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. 10h ago

    65: Solve for Overwhelm, Not Burnout: 5 Culprits Women Physician Leaders Miss

    Find the full transcript for this episode and more resources for Women Physician Leaders here. Most women physicians aren’t burned out yet. They’re still seeing patients, running the meeting, and answering messages after dinner, and the word burnout doesn’t fit well enough to say out loud. In this episode, I talk with Corrie LoGiudice, author of The Five Overwhelm Culprits, about what causes overwhelm in high-achieving women and how to stop it before it becomes something you can’t recover from. Corrie ran her family’s electronics distribution company as senior vice president, and she developed her framework by studying how she got through her hardest years. We walk through the five culprits one at a time, with a tool for each. In this episode: Why solving for overwhelm prevents burnout, and why burnout is often the wrong wordA five-year vision exercise that starts from your valuesConfidence logs and confidence reps for women who are credentialed and still hesitate to speak upHow to design a habit for your worst day and protect your capacity without guiltIf this sounds like your week, take the free invisible load assessment to see where your time and energy are going: [Take the assessment.](https://womenmdleaders.com/quiz_invisibleload) Guest: Corrie LoGiudice Keynote Speaker, High Performance Coach, and Author of The Five Overwhelm Culprits™ CEO & Founder of Corrie Lo & Co https://corrielo.com/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/iamcorrielo Take the Overwhelm Culprit Quiz: https://corrielo.com/overwhelmculprit 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.

    65: Solve for Overwhelm, Not Burnout: 5 Culprits Women Physician Leaders Miss

  2. Oct 20

    64: Perfect and Stalled Versus Imperfect and Moving

    Find the full transcript for this episode and more resources for Women Physician Leaders here. This week I met with a client who pivoted fast during the pandemic, built an entirely new business while it was still a work in progress, and never once waited for it to be perfect.  I'm still working on that part myself. Every. Single. Day. In this episode, I look at the exact pattern that keeps so many women physician leaders stuck at the threshold of launching something new, and the specific kind of perfectionism the research says is driving it. You'll learn: Why some people jump in feet first while others stall waiting for "ready"The difference between healthy striving and the self-critical perfectionism physician training tends to rewardWhat my mother's cake roses and my husband's crooked frosting taught me about the two pathsA question to ask yourself the next time you're stalling on something you already know you want to doIf you're ready to stop rehearsing and start building with someone in your corner, apply to work with me one-on-one 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.

    64: Perfect and Stalled Versus Imperfect and Moving

  3. Oct 13

    63: The Perspective You Choose Is the Life You Get

    Find the full transcript for this episode and more resources for Women Physician Leaders here.  On a flight home from a nostalgic week in California, Stephanie watches her son grieve leaving a place he loves, and it sends her back to a question she once asked a NICU attending after an exceedingly hard shift: how do you do it? This episode is about the answer that took her years to actually understand.  It traces perspective-shifting from a personal moment with her son, through an important leadership decision, to something as small as a traffic jam her husband once called "quality time."  The throughline... Perspective isn't something that happens to you. It's a choice you make on purpose, and it's a muscle you can build like any other. What you'll hear: Why "how do you do it" is the wrong question, and what to ask insteadA three-part leadership decision that came down to which perspective she was willing to carryThe specific practice she uses now to catch a negative viewpoint and look for another oneWhy this isn't about forcing positivity, it's about choosing on purposeIf this is the work you're ready to do in your own leadership, apply to work with Stephanie one-on-one 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.

    63: The Perspective You Choose Is the Life You Get

  4. Oct 6

    62: Boundaries in Transition: Why Physician Leaders Keep Starting Over

    Find the full transcript for this episode and more resources for Women Physician Leaders here. You finally got good at boundaries. Then you changed jobs, joined a new board, or started a new season with your kids, and found yourself saying yes to everything again. In this episode, Stephanie unpacks why physician leaders regress on boundaries during transitions, not because the skill disappeared, but because the environment where they practiced it did. She walks through a real scenario, a new medical director six weeks into the role, quietly overcommitting because she doesn't want to be the one who pushes back first, and introduces the 5N framework for holding your line in any new room. What you'll take away: Why a new job, team, or season doesn't erase the boundaries you already earnedThe real cost of staying quiet in your first quarterThe 5N framework: Notice, Name, Navigate, Normalize, NurtureWhy someone else's reaction to your no was never yours to manageIf you're ready to stop rebuilding your boundaries from scratch every time your environment changes, apply to work with Stephanie one-on-one 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.

    62: Boundaries in Transition: Why Physician Leaders Keep Starting Over

  5. Sep 29

    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

  6. 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

  7. 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]

  8. 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
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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
    66
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    Clean
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    © 2026 Women MD Leaders
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