Healing Medicine: Mindfulness, Mindset & Physician Well-Being

111. Setting Intentions is a Powerful Practice (Encore)

29 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Setting intentions is much more effective as a New Year tradition than making a resolution. It is a mindful practice that has a powerful impact on you...

110. Why Intentions Are Better Than Goals (Encore)

27 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to a rerelease of our 2021 podcast to learn how to choose intentions well. Learn why intentions are better than goals, and how to choose them w...

109. How to Grow Self-Trust, Start Approving of Yourself, and Finally Decide "You Belong"

25 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Learn how to grow self-trust and approve of yourself. Learn how to stop looking for the answer and instead show up as the answer. Deciding you are doi...

108. Potent Medicine and a Recipe for Joy with Dr. Liz Treynor

18 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A conversation about the value of wellness retreats with Dr. Liz Treynor. Understand why retreat are not luxurious or indulgent but are "responsible."...

107. You Can't Be Everyone's Cup of Tea: How to Move Beyond People Pleasing

08 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

People pleasing and fear of rejection are normal human emotions.  Mindfulness and self-compassion are the key to coming back home to yourself.  What...

106. Why It's So Hard to Make Good Friends

03 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Finding and maintaining deep connections and friendships is challenging for most high-achieving professional women. If you have difficulties making fr...

105. Lessen Family Drama with "Loving Amusement"

27 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

"Loving amusement" is a "feeling" that can help you create ease in challenging relationships. Listen to find out how to use this fun tool to create co...

104. Mindful Gifting - What Would Love Gift? (Encore)

25 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A cyber Monday re-release of last year's mindful gifting episode What would love gift? Mindfulness, coaching and intention are antidotes to consumeris...

103. Finding Joy and Peace Amidst Holiday Chaos (Encore)

24 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A re-release of last year's pre-Thanksgiving episode. Holidays often bring up stress and family drama. We hope this episode helps you find more calm, ...

102. Embracing Sh*t

20 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Manure is fertilizer for the most beautiful gardens. Resisting sh*t causes more suffering.   If we choose to embrace life's challenges and sh*tstorms...

101. Embrace Shifting Seasons

13 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Inspired by fall back and the impending transition from fall to winter.     In our harried technology-filled lives of the 21st century, our schedul...

100. Quit with Authenticity and Compassion

06 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The world will not fall apart if you follow your heart. This podcast came about because we followed our hearts. Its existence required that we quit a...

99. Ask Better Questions, Live a Better Life: A Mindful Approach to Self-Inquiry

30 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Did you know that the questions you ask yourself shape your mindset, happiness, and overall well-being? While we carefully consider how we ask questi...

98. The Healing Benefits Of Water

23 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What we can learn from water, a solocast with Dr. Ni-Cheng Liang. Water can inspire us to foster well-being.   Learn about self-care through hydrati...

97. Jealousy is a Clue to Desire

16 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Learn to navigate jealousy.   Jealousy does not have to be a problem. It can be a teacher. Until coaching, I saw jealousy through the lens of scarci...

96. How to Help When Your Loved One Struggles with Their Mental Health

09 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What would compassion do? In honor of World Mental Health Day, today's podcast is offered to decrease stigma and normalize mental health struggles in ...

95. The Power of the Exhale

02 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Life lessons from the out breath. The exhale shines and spotlights many life lessons. The exhale is passive– the diaphragm relaxes in order to come ...

94. Allow Yourself To Be Human

25 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Having human expectations of humans is healthy.  This episode invites you to notice where your expectations of yourself and others may be unrealistic...

93. Parent Coaching in Action: Helping a Mama Bear Find Relief from Anxiety

18 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Experience live coaching of a loving yet worried physician mom. Witness her shift from spinning in worry and swirling in anxiety to embracing acceptan...

92. Drop Resistance to Enjoy Freedom and Capacity

11 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hard is not more valuable. Struggle is not more worthwhile. Busy is not better. Recorded on Labor Day, we discuss how the culture of hard, busy, and s...

91. Better Together - Finding Alignment With Mindfulness and Coaching with Dr. April Wazeka

04 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If you are thinking about it, try it. Mindfulness and coaching are synergistic. They are better together. Today's special guest shares her story as a ...

90. Tips to Gracefully Launch Your Children

28 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Launching children you love with love.  What would love do?  What would grace do?   What would presence do? Love would show up with curiosity and ...

89. How to Recharge Yourself

21 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dance in the trees, listen to chocolate, and experience mindfulness, yoga, and coaching -- in a garden, at the beach, in a yurt, and amidst the redwo...

