Lean Out Podcast

Do you feel stuck on the Treadmill of Achievement? Are you looking for a new approach to finding work-life balance? You've come to the right place. This is the Lean Out Podcast with your host, Dr. Dawn Baker, author of Lean Out: A Professional Woman's Guide to Finding Authentic Work-Life Balance. Become inspired by amazing women professionals who've taken the steps to lean out and find balance on their own terms.

Lean Out Podcast is a education podcast hosted by Dawn Baker MD, MS, with 138 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Dawn Baker MD, MS hosts Lean Out Podcast, a education show with 138 episodes published.

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  Episode #19

  Gray Zones with Wendy Schofer

  Oct 1, 202640 minS4

  Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Wendy Schofer. Wendy is a dual-board certified pediatrician and lifestyle physician, and a trauma-informed parenting coach specializing in eating disorder prevention for family members of all ages and sizes. She retired from a career in Navy medicine in 2021, and as founder of Family in Focus®, is on a mission to help 1 million families build the social-emotional skills that strengthen relationships with food, body, and especially each other. Wendy discusses her retirement from Navy medicine and transition to a much more nebulous practice - a coaching-based practice in eating disorder prevention. She also shares her approach to the common and yet elusive problems of navigating uncertainty, defining and communicating your focus, and getting your message out to those who need it. Relevant/mentioned links: Check out this conversation (and others) on Youtube ! Take a look at my speaking page , and consider hiring me for your next event! Get in touch with Wendy: Website - wendyschofermd.com Instagram - @wendyschofermd Facebook - Wendy Schofer MD LinkedIn - Wendy Schofer MD TikTok - @wendyschofermd Youtube - @wendyschofermd Get in touch with Dawn: Website - practicebalance.com Instagram - @practicebalance Facebook - Dawn Baker LinkedIn - Dawn L Baker, MD Buy the Lean Out Book Buy the Lean Out Confidence Course (code POD gives you $50 off!)

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  Episode #18

  Solocast: The Day I Showed Up for Work, but There Was No Work - Navigating Unexpected Changes in Work-Life Balance

  Sep 17, 202611 minS4

  Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dawn Baker shares a recent experience of having her work-life balance abruptly change. She talks about what happened, how she felt, and what she learned from the situation. ** Join the Practice Balance newsletter HERE and get the free training video on the one thing holding you back from better work-life balance! ** ** Buy the book Lean Out and leave a review ** Relevant/mentioned links: Lean Out Podcast - Solocast: The One Thing You Can Rely On , Open to Possibilities with Leigh Johnson Mentally Stronger with Amy Morin - How to Stop Taking Things So Personally (and Stop Giving Away Your Power) Get in touch with Dawn: Website - practicebalance.com Instagram - @practicebalance Facebook - Dawn Baker LinkedIn - Dawn L Baker, MD Buy the Lean Out Book Buy the Lean Out Confidence Course (code POD gives you $50 off!)

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  Episode #16

  Solocast: Work-Life Balance Lessons from Miranda Priestly

  Aug 20, 202615 minS4

  Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dawn Baker shares some stories of a recent summer trip. On that trip, she watched the new movie, The Devil Wears Prada 2. Careful to not share too many spoilers, Dawn discusses the work-life balance themes she identified from the movie and one of its main characters, Miranda Priestly. ** Subscribe to the Practice Balance newsletter by putting your email into the purple box HERE ** Relevant/mentioned links: Lean Out Podcast episodes - Prevention with Marjan Bolouri , Functional with Tracy McCarthy , Solocast: How to Deal with Loss Get in touch with Dawn: Website - practicebalance.com Instagram - @practicebalance Facebook - Dawn Baker LinkedIn - Dawn L Baker, MD Buy the Lean Out Book Buy the Lean Out Confidence Course (code POD gives you $50 off!)

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  Episode #15

  Impact with Mary Jeanne Roberts

  Aug 13, 202648 minS4

  Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Mary Jeanne Roberts. Mary Jeanne is a Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant (CAA) with nearly two decades of clinical experience. She's an AA educator, mindfulness practitioner, and founder of the Awakened Anesthetist, an educational brand built exclusively for the CAA community. Mary Jeanne loves to live slowly in her suburban home in Kansas City with her husband and three children. Her favorite time of day is morning coffee on the deck, and her newest expression of self is learning to play the native five-hole flute. Mary Jeanne begins the discussion by sharing the unique career path of a CAA. We talk about intentionality as a way to balance ambition, and how you can make an impact in your own way, on your own timetable. Mary Jeanne doesn’t have a classic burnout story but would consider her journey one of growing and expanding. We also talk about the concept of "enough," and how the whole landscape shifts when you know you have it. Relevant/mentioned links: Subscribe to the Youtube channel HERE ! (You can watch this conversation on Youtube HERE ). Practice Balance Articles - Mindfulness: What Is It, Why You Want It, and How to Get It , Meditation for Skeptics and Busy People Lean Out Podcast episodes - Experiments with Cheri Wiggins Aello , Purpose with Jordan Grumet , France with Kelly Katcher , Solocast: What is Enough? Get in touch with Mary Jeanne: Website - awakenedanesthetist.com Podcast - Awakened Anesthetist Instagram - @awakenedanesthetist Get in touch with Dawn: Website - practicebalance.com Instagram - @practicebalance Facebook - Dawn Baker LinkedIn - Dawn L Baker, MD Buy the Lean Out Book Buy the Lean Out Confidence Course (code POD gives you $50 off!)

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  Episode #14

  Healthcare Heist with Jordan Grumet

  Jul 23, 202642 minS4

  Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dawn Baker welcomes. back Jordan Grumet. Jordan is an internal medicine and hospice physician who first shared his thoughts with the world through blogging, specifically focusing on financial independence and wellness. He has published three books - Taking Stock , The Purpose Code , and most recently The Healthcare Heist: How Physicians and Patients Can Unite to Transform Healthcare . Jordan's journey intertwines medical insight and financial wisdom, resonating deeply with those seeking a balanced, meaningful life. He discusses many causes for burnout in the medical profession, but this conversation applies to non-medical people as well. We will all be patients at some point in our lives. Watch the conversation on Youtube: https://youtu.be/TTnfSJoj2F0 Relevant/mentioned links: Sign up for the Practice Balance newsletter HERE Lean Out Podcast - Purpose with Jordan Grumet Get in touch with Jordan: Website - jordangrumet.com Get in touch with Dawn: Website - practicebalance.com Instagram - @practicebalance Facebook - Dawn Baker LinkedIn - Dawn L Baker, MD Buy the Lean Out Book Buy the Lean Out Confidence Course (code POD gives you $50 off!)

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