The Brave Enough Show for Women Physicians
Episodes
Rebuilding Your Circle After Burnout
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Nikia Smith discuss: The different symptoms of burnout How impor...
The Walls We Build: Self-Protection That Turns into Self-Isolation
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Sunny Smith discuss: Being lonely in a room full of people How to ...
Making New Friends in Midlife
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: Friendship used to happen by proximity — now it requires intention ...
What Adult Friendship Really Looks Like (and Why It's So Hard)
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt, Krystal Eicher, & Wendy Guth discuss: How "having it all together" can keep us f...
Friendship in the Digital Age: Fake Connection vs. Real Community
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: Digital familiarity is not emotional intimacy Why high-f...
Reinventing Your Career After 40: Your Experience Is Your Power
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Lindsay Pinchuk discuss: How to reinvent your career after 40 How to p...
When Women Hurt Us: Healing Female Wounds Without Hardening
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Zarya Rubin discuss: The importance of Vitamin "J" How to downregu...
Loneliness and Your Nervous System
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Guest, Dr. Ashley Smith discuss: Loneliness is a call to action How to break o...
The Power of Women Gathering: Connection as Healing
09 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Erica Howe discuss: How successful women get so isolated How to come...
Loneliness in Plain Sight: Why So Many Accomplished Women Feel Alone
02 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: Loneliness Doesn't Mean You're Broken, It Means You're Human Busyness Is t...
Legacy, Not Lists: What Really Matters Now (Conversations about impact, meaning, and letting go of "doing it all.")
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr Karyn Shanks discuss: Holding space for yourself through hard times ...
The Joy of Missing Out: Ditching Perfection for Peace
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: Redefining Ambition Productivity vs. Purpose Joy of Missing ...
Rewriting the Rules at Fifty: Shedding expectations and reclaiming joy
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Cy Wakeman discuss: The power of re-remembering Finding your voice in y...
Aging Amazing: Simple Changes to Live Your Healthiest Self
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Amy Shah discuss: Why your gut health is critical to everything I...
Taking Brave Risks at Age 50: The Willingness to Veer From Other's Expectations of You
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Amy Vertrees talk about: Being brave enough to take risks Breaking free from an employee mindset Op...
Starting Over Isn't Starting Late: Inspiring Stories of Reinvention
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Jenn Landis discuss: Breaking free from golden handcuffs Major career a...
Reclaiming the Mirror: Body, Beauty, and Self-Worth
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: 1. The Mirror as a Battleground — and How to Take It Back 2. Agin...
The Power of Saying No: Boundaries That Heal
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: 1. The Cultural Weight of "Yes" 2. No as an Act of Self-Preservatio...
Letting Go of the Hustle: Permission to rest, slow down, and just be
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Kathy Stepien discuss: Letting go of hustle Quitting over-functionin...
Letting Go of “Should”: Rewriting the Rules at Fifty
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: 1. The Weight of “Should” — and Who Put It There 2. The Libera...
The Power of the Sister Circle: Community, not competition
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: You Were Never Meant to Do Brave Things Alone From Comparison to Colla...
Fail Loud, Rise Stronger: Redefining failure, sharing real stories of risk and fallout, and what comes next
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: Failure Isn’t the Opposite of Success — It’s Part of It ...
Ambition, Rewired: Rewriting the Rules of Work and Leadership
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Ali Brown discuss: What to do when you are isolated as a woman Redefining...
How to Make Big, Brave Moves: The First Steps Out of Your Comfort Zone
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Letizia Alto discuss: How your life can change with one simple question Gi...
Burn the Backup Plan: The power of letting go of the "just in case" mindset
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Chrissie Ott discuss: Chrissie’s experience with burning the backup pla...
Rewriting the Rules of Success
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Tiffany Moon discuss: What to do when you find yourself successful yet tot...
Bravery in the Micro-Moments: Everyday decisions that build a life of courage
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: Redefining Bravery: It’s Not Just the Big Leaps The Power of “No”...
Sharing Our Stories Can Save Us: Transitions and new beginnings
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Stacy Wentworth discuss: How to turn a career letdown into a comeback Sayi...
When the Golden Cage Feels Like Home
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Kara Pepper discuss: The courage to walk away from prestigious, stable careers ...
Permission to Be Bold
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: Playing small serves no one Risk is inevitable Your boldness will inspi...
How Embracing Our Personality Leads to Success & Peace
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: How to Shut Up Your Inner Critic How Embracing Your Authentic...
Perfectionism in High Performing Women
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Amna Shabbir discuss: The Different Types of Perfectionism Ho...
Biofeedback Techniques To Help With Challenging Personalities
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Santi Tanikella discuss: The bio signs of stress How to decrea...