88. The Brain is a Powerful Sex Organ Dr. Kelly Casperson

14 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Good sex happens when you are calm and accepting. Sex works "best" when you aren't stressed. In this episode, Jessie and special guest Dr Kelly Casper...

87. Exploring Limiting Beliefs with a Side of Imposter Syndrome

07 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Who Am I Too…? We invite you to join us in exploring where this thought comes up in your life. What limiting beliefs do you have and how do they sho...

86. How to Responsibly Create Nourishing Spaces with Jennifer Downing

31 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Blending wellness and interior design. A conversation about the intersection of beauty, space, nature, health, and healing.  Where do you find wholen...

85. The One Thing That Changes Everything

24 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A solo cast sharing Jessie's journey both getting coached and as a coach. This episode is an opportunity to hear why Jessie pivoted to coaching, clari...

84. Honor Diastole and Live A Wholehearted Life with Dr. Gail Wright

17 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Delight is NOT decadent. It is sustenance. When we honor diastole, we honor ourselves. Honoring diastole is healing for our own hearts. A necessary, ...

83. Don't Let Urgency Call the Shots

10 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We encourage you to opt-out of a life of urgency. Urgency and busyness are the norm and even celebrated in our culture, but hustle and bustle have a c...

82. Solving Complex Problems with Out of the Box Approaches - More Learnings from A Physician Well-Being Think Tank

03 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Many helpful well-being lessons can be learned from industries outside healthcare.  Our second episode sharing insights from Jessie's experience at t...

81. What Do We Do When Our Hearts Hurt - Responding Rather than Reacting to the Overturning of Roe v Wade

26 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mindfulness and thought work can help when we are faced with challenging and upsetting information and realities. Today we explore how they can help w...

80. No Cape is Needed - Reflections on Physician Well-Being

19 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Learning from a Physician Well-Being Think Tank. Part 1. Gratitude to the Teravana Foundation and Mindful MD for hosting the think tank "experience." ...

79. Being Kind To Yourself is Better than Being Nice

12 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Is it possible to be too kind to yourself?   Niceness and kindness are different.   "Niceness stays quiet. Kindness speaks up. Niceness is toxic. Ki...

78. Parent from Abundance - An Invitation to Step Out of the Parenting "Rat Race"

05 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Tools to traverse common parenting stresses with mindfulness.   Another episode in our Parent with Presence series. As a parent, you are not alone i...

77. Navigating Intense Emotions in the Wake of Tragedy

29 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What can you do when you feel rage, sadness, and overwhelm. frustration and grief in the face of incomprehensible tragedy? In response to the recent s...

76. The Power of Community

22 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mindfulness is an antidote to loneliness whether practiced alone or in community.   When mindfulness is practiced in community, the benefits are eve...

75. Loving Awareness In Action - The Science of Social Justice with Dr. Sará King

15 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If you have a body, you deserve well-being Dr. Sará King joins us for a special episode. She is a mother,  neuroscientist, political and learning sc...

74. Honor Your Relationship With Your Mother (Encore Release)

11 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mindfulness and intention are helpful in mother relationships. In this episode, we explore the idea of choice and showing up with mindful intention ra...

73. Mental Health is Health

08 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

May is mental health awareness month. In honor of Mother's Day, we share our personal mental health stories as women and mothers. We talk about depres...

72. A Mother's Day Gift - Encore Release

04 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A re-release of last year's pre-Mothers Day episode.  Tips to enjoy your Mother's Day to the fullest. Mother's Day is not always rainbows and joy.  ...

71. How To Be An Even Better Mom

01 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Parent with presence, peace and purpose.   In honor of Mothers Day, we share our reflections from another year of "mothering."   We explore the op...

70. When Life Happens Don't Resist the Wind

24 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

When life happens you get to choose how to respond.  It's ok not to know what to do and feel stuck. It's ok not to feel wise. Connection, conversatio...

69. We Need Loving Kindness

17 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this special solocast with Dr. Ni-Cheng Liang, she shares the definition of loving-kindness otherwise known as metta. Inspired by the work of worl...

68. The Science of Mindfulness

10 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How and why mindfulness works. It's not woo woo. There is lots of science to support its impact. Our brain is capable of change.  Mindfulness is the ...

67. Teen Mental Health: Mindfulness Can Help

03 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Teens need mindfulness more than ever right now. Today's episode includes a special guest Dr. Dzung Vo, who is a pediatrician specializing in adolesce...

66. Heal Your Relationship with Money

27 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What's your money narrative? A conversation with special guest Erin Gray, a former certified financial planner and pharmacy tech, who is now a life co...

65. Stop Trying to Fix Your Kids

20 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our job as parents is to love our children not "fix them."  Not fixing our kids is an act of love - for ourselves and for them.   Trying to fix the...

