In this episode of the Black Doctor Collective podcast, we are talking with my friend, Dr. Daa’iyah, an emergency medicine physician and adult educator turned creative real estate investor.

I have to brag…my clients are truly WINNING. Some are earning more money while working less. Some are leaving their toxic workplaces before the end of a contract. Some are negotiating top dollar right out of training. The results these doctors are seeing after joining the Any Day Negotiator Program are honestly mind blowing.

Hating your job doesn't automatically mean changing careers. That non-clinical job isn't a magic gateway to joy or freedom. If you are considering leaving medicine for a non-clinical role because it feels more sustainable, then let me save you some trouble.

Join me for the 75th episode of The Black Doctor Collective Podcast as I discuss how we have been bamboozled into this false narrative of how to practice self-care. Raise your hand if you have been focused on facials and spa treatments, shopping, yoga, and meditation.

Come hang out with me while I recap my recent birthday trip to Grenada and share about my addiction to productivity. In this episode, I talk about how my learned behaviors from years of medical training are now seeping into my everyday life, including vacations and “off’-time”

Be a fly on the wall for this pajama chat turned impromptu podcast! I am joined by Dr. Kimmy, Dr. Daa’iyah Cooper, and Dr. Kimberly Brown and we are spilling all our thoughts on being Black women in medicine and in entrepreneurship (and believe me, we have a ton to spill).

I was recently asked to speak at my med school back in Grenada, which was a full-circle moment. I of course said yes. I wondered “What would I have needed to hear at that stage?” Tune in to hear how I have done this over the years, throughout med school to now.

In this episode of the Black Doctor Collective podcast, I’m here with Dr. Trot, a third-generation, board-certified ophthalmologist specializing in oculoplastic surgery. We talk about how she was called back to medicine from basketball, navigating barriers as a black, gay woman in ophthalmology, the “arrival fallacy” of medicine, and setting boundaries to ensure personal well-being and actually enjoying your profession.

Q1 has been one for the books. Lot’s of learning experiences and overall growth moments. I’m spilling all the tea on how I failed to follow my own framework that I teach to my coaching clients. I share what I didn’t do, what I compromised on, and how those choices have led to less than desirable working conditions.

In this episode of the Black Doctor Collective podcast, I invite Dr. Catherine Toomer, a family medicine and community health physician, to share her own personal health journey. Dr. Toomer was diagnosed with diabetes and congestive heart failure from battling significant weight gain.

I spent some time reflecting on the last three months – really diving into the process of what made me successful, what worked, what didn't, what I enjoyed and disliked. All the things. What I realized is that it all comes down to delegation.

Dr. Jeannie Lawrence, is a transformational life coach and board certified psychiatrist.  We talk about how being a “high functioning” medical professional can actually lead to being dysfunctional.

Be wary of terms like “team player” and “above and beyond”.  The same words employers use to praise you, they’ll use to criticize. 

When you ask for what you want are you truly honest? Is your list based on what you truly want or is it limited to what you think you deserve?  This week I'm talking about my bucket list. It's filled with all sorts of practical and aspirational things.

As a doctor, we are trained to make decisions, including small ones, with great deliberation and collaboration. But when we extend this slow decision-making process to everything in our lives, it can make us feel stuck.  This week I am sharing a new decision-making method that I came across that moves you quickly from decision-making into action.

This week I share a story about a retail pharmacist who after years of being praised for putting others before herself, died at her CVS retail job. It was so engrained to make sure work was handled before taking care of her own health, that she delayed her own care. 

Dr. Temi Oghogho-Ajao, came through this week with her vast knowledge on becoming financially successful. She is a multifaceted individual whose journey from emergency medicine to becoming a money mindset coach and real estate investor is nothing short of inspiring. More importantly she is dropping gems on how you too can create wealth. 

There is something I've been getting wrong about the soft life. It is not all about indulgence. It requires that I give up certain things... It also requires learning and unlearning concepts that I've heard my whole life.

Turns out the culture of corporate medicine is the same whether you're a physician or a physical therapist. Are we surprised?

When was the last time you acknowledged your success? In this episode, I reflect on the idea of celebrating personal milestones as a way of combating self-doubt and increasing self-belief.