Negotiate to Freedom : Recent Episodes
Dr. Janeeka Benoit
This podcast was created by Dr. Janeeka Benoit, better known as Dr. J, The Negotiation Coach for Professional Women of Color. Being a professional woman of color in the upper echelons of the professional world has its struggles. We often have to work harder, but somehow get paid less. The purpose of this podcast is to help professional women of color use their voice to audaciously negotiate for what they want so it can lead them to freedom. Follow Dr. J at https://www.instagram.com/medfitdo/
**In this episode, we dive into the two formidable challenges that often hinder personal and professional growth: negotiation anxiety and imposter syndrome. These challenges can be especially prevalent among high achieving women, such as physicians. Delve into this episode to find out 4 ways you can overcome these challenges.
If you are an early career physician interested in learning how you can get your time back by earning more without working more hours through negotiation, connect with me below:**
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/sisnegotiates/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/
In this episode, I discuss 4 strategies for researching and benchmarking your salary as a woman in medicine.
References:
MGMA Data Dive Provider Compensation Report: https://www.mgma.com/datadive/provider-compensation
2023 Medscape Compensation Report: https://www.medscape.com/sites/public/physician-comp/2023
2023 Doximity Compensation Report: https://press.doximity.com/reports/doximity-physician-compensation-report-2023.pdf If you are an early career physician interested in learning how you can get your time back by earning more without working more hours through negotiation, connect with me below:
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/sisnegotiates/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/
According to a study in JAMA published in March of 2023 entitled Marriage, Children, and Sex Based Differences in Physician Hours and Income, it found that women physicians who are married with children get paid significantly less over the course of their careers compared to male physicians with children. In this episode, I share ways we can contribute our efforts to closing this pay gap.
Reference: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2802875 If you are an early career physician interested in learning how you can get your time back by earning more without working more hours through negotiation, connect with me below:
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/sisnegotiates/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/
**In this episode, I provide three scenarios on how you can own your value in the workplace to create grounds for negotiation.
If you are an early career physician interested in learning how you can get your time back by earning more without working more hours through negotiation, connect with me below:**
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/sisnegotiates/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/
**Your identity can play a huge impact on your negotiation style. However, there can be more than one identity influencing your negotiations. Take a listen to find out how these identities can impact your negotiation style and how to use knowledge from your identities to improve your negotiation outcomes.
If you are an early career physician interested in learning how you can get your time back by earning more without working more hours through negotiation, connect with me below:**
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/sisnegotiates/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/
**In this episode, I provide an example from the book, I am Not Yelling, A Black Woman’s Guide to Navigating the Workplace from Elizabeth Leiba on how we can navigate intersectionality in the workplace. It is easy by no means, but by having open dialogue with our co-workers, we can facilitate a more empowering work experience.
If you are an early career physician interested in learning how you can get your time back by earning more without working more hours through negotiation, connect with me below:**
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/sisnegotiates/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/
And we are back with the second season of the Negotiate to Freedom podcast!
Last weekend, I went to Invest Fest in Atlanta, Georgia and had a blast. During the Women in Business panel, there spoke Shetellia Riley Irving, who is the first Black woman to negotiate and complete an NBA Contract Deal. In this episode, I talk about how women physicians are naturally positioned to set their own precedence as well in the world of negotiation.
If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout, connect with me below:
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/sisnegotiates/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/
As ambitious women, sometimes it is easier to do than to simply receive.
Learning how to receive and placing yourself in the posture of reception is important to working less and making more because it allows us to prepare for it in advance.
Check out this episode to learn how the art of receiving is essential to working less and making more.
If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout, connect with me below:
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/sisnegotiates/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/
How to deal with microaggressions in the workplace
Have you ever dealt with a microaggression at work?
Microaggressions can affect our mental health and propagate toxic work environments.
Check out this episode to learn how to identify and deal with microaggressions in the workplace.
If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout, connect with me below:
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/sisnegotiates/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/
How to double your income as an early career attending physician without working more
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In less than one year, I was able to double my income as an early career attending physician.
