Solving For Joy

How to Find More Delight in Everyday Life (Even When Life Feels Heavy) When did we get so serious? Children don’t need extraordinary moments to experience delight. They find it everywhere—in something funny, something...

How to Trust Your Own Desires (Without Feeling Selfish) Do you know what you truly desire? Not what you're supposed to want. Not what looks successful from the outside. Not what everyone else expects of you. Your...

Have you ever had the feeling that your life was trying to tell you something... but you weren't quite sure how to listen? In this special episode of Solving for Joy , I'm sharing a conversation from my friend Dr...

Have you ever looked up at the end of a week, a season, or even a year and wondered where the time went? If you've ever felt like you're moving through life on autopilot, you're not alone. I think many of us spend so...

If you've ever found yourself surrounded by people all day, yet still feeling lonely, this conversation is for you. As physicians and caregivers, we spend so much of our lives showing up for others that meaningful...

This episode explores the powerful connection between stress, the nervous system, trauma, and skin health with board-certified dermatologist and trauma-informed physician Dr. Keira Barr. While many of us think of skin...

Today, we're revisiting one of my favorite episodes on Solving for Joy. This episode explores menopause, movement, running, grief, self-trust, and what it means to reconnect with yourself through joyful movement...

Today’s conversation is about teenage girls, social media, anxiety, perfectionism, emotional resilience, and protecting joy in a culture of burnout and comparison. What happens when girls begin losing connection to...

Today’s conversation is about physician burnout, survival mode, emotional exhaustion, communication strain, leadership pressure, boundaries, career sustainability, and what it actually takes to stay connected to...

Today’s conversation is about what happens when something deeply personal changes the way you see everything and quietly reshapes the way you show up in the world. I want to ask you something. Have you ever had an...

Have you ever been asked, “What’s your why?”… and found yourself unsure how to answer? Maybe you’ve thought about purpose before. Maybe you’ve even done the work. But something about that question still feels a little...

Hello, my friend. If you are a physician, coach, or high achiever who has ever wondered whether it is possible to leave a career you worked your whole life for and actually land somewhere better, this episode is for...

Hello, my friend. If you are a physician, coach, or high achiever who dreams of giving a TEDx talk or keynote and sometimes wonders whether you are truly credible enough to stand on that stage, this episode is for you...

Thank you for being here with me. This is a tender season in my life. I am loving my mom while also slowly letting her go. There is no clean way to talk about that. No script for how to do it well. There are moments of...

Hello, my friend. If you are a high-achieving mom raising an autistic child and sometimes feel overwhelmed by the constant balancing act of caregiving, work, expectations, and your own nervous system, this episode is...