The Christian Physician | Healthcare, Faith, Medicine, Leadership, Healing Prayer, Trust God

Inga Hofmann, MD – Physician, Leadership Coach, Life Coach, Discipleship
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Do you feel called to medicine, but unclear what God is asking of you in this season? Are you longing for deeper intimacy with Jesus, but struggling to make space for Him in the demands of medicine? Do you crave clear direction from the Holy Spirit, yet feel stuck in overthinking, uncertainty, or spiritual noise? I’m so glad you’re here. This podcast will help you hear God’s voice clearly in your daily life so you can boldly integrate your faith and medicine and step confidently into your God-given purpose in every season. I’m Inga, a Christian physician, mom, wife, and follower of Jesus. For years, I tried to live out my faith authentically while navigating the relentless pressures of academic medicine. But honestly? I was exhausted, overwhelmed, and often unsure whether I was hearing God… or just my own thoughts. I wanted clarity about career decisions, patients, and daily life. I tried to stay consistent with prayer and Scripture, but medicine kept pulling me off track. My quiet time was hit-or-miss. Faith felt compartmentalized. I felt defeated. Then something shifted. I realized I didn’t need more striving — I needed margin. I needed habits rooted in intimacy, not performance. When I committed to daily Scripture and prayer (for real this time), intimacy with God became my foundation. And from that place, I began hearing His voice with clarity — in prayer, in intercession, and even in caring for my patients. That shift led to Spirit-led discernment, bold obedience, and even a miracle with one of my patients that changed me forever. I have never been the same. Now I help Christian physicians: • Hear God’s voice — even on their busiest days • Integrate faith and medicine without apology • Walk confidently as Spirit-led doctors who honor both God and science If you’re ready to stop compartmentalizing your faith and start walking fully in your calling, this podcast is for you. Grab your journal and your sword (yes, your Bible).Let’s become the physicians God created us to be. Next Steps: 👉 Join my Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/612707987672374 🖥️ Visit my website: https://www.ingahofmann.com/ 📪Get my Weekly Dose of Encouragement: https://www.ingahofmann.com/weeklydose 📩 Email me: inga@ingahofmann.com

  1. 22H AGO

    58. From Striving to Surrender: Integrating Faith and Medicine Through Prayer

    Send us Fan Mail What if the breakthrough you’ve been praying for in medicine isn’t more effort… but surrender? For years, I lived what many Christian physicians quietly experience—faith and medicine running on parallel tracks. I prayed, I showed up, I worked hard… but deep down, I was still striving, still carrying the weight, still treating prayer like a last resort instead of a living relationship. Everything shifted in a moment I’ll never forget—praying for a critically ill pediatric bone marrow transplant patient during COVID. What started as desperation turned into something unexpected: a real-time, Spirit-led conversation with God. Specific prayers. Clear prompting. And then… watching a miracle unfold. In this episode, I share how that moment marked the beginning of moving from striving to surrender and what it actually looks like to integrate faith into your everyday practice of medicine. We talk about:  – Why integration starts with heart posture, not more strategies  – How to stop comparing your spiritual journey  – What it means to hear God’s voice in real time  – And how small steps of obedience can change everything If you’ve ever felt like you’re toggling between faith and medicine… this is your invitation into something deeper. 👉 Join the Heal the Healers Facebook community 👉 Get on the waitlist for the upcoming Boston conference: https://ingahofmann.com/events Are you a Christian physician or healthcare professional longing for a deeper walk with God and a supportive community that truly gets it? 📍 Mark your calendar: October 30–31, Boston, MA The Heal the Healers Conference is coming. This is more than a conference—it’s a space to encounter God, be restored, and be equipped to live out your calling in medicine. This event is for physicians and healthcare professionals! 👉 Join the VIP waitlist to be the first to hear when registration opens and get early bird registration rates to tickets: https://ingahofmann.com/events Follow me on Facebook Check out my YouTube Channel Join our growing Facebook Community

