with women physicians. Why is that?

This episode with my special guest Dr. Latifat Akintade will change the way you think about money.

It was such a pleasure to listen to her story and her mission. Do not miss this episode. See how you, too, can do hard things.

You can learn more about Dr. Akintade by listening to her podcast and visiting her site at www.moneyfitmd.com

How much of your brain power goes into deciding what you should be eating everyday?

Do you struggle with your relationship with food?

Do you feel like most of the time, you are pre-occupied with what you should or should not eat?

We spend most of our adult lives as women, trying to either lose weight or eat better than before. Some struggle more than others. Our love-hate relationship with food does not get much better when faced with serious illness. My guest today will tell you all you need to know about what is wrong with the diet industry today. Dr. Trina Dorrah is a delightful and brilliant physician and a life coach who has made it her mission to help you break your cycle of dieting based on bad advice you were given.

You do not want to miss this episode. You can learn more about her by listening to her Podcast "Diet Culture is BS" as well as learn more about working with her on her website www.foodfreedommd.com

Should you leave your employed physician role and do something entirely differnt with your life?

Well, I did.

It's been exactly a year. Tune in as I will share with you my personal story of leaving a well established position to follow my passion and purpose.

I will share with you what you can and cannot do.

Should you stay or should you leave?

What does it take to leave your comfort zone today?

One of our closest friend had a brush with something entirely unpleasant: thankfully it all ended up well. Are you living a life that if things took a wrong turn, you'd be happy you were doing what you were doing? I hope so.

In this episode, we will dive into why this matters and why you should care.

Do you want to work with me as a coach? Click here to sign up for a one on one call to see how this will change your life today.

I almost ran over a dog last week.

It was horrible and I was shocked for a good hour afterwards. This got me thinking, if we are distracted by what is in the here and now, what are the chances that we may get into a car accident?

Getting ourselves, our loved ones or even other people's pets in danger.

My clients struggle with mindfulness. They think it is about meditation in a quiet room on pillows with incense burning. While that is one type of meditation, the truth is the goal is to stay focused on the here and now: not be a victim to your constant stream of thinking; to rise above your drama and narratives you may be creating. This week's episode, I will share with you that a good practice of mindfulness can be our relationship with our driving.

• Are you paying attention?
• Are you listening to a podcast?
• Are you deep in thoughts listening to songs that can remind you of powerful emotions?

What if you turned all the distractions off?

And then, What if you only listened to the ambient noise and paid attention to the speed limit changes at every turn?

Why do we reflect at the end of the year?

I think, it's similar to reflecting at the end of life. Except, we're not exactly dying. Some how, this reflection offers us a clean slate. A world of possiblities. Things can go right, why can't they?

Think about a patient who is faced with terminal cancer: The physician says there is a 5% survival rate.

What do you think the patient believes? "I am shooting for the 5%".

No matter how much we are plagued with negativity, end of the year brings a wind of positivity. Somehow next year could go better than this year.

I can finally eat better. Working on my relationship with my partner, spouse, kids...

I can get my act together and have better time management.

There is a hope that if there is 5% chance of survival from all that weighed you down for the past decades of your life, you are going to beat it.

So join me in this wonderful podcast where you will learn how to look at your life story (backwards and forwards) to get you to a place of acceptance and ACTION.

And, if you want to join me to learn more about how to do just that, go to my website to sign up for the Intentional Living Coaching and Yoga program that starts TOMORROW.

www.drfaryal.com/2022

Holidays feel like magic. Except when they don't.

Most importantly during an experience of loss. Any loss, but mostly when we lose a loved one. Or, when we are hosting loved ones who have lost a loved one.

When I held a virtual meeting as a support and coaching opportunity for women physicians, I was asked to make some of that information public. I am shareing the beginning of that session here with you.

Feel free to share this with those you think may benefit from this wisdom to do less.

You have my permission to:

1. Skip the holiday cards
2. Skip having friends over for dinner
3. Skip going to friends for dinner
4. Skip exchanging gifts
5. Skip people pleasing so OTHERS feel better

I hope this helps you in the smallest way possible.

Are you panicked about your kids getting older and leaving the nest? English is not my first language: This was obvious from the first episode you listened to in this space. I don't look at it as a handicap but an opporunity to think deeper. I have been thinking about the idea of our 'well-being'. Like looking at what it means and then wondering if there is a way to look at in a way that brings more peace and awareness to the state of our life. In this episode I am going to teach you how to stop thinking about non essential and non helpful thoughts that subtract instead of add life to your life. You do not want to miss this episode.

To learn more: go to www.drfaryal.com

What is Gratitude? Should you be enjoying your life because others have so much worse than you? Should you finish your meal because there are people starving on the other side of the globe? One of my favorite teachings of Eckhart Tolle is around the concept of Gratitude. It is not appreciate the abundance of anything. It is simply acknowledging the good that is our life this very momement. Gratitude is appreciating the life that is around you. The trees. The sky. The smell of food being made. The act of washing the dirty dishes. Our ability to be in the here and now and the APPRECIATING the here and now: with whatever form it is taking. That is our power to experience life fulling. To reach a state of giving attention to our conscious being in the here and now. That is our power and the space in which we can manifest the beauty of miracle of life every day: whether we are facing a serious illness or not. Today is the last day to sign up for my free coaching to help guide you manage your mind about what it means to live a full and intentional life to have awareness of the power of now.

To learn more, join me by signing up www.drfaryal.com/thanksgiving

Three years in the making... I have been planning on attending this retreat that kept getting reschuled. So finally, here we are in Maui. Spending 6 glorious days with Eckhart Tolle and his deep tranformative teachings. I wanted to share with you some quick pearls that I think can help you feel grounded and more connected to the here and now. Also, if you want to join my coaching this December, go to my website to learn more. https://www.drfaryal.com

"You are going to beat this. Be positive." One of the sayings that I hear family members tell their loved ones as they have only days to live. Power of positivity is undeniable. Today's podcast is going to offer you another way of being. To allow yourself to feel all the emotions means that you understand that life is inherently 'Bittersweet'. Keeping hope in your back pocket as a breath of fresh air is always powerful. But it is equally powerful to sit in your sadness and grief. It's valuable for you to sit with worry, sorrow and the overwhelming emotion of 'I was not ready for this.' Constant sense of looking at the bright side, keeps us wanting to turn the page on all the emotions that we should be experiencing here and now. There are people who will use pep talk because they do not know what else to say. In this episode I offer you a teaching I share with my clients: Holding life in two hands. It's not either or. It is hopeful and sad that you are diagnosed with a terminal illness. There is room for sadness and not expressing our negative emotions will only lead to further isolation: something no one wants to experience during serious illness.

So join me in sharing this episode for all who are suffering with a serious illness and want to 'only' focus on the positive. It can sometimes do more harm to do that.

Also, know that I want to teach you these way of thinking with my December Coaching for Women Physicians. Go to www.drfaryal.com to learn more.