This is the stuff you don’t learn in med school.
You’re taught to see the patients.
You’re taught to work really hard.
You’re taught to follow your attendings and do what they do.
But what happens when you’re now the attending and you have to navigate life after residency or fellowship on your own.
You’re thrown in the water and they tell you to swim.
But don’t worry, I got you.
Because when you know how to negotiate, you open up your world to new possibilities, such as doubling your income as a new attending.
If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout, connect with me below:
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/sisnegotiates/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/
**As women of color and Black women, we may feel that we cannot bring our authentic selves to the negotiation table. In this episode, I am going to show you how you can do that and not ever have to compromise who you are to negotiate.
If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout, connect with me below:**
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/sisnegotiates/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/
**In this episode, I share my takeaways from the movie Air pertaining to how Deloris Jordan negotiated a multi million dollar contract for her son, Michael Jordan.
If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout, connect with me below:**
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/sisnegotiates/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/
**This episode is for my healthcare professional women of color. We do much and give so much, but sometimes we leave ourselves on the backburner. This episode is your gentle reminder that it’s okay to rest. Listen to this episode for my 3 reasons on why it’s okay to rest. #WorkLessMakeMore
Redefining Wealth Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redefining-wealth-with-patrice-washington/id1281824139
If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout, connect with me below:**
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/sisnegotiates/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/
In an attempt to not look like the angry black woman, we can often veer off to the other extreme and attempt to be too nice during a negotiation. Being nice means that you’re agreeable. Listen to this episode to learn how you can bring your truel self to any negotiation.
If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout, connect with me below:
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/sisnegotiates/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/ Redefining Wealth Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redefining-wealth-with-patrice-washington/id1281824139
You need to know what your non-negotiables are. Point blank period.
Listen to episode 47 to find out how you establish them!
If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout, connect with me below:
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/sisnegotiates/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/
Redefining Wealth Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redefining-wealth-with-patrice-washington/id1281824139
There is the skill of negotiating, but there is actually a whole lot of preparatory work that is required before you actually negotiate.
Listen in on these 3 preparatory steps you must do to negotiate for your ideal job.
**Redefining Wealth Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redefining-wealth-with-patrice-washington/id1281824139
If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout, connect with me below:**
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/sisnegotiates/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/
It could feel defeating when your job does not want to negotiate on a specific offer.
However, there are still action steps you can take.
Listen in on those 5 action steps in this podcast episode and share with a friend.
Redefining Wealth Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redefining-wealth-with-patrice-washington/id1281824139
If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout, connect with me below:
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/sisnegotiates/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/
Preparation is key prior to a negotiation.
One of the most important things to prepare is your mind.
Listen to Episode 44 on the Negotiation to Freedom Podcast on the 5 mindset strategies to use before your negotiation.
Redefining Wealth Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redefining-wealth-with-patrice-washington/id1281824139
If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout, connect with me below:
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/sisnegotiates/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/
Do you know when your season is up at a job or a career?
There’s a mental struggle that occurs knowing that it’s time to leave, but you’re still there.
When you step into the full awareness that you’re not supposed to be there, you can abundantly receive everything that’s waiting in store for you.
Listen to this podcast episode to learn how.
When we are ready to make a career shift, we may move farther away from actually making that shift.
It can be a scary process so your brain presents solutions to you that allows you to feel safe.
But Sis, you can make the shift.
Listen to this episode to learn how.
Redefining Wealth Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redefining-wealth-with-patrice-washington/id1281824139
If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout, connect with me below:
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/sisnegotiates/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/
When you are looking for a new job or new career path, it can get very discouraging.
You have defined the criteria of your “perfect job”, but you can’t seem to find it.
Well, stay tuned to this episode to learn how.
Redefining Wealth Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redefining-wealth-with-patrice-washington/id1281824139
If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout, connect with me below:
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/sisnegotiates/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/
It’s much easier to live within the status quo.
Let’s face it. It’s the path of least resistance.
