Women MD Leaders

Dr. Stephanie Yamout, MD, MBA, CPCC, ACC
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 The Women MD Leaders Podcast, hosted by Dr. Stephanie Yamout, MD, MBA, CPCC, ACC — pediatric hospitalist and internationally certified coach for women physician leaders — offers practical tips to help women physicians thrive in demanding clinical and leadership roles.  Each episode shares strategies to create more time, overcome perfectionism, manage doubt, set boundaries without guilt, and lead with confidence. Dr. Yamout delivers tools, frameworks, and real-world insights for women physician leaders at every stage.  With 15+ years as a practicing pediatric hospitalist and physician leader, Dr. Yamout brings dual fluency to every conversation: the clinical realities of medicine and the strategic demands of leadership. She is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) through the Co-Active Training Institute and an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) through the International Coaching Federation.  If you are a woman physician leader navigating burnout, blurred boundaries, or imposter doubt, this podcast is for you. You'll learn how to:     • Reclaim your time and protect your energy     • Set boundaries with clarity, not guilt     • Lead teams and meetings with confidence     • Quiet the inner critic and own your value     • Build a sustainable leadership practice  Dr. Stephanie Yamout helps women physician leaders get their time back, own their value, and command the room as they were born to do.  New episodes weekly. Learn more and book a discovery call at womenmdleaders.com. 

  1. 6d ago

    61: Model or Crutch: What I'm Learning About Letting Go

    Find the full transcript for this episode and more resources for Women Physician Leaders here. Three weeks of the same nightly homework routine with her son, and it didn't survive four days away on locum shifts. Stephanie starts here to ask a bigger question: when is she modeling the behavior she wants, and when is she just standing in for a skill that hasn't been built yet. This episode moves between her own kitchen table and two physicians she once led on the same team, one who thrived with autonomy and one who needed to be caught earlier. Stephanie walks through what she's learned about knowing her own default, reading the person actually in front of her, and building a plan with intention instead of running one version for everyone. It's the same judgment call whether she's leading a team or raising a kid. What you'll take away: Why "give everyone the same amount of room" is usually the wrong instinctHow to tell the difference between someone who needs less from you and someone who needs more, before it costs youA practical way to check your own default assumptions about who's ready for autonomyWhy this isn't two separate skills, parenting and leadership, but oneIf you're trying to find that same line with your team, your trainees, or your own kids, that's the work Stephanie does with clients. Apply to work with her at womenmdleaders.com/work-with-stephanie. About the Host Dr. Stephanie Yamout, MD, MBA, CPCC, ACC, is a pediatric hospitalist and internationally certified coach for women physician leaders. She helps women physicians get their time back, own their value, and command the room as they were born to do. Work with Stephanie  🩺 Book a free 1:1 Discovery Call → womenmdleaders.com/work-with-stephanie  🌿 Reserve a 90-min Better Boundaries Session → womenmdleaders.com/boundaries Connect  🌐 womenmdleaders.com  💼 linkedin.com/in/stephanieyamout  📧 stephanie@womenmdleaders.com Follow the show so you never miss an episode.

    61: Model or Crutch: What I'm Learning About Letting Go

  2. Sep 22

    60: The Menopause Penalty: What Women Physicians Aren't Told

    Find the full transcript for this episode and more resources for Women Physician Leaders here. Mid-sentence, the word was just gone. Not a complicated word. One Stephanie has used a thousand times. In this episode, Stephanie names what's actually happening when perimenopause shows up at work: the brain fog, the hot flash in the middle of a meeting, the exhaustion that flattens a normal Tuesday. She walks through a 2025 Canadian study on menopausal symptom burden and job performance, then unpacks a research finding that surprised her: disclosing a symptom out loud restores perceived competency faster than hiding it does. This one is for the woman physician somewhere in her forties or fifties who has already decided something is wrong with her. Nothing is wrong with her. Her training just wasn't built for this season. Key takeaways: Why perimenopause symptoms cost women physicians promotions and job satisfaction, even when they never take time offThe exact disclosure line that brings your credibility backThe career phases of perimenopause, starting with fighting for a doctor who actually understands itWhy disclosure, not hiding, is the professional advantageIf this conversation means something to you, join the Women MD Leaders community at womenmdleaders.com/join. About the Host Dr. Stephanie Yamout, MD, MBA, CPCC, ACC, is a pediatric hospitalist and internationally certified coach for women physician leaders. She helps women physicians get their time back, own their value, and command the room as they were born to do. Work with Stephanie  🩺 Book a free 1:1 Discovery Call → womenmdleaders.com/work-with-stephanie  🌿 Reserve a 90-min Better Boundaries Session → womenmdleaders.com/boundaries Connect  🌐 womenmdleaders.com  💼 linkedin.com/in/stephanieyamout  📧 stephanie@womenmdleaders.com Follow the show so you never miss an episode.