64. Change Your Relationship with Your Body

13 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Learn how to start being kind to yourself, why you should choose to be on the same team as your body and how to make it happen.  Learn to notice when...

63. Cultivating Mindful Families

06 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mindfulness and intention can change your family life for the better. Today's episode explores how they can help to both bring in experiential learnin...

62. Change Your Relationship with Exercise

27 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Exercise is one of the most beneficial and powerful medicines we have! And yet so many still struggle with making it a habit.  Exercise can be fun, p...

61. Savor All the Moments of Parenthood

20 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Choose to stop rushing as a parent and rediscover joy. Savor every moment. Being present in the moment, whatever age and stage it is, is where the m...

60. Self-Compassion in the Moment

13 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

An open, honest, and entirely unscripted conversation about how self compassion can be practiced in the moment.  We share our experiences of a recent...

59. There Are No Prizes for the Most Suffering

06 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Taking care of yourself well is an act of kindness and self-love.  This is the first episode in our series on Mindful Love. Choosing not to suffer or...

58. Change Your Relationship with Food

30 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mindful and intuitive eating can change your relationship with food to one that is healthier, kinder, more compassionate, and more enjoyable. In this ...

57: Nature Heals and Inspires

23 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Nature is healing and as such can be viewed as a form of medicine. Nature and mindfulness are synergistic.  So many of us lack exposure to nature in ...

56. Mindfulness Makes Menopause Better

16 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mindfulness helps to ease life transitions, especially menopause. Allowing and accepting, honoring, and feeling through your experience of menopause i...

55. Setting Intentions is a Powerful Practice

09 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Setting intentions is a mindful practice that provides tremendous growth and has a powerful impact on your life experience.  It is much more effectiv...

54. Celebrations

02 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Happy birthday to the podcast!   Reflections on our journey co-hosting the Mindful Healers Podcast. We call out the common discomfort many of us hav...

53: Hard Reset

26 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A "hard reset" is when ctrl-alt-del happens in life.  It very often feels "negative" but when the experience is approached with mindfulness and curio...

52. Play is Essential for Adults Too

19 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Playing is not a waste of time. It is often interpreted as frivolous but it is actually an important source of both relaxation and stimulation for adu...

51. Mindful Gifting - What Would Love Gift?

12 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mindfulness and intention are antidotes to consumerism, holiday excess, and overwhelm.   In today's solo cast, Jessie explores her journey with Chri...

50. Milestones

05 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Milestones often involve numbers, and they are a natural opportunity to pivot or to reflect.  Your story around milestones determines your experience...

49. Charting with Ease

28 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tips to mindfully approach charting or any other task you would rather not do. We share our own struggles with charting and ways in which a task such ...

48. Finding Joy and Peace Amidst Holiday Chaos

21 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Holidays often bring up stress and family drama.  Today we share mindfulness and mindset tools to help you find more calm, peace, and joy during the ...

47. Mindful Self-Compassion- A Conversation with Kristin Neff Ph.D.

14 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"Just Try it" Kristin Neff Ph.D. is an internationally renowned self-compassion researcher and teacher, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology ...

46. True Intimacy Requires Mindfulness

07 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mindfulness helps you both create and enjoy more intimacy and connection Mindfulness and intention can help you solve intimacy and sex "challenges", s...

45. What to do when Parenting is "A Lot"

31 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Life as a parent can be overwhelming.  You are not alone in having moments when it feels like a lot or too much.   Mindfulness and self-compassion ...

44. Why You Should Rest

24 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rest is of paramount importance to continue to function at the highest level.  When we deprive ourselves of rest, we can do harm.  In today's episod...

43. How Mindfulness Can Help You Get More Done

17 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Being mindful can make you more productive.   Time management is about managing your mind,  focusing and managing your energy.  It is often making...

42. Parent with Presence Instead of Worry

10 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mindfulness and intention helps you show up as the present parent you want to be. Showing up with fear, as a protector, and/or striving to be the best...

41. Connecting Despite Differences

03 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we offer mindful tools and strategies when encountering those with different beliefs that help you connect despite differences. Explor...

40. Self-Compassion with Special Guest Dr. Steven Hickman

26 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In today's episode, Dr. Ni-Cheng Liang interviews special guest, Dr. Steven Hickman, psychologist, internationally renowned mindfulness and mindful se...

39. Give Yourself Permission

19 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

You are the utmost authority on your own life  What is it ok to allow yourself or "approve" yourself to do?  What rules do you have for yourself?  ...

38. Decisions Can Be Simple

12 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Decisions are a fork in the road. A pivot.  Do you always want to make the "best" decision?    Do you spend time, energy, and lots of angsty emoti...