    31 min

  2. 5D AGO

    57. Christian Physician: Are You Compartmentalizing Faith and Medicine?

    Send us Fan Mail You can love God… be fully committed to your patients… and still feel like you’re living two separate lives. One in medicine. One in your faith. For years, that’s exactly how I lived. In this episode, I’m reintroducing myself and sharing my journey—from growing up in Germany to training and practicing as a pediatric hematologist-oncologist—and the subtle way I began to compartmentalize my faith along the way. I was praying. Leading Bible studies. Showing up to church when I could. But underneath it all… I was still operating from control. Medicine trains us to rely on ourselves. To carry the weight. To make the decisions. And without realizing it, that mindset can quietly shape our relationship with God—where prayer becomes reactive, outcome-driven, and God becomes someone we consult… rather than follow. But there’s another way. In this episode, I’ll walk you through:  What it actually looks like to live on “parallel tracks.”  How performance and control show up in our faith  And the invitation to surrender—not just outcomes, but your entire way of practicing medicine This is the beginning of a deeper shift. A move from striving… to partnership with God. If this resonates, you’re not alone—and you don’t have to figure it out on your own either. 👉 Join the Heal the Healers Facebook community to continue the conversation 👉 And make sure you’re on the waitlist for the Heal the Healers Boston Conference (Oct 30–31, 2026)—a powerful space for physicians to be restored, equipped, and activated: Go to 👉 https://ingahofmann.com/events You were never meant to carry this alone. Are you a Christian physician or healthcare professional longing for a deeper walk with God and a supportive community that truly gets it? 📍 Mark your calendar: October 30–31, Boston, MA The Heal the Healers Conference is coming. This is more than a conference—it’s a space to encounter God, be restored, and be equipped to live out your calling in medicine. This event is for physicians and healthcare professionals! 👉 Join the VIP waitlist to be the first to hear when registration opens and get early bird registration rates to tickets: https://ingahofmann.com/events Follow me on Facebook Check out my YouTube Channel Join our growing Facebook Community

    26 min

  3. APR 21

    56. Still Leading from Fear as a Christian Physician? Find Peace

    Send us Fan Mail You can love God, be an excellent physician… and still feel driven by fear. Fear of missing something. Fear of making the wrong call. Fear of not being enough. I’ve been there too. In this episode, I’m sharing something deeply personal, something I find myself coming back to again and again. Because the real issue isn’t just fear.  It’s the place we’re leading from. So easy for us as physicians to slip into a performance-based identity—where everything depends on us, striving feels normal, and control feels necessary. But that’s not where peace lives. So easy for us as physicians to slip into a performance-based identity where everything depends on us, striving feels normal, and control feels necessary. But what if God calls us to live differently? To live from our identity as sons and daughters rather than pressure and performance to please people or the system? In this episode, I share:  Why fear shows up so often in medicine—even for strong believers  How performance-driven identity keeps us stuck in striving  What it looks like to shift into peace and Spirit-led leadership  A simple first step to release control and hear God more clearly Because the truth is: The opposite of fear isn’t faith—it’s perfect love. And when you begin to live from that place, everything changes. If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, pressured, burned out, and stuck in striving, this episode will meet you right where you are. ✨ Next Step: Join the Heal the Healers Facebook Group—a Kingdom community for Christian physicians seeking to hear God’s voice and integrate faith into medicine in a real, practical way. Are you a Christian physician or healthcare professional longing for a deeper walk with God and a supportive community that truly gets it? 📍 Mark your calendar: October 30–31, Boston, MA The Heal the Healers Conference is coming. This is more than a conference—it’s a space to encounter God, be restored, and be equipped to live out your calling in medicine. This event is for physicians and healthcare professionals! 👉 Join the VIP waitlist to be the first to hear when registration opens and get early bird registration rates to tickets: https://ingahofmann.com/events Follow me on Facebook Check out my YouTube Channel Join our growing Facebook Community