How Knowing Our Core Fears Can Make Us Unstoppable
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: How each person has a core fear, and what they can do about it ...
How Our Personality intersects with our Emotional Intelligence
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Nancy Milton discuss: How to name, tame and aim our personality strength...
Enneagram Types 5, 6, 7: The Head Triad
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: What it means to be in the “Head” Triad Strengths and ch...
Enneagram Types 2, 3, 4: The Heart Triad
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: What it means to be in the “Heart” Triad Strengths and c...
Enneagram Types 8, 1 and 9: The Gut Triad
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: What it means to be in the “Gut” Triad Strengths and cha...
Which Personality Assessment Should I Take?
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: Why a Personality Assessment Can Help You Become Emotionally Inte...
Understanding What Makes Up Your Personality and Core Values
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: How Understanding Your Personality is KEY to Self Care Ho...
A first time attendee's experience at BE24
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Shivana Naidoo discuss: A first time attendee's experience at the ...
Top 5 Things I Learned From Failure & Rejection
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: Sometimes, the most qualified person for the job does not get the...
Turn Your Greatest Setback Into Your Greatest Comeback
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: How Dissecting Your Failures Can Positively Change Your Future ...
When You Hear No, What Next?
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: Ask for feedback on why not you Who is an expert, objecti...
BE24 Attendee Recap: Interviews with women about their conference experience
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and her husband, Lance Shillcutt host a few special guests: In this special...
Setback to Success: The Art of Bouncing Back
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Latasha Ferguson discuss: The biggest lessons we learn from setbacks ...
What to do When We Make Mistakes
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Lindsay Semler discuss: The difference between Moral Distress versus Mo...
Three Steps for Using Failure to Improve Yourself: What Science Tells Us
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: The science failing well, and evidence of the top three steps to take when y...
How Rejection Has Made Me a Better Author
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Lydia Kang discuss: Dr. Lydia Kang’s journey as an author and how she balance...
How to Process Rejection & Use it to Level Up
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: Her top 3 lessons learned from failure How rejection ope...
The Top 5 Things I have Learned Walking Through Hardship This Year
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses the top 5 things she has learned walking through the hardest year of her lif...
Learn to take the wheel of your career and next salary negotiation
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Keri Lynne Shaw discuss: “There are no golden handcuffs. The only ...
How to Prioritize Your Nutrition When You Are in Times of Hardship
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Diana Pallin discuss: How to make good choices when you are stress...
How to Give Yourself Grace when You are Going Through Grief
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: How to make day to day life easy when things are hard The im...
How do Challenging Times Help You Become Unstoppable and Anti-fragile
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Stephanie Byerly discuss: Being self-aware on how you show up i...
Asking for Help When Life is Hard
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: How to be a friend to someone who is grieving Overcomin...
How Prioritizing Self Allows You to Find Joy Despite Hardships & Heal
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Brooke Buckley discuss: How to stop a failure narrative T...
How to Identify Your Priorities When Life Is Hard & Your Energy is Zapped
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: How to walk through hard seasons and keep your priorities The most ...
Walking Through Difficult Decisions and Transitions
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Stephanie May Wilson discuss: How to work through life’s biggest decision...
When Tragedy Strikes: Taking Care of Yourself When Life Falls Apart
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: Three Strategies that help her survive the most difficult year of her...
Changing Your Professional Identity: Working through the Transitions and Shifts of Change
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: How to Recognize When Your Work Identity is Shifting How to Deal wi...
When You Must Quit: Managing the Legal Side of Stepping Away
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Aimee Lowe discuss: How understanding the WHY You want to quit is crucial to p...
Financial Planning for Hard Decisions
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Jacque Denson discuss: What to know about your financial status and work ben...
When Your Job is Affecting your Mental Health: How to Financially Feel Secure to Do What is Best for Your Health
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Melisa Alaba discuss: How to change your mindset around money and scarcity H...
Finding the Courage to Make Difficult Decisions
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Nicole Trick Steinbach discuss: The importance of clarity in becoming brave ...
MicroSkills: Small Actions, Big Impact
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt has a conversation with Dr. Adaira Landry and Dr. Resa Lewiss. Adaira Landry is an aw...
When Life Hands You Lemons: How to Recover When You Have Lost Yourself
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
NOTE: This episode contains conversations regarding mental health crises and suicide. Please listen with care. In this episode of The Brave Eno...
Knowing When to Quit
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Marcene McVay Gillam discuss: How to start to make the decision of a caree...
Money vs. Impact vs. Peace – How do You Decide?
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Harriet Hopf discuss: Financial decisions and how they impact our joy Ho...
Starting With Your Why: Life Mission & Vision
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: How to figure out your life mission How having a vision for your l...
