Lean Out Podcast

Dawn Baker MD, MS
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Do you feel stuck on the Treadmill of Achievement? Are you looking for a new approach to finding work-life balance? You've come to the right place. This is the Lean Out Podcast with your host, Dr. Dawn Baker, author of Lean Out: A Professional Woman's Guide to Finding Authentic Work-Life Balance. Become inspired by amazing women professionals who've taken the steps to lean out and find balance on their own terms. 

  1. 2d ago

    Peace with Betsy Leonidas

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Betsy Leonidas. Betsy is a storyteller, researcher, strategist, and mom of four. She is the founder of Write Your Own Story and hosts the Write Your Own Story Podcast, dedicated to encouraging women to live the life they dream about. Betsy spent almost 20 years in the corporate advertising world hustling, working all the hours, and doing all the travel. At one point, she was consulting for Deloitte, on the road all the time, and had 4 kinds under the age of four - including twins. Then, divorce came… and that’s when she decided she was going to stop doing what everyone expected and write her own rules. She’s now building her media platform with the goal of only working 20 hours a week. In this episode, we talk about what led Betsy to step away from the ultra busy life she was living – by other people’s rules – so she could write her own. We also delve into the epidemic of loneliness among high achieving women, and how she’s combating that with her podcast. ** The coaching sale is on! Get 1:1 packages for 20% off during the months of November and December! Learn more and sign up for a free coaching consultation call HERE. ** Relevant/mentioned links: Lean Out Podcast - Solocast: Stepping Off the TreadmillWrite Your Own Story Podcast - When Success Stops Feeling Like Success with Dr. Dawn BakerGet in touch with Betsy: Website - https://writeyourownstory.co/Instagram - @writeyourownstorycoTikTok - @writeyourownstorycoYoutube - @WriteyourownstorypodcastLinkedIn- Betsy LeonidasGet in touch with Dawn:  Website - practicebalance.comInstagram - @practicebalanceFacebook - Dawn BakerYoutube - @practicebalanceLinkedIn - Dawn L Baker, MDBuy the Lean Out BookBuy the Lean Out Confidence Course (code POD gives you $50 off!)

    Peace with Betsy Leonidas

  2. Oct 29

    Solocast: What Really Makes a Happy Professional?

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dawn Baker comments on a recent Doximity OpMed describing the habits of the happiest doctors. She discusses the meaning of happiness and adds her own additions to the list. Relevant/mentioned links: Inquire HERE about coaching - 20% off during November and December!Doximity OpMed article - These Are the Habits of the Happiest DoctorsArthur Brooks books - Build the Life You Want (with Oprah Winfrey), From Strength to StrengthLean Out Podcast – Why You Need a RetreatGet in touch with Dawn: Website - practicebalance.comInstagram - @practicebalanceFacebook - Dawn BakerLinkedIn - Dawn L Baker, MDBuy the Lean Out BookBuy the Lean Out Confidence Course (code POD gives you $50 off!)

    Solocast: What Really Makes a Happy Professional?

  3. Oct 22

    Gifts with Erica Bove

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Erica Bove. Erica is a double board-certified OB-GYN and Reproductive Endocrinologist (REI) physician at the University of Vermont. She is also the CEO and founder of Love and Science: Thriving Through Infertility, where she helps women physicians and professionals optimize both the science and the emotional side of fertility so they can maximize their opportunities for family building.    Erica has a keen interest in marrying an evidence-based approach with intuitive knowing in the context of a trusting relationship. Her mission is to heal and support the healers and to create a legacy she is proud of. Outside of her professional work, she enjoys running, yoga, kayaking, skiing, reading, writing, and spending time with her inner circle. Erica shares how she found a unique work schedule even as a specialist with an ongoing patient panel. She talks about identifying a serious need and implementing a vision of coaching for patients and physicians with infertility, and she gives insights on navigating uncertainty through the lens of infertility.  Join the Practice Balance newsletter HERE! Relevant/mentioned links: Lean Out Podcast episodes - Gray Zones with Wendy Schofer, Rest with Saundra Dalton-Smith, Education with Kara Wada, Solocast: The Cost No One Talks AboutGet in touch with Erica: Website - loveandsciencefertility.com  Podcast - loveandsciencefertility.com/podcast  LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/erica-bove-0701a0173 Instagram - @loveandsciencefertility  Facebook - Love and Science FertilityGet in touch with Dawn: Website - practicebalance.comInstagram - @practicebalanceFacebook - Dawn BakerLinkedIn - Dawn L Baker, MDBuy the Lean Out BookBuy the Lean Out Confidence Course (code POD gives you $50 off!)

    Gifts with Erica Bove

  4. Oct 15

    Fulfillment with Nancy Echefu

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Nancy Echefu. Nancy is a Hair Transplant Physician and Hair Loss Coach based in Peachtree City, Georgia. Since opening Havilah Hair Restoration in 2023, she has helped patients regain their confidence through personalized and innovative hair restoration treatments. Nancy is the 2024 Regional Winner of Best of Georgia and is the only female hair transplant physician in South Georgia recognized by the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS), where she also serves as Patient Advocate. We discuss Nancy’s journey to becoming a hair restoration physician, why she has a passion for this area of medicine, and how she manages to run her clinic while still practicing as an emergency medicine doctor. You also just may learn something about hair loss, which is super common among both men and women! Mentioned/relevant links:  Listen to the solo episode (or read the article) where I talk about showing up for work when there was no workLearn more about coaching and schedule a free consultation HEREGet in touch with Nancy: Website - www.hh-restorations.comYoutube - Dr. EchefuInstagram - havila_hair_restorationGet in touch with Dawn:    Website - practicebalance.comInstagram - @practicebalanceFacebook - Dawn BakerLinkedIn - Dawn L Baker, MDBuy the Lean Out BookBuy the Lean Out Confidence Course (code POD gives you $50 off!)