Yet, we are so malnourished there.
Therefore, I’m calling us to become defiant.
**Listen to this podcast episode to learn more about what this means.
Redefining Wealth Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redefining-wealth-with-patrice-washington/id1281824139
If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout, connect with me below:**
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/sisnegotiates/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/
Currently, you may feel insecure in your job.
You are no longer happy there.
You are not using your gifts there.
Your values are not aligned there.
But you create your own security.
Listen to this episode to learn how.
Redefining Wealth Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redefining-wealth-with-patrice-washington/id1281824139
If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout, connect with me below:
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/sisnegotiates/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/
The first step to changing your results is becoming aware of your thoughts.
Are you mindful of what your thoughts are telling you?
Are they telling you need to stay at your current job?
Are they telling you, you are not enough?
Listen to this episode to learn how to become mindful of your thoughts during a negotiation.
Redefining Wealth Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redefining-wealth-with-patrice-washington/id1281824139
If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout, connect with me below:
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/sisnegotiates/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/
I say often that negotiation begins with becoming grounded in your value.
In this episode, I illustrate what that truly means.
Take a listen!
Redefining Wealth Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redefining-wealth-with-patrice-washington/id1281824139
If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout, connect with me below:
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/sisnegotiates/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/
Negotiation can actually be a beautiful experience.
It affords us the ability to truly connect with another human being.
This fosters empathy and understanding each other’s needs.
Listen to this episode to learn how you can use empathy in your next negotiation
Redefining Wealth Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redefining-wealth-with-patrice-washington/id1281824139
If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout, connect with me below:
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/sisnegotiates/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/
There are so many feelings that come up during a negotiation, but a predominant feeling that comes up a lot is inadequacy.
How do you audaciously negotiate when you are feeling inadequate?
Listen to this episode to learn how.
Redefining Wealth Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redefining-wealth-with-patrice-washington/id1281824139
If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout, connect with me below:
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/sisnegotiates/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/
Have you ever asked yourself this question prior to a negotiation?
Well, I have!
I used to ask myself all the time.
And it drove me crazy..
Why couldn’t I just say the number without having second thoughts?
Why couldn’t I just remain confident?
Why couldn’t I just speak more boldly?
Let me tell you why in this episode.
**Redefining Wealth Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redefining-wealth-with-patrice-washington/id1281824139
If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout, connect with me below:**
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/sisnegotiates/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/
Sometimes we stay in positions for too long.
Sometimes we stay in positions that do not serve us.
And they do not fit.
But we continue to stay there.
We have to be the ones to make these positions fit us.
We do this through audacious negotiation.
Redefining Wealth Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redefining-wealth-with-patrice-washington/id1281824139
If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout, connect with me below:
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/sisnegotiates/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/
It’s important to define it for yourself.
We can curate our freedom through negotiation
When we use voice to stand up for what we believe in, we can all be free.
The Negotiate to Freedom podcast drops new episodes every Friday so make sure you catch that new drip each and every Friday!
Redefining Wealth Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redefining-wealth-with-patrice-washington/id1281824139
If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout, connect with me below:
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/sisnegotiates/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/
I read the negotiation books.
I listened to the negotiation podcasts.
I took a bunch of notes about negotiation.
But it didn’t click until I was sold on my value.
Listen to this podcast episode to learn how to get sold on your value so you can audaciously negotiate.
If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout, connect with me below:
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/sisnegotiates/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/
Redefining Wealth Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redefining-wealth-with-patrice-washington/id1281824139
Do you think that there is a cap on how much you can make?
If you say yes, I beg to differ.
Because how will you know if you never ask for more?
I’m not talking about a little bit more, but the type of more that makes you shooketh.
It’s asking that type of more that builds our audacity.
It’s asking that type of more that allows the powers that be to start getting used to it.
It’s asking that type more that allows us to negotiate to freedom.
So ask for more.
Redefining Wealth Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redefining-wealth-with-patrice-washington/id1281824139
If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout, connect with me below:
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/sisnegotiates/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/
Welcome to a new episode on the Negotiate to Freedom podcast!