5 Ways to De-Stress Each Day
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses 5 Practical Steps to De-Stress in the Moment: Grounding Techniques ...
How to Combat the Physical Effects of Stress
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Roxana Mehran discuss: Stress and the physiological risks that is places ...
Stress and Mindset
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Kristi Angevine discuss how to recognize when stress has become a HABIT. They b...
How to Psychologically Protect Yourself from Stress
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Joanne Sotelo discuss: What chronic stress looks like in our brain Ho...
Am I Stressed or Burned Out: How Do I Know?
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I share how to tell if you are burned out or if you are under chronic stress. I walk through the symptoms of each and what to do i...
How to Assess Stress in Your Life & Steps to Remove it - Instantly
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Shillcutt and Dr. Tiger discuss: The most common symptoms of stress and which ones NOT to ignore Ways to combat both ...
How Our Internal Thoughts are Vital to De-Stressing
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Sasha talks with Rachael Gilbert to discuss: How the Triangle Effect changes your behaviors How exercise can decrease OR incre...
Stress Triggers: What Are Mine, and How Can I Know?
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Do you know your specific stress triggers? Do you ever find certain people, or places, stress you and you are not sure why? In this episode, I sha...
How Stress Affects our Weight and What to Do about It
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Sasha talks with Dr. Ali Novitsky to discuss Stress and Sleep and the Negative Feedback of Weight Gain Emotional Regulatio...
Breaking “Norms” As Leaders to Overcome Stress and Burnout
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Sasha talks with leadership gurus Michelle Troseth and Dr. Tracy Christopherson to discuss Unhealthy Leadership Norm...
DeStressing in the New Year: 3 Steps to Remove Stress
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt shares three easy steps for us to have less stress in our lives in the upcoming year. Stress seems to be the “...
Highlights from Brave Enough 2023
05 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Brave Enough Show, we share stories and highlights from the 2023 Brave Enough Conference! Enjoy these stories from women in t...
Three Things to STOP Doing in 2024
24 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this mini-episode of the Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: Second Guessing When You Stand Up for Yourself or Protect Your Bound...
How Taking a Yearly Self-Assessment is Life Giving
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this mini-episode of the Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: Retreating somewhere where you don’t have to make decisions is ke...
The Importance of Getting Away
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this mini-episode of the Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: When you unplug, you can see more clearly You normalize your ...
What is REVIVE and Why I Created It
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this mini-episode of the Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: How a retreat helped me change my career How REVIVE is di...
The Biggest Lessons I've Learned As An Entrepreneur
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Have you loved this season of the story of Brave Enough and ALL the phenomenal women entrepreneurs? I have! Nothing is more motivating that hearing...
Turning One’s Personal Struggles into A Business Plan
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Sasha and Dr. Laura discuss: How to Normalize Processing Adverse Events Second Victim Effect The importance of coaching and...
How to Scale to a 6-figure Business as a Full-Time Working Mom
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Sasha talks to industry expert Holly Haynes about how she developed an amazing business by showing up for herself one hour a da...
How to Turn Your Passion into Your Business
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sasha speaks with Dr. Thomas Hemingway. They discuss: How curiosity drives entrepreneurship How to deal with negative, fixed-mi...
Legal Advice for Start Up Entrepreneurs
15 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sasha speaks with CEO, founder, and lawyer Andrea Sager who founded the legal tech startup Legalpreneur, where she helps small busi...
How To Start A Business When You Have No Other Choice
08 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Alli Worthington discuss: Knowing what is the right business to start ...
How To Run A Tech Start Up
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Lyndsey Harper discuss: How to take your idea to reality Skills y...
How To Bring A Product To Market
25 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Olga Lemberg discuss: How to take an idea to a product The imp...
How To Launch A Product Into A Space You Aren't In
18 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Sarah Villafranco discuss: How to research the space to launch your p...
How to Start a Foundation
11 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s show, Dr. Sasha speaks with Dr. Serena Chen, a fertility specialist on how to start a foundation or an organization that you are passio...
From Anesthesiologist to Entrepreneur
04 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
FINALLY, it is here! I have decided to share the story of how I went from a busy cardiac anesthesiologist and mom of four to a cardiac anesthe...
Moving Forward After Change
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Often when we find ourselves growing, it means we change for others around us. Change can bring both positive and negative reactions to the people i...
How I Became a Successful Author while Practicing Medicine
26 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha talks with acclaimed fiction author Dr. Lydia Kang about her journey to pivot in medicine and st...
How to Change Your Career and Not Lose Your Identity with CMO Dr. Nerissa Kreher
19 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, your host Dr. Sasha speaks with founder and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Nerissa Kreher on how to transition...