All Episodes

Ep 203: Letter to Sweet Melissa, circa 1991

Ep 202: Learning to Rock the Boat with Katie M.

Ep 201: Leading with Care with Bonnie Pugh, MD

Ep 200: Your Favorite You - 200 Episodes In

Ep 199: It's Still the Clitoris (We're Back) with Nina Deep, MD

Ep 198: But You're Here Now: On Grief, Presence, and What Truly Matters

Ep 197: The Flip Side - Success and Struggle

Ep 196: Befriending Boredom: What Happens When You Stop Filling Every Silence

Ep 195: Self-Care vs. Numbing

Ep 194: A Nice Little Life

Ep 193: Inside a Group Coaching Call

Ep 192: Rest is Resistance (featuring the work of Tricia Hersey, The Nap Ministry)

Ep 191: It's Called The Clitoris with Nina Deep, MD

Ep 190: When Friendships are Complete

Ep 189: The Finish Line That Keeps Moving

Ep 188: What You'd Never Say to a Friend

Ep 187: I Did the Thing (And I Left Out a Paragraph, and I'm Telling You About It)

Ep 186: Which Beliefs are Stopping You?

Ep 185: Tenacity - The Art of Not Giving Up

Ep 184: The Best Thing About Anticipation

Ep 183: Rock the Boat

Ep 182: Doubt

Ep 181: Breaking the Chain- Parenting Your Children and Yourself

Ep 180: I Hate the Word Discipline

Ep 179: When Standing Out is Your Superpower with Dr. Manuela Powell

Ep 178: When All Your Parts Need Your Attention at Once

Ep 177: The Fun Filter - Deciding What Lights You Up with Jessie Mahoney, MD

Ep 176: Re-Made with Love and Science: Choosing Yourself Through Divorce and Infertility with Erica Bove, MD

Ep 175: A Love Letter to Barney Stinson Parsons

Ep 174: Our Most Precious Resource: Time with Kristine Goins, MD

Ep 173: It Doesn't Have to Be This Way with Drs. Robin Beardsley, Risa Adams, and Elizabeth Parsons

Ep 172: Anticipatory Grief AND Joy with Dr. Tasha Faruqui

Ep 171: Exploring Sovereignty with Dr. Shideh Shafie

Ep 170: Expanding Consciousness with Dr. Rashmi Schramm

Ep 169: Detached Attachment with Dr. Yolanda Bogaert

Ep 168: Having Your Own Back - Wisdom from my fellow Physician Coaches

Ep 167: Finding Your Calm

Ep 166: Obesity and GLP1 Medications with Dominique Williams, MD

Ep 165: Inside Group Coaching

Ep 164: Introduction to IFS with Anna Katherine Malone Gartshore

Ep 163: Permission to Share Your Gifts Before You're Ready

Ep 162: The Myth of Balance

Ep 161: What Resentment Might Be Trying to Tell You

Ep 160: The Stories We Tell About Time

Ep 159: The Healing That Can Happen When Women Gather

Ep 158: Beyond Smart - Three Types of Intelligence We All Need

Ep 157: The Power of Flexibility in Life and Healing

Ep 156: My Relationship with My Body

Ep 155: Money Shame to Money Confidence with Keina Newell

Ep 154: Be the Soft Landing

Ep 153: The Quiet Voice That Knows So Much

Ep 152: When Everyone Else Needs Coaching (Spoiler: It Might Be You)

Ep 151: When to Strive? When to Rest?

Ep 150: From Self-Sabotage to Self-Protection: Why Every Part of You Is On Your Side with Maggie Reyes

Ep 149: 7 Years Without Alcohol - A Celebration!

Ep 148: The Absurdity and Necessity of Personal Growth in Dark Times

Ep 147: Your Favorite You is Ready to Emerge

Ep 146: More on Patience - One Big Beautiful Human Mess

Ep 145: Living in Integrity

Ep 144: The Spiral Parking Garage Ramp of Healing

Ep 143: The Love You've Been Withholding

Ep 142: The Vulnerability of Learning Something New

Ep 141: It's Not Too Late

Ep 140: Lessons from 5 Years of Melissa Parsons Coaching - Part 2

Ep 139: Lessons from 5 Years of Melissa Parsons Coaching - Part 1

Ep 138: Radical Honesty

Ep 137: Meaningful Acts of Resistance

Ep 136: Celebrate! Learn to Live in Your Wins!

Ep 135: Love and Lessons from Miraval

Ep 134: Give Yourself Credit

Ep 133: Stop Rejecting Yourself for Acceptance

Ep 132: Why Wait for the Funeral?

