Humans Leading

Dr. Jillian Bybee
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Welcome to Humans Leading, the podcast for ambition, overwhelmed women looking to transform their lives. It is hosted by Dr. Jillian Bybee, a busy pediatric ICU physician, toddler mom, coach, and creative who uses what she's learned from recovering from burnout twice to help other people live less stressed, more satisfying lives. Join Dr. Bybee and her inspiring guests as they tackle essential topics such as perfectionism, limiting beliefs, imposter phenomenon, stress management, and more. Each episode is packed with actionable advice to empower you to prioritize your own wellbeing and create the life you truly desire.  If you're ready to start putting yourself on your own priority list and lead a more fulfilling life, tune in to Humans Leading and take the first step toward transformation.

  1. 08/08/2025

    Build Your Resilience Toolkit: 7 Strategies to Navigate Hard Days

    Send us a text Ever felt like you're drowning in the overwhelm of modern life?  You're not alone. After navigating leadership transitions and the unexpected death of her father, Dr. Jillian Bybee returns for Season 2 with a powerful toolkit for those days when everything feels like too much. These 7 strategies won't save you from hard times, but they will carry you through more easily. In this episode, Dr. Bybee discusses: 7 tools to help you through hard daysCommon misconceptions about resilienceHumans Leading SubstackBrene’ Brown’s The Gifts of ImperfectionDr. Beth Kurland's "You Don’t Have to Change to Change Everything" Worry Lines “Worry journaling”“Meh-mindfulness”Join me for more over on social media: Blog: Humans Leading | Jillian Bybee Instagram: Jillian Bybee, MD (@lifeandpicu) LinkedIn: Jillian Bybee, MD | LinkedIn Threads: @LifeandPICU Website: Contact — Jillian Bybee, MD (jillianbybeemd.com) If you’re ready to kickstart your journey (or your team's journey) to a less stressed life, I’m ready to help you! You can get in touch about 1:1 coaching or inviting me to facilitate a workshop for your group, get in touch via my website.

    17 min

  2. 07/15/2025

    You Don’t Have to Get Used to It: Starting My Journey to Wellness Leadership

    Send us a text After an extended break from the podcast, Dr. Bybee returns with a special episode to share a personal story that shaped her career path in physician well-being.  This story from her early career reveals how confronting toxic medical culture led her to create the support systems she desperately needed during her own training. It also highlights how she: • Developed from personal advocate to Wellness Director supporting 400+ trainees annually • Created the support system she wished existed during her own training • Emphasized that trauma exposure should never be normalized in medicine • Advocated for processing experiences rather than suppressing them If you're looking to get started on transforming your own work environment, this is your podcast. Small steps are the first steps to transformation. Subscribe via your favorite podcast app to be sure to get Season 2, coming soon! Join me for more over on social media: Blog: Humans Leading | Jillian Bybee Instagram: Jillian Bybee, MD (@lifeandpicu) LinkedIn: Jillian Bybee, MD | LinkedIn Threads: @LifeandPICU Website: Contact — Jillian Bybee, MD (jillianbybeemd.com) If you’re ready to kickstart your journey (or your team's journey) to a less stressed life, I’m ready to help you! You can get in touch about 1:1 coaching or inviting me to facilitate a workshop for your group, get in touch via my website.

    8 min

  3. 10/24/2024

    Creating a Fulfilling Career: Pediatric Palliative Care and the Power of Communication with Dr. Jared Rubenstein

    Send us a text In today's episode, Dr. Bybee talks to Dr. Jared Rubenstein, a pediatric palliative care physician, medical educator, and fellow creative. In their conversation, they discuss: How Jared got into medicine (including his unconventional dinner table conversations!)Practices that can be helpful for navigating the challenges associated with working in high stress environmentsThe importance of communication, including active listeningBuilding a supportive work cultureCreative expression as self-care including Jared’s video series Advice for medical trainees This episode has something for everyone, even if you're not in healthcare! Things mentioned in the episode: Jared’s first video: Palliative Care PSA - We’re the fire department, not the fire. (youtube.com) Anti-Racism in Medicine Animation Series – Dr Princess Dennar | Dennar Medical EruditionPlotagon Connect with Jared: Jared Rubenstein (@drjrubenstein) • Instagram photos and videosJared Rubenstein | LinkedInJared Rubenstein, MD (jaredrubensteinmd.com) Upcoming workshop announcement: If you’re feeling overwhelmed or looking for practical strategies to stress less and find more balance in your day, join Dr. Bybee in her upcoming workshop (early 2025), Transform Your Day: Stress Less with 3 Simple Strategies.  It’s designed for busy professionals who want to take control of their well-being without adding more to their plates.  If you’d like to be the first to hear details about the workshop and how you can get registered, head to Dr. Bybee's newsletter, Humans Leading and sign up for updates.  Join me for more over on social media: Blog: Humans Leading | Jillian Bybee Instagram: Jillian Bybee, MD (@lifeandpicu) LinkedIn: Jillian Bybee, MD | LinkedIn Threads: @LifeandPICU Website: Contact — Jillian Bybee, MD (jillianbybeemd.com) If you’re ready to kickstart your journey (or your team's journey) to a less stressed life, I’m ready to help you! You can get in touch about 1:1 coaching or inviting me to facilitate a workshop for your group, get in touch via my website.

