The Other Human in the Room

118. Money Feelings with Rachelle Siebke

06 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What is it with money that twists us up into such knots?!? I have really enjoyed getting to know Rachelle and receiving her emotional and practical su...

117. The Joy in Medicine Club with Jaclyn Oldham and Natasha Aziz

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It was such a pleasure to meet Drs Jaclyn Oldham and Natasha Aziz and hear all about the ways in which they are introducing more joy into their own li...

116. Expanding Our Capacity for Joy

22 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I am still riding the high of the joyous experience that inspired this episode!! My hope is that by sharing what has helped me expand my capacity for ...

BONUS MUSIC CLUB: Taylor Swift

21 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A rambling episode as the Only Human in the Van about my favorite obsession!

115. Ironing Out Overwork with Jamie Lee Finch

15 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you ironing out your relationship to overwork? So are we. Join another body to body conversation between myself and embodiment facilitator Jamie L...

114. Hospicing Modernity with Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti

08 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I had such a brain expanding conversation with Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti that the internet demons tried to shut it down! Nevertheless, we persiste...

113. BS-Free Evidence Based Medicine with Dr James McCormack

01 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I got to interview one of my favourite podcast hosts! This conversation with pharmacist Dr James McCormack was very fun to record, and hopefully equal...

112. Responsibility vs Obligation

25 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How much of your day feels bound by obligations and responsibilities? I want to help shift your understanding of these two words and offer you a more ...

111. In Praise of Mediocrity

18 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Last call for Interconnected - a 12 week group coaching course starting March 20! Sign-up here: https://www.joanchanmd.com/interconnectedEverything ab...

110. What Theatre Can Teach Healthcare with Hartley Jafine

11 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Last call for Interconnected - a 12 week group coaching course starting March 20! Apply here: https://www.joanchanmd.com/interconnectedI loved discuss...

109. The Right Answers

04 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sign up for THIS week's free Capacity Check-Up workshop here (March 6, 2024): https://www.joanchanmd.com/capacityHow often do you find yourself st...

108. Capacity Check-Up

26 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sign up for next week's free Capacity Check-Up workshop here: https://www.joanchanmd.com/capacity How is your life reflecting and honouring your ...

107. Knowing What You Really Want

19 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The spring cohort of Interconnected is open for applications now! We start March 20. Apply here: https://www.joanchanmd.com/interconnectedHow often ha...

106. Creating Belonging

12 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The spring cohort of Interconnected is open for applications now! We start March 20. Apply here: https://www.joanchanmd.com/interconnectedHave you no...

105. Becoming Human Again with Dr Roxanne Cooper

05 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The spring cohort of Interconnected is open for applications now! We start March 20. Apply here: https://www.joanchanmd.com/interconnected Dr Roxanne ...

104. When Your Health Impacts Your Practice with Dr Caroline Bowman

29 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I am so grateful to know Dr Caroline Bowman! In this episode she shares her journey through diagnosis of multiple sclerosis while working as a family ...

103. Becoming a Pleasure Activist (Part 2)

22 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When was the last time you actually allowed yourself to experience a moment of pleasure at work? For most of us, our lives are too busy and stressful ...

102. Becoming a Pleasure Activist (Part 1)

15 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For most of us in healthcare, intentionally doing things for pleasure feels wasteful or even wrong - but what if finding a way to feel good is actuall...

101. How to Stop Blaming Yourself

08 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How much time does your brain spending trying to figure out who to blame and how to avoid being in a position of being blamed? We all live and work in...

100. Connecting With Your Future Self

01 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When we're feeling really tired, overwhelmed, burned out it can be hard to imagine a way for our lives to feel better. In this New Year's epis...

A Holiday Message from Joan

25 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Wishing you happy holidays and a happy new year (plus sharing a poem about trees) Connect with Joan on ⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/joa...

TOHITV - Thoughts on "Noncompliance"

22 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Another bonus episode recorded on Joan's commute to work! This one was inspired around the theme of "noncompliance". P.S. It's tim...

99. When We Cause Harm

18 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How do you react when you learn a patient has been harmed under your care? This can be a really challenging experience for most of us who work in heal...

98. 1 in 4000

11 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How many weeks have you been alive? Does knowing that the average human gets around 4000 weeks to live on this earth change anything about your priori...

97. Making Space for You with Dr Willough Jenkins

04 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The number of amazing healthcare humans I've met through TikTok (of all places) continues to grow! I really enjoyed this candid conversation with ...

