The Mindful Healers Podcast with Dr. Jessie Mahoney and Dr. Ni-Cheng Liang Dr. Jessie Mahoney and Dr. Ni-Cheng Liang

Dreams are available to all of us but they don’t just happen by wishing, hoping, or luck. 
In this episode, Jessie shares how she manifested her dream of owning her own retreat space. She was inspired by others fulfilling their dreams. They helped her know that fulfilling one's dreams is possible.
In sharing her journey she hopes to be the person who inspires you to pursue your dreams.
How do you manifest a dream?
What are important and replicable steps to manifesting a dream?
Believe in yourself and the possibility of the dream
Set an intention to pursue the dream
Be persistent and patient
Believe it’s possible
Be courageous
Trust yourself and the process
Become the person who has already fulfilled the dream
Accept, allow, and embrace complexity, detours, delays, and fear
Get creative
Expect overwhelm and self doubt
Continue to believe in yourself 
Appreciate how far you have come as a person and  the ways that you have set yourself up for success
Remember your  problem-solving skills
Embrace bumps and self-doubt
Get help. Trust your helpers.
Practice gratitude for the opportunity, luck, and the support of others



What’s your dream? 
What do you want to do with your one wild and precious life?
What will the world miss out on if you don't?
 
Thank you for listening to the Mindful Healers Podcast. 
Getting to Episode 200 is the manifestation of another dream. 
We couldn’t have done it without the support of each and every one of you!
 
To celebrate and change your life for the better, please come join us at Nicasio Creek Farm. The farm, creek, sunshine, birds, bees, natural light, Mark’s mindful cooking, the cozy fire, and the beauty and magic of West Marin are waiting for you.
A better, more easeful, and fulfilled life of your dreams is available to you too.
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreat-nicasio-creek-farm
If you can't join us in person, coach with Jessie 1:1, in topic-focused small groups, or at a retreat. www.jessiemahoneymd.com
*Nothing shared in the Mindful Healers Podcast is medical advice.
#physicianwellness #mindfulnesscoach #pauseandpresence #physiciancoach
 
 

“What do you think is the biggest waste of time?"
"Comparing yourself to others," said the mole.”
― Charlie Mackesy, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Do you compare yourself to others? Feel like you don’t belong or are lesser than?  
In groups, do you feel like you are behind or don’t measure up? 
In this episode, we discuss the compare and despair mentality and its costs. We hope to help you finally let go of this expensive habit 
Our brain thinks comparing ourselves helps us and pushes us forward to work hard and achieve more. More often than not it gets in our way. 
Compare and despair leads to shame, frustration, and less growth than we otherwise would have.  We release cortisol, norepinephrine, and experience more stress, less creativity, and more reactivity.
 
What if we could train our brains to not make comparisons or feeling less our default and instead make self-compassion, curiosity, and intention-setting our default? 
In this episode, we share many tools to help you learn to use your brain strategically.
Joining a retreat or signing up for 1:1 or small group coaching is strategic. It's the way out of our costly default compare and despair approach.
Find out about retreats here: https://www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreats
Find out about coaching here: https://www.jessiemahoneymd.com/coaching
Small group coaching is especially helpful in finally letting go of a compare and despair mindset. https://www.jessiemahoneymd.com/communities
We are also both available to give talks on any, and all, topics covered in this podcast, and many more as well.  Reach out directly to discuss.
https://www.jessiemahoneymd.com/speaking
https://awakenbreath.org/physician-wellness/
 
 

When you decide to make a pivot as big as leaving your medical practice after 20 years expect scary. It takes time and courage.
And, it just might turn out better than you expect. Even if your husband has an unexpected cancer diagnosis right in the middle of your transition.
Coaching, mindfulness, and taking a pause helped Dr. Wazeka leave her employed pediatric pulmonary job, navigate her husband’s cancer diagnosis, and send her oldest daughter off to college with grace and equanimity.
In this episode, April shares how patience, curiosity, and kindness steadied her while she made big changes.
She shares the tools she found most helpful to allow her to let go of her previously narrow and inflexible medical mindset, gift herself permission to pause, and ultimately to live an aligned life.
Giving herself permission to take a pause was hard. April has previously never taken any time off except for maternity leave. She went straight through from high school to college to residency to fellowship to being an attending for twenty years.
If you are worried that it’s too dangerous or too hard to take a break and/or leave clinical medicine, you are not alone.
Our tendencies towards a scarcity mindset, catastrophizing, and focusing on the negative, make this change even harder even when we know our journey with our current role is complete.
With regular coaching and a regular mindfulness practice, Dr. Wazeka is now on the other side. 
She is living a life she wants to be living rather than moving through her life like she thought she should be living. She now enjoys a more expansive identity as a connected and available mom and wife, a new mindfulness teacher, and a happier and healthier human.
April was also a guest on the Mindful Healers Podcast in 2022. In Episode 91, she shares how mindfulness and coaching helped her move through the pandemic as a physician, mom, wife, and daughter with more grace and equanimity. 
Listen to that episode here: 
 https://themindfulhealerspodcast.libsyn.com/91-bettertogether-finding-alignment-with-mindfulness-and-coaching
If you want to start living the life you WANT to be living, reach out for mindful coaching. You will be so glad you did. www.jessiemahoneymd.com
If you want to support yourself well through a big change, move beyond consuming this podcast and dreaming.
April is a steadfast podcast listener. In this episode, she points out, true change only happened for her when she committed to doing the work and invested in herself, her happiness, and the life she wanted. April has been supporting herself with virtual coaching for three years. It is currently preventive care that helps continue to grow, evolve, and live in alignment ongoing.
You can also join us in person for a retreat www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreats.  Or hire one or both of us to speak or lead a wellness workshop. We also can create team wellness retreats, teach yoga, and/or offer experiential mindfulness for teams, groups, grand rounds, institutions, and conferences.
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/mindful-healers-podcast
www.awakenbreath.org 
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/speaking
*Nothing shared in the Mindful Healers Podcast is medical advice.
#physicianwellness #mindfulnesscoach #pauseandpresence #physiciancoach #transformationcoach