    23 min

  4. APR 7

    55. How Christian Physicians Can Pray for Healing at Work with Dr. Alissa Hinkle (Holy Spirit, Evangelism & Faith in Medicine)

    Send us Fan Mail What if healing prayer wasn’t separate from your work as a physician… but part of how you were designed to practice medicine? In this powerful episode, I sit down with emergency physician Dr. Alyssa Hinkle to explore what it really looks like to integrate faith, prayer, and the Holy Spirit into everyday clinical practice. If you’ve ever wondered how to hear God’s voice, pray for patients, or step into healing ministry in healthcare, this conversation will both challenge and equip you. Dr. Hinkle shares her journey from skepticism about miracles to personally experiencing healing and stepping into bold, Spirit-led evangelism and prayer in the ER. Through real patient stories, practical examples, and honest reflections, you’ll begin to see how God moves in the middle of busy shifts—not just in quiet moments. We also unpack:  Why healing is not transactional—and how to partner with God instead of striving  What it looks like to pray for patients in a time-efficient, natural way How to grow in discernment, words of knowledge, and hearing God’s voice in clinical settings  Why some healing takes patience, humility, and repeated “doses” of prayer How to navigate fear, rejection, and discomfort when stepping into faith-based care and evangelism The connection between intimacy with Jesus and authority in healing prayerThis episode will encourage you that you don’t have to have all the answers—or perfect theology—to begin. You simply have to be willing. Because as a Christian physician, you are not just practicing medicine… you are called to carry the presence of God into every room you enter. Have a testimony or want to share how this episode encouraged you? Email me at inga@ingahofmann.com Are you a Christian physician or healthcare professional longing for a deeper walk with God and a supportive community that truly gets it? 📍 Mark your calendar: October 30–31, Boston, MA The Heal the Healers Conference is coming. This is more than a conference—it’s a space to encounter God, be restored, and be equipped to live out your calling in medicine. This event is for physicians and healthcare professionals! 👉 Join the VIP waitlist to be the first to hear when registration opens and get early bird registration rates to tickets: https://ingahofmann.com/events Follow me on Facebook Check out my YouTube Channel Join our growing Facebook Community

    1h 11m

  5. MAR 31

    54. Prophetic Gifts in Medicine: How to Hear God’s Voice in a busy world

    Send us Fan Mail What if hearing God’s voice isn’t reserved for a select few… but something you’re actually invited into as a physician? In this episode, I’m tackling one of the biggest areas of confusion I see: prophetic gifts vs. the office of a prophet—and why this matters for you in medicine. Because here’s the truth:  You don’t need to be a “prophet” to hear God clearly. I break down what prophecy really is (and what it’s not), why it’s less about predicting the future and more about partnering with the heart of God, and how this actually plays out in your everyday life with patients, decisions, and leadership. We cover:  What prophecy actually means (and why it’s more normal than you think)  The difference between foretelling and forth-telling  Prophetic gifts vs. the office of a prophet  Simple, practical ways to start hearing and responding to God in your day If this stirred something in you, come join us inside the Heal the Healers Community (free Facebook group). This is where we’re growing together as Christian physicians, learning to hear God and integrate faith into medicine. 👉 Make sure to mark your calendars for our upcoming Heal the Healers Conference (Oct 30–31 in Boston)—this is one you don’t want to miss. We’ll be going deeper into healing, miracles, and walking in the power of the Holy Spirit in medicine. Are you a Christian physician or healthcare professional longing for a deeper walk with God and a supportive community that truly gets it? 📍 Mark your calendar: October 30–31, Boston, MA The Heal the Healers Conference is coming. This is more than a conference—it’s a space to encounter God, be restored, and be equipped to live out your calling in medicine. This event is for physicians and healthcare professionals! 👉 Join the VIP waitlist to be the first to hear when registration opens and get early bird registration rates to tickets: https://ingahofmann.com/events Follow me on Facebook Check out my YouTube Channel Join our growing Facebook Community