On this podcast episode, I delve deeper in my story on:
✅how I started my negotiation journey
✅how I learned to grapple the internal struggles of negotiating as a professional woman of color
✅how I came to be THE Negotiation Coach for Professional Women of Color
The Negotiate to Freedom podcast drops new episodes every Friday so make sure you catch that new drip each and every Friday!
If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout, connect with me below:
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/medfitdo/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/
Redefining Wealth Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redefining-wealth-with-patrice-washington/id1281824139
Ayyy! New podcast title, who dis?
THE Negotiation Coach for Professional Women of Color.
That’s who.
Man.
How did I get here?
I was literally fighting with the enemy to take my rightful place.
But I would do it again because I know who I do this for.
My mission is to help professional women of color negotiate audaciously.
My purpose is to help professional women of color identify their purpose, power, and strength that they never knew existed through their voice.
Welcome to the Negotiate to Freedom Podcast.
If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout, connect with me below:
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/medfitdo/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sisnegotiates/ Redefining Wealth Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redefining-wealth-with-patrice-washington/id1281824139
**Sometimes we think we have a fixed purpose for our profession, but it can change. With our changed purpose, it forces us to change so that we believe greater for ourselves. Your purpose does not have to look like anyone else’s because it’s yours and trust that it is okay if it changes.
Redefining Wealth Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redefining-wealth-with-patrice-washington/id1281824139**
If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout, connect with me below:
Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/medfitdo/decisioncall?month=2022-11
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/medfitdo/
**Sometimes we think we have a fixed purpose for our profession, but it can change. With our changed purpose, it forces us to change so that we believe greater for ourselves. Your purpose does not have to look like anyone else’s because it’s yours and trust that it is okay if it changes.
Redefining Wealth Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redefining-wealth-with-patrice-washington/id1281824139**
If you are interested in learning more about how you can create your life, connect with me below:
30 Min Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/medfitdo
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/medfitdo/
**Have you ever thought why does your professional career feel like you are sacrificing yourself all the time? Can I just be happy and love what I do? I didn’t think it was possible until I learned how to affirm new beliefs about myself.
Redefining Wealth Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redefining-wealth-with-patrice-washington/id1281824139
If you are interested in learning more about how you can create your life, connect with me below:**
30 Min Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/medfitdo
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/medfitdo/
**Not only do we have to create boundaries in our personal lives, but need to also create them in the workplace. However, when the creation of a workplace boundary gets delayed it is often because the workplace value that supports that boundary has not yet become identified. When you learn to identify your workplace values, your workplace boundaries are created automatically.
Redefining Wealth Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redefining-wealth-with-patrice-washington/id1281824139
If you are interested in learning more about how you can create your life, connect with me below:**
30 Min Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/medfitdo
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/medfitdo/
**I used to think being a great negotiator was knowing how to confidently learn how to use verbal strategies until I realized that there was something much deeper than the surface that I could not unlock. I could not even get myself to use those verbal strategies because I did not have the proper mindset that is required in front of any negotiation table.
Redefining Wealth Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redefining-wealth-with-patrice-washington/id1281824139
If you are interested in learning more about how you can create your life, connect with me below:**
30 Min Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/medfitdo
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/medfitdo/
**As human beings we tend to focus on problems. That is a natural part of being human. When navigating my career, I only saw problems until I started to hone into my creativity to find a solution. My creativity led me to negotiating a four day week so that I could still love my job and create a purpose driven business on the side.
If you are interested in learning more about how you can create your life, connect with me below:**
30 Min Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/medfitdo
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/medfitdo/ Redefining Wealth Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redefining-wealth-with-patrice-washington/id1281824139
Listen, as professional women we can be so busy that life happens to us.
But it does not have to be that way!
We can stop and take control of our “busy lives” by doing a life evaluation.
**I take time each week on Sunday to evaluate my life in six key areas so that I make sure I’m not doing things just to do them. This way, I ensure that there is intentionality behind everything that I do.