    46 min

  4. 10/17/2024

    The Secret to Stress Relief for High Achievers- Mini Episode

    Send us a text Are you struggling under the weight of impossibly high standards and the constant pressure to over-deliver?  Discover the subtle art of easing up on perfectionism with Dr. Jillian Bybee, a pediatric critical care medicine physician, medical educator, and coach, as she shares life-changing insights from her own experience with burnout recovery.  Tune in to learn how giving just 1% less effort in non-priority areas can help you break free from the cycle of overworking and reclaim much-needed time for rest and recovery. This short episode delivers 3 actionable strategies for getting started in your own life today.  Join me for more over on social media: Blog: Humans Leading | Jillian Bybee Instagram: Jillian Bybee, MD (@lifeandpicu) LinkedIn: Jillian Bybee, MD | LinkedIn Threads: @LifeandPICU Website: Contact — Jillian Bybee, MD (jillianbybeemd.com) If you’re ready to kickstart your journey (or your team's journey) to a less stressed life, I’m ready to help you! You can get in touch about 1:1 coaching or inviting me to facilitate a workshop for your group, get in touch via my website.

    8 min
  5. The Simple Complexity of Asking for Help with Chris Anselmo

    10/03/2024

    The Simple Complexity of Asking for Help with Chris Anselmo

    Send us a text On this episode, host Dr. Jillian and guest Chris Anselmo discuss the importance and difficulty of asking for and accepting help. Chris Anselmo is a writer whose life was changed by a rare disease diagnosis in his 20’s. He writes the publication Hello Adversity which grew out of his own lived experience. In it, he shares personal stories and lessons learned that are applicable to all of us because we all experience adversity. In this conversation, you'll hear: How Chris uses writing to process his experience and connect with and help other peopleHow to ask for helpThe barriers that keep us from asking for help, including how we act as barriers to ourselvesHow asking for help builds trust and opens the door for others to share their own struggles with usWhere to find Chris: Hello, AdversityLinkedInOther things mentioned in this episode: Hype Yourself by Lucy WernerJoin me for more over on social media: Blog: Humans Leading | Jillian Bybee Instagram: Jillian Bybee, MD (@lifeandpicu) LinkedIn: Jillian Bybee, MD | LinkedIn Threads: @LifeandPICU Website: Contact — Jillian Bybee, MD (jillianbybeemd.com) If you’re ready to kickstart your journey (or your team's journey) to a less stressed life, I’m ready to help you! You can get in touch about 1:1 coaching or inviting me to facilitate a workshop for your group, get in touch via my website.

    44 min
  6. Making the Most of Your Life with Jane Galloway

    07/19/2024

    Making the Most of Your Life with Jane Galloway

    Send us a text Today, Dr. Bybee chats with Jane Galloway, a firm believer in making the most of life and not saving things like our best stationary for the “perfect occasion.” Jane is the Founder and Director of Quiet the Hive, working to help women identify a life they love and arm them with the toolkit and confidence to go get it. Through her work as an award winning coach, speaker and facilitator, she helps women to play bigger, make brave choices and step into their potential so that they live a life they love with a sense of purpose and fulfillment. Jane is a lover of costume jewellery, a recovering runner, thinks that chocolate and peanut butter absolutely go together, a stationery addict and would always rather be by the sea (preferably bobbing). She is a Mum to two hilarious boys and lives near a wood in Surrey, England. In this episode they discuss: The difference between “what we do” and “who we are”The benefits of gratitude and gratitude journaling for you and other peopleJane’s own experience with her gratitude practice and how it helps in the hardest timesThe beauty of GlimmersThe Three Good Things practice How to start to recover when you have mental health strugglesImposter syndrome and quieting your inner critic- including why you should give yours a name The epiphany Jane had at 40The joy of finding your why Where to find Jane: InstagramFacebookLinkedinWebsiteListen to the Podcast Join a Your Life Less Ordinary Weekender  Things mentioned in this episode:  Hype Yourself | Lucy Werner | Substack Drs Rich and Lisa Orbe-Austin Three Good Things How to feel better when you feel exhausted or burned out Dr. Bybee on Jane’s Podcast Join me for more over on social media: Blog: Humans Leading | Jillian Bybee Instagram: Jillian Bybee, MD (@lifeandpicu) LinkedIn: Jillian Bybee, MD | LinkedIn Threads: @LifeandPICU Website: Contact — Jillian Bybee, MD (jillianbybeemd.com) If you’re ready to kickstart your journey (or your team's journey) to a less stressed life, I’m ready to help you! You can get in touch about 1:1 coaching or inviting me to facilitate a workshop for your group, get in touch via my website.