96. Permission to Feel

27 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Do you ever feel guilty for having a particular emotion in a room with a patient? Then this episode is for you. Connect with Joan on ⁠Instagram: ...

95. Interrupting Our Patients

20 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week's topic is potentially controversial: interrupting our patients. What if interrupting our patients can actually be a good thing? Link to...

94. Somatic Experiencing with Dr Matt Chellew

13 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What a nourishing and inspiring conversation with Dr Matt Chellew - ER physician and somatic experiencing practitioner. I love connecting with other h...

93. Getting Curious About Chronic Pain with Deb Malkin

06 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's always a pleasure to talk chronic pain, bodies and nervous systems with chronic pain coach Deb Malkin! This time, we're diving deep on CU...

92. Learning to Care Less

30 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When you consider setting boundaries or reducing your workload to honour your capacity, does your brain tell you that you’d have to “care less” ...

91. What Is Your Surge Capacity?

23 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's cold, flu & COVID season where I'm working right now - and that's got me thinking about surge capacity. Does your schedule and li...

90. Being On Call

16 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What do you love about being on call? What do you hate? What if you have more power than you think to change what you hate, and invite in what you lov...

89. TOHITV: Metabolizing Impossible Grief

12 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For anyone who needs a space to grieve this week

88. Body to Body Medicine with Jamie Lee Finch

09 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

You are invited to the Body to Body Medicine Workshop happening Tuesday October 24 at 8pm EST! Register here: https://jamieleefinch.com/bodytobody J...

87. How to Stop Rushing

02 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What percentage of your day do you spend rushing? How do you feel as when you rush? What do you think might happen if you tried to intentionally slow ...

86. Anticipatory Anxiety

25 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How often do you feel anticipatory anxiety as you walk through your day in healthcare? Let's talk about the connection between anxiety & shame...

85. The Two Kinds of Confidence

18 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join me as I drive to work and explore the two kinds of confidence, and how cultivating both kinds will help you make any clinical decision with more ...

84. HHC: Overwhelm & Burnout with Dr Megan Melo

11 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Such a rich conversation with fellow physician coach Dr Megan Melo! We shared our burnout journeys and what has helped is heal and reclaim our humanit...

83. Summer Sabbatical Lessons

04 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

I’m back from my summer sabbatical, and in this episode I share all the juicy experiences and learnings with you. Click here to sign up for the inte...

82. Practicing Medicine in Apocalyptic Times

28 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Surprise! I’m back one week early with a sabbatical-inspired podcast about the end of the world. Links that I reference in this podcast (links are ...

81. My Year(ish) in Review Part 3 - Starting a Coaching Business

24 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's been a year(ish) since Joan launched this podcast! Join her as she shares insights and lessons she's learned from starting a restorative ...

80. My Year(ish) in Review Part 2 - Clinical Work

17 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's been a year(ish) since Joan launched this podcast! Join her as she shares insights and lessons she's learned from her clinical work in fa...

79. My Year(ish) in Review Part 1 - Personal Life

10 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's been a year(ish) since Joan launched this podcast! Join her as she shares insights and lessons she's learned from her personal life over ...

78. Bonus: A breathless insight into body-paced medicine

08 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Went out for a run and remembered a secret from my marathon days and had to share with all of you. ESPECIALLY anyone using AutoScribe or similar time-...

77. Healthcare Human Conversations: Using AI to Bring More Humanity to Patient Encounters

03 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joan welcomes Dr Noah Crampton who has been hard at work creating an AI-powered scribe that writes your clinic notes for you! Listen in on a rich disc...

76. HEALTHCARE HUMAN CONVERSATIONS: Financial Literacy in Healthcare with Dr Stephanie Zhou

26 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joan welcomes Dr Stephanie Zhou who shares her inspiring story of building her own financial literacy education and now sharing it with others Stepha...

Course Preview: Homecoming

23 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Homecoming is available for enrollment as of today! Enroll here: https://www.joanchanmd.com/courses

75. What Quitting Caffeine Taught Me About Rest

19 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Quitting caffeine while still working in healthcare ... what could go wrong? (P.S. Nobody tries to convince you to quit caffeine in this episode.) Wa...

74. TOHITV: How to stop rushing through patient encounters

16 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

My first listener request! If you have a topic you’d love to hear me talk about, send me a DM on Instagram @joanchanmd or contact me via joanchanmd....

73. Patient Manuals

12 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How do you need your patients to change in order for you to be happy? It may seem like a strange question - but answering this question honestly can h...