If you are interested in learning more about how you can create your life, connect with me below:**
30 Min Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/medfitdo
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/medfitdo/
Redefining Wealth Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redefining-wealth-with-patrice-washington/id1281824139
**Let’s face it, as professional women of color there is an unconscious need to prove our worth. That leads to us overworking ourselves. Then, what happens when a challenging situation at work or in life arises? Things tend to spiral out of control. This podcast episode teaches you how to find rest in challenging situations.
If you are interested in learning more about how you can create your life, connect with me below:**
30 Min Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/medfitdo
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/medfitdo/
Sometimes, we move unconsciously throughout our careers by fulfilling other people’s expectations of us.
We take career positions that we don’t truly want.
We think that we are underqualified for the career position we truly want.
We may even want to move differently in our career in a way that has never been done before, but because it’s never been done we think we can’t be THE ONE.
If you are interested in learning more about how you can create your life, connect with me below:
30 Min Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/medfitdo
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/medfitdo/
When thinking about how I was going to create my life around my career and not the other way around, I had to be willing to risk my comfort.
I had to be willing to risk the comfort of not learning how to negotiate.
I had to be willing to risk the comfort of living up to everyone’s expectations of me.
I had to be willing to risk the comfort of being the same, shy introverted little girl who was always afraid to speak up for herself.
If you are interested in learning more about how you can create your life, connect with me below:
30 Min Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/medfitdo
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/medfitdo/
Yo, did this little boy just growl at me?
I was taking a history and the little boy interrupted me and said “Rawwr”
I was confused.
His older brother without hesitation said “Oh, he’s a T-Rex”.
I continued my history taking and he growled again.
Ok, now this got me intrigued.
This little boy had to believe he could be a T-Rex and then identified as a T-Rex so much that his older brother also believed it.
He imagined a new life for himself by becoming someone new.
How many times do we take the time to think we could become someone new?
By becoming someone new, we can create our lives exactly how we want.
If you are interested in learning more about how you can create your life, connect with me below:
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**I was a whole hot mess before I started setting my intention for the day. As professional women, most of our time is spent at work and sometimes work be working! However, when we set our intention for the day we can be more present and serve in our highest capacity. Sis, we don’t have to let our work day ruin our whole day. We can learn how to become mentally and emotionally fit so we can peacefully deal with work challenges as they come.
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**You do not have to accept all the demands that you believe your career has placed on you because when you do that, you sacrifice your mind and your body. You are the one that sets the demand on your career and not the other way around. When you do that, you create life and work alignment which creates a peace that you simply cannot understand.
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**We go through thousands of thoughts per day, but if we don’t stop to take inventory of those thoughts, they become our beliefs. These are beliefs that then become continual lies that our brain tells us. When you are mentally fit, you learn to take inventory of these thoughts so that you can affirm new beliefs for yourself.
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**Sometimes we may want something so badly that we search far and wide to find it; when in actuality, that thing is sitting right underneath our nose. I wanted so badly to be a great leader within various aspects of my life, but soon realized through my mental fitness journey that I already had attributes that made me born to lead.
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**Every new thing that I have ever done has been done with an undertone of “I am not enough”, which created so much mental and emotional overwhelm for me. I decided that “I am sufficient” and also decided that I wanted to operate from that new belief. With any exercise, building your sufficiency muscle takes reps and does not happen overnight, but when you do get that sufficiency muscle….. BAY-BEE!!!
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**Your fitness routine requires great intentionality. It starts with your mental fitness and realizing that you are a priority. When you realize that you are a priority, then all your to dos move around you and not the other way around. Your mental fitness centers you and keeps you grounded so that you can minimize the mind chatter and live the way that God or your higher power has already intended for you to live.
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Have you ever been overwhelmed? Have you ever felt that there are so many things to do, but never enough time? Have you ever wondered why everything has to be on your shoulders? Do you wish you said “No” right after saying “Yes” to something you had no business doing in the first place? Sis, I feel you!!! And I want you to know that you simply decide not to be overwhelmed. It’s just a decision and when you are attuned into your mental fitness routine, you can clearly and confidently make that decision.