    53 min
  7. “No One Has it All Together” Navigating Your Early Career with Dr. Amna Shabbir

    07/05/2024

    “No One Has it All Together” Navigating Your Early Career with Dr. Amna Shabbir

    Send us a text In this episode, Dr. Bybee talks to Dr. Amna Shabbir, a fellow Substack writer, physician, and coach. **As a content warning, there is a brief mention of suicide and depression in this episode. If you are struggling with your own mental health, you can always reach the national suicide and crisis line by calling or texting 988.** Episode details: They discuss... The importance of having supportive people in your life while in medical training and the loneliness of being an early career physicianDr. Shabbir’s experience with burnout as an early career physician including how she finally recognized that she was strugglingThe importance of pausing to recognize that our time on this earth is finite and the need to ask ourselves what we really want to be doing with our time The link between imposter syndrome and overworkThe importance of slowing downThe “arrival fallacy”The both/and of individual and systemic changeHow to begin to recover from burnoutThe importance of asking for and accepting helpThe crisis of physician suicide and how this impacts the general publicThe importance of self-compassion...Much more!Things mentioned in this episode: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Quotes by Sean Covey | Goodreads Dr. Erinn Weisman’s Podcast | Burntout to Badass The arrival fallacy: “Happiness is not waiting for the future you” Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes Foundation 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline - Call. Text. Chat. (988lifeline.org)  The Physician Support Line   Where to find Dr. Shabbir Instagram: Amna Shabbir, MD, NBC-HWC, CPC-Coach (@dr.amnashabbir) LinkedIn: Amna Shabbir, MD, NBC-HWC, CPC | LinkedIn Early Career Physicians Institute: Early Career Physicians Institute Substack: Early Career Physician Wellness | Amna Shabbir, MD, NBC-HWC, CPC  Join me for more over on social media: Blog: Humans Leading | Jillian Bybee Instagram: Jillian Bybee, MD (@lifeandpicu) LinkedIn: Jillian Bybee, MD | LinkedIn Threads: @LifeandPICU Website: Contact — Jillian Bybee, MD (jillianbybeemd.com) If you’re ready to kickstart your journey (or your team's journey) to a less stressed life, I’m ready to help you! You can get in touch about 1:1 coaching or inviting me to facilitate a workshop for your group, get in touch via my website.

    50 min
  8. The Power of Becoming Self-Aware with Caroline Ferguson

    06/21/2024

    The Power of Becoming Self-Aware with Caroline Ferguson

    Send us a text On this episode, Jillian talks to mindset trainer and fellow Substacker Caroline Ferguson. They cover a lot of ground in their chat including: Self-Awareness, which Caroline describes as the ability to “know ourselves deeply and being able to hear what’s going on with our self-talk"The number of thoughts we experience each day (including the stories we tell ourselves!) and why it’s important to recognize themThe importance of tuning into your thoughts and how it’s like tuning into your “inner radioThe “world’s most important question” to ask yourself as you’re learning to navigate tuning into your thoughts and feelingsCarolines PACES tool The importance of tuning in when you’re feeling good (not just when you’re feeling bad)How the stories we tell ourselves lead to our emotionsHow to tune into what you’re feeling in order to make a conscious choice about what to do nextEmotions as dataThe importance of responding instead of reactingCaroline’s “emotional ladder” metaphor“When we have a ‘must’ we have an ‘or else’” Messages around self-worth Where to find Caroline: Substack: Something More You can find out more about coaching with me at my website: Jillian Bybee, MD- Physician Leader, Coach, Speaker (jillianbybeemd.com) Join me for more over on social media: Blog: Humans Leading | Jillian Bybee Instagram: Jillian Bybee, MD (@lifeandpicu) LinkedIn: Jillian Bybee, MD | LinkedIn Threads: @LifeandPICU Website: Contact — Jillian Bybee, MD (jillianbybeemd.com) If you’re ready to kickstart your journey (or your team's journey) to a less stressed life, I’m ready to help you! You can get in touch about 1:1 coaching or inviting me to facilitate a workshop for your group, get in touch via my website.

    40 min
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Welcome to Humans Leading, the podcast for ambition, overwhelmed women looking to transform their lives. It is hosted by Dr. Jillian Bybee, a busy pediatric ICU physician, toddler mom, coach, and creative who uses what she's learned from recovering from burnout twice to help other people live less stressed, more satisfying lives. Join Dr. Bybee and her inspiring guests as they tackle essential topics such as perfectionism, limiting beliefs, imposter phenomenon, stress management, and more. Each episode is packed with actionable advice to empower you to prioritize your own wellbeing and create the life you truly desire.  If you're ready to start putting yourself on your own priority list and lead a more fulfilling life, tune in to Humans Leading and take the first step toward transformation.

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  • Creator
    Dr. Jillian Bybee
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    17
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Humans Leading
  • Show Website
    Humans Leading