Inspired Mom MDs

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Dr. Elissa Gartenberg trained at Mayo Clinic. Now, the resume line everyone expects to hear next: insurance-based practice, packed schedule, burnout by forty. Rather than build the career she was handed, she built a concierge practice around the medicine she actually believes in. Bold. Or maybe just honest.

Then motherhood didn't go the way she'...

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What if some things women brush off as stress, getting older, or just being busy are really signs that something more serious is going on with their heart?

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women, but the conversation around women's heart health is often incomplete. A lot of women are never told that things like hormone changes, pr...

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Have you ever noticed a symptom in your body that felt small enough to ignore?

Maybe you noticed tension, a sense that something felt a little off, or even changes in your bladder habits, but you were just too busy to listen.

Did you know that stress and pelvic floor health are often more connected than many women realize?

Today, I'm talking with...

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“Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should.”

I found myself repeating that empowering quote 24 hours later hearing it, while navigating a small dilemma in my own life.

My guest, Dr. Stephanie Ganter, is a board-certified periodontist and implant surgeon who, in the middle of building a successful career, made a de...

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“Your brain is giving you hints. We just need to quiet down and listen.”

When my guest, Karen Geiger, said that during our conversation, I thought, “She gets it.” 

If you’ve been feeling mentally overloaded, emotionally stretched thin, or wondering why your brain suddenly feels foggy and scattered, this conversation is going to feel like a deep exhal...

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If you’ve ever wonderedhow to teach kids about money… but honestly weren’t quite sure where to start, you’re not alone.

Because most of us were never really taught this ourselves.
And now we’re trying to figure it out in real time…

We want to give them opportunities… without raising entitlement.
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“Even if it’s 10 minutes, take it for yourself because you need it.”

That is a powerful statement, spoken by Dr. Farah Deshmukh in this episode. She is an obesity medicine physician, mom, and children’s book author who found an unexpected path out of burnout.

For many physician moms, life becomes all about taking care of e...

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You walk in the door after a full day. You’re already tired and just as you set your bag down, your phone buzzes.

A message from a colleague.

It could be a question or a comment with a certain tone.

You feel that pull to respond and try to get it just right – clear, professional, not misinterpreted.

You reread it, adjust it, and wonder i...

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Parenting as a doctor mom can feel surprisingly hard.

You spend your day calm and focused with patients… solving problems and helping people through some of the most vulnerable moments in their lives.

And then you walk through the door at home.

Suddenly the skills that serve you so well in medicine don’t always translate. 

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If you’ve ever found yourself Googling “I’m worried about my child’s eating and weight,” this is for you.

Today I’m joined by Dr. Wendy Schofer, a board-certified pediatrician who practiced for years inside a system built on prescribing answers. But after watching families struggle with food fights, body image...

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“I’ve done all the right things, so why am I not happier?”

If that question has ever crossed your mind, you’re not alone.

So many women physicians reach this moment and immediately question themselves.

Am I just stressed?

Do I need a vacation?

Or is this actually growth asking for my attention?

In this episode, I sit down with...

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Many doctor moms I know can tell you their next professional milestone. Fewer can tell you what their body has been trying to say lately.

There’s a question we rarely pause long enough to ask: Can stress affect fertility?

Not in a dramatic, breaking-news kind of way. It’s more subtle.
In the exhaustion that hits when you finally si...

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Medicine teaches you how to save lives. 

It rarely teaches you what repeated exposure to suffering does to you.

Today’s episode is about traumatic stress in physicians – not burnout, not weakness, and not something you can outwork.

I’m joined by Dr. Kimia Serraf – Dr. K – a physician, public health expert, and nat...

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You are smart, accomplished, deeply trusted… and yet may feel like you fall short.

You may not feel good enough as a doctor mom, even after years of training, sacrifice, and success. Especially if the bar keeps moving, Especially if you’re tired of meeting others expectations.

I’m joined by Dr. Ana Tanase, board-certified in pediatrics and integrative medicine, and ...

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You can be competent, accomplished, and still feel deeply misaligned. 

And often, the hardest part is realizing you followed the rules and still lost yourself.

That tension is exactly where today’s conversation begins.

I’m joined by Dr. Alice Horrell, a board-certified emergency medicine physician who stepped out of the ER and int...

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“Balance is a myth we outgrow.”

That line stayed with me long after my conversation ended with guest Dr. Bojana Jankovic Weatherly.

She captured an experience many busy moms barely notice – that life doesn’t always fit into tidy categories. It will expand and contract, asking things of you that no one prepares you for.

In t...

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“Am I enough to be a leader?”
If you’ve ever wondered that, you’re not alone.

So many women physicians feel pressure to be louder, tougher, or somehow “more” than they are.
But the truth is simple, we’re not taught how to lead. Not really. And that gap shows up everywhere.

You can save a life without breaking a sweat&...

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We’ve all heard it or said it ourselves: “I can run on five hours of sleep.”
But does that really work? Or does it cost you more than you admit?

Today, we’re talking about sleep and mental health for physician moms. They’re inseparable, yet so many women in medicine can’t seem to rest, even when they know ...

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What if the time you’re spending caring for everyone else – your patients, your kids, your parents – isn’t lost time at all, it’s just a different kind of calling?

In Episode 76, I began this conversation about the sandwich generation moms and today I have a special guest, Dr. Krystal Sodaitis, to continue that jour...