    32 min

  6. MAR 17

    53. How to Hear God’s Voice: 4 Habits That Help Christian Physicians Listen

    Send us Fan Mail Have you ever asked God for clarity about a decision — your career, a patient, or the season you’re in — and felt like you heard nothing? Many Christian physicians long to hear God’s voice but aren’t sure how to recognize it in the middle of busy medical lives. In this episode, I share four simple habits that can help you cultivate a lifestyle of hearing from God. Instead of waiting for dramatic spiritual moments, learning to hear Him often comes through daily rhythms that position your heart to listen. You’ll learn how to guard your heart, anchor yourself in Scripture, pray in a way that includes listening, and stay spiritually attentive throughout your day — even in the middle of clinic, charting, or a busy hospital shift. If you desire deeper intimacy with Jesus and want to integrate your faith more naturally into your work as a physician, this episode will give you practical starting points. Resources mentioned Join the waitlist for future Heal the Healers retreats and events:  https://www.ingahofmann.com/retreatwaitlist Join the free Facebook community for Christian physicians. If this episode encouraged you, please subscribe, share it with a colleague, and leave a review so more Christian physicians can discover the podcast. Are you a Christian physician or healthcare professional longing for a deeper walk with God and a supportive community that truly gets it? 📍 Mark your calendar: October 30–31, Boston, MA The Heal the Healers Conference is coming. This is more than a conference—it’s a space to encounter God, be restored, and be equipped to live out your calling in medicine. This event is for physicians and healthcare professionals! 👉 Join the VIP waitlist to be the first to hear when registration opens and get early bird registration rates to tickets: https://ingahofmann.com/events Follow me on Facebook Check out my YouTube Channel Join our growing Facebook Community

    26 min

  7. MAR 3

    52. How to Hear God’s Voice: Why He Speaks and How to Recognize It

    Send us Fan Mail Have you ever prayed: “God, I just need clarity. Just tell me what to do.” As physicians, we’re trained to rely on data, protocols, and evidence-based decision trees. But what if hearing from God doesn’t work like a clinical algorithm? What if God isn’t trying to give you GPS coordinates…  but is inviting you into relationship? In this episode, I’m sharing powerful teaching straight from the Heal the Healers Retreat on how to hear from God, why He speaks, and why it sometimes feels unclear — especially for high-achieving, analytical Christian physicians. If you’ve ever struggled with: Not knowing if it’s God’s voice or your own thoughtsFeeling spiritually dry in medicineWanting direction about career decisionsAsking God for clarity and feeling like you’re getting silenceThis episode is for you. If this episode stirred something in you, don’t stay on the sidelines. I’m planning additional Heal the Healers retreats and live gatherings this year, and you do not want to miss the announcements — especially if you need restoration, clarity, and Spirit-led community in this season of medicine. 👉 Get on the Retreat Waitlist:  www.ingahofmann.com/retreatwaitlist And make sure you’re receiving my Weekly Dose — short, powerful encouragement for Christian physicians navigating medicine with faith. 👉 Sign up here:  www.ingahofmann.com/weeklydose Also — did you know I have a free Facebook community for Christian physicians? It’s a place to stay connected, be encouraged, and grow alongside others who love Jesus and practice medicine. Come join us. You don’t have to do this alone. 💛 Are you a Christian physician or healthcare professional longing for a deeper walk with God and a supportive community that truly gets it? 📍 Mark your calendar: October 30–31, Boston, MA The Heal the Healers Conference is coming. This is more than a conference—it’s a space to encounter God, be restored, and be equipped to live out your calling in medicine. This event is for physicians and healthcare professionals! 👉 Join the VIP waitlist to be the first to hear when registration opens and get early bird registration rates to tickets: https://ingahofmann.com/events Follow me on Facebook Check out my YouTube Channel Join our growing Facebook Community