    60: The Menopause Penalty: What Women Physicians Aren't Told

  3. Sep 15

    59: Perimenopause Doesn't Cause Burnout. It Unmasks It. [with Dr. Zarya Rubin]

    Find the full transcript for this episode and more resources for Women Physician Leaders here. Dr. Zarya Rubin used to stand on the subway platform every morning and ask herself a question no physician should have to ask. That was her wake up call, and it's the one many of us are still avoiding. In this episode, neurologist, functional medicine physician, and burnout expert Dr. Zarya Rubin joins me to talk about the high functioning version of burnout, the kind that still leads the meeting and remembers the snacks and still feels unsustainable underneath.  We walk through the three clinical pillars of burnout, why moral injury so often shows up as resentment long before it shows up as exhaustion, and what happens to a woman physician's nervous system in perimenopause.  Her answer surprised me: perimenopause doesn't cause burnout. It unmasks it. We also talk about the 20 year path through medical training that led to her own breaking point, the practice she calls doing one thing less, and what she calls the check engine light, the warning sign we tape over instead of addressing. Key takeaways: The three clinical pillars of burnout, and the sneaky fourth sign most physicians missWhy perimenopause intensifies burnout rather than causing itThe self compassion work required to build an identity outside of medicineA simple practice for setting one boundary this week, without waiting to hit rock bottomIf this conversation names something you have been feeling but have not said out loud, apply to work with me one on one at womenmdleaders.com/work-with-stephanie. Links: https://drzarya.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/drzaryarubin/ https://www.instagram.com/outsmartburnout/ Book Recommendation: https://www.everodsky.com/unicorn-space About the Host Dr. Stephanie Yamout, MD, MBA, CPCC, ACC, is a pediatric hospitalist and internationally certified coach for women physician leaders. She helps women physicians get their time back, own their value, and command the room as they were born to do. Work with Stephanie  🩺 Book a free 1:1 Discovery Call → womenmdleaders.com/work-with-stephanie  🌿 Reserve a 90-min Better Boundaries Session → womenmdleaders.com/boundaries Connect  🌐 womenmdleaders.com  💼 linkedin.com/in/stephanieyamout  📧 stephanie@womenmdleaders.com Follow the show so you never miss an episode.

    59: Perimenopause Doesn't Cause Burnout. It Unmasks It. [with Dr. Zarya Rubin]

  4. Sep 8

    58: What Medicine Trained Me to Fear, AI Is Teaching Me to Try

    Find the full transcript for this episode and more resources for Women Physician Leaders here. I never thought I was creative until my son and I built a video game with zero fear of getting it wrong. This episode is about what happened when I let AI teach me something medicine never did: how to try something without the constant fear of the mess.  I built a video game with my son this summer and watched him create with a freedom I never learned to give myself.  It made me look hard at how medicine trains you to check twice and second-guess, because in that world a mistake actually hurts someone.  AI runs on a different logic. If it comes out wrong, you fix it. Nobody gets hurt. Once I understood that, more ideas started flowing everywhere in my life. In this episode, you'll hear: Why medicine trains you to fear the mess, and why that instinct doesn't serve you everywhereWhat changed once I stopped treating AI mistakes like clinical onesWhat I built this year once I gave myself permission to try: a coding tool, faster podcast production, and moreWhy creative risk might be the skill you're missing, not the personality trait you don't haveIf you've been circling an idea you're too scared to try, this one's for you. 100% Recommend: The Uncommon Business Automate to Accelerate bootcamp (affiliate link) — https://go.theuncommonbusiness.co/bootcamp-2026?fpr=stephanie-c4d4ad About the Host Dr. Stephanie Yamout, MD, MBA, CPCC, ACC, is a pediatric hospitalist and internationally certified coach for women physician leaders. She helps women physicians get their time back, own their value, and command the room as they were born to do. Work with Stephanie  🩺 Book a free 1:1 Discovery Call → womenmdleaders.com/work-with-stephanie  🌿 Reserve a 90-min Better Boundaries Session → womenmdleaders.com/boundaries Connect  🌐 womenmdleaders.com  💼 linkedin.com/in/stephanieyamout  📧 stephanie@womenmdleaders.com Follow the show so you never miss an episode.

