If you had asked me what I wanted to be when I grow up when I was in 7th grade, I would have confidently stated, "a doctor." I was mostly right. What I didn't realize was that what I really wanted to do was to help people transform their lives. To my seventh-grade self, this pretty much meant becoming a doctor. So my path to medical school, psychiatry residency and career as a child and adolescent psychiatrist began.

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In 9th grade, I got curious about transformation. I decided to target my dear friend with my emerging interest. I spent days crafting a questionnaire probing her deepest thoughts and desires. My tiny handwriting blanketed 4 pages as I covered every aspect of her life that I could imagine. I gave her my questionnaire and promised that if she completed it, I could help her conquer the suckiness of 9th grade (and some pretty challenging life issues she was dealing with).

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See, transformation.

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As you might have guessed, I didn't have the tools to provide any real transformation. I learned a lot about a friend, offered a few words of support, but mountains weren't moved. Fortunately, our friendship survived this minor hiccup.

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Choosing the path to a career in medicine, my life as a coach went into hibernation. A few years after residency, I found myself facing some pretty big challenges in a toxic work environment. Facing uncertainty about my future with this organization as well as with my future in medicine, I left that job and began my search for a career path that aligned with my values and allowed me to find joy and meaning in my work. 

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A few twists and turn later, here I am, caring for patients in my part-time private psychiatry practice and partnering with women, like you, who realize that there's got to be a better way.

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As a certified leadership coach, I help women physicians who are feeling stuck navigate difficult situations and conversations to name, ask for and claim what they need.