    Fulfillment with Nancy Echefu

  5. Oct 1

    Gray Zones with Wendy Schofer

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Wendy Schofer. Wendy is a dual-board certified pediatrician and lifestyle physician, and a trauma-informed parenting coach specializing in eating disorder prevention for family members of all ages and sizes. She retired from a career in Navy medicine in 2021, and as founder of Family in Focus®, is on a mission to help 1 million families build the social-emotional skills that strengthen relationships with food, body, and especially each other.  Wendy discusses her retirement from Navy medicine and transition to a much more nebulous practice - a coaching-based practice in eating disorder prevention. She also shares her approach to the common and yet elusive problems of navigating uncertainty, defining and communicating your focus, and getting your message out to those who need it. Relevant/mentioned links:  Check out this conversation (and others) on Youtube! Take a look at my speaking page, and consider hiring me for your next event! Get in touch with Wendy: Website - wendyschofermd.comInstagram - @wendyschofermdFacebook - Wendy Schofer MDLinkedIn - Wendy Schofer MDTikTok - @wendyschofermdYoutube - @wendyschofermdGet in touch with Dawn:  Website - practicebalance.comInstagram - @practicebalanceFacebook - Dawn BakerLinkedIn - Dawn L Baker, MDBuy the Lean Out BookBuy the Lean Out Confidence Course (code POD gives you $50 off!)

    Gray Zones with Wendy Schofer

  6. Sep 17

    Solocast: The Day I Showed Up for Work, but There Was No Work - Navigating Unexpected Changes in Work-Life Balance

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dawn Baker shares a recent experience of having her work-life balance abruptly change. She talks about what happened, how she felt, and what she learned from the situation. ** Join the Practice Balance newsletter HERE and get the free training video on the one thing holding you back from better work-life balance! ** ** Buy the book Lean Out and leave a review ** Relevant/mentioned links: Lean Out Podcast - Solocast: The One Thing You Can Rely On, Open to Possibilities with Leigh JohnsonMentally Stronger with Amy Morin - How to Stop Taking Things So Personally (and Stop Giving Away Your Power)Get in touch with Dawn: Website - practicebalance.comInstagram - @practicebalanceFacebook - Dawn BakerLinkedIn - Dawn L Baker, MDBuy the Lean Out BookBuy the Lean Out Confidence Course (code POD gives you $50 off!)

    Solocast: The Day I Showed Up for Work, but There Was No Work - Navigating Unexpected Changes in Work-Life Balance

  7. Sep 3

    Part-Time with Cobin Soelberg

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Cobin Soelberg. Cobin is an M.D., J.D. who practices anesthesiology part-time in Bend, Oregon. He also serves as an expert witness in medical malpractice cases. Since 2020, he has also run Greeley Wealth Management, a financial planning firm built on a simple premise of a physician working for physicians.  Outside of work, Cobin spends as much time as he can in the Cascade Mountains with his wife, Julie, and son, Wes, skiing, mountain biking, and exploring the backroads in their truck. Over the past eighteen months, his part-time clinical schedule has given him more room for reading, writing, and epic Lego sessions with Wes.  Cobin is a longtime friend and medical school classmate who I’ve watched buck the traditions of medical training and practice for more than 20 years. We discuss the joys of part-time medicine, Cobin’s roundabout way of getting to his current dream schedule, how to get your organization to allow for alternative schedules, and some great talk about personal finance.  Relevant/mentioned links: ** Subscribe to the Practice Balance newsletter and get a fun, educational training video about the one thing that's likely holding you back from better work-life balance! ** Books - The Power of Regret by Daniel Pink, The Pathless Path by Paul MillardThe Pathless Path Podcast - Why Sheryl Sandberg is Wrong - Dawn Baker on the Art of Leaning OutLean Out Podcast - Joy with Cory FawcettGet in touch with Cobin: Substack - Medicine, Money and MeaningWebsite - Greeley Wealth ManagementGet in touch with Dawn: Website - practicebalance.comInstagram - @practicebalanceFacebook - Dawn BakerLinkedIn - Dawn L Baker, MDBuy the Lean Out BookBuy the Lean Out Confidence Course (code POD gives you $50 off!)

    Part-Time with Cobin Soelberg

  8. Aug 20

    Solocast: Work-Life Balance Lessons from Miranda Priestly

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dawn Baker shares some stories of a recent summer trip. On that trip, she watched the new movie, The Devil Wears Prada 2. Careful to not share too many spoilers, Dawn discusses the work-life balance themes she identified from the movie and one of its main characters, Miranda Priestly. ** Subscribe to the Practice Balance newsletter by putting your email into the purple box HERE ** Relevant/mentioned links: Lean Out Podcast episodes - Prevention with Marjan Bolouri, Functional with Tracy McCarthy, Solocast: How to Deal with Loss Get in touch with Dawn:  Website - practicebalance.comInstagram - @practicebalanceFacebook - Dawn BakerLinkedIn - Dawn L Baker, MDBuy the Lean Out BookBuy the Lean Out Confidence Course (code POD gives you $50 off!)

    Solocast: Work-Life Balance Lessons from Miranda Priestly
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Do you feel stuck on the Treadmill of Achievement? Are you looking for a new approach to finding work-life balance? You've come to the right place. This is the Lean Out Podcast with your host, Dr. Dawn Baker, author of Lean Out: A Professional Woman's Guide to Finding Authentic Work-Life Balance. Become inspired by amazing women professionals who've taken the steps to lean out and find balance on their own terms. 

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  • Creator
    Dawn Baker MD, MS
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    143
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 Lean Out Podcast
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