 
Do you feel under-appreciated for your efforts on behalf of your family, your patients, and/or your institutions?
Have your expectations of others in expressing their love, thanks, and appreciation been mismatched with what you perceive is "right" or deserved?
Listen for tools, strategies, and a framework of understanding to help you move forward with mindfulness and compassion.
Feeling not appreciated enough is usually a case of mismatched expectations and beliefs. 
We have an idea of what others should do to appreciate us.
We also believe that they should know what will make us feel appreciated.
We expect others to read our minds and be fair.
Your expectations may or may not be reasonable- even if they feel 100 percent reasonable to you. Even if they are reasonable they may or not be feasible or possible.
Could you drop your expectations and decide to enjoy the day (and your life) moment by moment exactly as they are?
If you are not happy then, choose to stay, choose to keep doing what you are doing - or not.
If you decide to stay for now, notice how others show you appreciation, even if it doesn’t look like you think it should.
Need help with this?
Small group coaching and retreats are the answer.
Move beyond consuming this amazing podcast. True change happens when you work with us - virtually and/or in person. www.jessiemahoneymd.com; www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreats
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/mindful-healers-podcast
www.awakenbreath.org 
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/speaking
*Nothing shared in the Mindful Healers Podcast is medical advice.
 
#physicianwellness #mindfulnesscoach #pauseandpresence #physiciancoach
 

Have you said “I’m sorry” even though the circumstance wasn’t your fault?
Have you started off a conversation or a presentation with “I’m sorry?”
Do you say "Sorry I’m running behind", "Sorry for taking up space or time in a group session", "Sorry for crying", "Sorry for not understanding", or "Sorry I am not available"?
Listen to understand why you over-apologize and the impact it can have on your life, health, and happiness.
Learn about common situations where you don’t need to apologize and mindful and strategic tips to help you stop overapologizing.
 
What if, instead of apologizing you said:
"Thank you for waiting"
"I appreciate your patience"
"Hope you enjoyed a pause while helped someone else."
"I’m curious about.."
"I would love to know more about ..."
"I wish you felt better."
"I wish it was different ."
 
Listen to learn more tips.
When have you apologized where you didn’t need to?
Why did you apologize?
What were the thoughts, emotions, and body sensations that led to the apology?
 
Mindful coaching is super helpful to let go of habits such as over-apologizing. Intentional language is a game changer in improving your health, happiness, and the way you feel and move through the world. 
We encourage you to enjoy this episode’s mindful moment: Gratitude as an Antidote.
Move beyond consuming this amazing podcast. True change happens when you work with us - virtually and/or in-person.
Coach with Jessie - 1:1, in topic-focused small groups, or at a retreat. www.jessiemahoneymd.com
Work with both of us in person at The Mindful Healers Annual Retreat www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreats
Hire one or both of us to speak or lead a workshop. Jessie's superpwoer is creating team retreats, teaching yoga, and offering experiential mindfulness for teams, groups, grand rounds, and at conferences.
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/mindful-healers-podcast
www.awakenbreath.org 
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/speaking
*Nothing shared in the Mindful Healers Podcast is medical advice.
 
#physicianwellness #mindfulnesscoach #pauseandpresence #physiciancoach
 

An amusing discussion about mindful decision-making with 18-year-old Liam Mahoney, a high school senior.  
In this episode, Liam shares his college decision-making process.
He showcases his extremely abundant mindset, his positivity bias, and why he chose to become a UC Berkeley 2028 rather than a UCLA 2028.
Liam shares how he made an authentic decision for himself despite conflicting advice from his two brothers and his grandparents. He shares why he didn’t let the opinions of his peers influence his decision. He also shares what parents can do to be helpful to their children and young adults in the decision-making process.  
Our discussion also touches on the luck factor, the strategy of having your own back, consulting your future self, connecting with who you want to become, and the value of patience and sitting with a made decision for a while. 
We hope you will leave inspired, amused, and better equipped for your next big decision.
“Making a decision was only the beginning of things. When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.” - Paul Coehlo, The Alchemist
*special thanks to Dr. Monica Sood for sharing this quote right before we recorded this episode.
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Move beyond consuming this amazing podcast. True change happens when you work with us - virtually and/or in-person.
Coach with Jessie - 1:1, in topic-focused small groups, or at a retreat. www.jessiemahoneymd.com
Work with both of us in person at The Mindful Healers Annual Retreat www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreats
Hire one or both of us to speak or lead a workshop on any topic covered in the Mindful Healers Podcast. We also create team retreats, teach yoga, and offer experiential mindfulness for teams, groups, grand rounds, institutions, and conferences.
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/mindful-healers-podcast
www.awakenbreath.org 
www.jessiemahoneymd.com/speaking
*Nothing shared in the Mindful Healers Podcast is medical advice.
#physicianwellness #mindfulnesscoach #pauseandpresence #physiciancoach #howtochooseacollege #berkeley2028