72. Healthcare Human Conversations - PRACTICING CONTEMPLATIVE MEDICINE

05 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joan welcomes Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison (MFA, LMSW, DMIN) on the podcast to discuss the practice of contemplative medicine, and what Zen Buddhist pr...

71. Performance Anxiety

29 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Have you noticed how often you feel performance anxiety in your work in healthcare? Maybe you don't identify it as performance anxiety, but I pro...

70. TOHITF: Having the Human Experience

26 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joan is the only human in the forest in this bonus episode - but there are some birds and bugs that say hello! She shares a recent coaching insight th...

69. HEALTHCARE HUMAN CONVERSATIONS - Practicing Medicine With a Mental Illness - Dr Ana Blake

22 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joan invites Dr Ana Blake on the podcast to share her story of practicing medicine while experiencing mental illness and finding her way to contentmen...

68. Money Shame in Medicine

15 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Let's dive into the taboo topic of making money as a human in healthcare! Joan explores her own journey recovering from money shame, and how it has ta...

67. Declaring To-Do List Bankruptcy {New Course Announcement!}

10 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Are you ready to declare bankruptcy on your never-ending to-do list?? You're invited to enroll in Joan's new course: Restoring Your Time - 5 ...

66. Webinar: Sanity (And Humanity) Saving Approaches to Patient Forms

08 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Listen in to Joan's recent presentation about patient forms and how to do them quickly and with your humanity intact. Slides: https://www.canva.c...

65. TOHITV: Pandemic Debrief

05 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joan reflects on the impact of the pandemic

64. HHC: The Impact Of Trauma On Healthcare Humans - Dr Christy Gibson

01 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

I certainly found a kindred spirit in Dr Christy Gibson! Please join us as we explore the importance of a deeper understanding of trauma, and the impa...

63. HEALTHCARE HUMAN CONVERSATIONS - System Change Starts With You - Dr Sarah Smith

24 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Please enjoy this conversation from Dr Sarah Smith's podcast Sustainable Clinical Medicine - where Joan & Sarah share a dialogue about what it...

62. HHC: Belief is a Medical Intervention

17 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone’s heard of the placebo effect…but have you heard of the nocebo effect? And more importantly, how were you taught about how belief and exp...

61. The Pain of People Pleasing

10 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

People pleasing is such a common struggle for humans in healthcare - especially those in marginalized identities. Joan shares what she has been learni...

60. TOHITV: Re-preceptoring Our Medical Training Wounds

07 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Another unedited journey to work with Joan as she explores an exercise she’s been developing with her clients and for herself. Jacob Ham’s video...

59. The Menu

03 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joan shares one of the most simple and powerful concepts she teaches all of her coaching clients, and uses daily in her patient care as well as her ho...

58. BONUS: Identifying Your Values

31 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Here is the link to the values worksheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Uf614z-SouTXECGI94cPl40uMQUZbJy-aZ0a_XkBdI8/edit?usp=sharing   Want...

57. Reducing the Harm of Moral Distress (Part 3)

27 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How does moral distress show up in your work in healthcare? This is part 3 of a 3 part series exploring strategies we can use to reduce the harm moral...

56. Reducing the Harm of Moral Distress (Part 2)

24 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How does moral distress show up in your work in healthcare? This is part 2 of a 3 part series exploring strategies we can use to reduce the harm moral...

55. Reducing the Harm of Moral Distress (Part 1)

20 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How does moral distress show up in your work in healthcare? Joan shares several examples she’s both personally experienced and other healthcare huma...

54. HEALTHCARE HUMAN DR NAHEED DOSANI - "Homelessness is a terminal diagnosis"

13 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joan invites Dr Naheed Dosani on the podcast to explore how advocacy and system change work can be the fuel you need to keep showing up for your work ...

53. TOHITV: Imposter Syndrome 2.0

09 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Go to Joanchanmd.com/workshops to register for the upcoming Imposter Syndrome workshop!

52. Deciding To Call in Sick

06 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Joan as she uses her own decision making guide to come to a self-trusting decision about whether to cancel her clinic due to illness.  Yes, ...

51. TOHITV: Worrying vs Planning

03 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Drive to work with Joan as she breaks down the difference between worrying and planning…and what they really have in common underneath the surface. ...

50. Healthcare Human Conversations - How Embodiment Can Change Our Experience and Practice of Medicine - Dr Hillary McBride

27 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Please join Joan as she interviews Dr Hillary McBride, as they explore how the ideas and practice of embodiment can change our experience and practice...