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I was trying to find more joy in my physician work. Everyone around me looked as if they lost pride and joy in their work and quite honestly, I was feeling the same way. What I learned was I did not have to subscribe to the same thoughts and actions that everyone else around me did. I had to focus on serving myself first with my mental fitness, emotional fitness, etc which allowed me to serve at a higher level and hence restored the pride and joy that I have in being a physician.
If you are interested in learning more about how you can create your life, connect with me below:
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I’ve come to grow my self concept and I’ve realized that I need multiple hands to cast my big vision for my life. It’s so easy to want to feel busy and productive from doing all the things yourself. However, casting a big vision requires help. Listen to this episode to learn how you can cast a big vision for your own life.
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We commonly hear the phrase, “Have faith”, but how do we actually do this? It involves taking one small action step toward something that is uncomfortable. All you need is one small action step that is consistently done. When you apply your spiritual fitness to your mental fitness, things may come out way better than you expected them to do. Listen to this episode to hear how I did this, which helped me design my life just the way I’ve always wanted to.
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Y’all, almost everything that has impacted every decision and action that I took was the little girl inside of me. Most of us have thoughts are not currently emanating from us in the current day but they are thoughts that are carried with us from our little girl. “I am not enough” was a constant thought that was my echoed from my little girl, but I decided to “push through” that as culture teaches how to do. When I got still, I learned that instead of suppressing my little girl I could honor her instead. My hope is that listening to this episode will help you honor your little girl too.
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When I graduated from Sports Medicine Fellowship, I dreamed of working a 4 day work week cause y'all, I was TIYAD 😩 ! But Wayment, how was I supposed to do that?
I had to identify my value. In literal terms, value is used to stress the importance or significance of a particular item. I had to identify my importance/significance in order for me to negotiate a 4 day work week. I stood tall on that value and was able to achieve working 4 days per week in my first year as an attending physician.
Knowledge of my value has assisted me in architecting my life the way I want and I would love to help you do the same. Sis, you have value but the first thing is to identify it for yourself.
What is your value?
If you are interested in learning more about becoming architect of your life, connect with me below:
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Y'all!!! It's been a week. It has been a week! With the recent shooting in Uvalde, TX followed by the shooting in Buffalo, do some of you feel like you just want to quit on life? I know I did. Then, I got a great reminder from my Coach, "They are not giving up, so why should we?" In this episode, I talk about how we can contribute moving forward despite current events by having more audacity than white supremacy!
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I know we hear the word mindfulness all the time, but what does that actually look like? What occurs in your brain when you are mindful? What are you able to produce in your life when you are mindful?
Here I go in depth all about mindfulness.
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When I envisioned the woman I wanted to become, I realized that I needed help. I needed someone who was far more powerful than me to help me create this big and bold life. I had to call on God! Furthermore, I needed help to get there so I got a Faith Coach to help me live out the vision that I could not physically see yet and therefore help me create a spiritual fitness routine.
If you're looking to level up your faith, check out my Pastor and Faith Coach who I mention in this podcast episode:
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Ok Ok hear a sister out. I love to exercise. It's the one thing I did really well during my residency years. It's the one thing I could control, however though I was physically fit, I was so mentally and emotionally unfit. We will congratulate ourselves on our physical fitness routine, but is there a mental fitness routine as well?
During my Internal Medicine residency, I thought that there had to be more to this grind. It was so exhausting, but then I started to listening to Jim Rohn and that changed everything for me. He stated "Learn to work harder on yourself than you do on your job". Instead of working so hard on my job, I started working harder on myself.
Here is a YouTube link of one of my favorite virtual mentors, Jim Rohn!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUKjrJEF6G8
Here I break down the impetus for my fitness journey.
I'm here to serve busy professional women like me go from mentally stuck to mentally fit. It all starts with choosing your thoughts!
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