    58: What Medicine Trained Me to Fear, AI Is Teaching Me to Try

  5. Sep 1

    57: Can the Family COO be Promoted to Bystander

    Find the full transcript for this episode and more resources for Women Physician Leaders here. Who am I if nobody needs me? It's a question Stephanie can't stop asking herself this summer, in the middle of back-to-school prep, a cross-country family trip, and running a household most operations directors would envy. In this episode, Stephanie unpacks the identity cost of being the one who runs everything. She talks about the resentment and the pride that show up in the same breath when her husband calls a family trip "husband-proof," and why the executive function that runs a household is the same skill set that runs a unit or a department. She also shares what a coaching client taught her about the hardest part of stepping into a bigger leadership role: it isn't the new responsibilities, it's letting go of the old ones she's good at. The episode is a look at what happens to your sense of self once everything is delegated, and what it actually takes to hand off the mental load on purpose. Key takeaways: The executive function running your family life is the same skill set running your team.Growing your kids' independence means loosening your own grip on being needed.Offloading responsibility on purpose, not just chores, is the next parenting priority.The real question isn't who's doing this now. It's who you become once you're not needed for it.If this episode resonates, join Stephanie's email list at womenmdleaders.com/join, where these ideas keep unfolding week to week. About the Host Dr. Stephanie Yamout, MD, MBA, CPCC, ACC, is a pediatric hospitalist and internationally certified coach for women physician leaders. She helps women physicians get their time back, own their value, and command the room as they were born to do. Work with Stephanie  🩺 Book a free 1:1 Discovery Call → womenmdleaders.com/work-with-stephanie  🌿 Reserve a 90-min Better Boundaries Session → womenmdleaders.com/boundaries Connect  🌐 womenmdleaders.com  💼 linkedin.com/in/stephanieyamout  📧 stephanie@womenmdleaders.com Follow the show so you never miss an episode.

    57: Can the Family COO be Promoted to Bystander

  6. Aug 25

    56: The Kind of Tired You'd Choose Again vs. The Kind You Wouldn't

    Find the full transcript for this episode and more resources for Women Physician Leaders here. You can run a code without blinking. But planning your kid's summer schedule can make you want to lose your mind. Dr. Stephanie Yamout just finished a long stretch of night float, codes, hard 2 a.m. calls, residents to support, and walked out bone-tired and fulfilled. Days later, a calendar full of camp registration and back-to-school logistics left her exhausted in a completely different way. In this episode, she breaks down why identical-looking weeks can feel so different in the body, and names the distinction between exhaustion that comes from living your values and depletion that comes from carrying what was never yours alone. She also names a third kind of tired: the one a broken system hands you, separate from either of the first two. Key takeaways: The real difference between exhaustion and depletion, and why they can look identical on a calendarA code blue story that shows what real delegation looks like when you trust your residents.Four questions that sort a task into "I chose this" or "I inherited this by accident"How to find your own "resident" and hand off a whole decision tree, not just a taskCurious how much of your week is depletion instead of choice? Take the free invisible load assessment at womenmdleaders.com/quiz_invisibleload. About the Host Dr. Stephanie Yamout, MD, MBA, CPCC, ACC, is a pediatric hospitalist and internationally certified coach for women physician leaders. She helps women physicians get their time back, own their value, and command the room as they were born to do. Work with Stephanie  🩺 Book a free 1:1 Discovery Call → womenmdleaders.com/work-with-stephanie  🌿 Reserve a 90-min Better Boundaries Session → womenmdleaders.com/boundaries Connect  🌐 womenmdleaders.com  💼 linkedin.com/in/stephanieyamout  📧 stephanie@womenmdleaders.com Follow the show so you never miss an episode.