37. Getting Help Helps

05 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Getting Help is a strength not a weakness.  Getting help is an act of kindness for you, and for others. You can go farther, faster with help. Help he...

36. Kindness Is The Answer

29 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Title 36. Kindness Is The Answer You are worth the same kindness you give to others. The current pandemic is a radical opportunity to choose to show u...

35. It's OK To Not Be OK

22 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

If you are feeling "not ok" right now, you are not alone.  In this episode, as the pandemic surges yet again, and tragedies are unfolding around the ...

34. Loving Someone Who Struggles

15 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Relationships, when someone is struggling with their mental health, can be amazing and full of love.  When we change how we show up for them it can c...

33. Allowing Joy

08 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Joy is within you but it requires mindfulness and presence to find it.   Allowing, finding, and creating joy is a gift to yourself and others.    ...

32. Time is Abundant

01 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Time is one of our most precious commodities and we can choose how to spend it.  In today's episode, we reflect upon our relationship with time and p...

31. Why Intentions Are Better Than Goals

25 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we share the magic of intentions and how this "mindful" approach to living helps you get closer to living the life you want to be living.   In...

30. The Power of An Intentional Pause

18 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When you intentionally take a pause to attend to mind, body, and spirit - all at the same time- it's powerful medicine.  Taking time for yourself to ...

29. Building A Mindful Scaffold

11 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mindfulness can be a learned way of being that creates spaciousness in a healer's life.   In this episode we share the concept of building a scaffol...

28. Discomfort Is Not A Problem

04 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

There is discomfort where you are and where you are going.  Resisting it makes it more uncomfortable.  Don't let discomfort get in your way.   Don'...

27. Owning Your Story As A Heroine's Journey

27 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This special interview with Dr. Yvonne Ator was recorded on Juneteenth. The first time it was recognized as a federal holiday.   Dr. Ator shares her...

26. A Gift for Fathers Day: What To Do When You Parent Differently

20 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Because we want the best for our children and we have smart brains that are trained specifically to think in certain ways- we often encounter a fair a...

25. Nourish Yourself: The Secret Sauce To A Life Better Lived

13 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nourishment is a prerequisite for transformation and a life better lived.  There are many ways to nourish yourself beyond food.  Today Jessie is joi...

24. Choose How You Spend Your Time & Energy

06 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In today's episode we talk about mindful and strategic approaches to emerging from the pandemic.  This moment in time is an opportunity to be intenti...

23. Mindful of Delight

30 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Experiencing delight is one of life's joys, and is part of living into a variety of experiences.   We can choose to live a light hearted life, and le...

22. Tips for Mindful Entrepreneurship

23 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In today's episode, we share our stories of mindful entrepreneurship and the success and pleasure that can come when you apply pause and presence to b...

21. How To Be A Better Mom

16 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The intention of this episode is to help moms all over the world tap into their innate capacity for mindfulness and intention as a key parenting and p...

20. Your Relationship With Your Mother

09 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mindfulness can help guide us and ground us through this most intimate of life's relationships.  Love isn't always harmonious and it doesn't always f...

19. A Mother's Day Gift

02 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mother's Day is not always rainbows and joy.  When you approach the day with mindfulness and intention, it's possible to experience beauty, connectio...

18. What Would Love Do?

25 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today's episode is the first in a series on "Mindful Love" "We are not held back by the love we did not receive in the past but by the love we are not...

17. How The Beginner's Mind of Mindfulness Helps You Recognize Bias

18 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In today's episode, Dr. Liang shares her first-hand experience of Anti-Asian racism and microaggressions, helping to bring awareness to the fact that ...

16. Mindful Minimalism: Find Calm and Ease Through Emotional and Physical Decluttering

11 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

There is a deep longing in our country to be able to show up differently for our stuff and our lives and to make changes.  And it feels very hard to ...

15. Allowing Yourself to Shine Is A Gift to Yourself AND the World

04 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Allowing yourself to shine is a gift -to yourself and others. We hope this episode inspires those of you who may be "staying small" to show up more fu...

14. We Are Just Getting Started: Celebrating the Women Physician Leaders Behind The Mindful Healthcare Collective

28 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The more you give the more you receive.  In honor of National Physician's Week and the one-year anniversary of the Mindful Healthcare Collective, thi...

13. Scanxiety and Beyond: How Mindfulness Can Help You Better Handle the What Ifs of Life

21 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we normalize and call out the idea of pre-anticipatory anxiety and worry--  whether it is "Scanxiety" about an upcoming cancer survei...

12. How "Buoyancy" Can Help You

14 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Buoyancy is a word and a concept that you can use to change your life experience.  In this episode we share how you can use words and language to cha...