    27 min

  8. FEB 18

    51. When Prayer Feels Like It’s Hitting the Ceiling: 3 Practical Ways to Reset Your Prayer Life

    Send us Fan Mail Have you ever sat down to pray… and it felt like your words barely made it past the ceiling? You love Jesus.  You believe in prayer.  But lately? It feels dull. Routine. Directionless. Maybe you’re exhausted.  Maybe you’re overwhelmed by medicine.  Maybe you’re just spiritually dry. If you’re a busy Christian physician trying to stay anchored to God in the middle of a demanding system, this episode is for you. Today we’re having an honest conversation about what to do when prayer feels flat — and how to reset your prayer life without guilt, pressure, or striving. Because prayer was never meant to be a performance.  It’s not a “hit-and-run” download of requests.  It’s a relationship. In this episode, I’ll walk you through: ✨ A powerful mindset shift that will change how you approach prayer  ✨ Why “hit-and-run” prayers keep us disconnected  ✨ 3 simple, practical ways to reignite your prayer life starting today And here’s the best part:  These practices don’t require more time.  They require intention. 🔗 Next Steps 👉 Join the Weekly Dose email for Christian physicians: https://www.ingahofmann.com/weeklydose 👉 Explore the Heal the Healers Mentorship Program: https://www.ingahofmann.com/heal-the-healers-mentorship-program  👉 Share this episode with a colleague who feels spiritually tired Are you a Christian physician or healthcare professional longing for a deeper walk with God and a supportive community that truly gets it? 📍 Mark your calendar: October 30–31, Boston, MA The Heal the Healers Conference is coming. This is more than a conference—it’s a space to encounter God, be restored, and be equipped to live out your calling in medicine. This event is for physicians and healthcare professionals! 👉 Join the VIP waitlist to be the first to hear when registration opens and get early bird registration rates to tickets: https://ingahofmann.com/events Follow me on Facebook Check out my YouTube Channel Join our growing Facebook Community

    23 min
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Do you feel called to medicine, but unclear what God is asking of you in this season? Are you longing for deeper intimacy with Jesus, but struggling to make space for Him in the demands of medicine? Do you crave clear direction from the Holy Spirit, yet feel stuck in overthinking, uncertainty, or spiritual noise? I’m so glad you’re here. This podcast will help you hear God’s voice clearly in your daily life so you can boldly integrate your faith and medicine and step confidently into your God-given purpose in every season. I’m Inga, a Christian physician, mom, wife, and follower of Jesus. For years, I tried to live out my faith authentically while navigating the relentless pressures of academic medicine. But honestly? I was exhausted, overwhelmed, and often unsure whether I was hearing God… or just my own thoughts. I wanted clarity about career decisions, patients, and daily life. I tried to stay consistent with prayer and Scripture, but medicine kept pulling me off track. My quiet time was hit-or-miss. Faith felt compartmentalized. I felt defeated. Then something shifted. I realized I didn’t need more striving — I needed margin. I needed habits rooted in intimacy, not performance. When I committed to daily Scripture and prayer (for real this time), intimacy with God became my foundation. And from that place, I began hearing His voice with clarity — in prayer, in intercession, and even in caring for my patients. That shift led to Spirit-led discernment, bold obedience, and even a miracle with one of my patients that changed me forever. I have never been the same. Now I help Christian physicians: • Hear God’s voice — even on their busiest days • Integrate faith and medicine without apology • Walk confidently as Spirit-led doctors who honor both God and science If you’re ready to stop compartmentalizing your faith and start walking fully in your calling, this podcast is for you. Grab your journal and your sword (yes, your Bible).Let’s become the physicians God created us to be. Next Steps: 👉 Join my Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/612707987672374 🖥️ Visit my website: https://www.ingahofmann.com/ 📪Get my Weekly Dose of Encouragement: https://www.ingahofmann.com/weeklydose 📩 Email me: inga@ingahofmann.com

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