Life Coaching for Physicians, Physician Executives, and Nurses

If you have goals you want to achieve and need tools to reach them, or if you are interested in growth and change in your life – both professionally and personally – you have come to the right place. Coaching with me will help you build on your inner strengths, move past internal and external barriers, and lead a more balanced life.

As a physician coach, I understand the unique demands that doctors, physician executives, and nurses face.

Do any of the following ring true for you?

  • Are you expert in caring for patients but lacking skills in caring for yourself?
  • Do you feel like there will never be enough time to do the things that truly matter to you?
  • Do you feel like the sense of purpose you went into healthcare for is being beaten out of you?
  • Do you feel like the long hours you work interfere with your personal relationships?
  • Would you like to have better stress management and work-life balance?
  • Do you feel a sense of weariness from all the tragedy you are exposed to on a regular basis?
  • Are there things you dream of doing but can’t imagine will ever be possible?

I am passionate about helping fellow healthcare professionals understand what is truly important in your life, articulate specific goals, and rapidly move forward to lead your best and most satisfying life. As a physician coach, I help you identify and shift negative internal and external messages and beliefs and partner with you as you move toward success.

Coaching is about learning more about what motivates you, what has meaning to you, and what gets in the way of your achieving the life you want and deserve. Coaching can be like putting together missing pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Working with me, you will identify and co-design the pieces of the life that works FOR YOU! There will be exploration, surprising findings underneath what you already understand about your life, and tools to shift perspectives in a way that allows new possibilities to emerge.

Coaching is all about YOU – your goals, your challenges, your quality of life… + your innermost dreams, hopes, and life passions.

If you are truly committed to having a better life, you will find things begin to shift in very powerful ways. Working with me, you will find yourself leading a much more satisfying work
and personal life!

Coaching is a powerful alternative to counseling for issues that get in the way of your achieving the life satisfaction, stress management, and work-life balance you seek and deserve.

The top ten benefits you will gain by entering a one-to-one coaching relationship with me:

  • You will be heard and understood
  • You will gain clarity about your authentic goals and core values
  • You will better understand the challenges that get in the way of achieving your personal and professional goals
  • You will have complete confidentiality
  • You will co-create a realistic accountability structure to help you do what you say you want to do
  • You will gain skills in caring for yourself – every bit as well as you care for your patients
  • You will feel replenished, relaxed, and invigorated
  • You will become more grounded, focused, and centered
  • You will have better stress management and work-life balance
  • You will be inspired to live your best life – NOW. There is no reason to wait for retirement.

Let’s make that the top twelve…

  • Having worked in the following capacities in my 25-year career – director of the pain and palliative care programs at a major Boston HMO, hospitalist on the complex surgical services at a major Harvard teaching hospital, hospice medical director, emergency room extender, primary care internist, regional medical director of a large national hospice chain, academician, and small business founder of one of the first physician-run patient advocacy practices in the U.S. – I understand what almost all doctors, nurses, and healthcare executives grapple with on a daily basis. With a physician coach, you will be working with someone who understands the rigors of your training, the unrealistic demands on your time, and how aspects of the healthcare system conspire against your flourishing as an individual. Stress management and work-life balance will likely be part of our work. Working with a physician coach, you won’t have to explain the nuances.
  • In addition to my medical training, I have completed rigorous coach training at the Coaches Training Institute, one of the foremost coaching programs in the country.

Note:
Professional, performance, and life coaching has a well-recognized presence in the business world. Coaching is moving into the healthcare arena and more is being learned about the key value of this unique approach for helping patients AND healthcare providers effect change in their lives. The creation of the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School Affiliate is emblematic of recognition of the value of coaching for the medical profession.