    56: The Kind of Tired You'd Choose Again vs. The Kind You Wouldn't

  7. Aug 18

    55: Don't Take the Job Unless You Can Run a Code Together

    Find the full transcript for this episode and more resources for Women Physician Leaders here. Stephanie's grandmother once told her not to marry someone unless you can travel together. This summer, a 4-boat sailing disaster and a brutal ICU shift taught her exactly what that meant. In this episode, Dr. Stephanie Yamout traces one lesson through two very different chaos-filled days: a family sailing trip where the first three boats fell through before they ever left the dock, and a pediatric shift where an 8-year-old's illness didn't respond to anything they tried.  Both days taught her the same thing. The plan was never really the point. What gets you through is who's still standing next to you when it doesn't hold. She translates her grandmother's rule for marriage into a rule for medicine and leadership. Key takeaways: — Why chaos, not calm days, is what actually reveals who you can trust on a team — The difference between a team that executes the plan and one that holds together when the plan fails — A question to sit with this week about who was standing next to you the last time something at work fell apart — Why naming the people who show up for you in chaos matters as much as noticing the ones who don't If this week's reflection surfaces something uneasy about who's on your team, that's exactly the kind of pattern Stephanie works through with clients. Apply to work with her at womenmdleaders.com/work-with-stephanie. About the Host Dr. Stephanie Yamout, MD, MBA, CPCC, ACC, is a pediatric hospitalist and internationally certified coach for women physician leaders. She helps women physicians get their time back, own their value, and command the room as they were born to do. Work with Stephanie  🩺 Book a free 1:1 Discovery Call → womenmdleaders.com/work-with-stephanie  🌿 Reserve a 90-min Better Boundaries Session → womenmdleaders.com/boundaries Connect  🌐 womenmdleaders.com  💼 linkedin.com/in/stephanieyamout  📧 stephanie@womenmdleaders.com Follow the show so you never miss an episode.

    55: Don't Take the Job Unless You Can Run a Code Together

  8. Aug 11

    54: Negotiate Like a Ninja: What Women Physician Leaders Must Know Before the Ask

    Find the full transcript for this episode and more resources for Women Physician Leaders here. Stephanie once stood frozen in the souks of Dubai, watching retailers barter with tourists like it was choreography. Everyone was dancing. She just paid full price. In this episode, Stephanie breaks down what she used to think was a talent and now knows is a muscle: negotiation.  She hands over the three numbers every woman physician needs to know before walking into a room, not during the conversation, but before it starts, plus what she calls logrolling, the trades that exist outside the one number everyone's staring at.  She also shares the story of a client who turned two no's into one yes, and why the no's mattered more than the win. Key takeaways: — The three numbers to know before any negotiation: target value, reservation value (your floor), and BATNA — Why rehearsing what you'll say matters less than knowing what you actually want — What logrolling is, and how most compensation packages have six to eight variables buried in them — How to handle a lowball counter, a long silence, or "this isn't the right time" without losing ground If you want help figuring out your numbers before your next negotiation, that's exactly the kind of work Stephanie does with clients. Apply to work with her at womenmdleaders.com/work-with-stephanie. About the Host Dr. Stephanie Yamout, MD, MBA, CPCC, ACC, is a pediatric hospitalist and internationally certified coach for women physician leaders. She helps women physicians get their time back, own their value, and command the room as they were born to do. Work with Stephanie  🩺 Book a free 1:1 Discovery Call → womenmdleaders.com/work-with-stephanie  🌿 Reserve a 90-min Better Boundaries Session → womenmdleaders.com/boundaries Connect  🌐 womenmdleaders.com  💼 linkedin.com/in/stephanieyamout  📧 stephanie@womenmdleaders.com Follow the show so you never miss an episode.

    54: Negotiate Like a Ninja: What Women Physician Leaders Must Know Before the Ask
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 The Women MD Leaders Podcast, hosted by Dr. Stephanie Yamout, MD, MBA, CPCC, ACC — pediatric hospitalist and internationally certified coach for women physician leaders — offers practical tips to help women physicians thrive in demanding clinical and leadership roles.  Each episode shares strategies to create more time, overcome perfectionism, manage doubt, set boundaries without guilt, and lead with confidence. Dr. Yamout delivers tools, frameworks, and real-world insights for women physician leaders at every stage.  With 15+ years as a practicing pediatric hospitalist and physician leader, Dr. Yamout brings dual fluency to every conversation: the clinical realities of medicine and the strategic demands of leadership. She is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) through the Co-Active Training Institute and an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) through the International Coaching Federation.  If you are a woman physician leader navigating burnout, blurred boundaries, or imposter doubt, this podcast is for you. You'll learn how to:     • Reclaim your time and protect your energy     • Set boundaries with clarity, not guilt     • Lead teams and meetings with confidence     • Quiet the inner critic and own your value     • Build a sustainable leadership practice  Dr. Stephanie Yamout helps women physician leaders get their time back, own their value, and command the room as they were born to do.  New episodes weekly. Learn more and book a discovery call at womenmdleaders.com. 

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  • Creator
    Dr. Stephanie Yamout, MD, MBA, CPCC, ACC
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    62
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    Clean
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    © 2026 Women MD Leaders
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