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

    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

  2. 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

  3. 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.

  4. 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

  5. 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.

    51: The Negotiation You're Not Having

  6. Jul 14

    50: Going Home: How Women Physician Leaders Reclaim Who They Were Before Medicine

    Find the full transcript for this episode and more resources for Women Physician Leaders here. In this episode, Dr. Stephanie Yamout reflects on what happens to the adventurous, creative, whole version of yourself when you board the train to becoming a physician. The track is built to produce a competent doctor… and it does. But the traits it selects for (perfectionism, compliance, subordinating your needs to the system) slowly crowd out everything else. The dancing, the hiking, the parts of you that existed before the credentials. Stephanie shares a moment that stopped her: a close friend called her the most adventurous woman she knew, and she found it shocking. Because somewhere in 25 years of training and practicing medicine, she had stopped seeing herself that way. This episode is an invitation back. Not to nostalgia, but to reclamation. You'll hear Stephanie's own story of going home to herself, and walk away with one simple question to carry with you. If you're a woman physician who feels a quiet distance from who you used to be, this one is for you. 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.

    50: Going Home: How Women Physician Leaders Reclaim Who They Were Before Medicine

  7. Jul 7

    49: Self-Authorization: How Women Physician Leaders Stop Waiting and Start Moving

    Find the full transcript for this episode and more resources for Women Physician Leaders here.  You have done the work. You have the track record. And you are still waiting for someone to tell you it's your turn. That permission is not coming. In this episode, Dr. Stephanie Yamout breaks down why so many high-achieving women physician leaders stay stuck at the threshold — and what it actually costs you to keep waiting. The gap between where you are and where you want to be isn't a qualification problem. It's a permission problem. And the only person who can close it is you. Stephanie shares her own experience with that restless, untethered feeling in her early attending years — and the moment she stopped asking for permission and started moving. She also offers a simple 3-part framework — Notice, Align, and Move — for knowing when and how to take that step without being reckless or impulsive. Key takeaways: — Why women wait for a signal that never arrives — and what that waiting costs — The difference between self-authorization and impulsivity — How intentional, tethered movement rebuilds self-trust over time — One concrete thing to do this week if you're sitting with that restless feeling If you're ready to stop circling and start moving, 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.

    49: Self-Authorization: How Women Physician Leaders Stop Waiting and Start Moving

  8. Jun 30

    EP 48: When Your Plan Stops Fitting: A Decision Framework for Women Physician Leaders

    Find the full transcript for this episode and more resources for Women Physician Leaders here. You made a plan. A good one. And then something shifted — a staffing issue, a budget cut, a mandate from above — and suddenly that plan doesn't fit the conditions anymore. For most women physician leaders, that moment when your plan falls apart can feel like failure.  We were trained in straight lines. The system rewarded the person who stayed on track.  But leadership doesn't work that way, and if you've been holding fast to your original plan while conditions shift around you, you are exhausting yourself for nothing. In this episode, Dr. Stephanie Yamout shares what sailing taught her about leading through uncertainty, and translates it into a 3-part decision framework you can use the next time you're stuck between a comfortable bad option and an uncomfortable good one. What you'll take away: Why the straight-line path that worked in training will fail you in leadershipThe 3 questions to run any hard decision through (name both paths, check what you're ignoring, run it through your values)A real client example of what happens when a physician leader finally makes the call she's been avoidingIf you're sitting with a decision that keeps getting deferred, this episode is for you. Apply to work with Stephanie at womenmdleaders.com/work-with-stephanie, or start with the free Values Journal at womenmdleaders.com/valuesguide. 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.

    EP 48: When Your Plan Stops Fitting: A Decision Framework for Women Physician Leaders
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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
    56
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 Women MD Leaders
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