49. How to Stay Human in a Crisis

20 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Most of us in healthcare would probably describe ourselves as "good in a crisis". But how often does that come at a cost to our own needs and humanity...

48. Guidelines Legalism

13 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Do you get stressed about following the guidelines? Or notice other colleagues seem stressed if anyone strays off the guidelines? Commute to work with...

47. Creating an Enjoyable Summer

06 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joan describes her 3 step framework that allows her to take any dream from wishing to a reality - using the real time example of creating a spacious a...

46. Managing conflict well

30 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joan explains the powerful concept that shifted the way she viewed conflict forever - and made her much more calm and capable of having difficult conv...

45. Dealing with Dr Google

23 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

My goal in this episode is to give you the strategies you need to manage Dr Google with ease - both by addressing the inhuman stories that block your ...

44. TOHITV: Patient Forms

20 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Joan on her rainy commute to work as she talks through everything she hates about doing patient forms, and the strategies she uses to be them don...

43. Why we procrastinate

16 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joan examines why we procrastinate, more compassionate ways to think about procrastination then give some practical approaches to help stop finding yo...

42. Healthcare Human Conversations: Parenting

09 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joan talks to a lovely local healthcare human, Shannon Rolph, about her work as an occupational therapist and parenting coach. Mostly, Joan just wants...

41. Healthcare Human Conversations: How to Stop Hating Medicine

02 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Listen in to Joan & her friend/client Lauren talk about how Lauren applied the concepts you have heard on this podcast and used them to transform ...

Day 7 - How to Stop Worrying About Your Patients

31 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Go to joanchanmd.com/course for the written version of this course to be sent directly to your email inbox. Interested in working with Joan to apply t...

Day 6 - How to Stop Worrying About Your Patients

30 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Go to joanchanmd.com/course for the written version of this course to be sent directly to your email inbox. Interested in working with Joan to apply t...

Day 5 - How to Stop Worrying About Your Patients

29 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Go to joanchanmd.com/course for the written version of this course to be sent directly to your email inbox.   Interested in working with Joan to...

Day 4 - How to Stop Worrying About Your Patients

28 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Go to joanchanmd.com/course for the written version of this course to be sent directly to your email inbox.   Interested in working with Joan to...

Day 3 - How to Stop Worrying About Your Patients

27 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Go to joanchanmd.com/course for the written version of this course to be sent directly to your email inbox.   Interested in working with Joan to ...

Day 2 - How to Stop Worrying About Your Patients

26 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Go to joanchanmd.com/course for the written version of this course to be sent directly to your email inbox.   Interested in working with Joan to ...

Day 1 - How to Stop Worrying About Your Patients

25 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Go to joanchanmd.com/course for the written version of this course to be sent directly to your email inbox.   Interested in working with Joan to ...

40. TOHITV: The truth about anxiety

23 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join Joan on her commute to work as she talks about her most familiar emotion: anxiety

39. Illness Anxiety

19 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Anyone who works in healthcare encounters illness anxiety on a daily (if not hourly) basis. Anxiety about getting sick is a driving factor behind so m...

38. TOHITV: Clean vs Dirty Pain

16 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Commute to work with Joan as she shares the concept of clean vs dirty pain, and how understanding the difference can really help when facing the impac...

37. What to do when you make a mistake

12 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The thing that your brain loves to worry about all day has happened - you made a mistake. In medicine!! Joan shares how to actually learn from these m...

36. TOHITV: Overwhelm Exercise

09 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Joan drives to work and shares her 4 step exercise to stop feeling overwhelmed and get on with your day

35. Winter Holiday Overwhelm

05 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hey healthcare human - are you already getting overwhelmed with everything you need to do this holiday season? Both inside your work in healthcare, an...

34. Creating Sustainable Change - Part 3

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What kind of change do you want to make in your life, but struggle to follow through? Joan is reviewing her own process for creating sustainable chang...

33. Creating Sustainable Change - Part 2

21 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What kind of change do you want to make in your life, but struggle to follow through? Joan is reviewing her own process for creating sustainable chang...

32. Creating sustainable change - Part 1

14 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What kind of change do you want to make in your life, but struggle to make it?  Joan is reviewing her own process for creating sustainable change...

31. Reflection: How I am creating an empowered patient practice

11 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Joan reflects on how her practice has changed over the past year, using a framework of empowering her patients and herself.

30. Lying To Our Patients

07 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Joan has a confession to make - she lies...a LOT. Listen in as she explores WHY she's learned to lie so much, and what she's discovered in the power o...