We as physicians often still follow archaic notions of how medicine should be practiced. If I had a dollar for every time I heard an older attending say how we don’t have it as bad as they did, and that we just need to push through it and work…I would never work again. I could be a lady of leisure.

As doctors, July marks a series of new transitions –  from being a student in training to a resident to an attending. For me, every July reminds me of the time when I made the mindset shift from being a “pick me” doc to discovering the type of attending I wanted to be because I knew for a fact that this wasn’t the career I wanted.

Be honest, do you force yourself to show up when you probably shouldn't? I’m talking sickness, mental health breaks, and burnout. Are you honoring yourself and what you need? 

What would you ask for in your current role if you knew you could get it? Higher salary? More paid time off? Would you enforce your boundaries more? Join me in today’s episode where I share my thoughts on asking for what you want, even when it's extremely uncomfortable

What does job security mean to you? Is it just simply having a job, even if you hate it, even if you're underpaid? At least you’re employed, right? Or…is it having a job that you love, with a salary that you actually deserve and time freedom to have a life of your own outside of work.

If you missed my Masterclass on Contract Secrets last week, you shouldn't have! But I know we go together, since you keep coming back each week, so you can catch an abbreviated recap in this episode.

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.