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. 3d ago

    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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Aug 4

    53: It Wasn't the Overnights. It Was the Structure.

    Find the full transcript for this episode and more resources for Women Physician Leaders here. For nearly two years, Stephanie was sure she knew what was breaking her: the overnights. Any job in her field that required them would eventually wear her down. That was the story, until she saw what was actually true. In this episode, Dr. Stephanie Yamout walks through the two years of quiet work almost nobody saw: sitting with a coach, reading everything she could find on leadership and her own values, sitting at the kitchen table with her husband and doing the math on what their family could afford to risk.  None of it looked like restructuring a career from the outside. But it was the plan, not preparation for one, and it's what let her say yes without negotiating with her own fear when the opportunity to move finally opened. She also names the instinct that kept her looking in the wrong place.  As a recovering perfectionist, her first move was always to blame herself. Not enough discipline. Not enough resilience. But the problem was never her. It was the structure she kept trying to fit herself into. Key takeaways: — Why physicians reach for self-blame before they question the structure they're working inside — What two years of unseen groundwork looked like, and why it mattered more than the "opportunity" that followed it — The difference between the same task, overnight call, inside two different structures — Two questions to ask before you reach for one more strategy to push through If you're not sure where to start with the values piece, Stephanie's Values Journal has prompts to help you get clear on what actually matters to you. Find it at womenmdleaders.com/valuesguide. And if you're ready for the deeper work, apply to work with Stephanie 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.

    53: It Wasn't the Overnights. It Was the Structure.

  7. Jul 28

    52: One Year In: What Stepping Over Fear Taught This Woman Physician Leader

    Find the full transcript for this episode and more resources for Women Physician Leaders here. A year ago, Stephanie couldn't make herself walk into a flower shop. Not because of the flowers, but because of what she'd have to say once she got inside. This episode marks one year of Women MD Leaders, and Stephanie marks it with the thing that keeps proving true: there's more to each of us than the MD on the wall. She traces one fear from a florist's counter, where she finally asked for a discount as a new business owner, to a hospital chiefs' meeting, where she sat as the leader of the smallest department in the room and decided whether to speak up. The fear showed up in both places. What changed was how fast she learned to recognize it and step over it. She walks through the exact practice she built to start speaking up: notice the fear as its own thing, choose the smallest true thing to say, and commit to saying it before you're in the room, not once you're already sitting in it. Key takeaways: — Why the fear in a low-stakes ask and a high-stakes meeting is often the same fear — A 3-step practice for noticing fear and moving through it in real time — How committing to speak before the meeting removes the in-the-moment decision — What changed for Stephanie's department once she made herself speak at every meeting If you're sitting quiet in a room where you have something worth saying, and you want help finding the smallest true thing to say, that's a lot of what Stephanie does with clients one-on-one. Learn more 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.

    52: One Year In: What Stepping Over Fear Taught This Woman Physician Leader

  8. Jul 21

    51: The Negotiation You're Not Having

    Find the full transcript for this episode and more resources for Women Physician Leaders here. You were never taught to ask. Not really. Medicine trained you to be prepared, competent, and grateful for the opportunity. It didn't train you to walk into a room and say: I want more. In this episode, Dr. Stephanie Yamout breaks down why women physicians struggle to negotiate — not just in formal settings, but in the small, unscheduled moments that reveal what you actually believe about whether your needs belong in the conversation. She shares two real stories from her coaching practice: one physician who asked for everything she wanted and got all three, and one who heard a string of no's and learned to read each one as data about her organization, not a verdict on her worth. She also teaches the ASK Framework — a 3-part tool for building the ask muscle before the high-stakes meeting arrives: A — Anchor in curiosity before making any request S — State what you want clearly, without apologizing K — Keep exploring until you find the overlap, or learn what the organization can't give Your confidence comes after the ask. Not before. To work with Stephanie on the conversations you've been avoiding, apply 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.

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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
    59
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    © 2026 Women MD Leaders
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