Ep 131: The Impact of Tiny Problems

Ep 130: Fix-It Mode

Ep 129: Hear from Tulum Retreat Participants (aka LMFs)

Ep 128: Using the Enneagram to Understand Yourself with Wendy Montgomery

Ep 127: "Letting" Other People Feel Their Feelings with Jon Parsons, MD

Ep 126: Reflections from My First Retreat

Ep 125: Shifting from Pissed Off to Poised with Dr. Arpita DePalma

Ep 124: Impacts of Infidelity on Your Favorite You with Andrea Giles

Ep 123: Becoming Your Own Best Friend

Ep 122: Impact of Personal Change on Relationships

Ep 121: You Can Stop Pretending with Nina

Ep 120: Takeaways from Group Coaching with Colleen, Jenn, & Kimberly

Ep 119: Emotional Health and Wealth with Kirsty Knight

Ep 118: Fresh Starts and New Beginnings

Ep 117: It's the Little Things

Ep 116: Understanding Your Nervous System and Feeling ALL the Big Feels with Victoria Albina

Ep 115: Finding Light in the Darkness

Ep 114: Loving Your Body and Your Brain with Laura Conley

Ep 113: Tulum is Calling and We Must Go!

Ep 112: Financial Empowerment with Jack Parsons and Andrea Nameche

Ep 111: Five Lessons Learned from Amusement Parks

Bonus Episode: Handling Our Despair

Ep 110: Privileges and Boundaries

Ep 109: Stop Forcing Shit

Ep 108: The Power of Patience

Bonus: Loving Kindness Meditation

Ep 107: Nice or Kind?

Ep 106: The Likeability Trap

Ep 105: Intentional Feelings

Ep 104: My Favorite Way to Travel with Devon Gimbel

Ep 103: Women in Community

Ep 102: Sex, Drugs, and Perimenopause with Kelly Casperson, MD

Ep 101: You Can Change Your Lens

Ep 100: Pediatrics and Coaching Collide!

Ep 99: Parenting on Purpose with Bev Aron

Ep 98: Influence vs. Control with Maggie Reyes

Ep 97: Meeting Yourself

Ep 96: What to do when you don't want to...

Ep 95: Compassionate Unlearning

Ep 94: Unrealistic Expectations

Ep 93: Me as a Client

Ep 92: Leveling Up with Penny Kukla

Ep 91: Disappointment

Ep 90: The Power of the Pause

Ep 89: Belief Work in Progress!

Ep 88: Practicing Acceptance

Ep 87: Acceptance vs. Tolerance

Ep 86: Better Than Happy with Kate Mowery

Ep 85: Coaching Results Part 1

Ep 84: Living with Less Regret with Sarah Wittry

Ep 83: Where is Your Worth?

Ep 82: Let's Talk About Sex and Pleasure

Ep 81: The Price of Trauma

Ep 80: Pause Perimenopause

Ep 79: Resisting Your Emotions

Ep 78: Proof! Coaching Works! with Adrienne Mann and Tyra Fainstad

Ep 77: Coaching Can Change Everything

Ep 76: Just Start Somewhere

Ep 75: Using Your Past

Ep 74: Determination

Ep 73: Let Yourself Feel Good

Ep 72: Uncertainty

Ep 71: Grieving What Isn't

Ep 70: You Can't Hide From Yourself

Ep 69: Pivoting (When Things Don't Go The Way You Thought They Would)

Ep 68: The Capacity to Heal

Ep 67: You Don’t Want To Be Anybody’s Everything

Ep 66: The Value of A Consult

Ep 65: How I Stopped Abandoning Myself with Sara Fowler

Ep 64: Life is Not Linear

Ep 63: Questions To Move You Forward

Ep 62: The Importance of Play

Ep 61: We Are All Fucked Up

Ep 60: Asking for Help

Ep 59: Sneak Peek Into Group Coaching Part 2

Ep 58: Sneak Peek Into Group Coaching

Ep 57: Community and Connection

Ep 56: Lessons from The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

Ep 55: Curiosity

Ep 54: Accept Yourself

Ep 53: The Benefits of Long Term Coaching with Maggie Reyes

Ep 52: The Firehose - More is Not Better

Ep 51: Question Your Beliefs

Ep 50: Forgiveness

Ep 49: Worrying is Pretending

Ep 48: Amazing Advice I Gave You As Your Pediatrician

Ep 47: Powerful Decisions

Ep 46: Relationship by Design with Jon Parsons

Ep 45: The 3 Beliefs You Need to Invest in Coaching

Ep 44: Anything is Possible

Ep 43: Freedom

Ep 42: All Roads Lead to Your Favorite You

Ep 41: Loneliness vs Solitude

Ep 40: Overscheduling

Ep 39: Coaching and Yoga

Ep 38: Self-Confidence

Ep 37: Lessons from Failure

Ep 36: Choosing Your Emotions with Avneet Singh, MD

Ep 35: Belonging

Ep 34: The Power of Tiny Shifts

Ep 33: Oh Shit! Oh Shit!

Ep 32: My Relationship with Alcohol

Ep 31: Letting Your Favorite You Loose with Corinne Crabtree

Ep 30: Mom Fuck Ups Part 1

Ep 29: The Power of Group Coaching

Ep 28: Celebrating Wins with Krystin Miller

Ep 27: Happy 50th Birthday to Me

Ep 26: Juicy Pleasure and Desire with Danielle Savory

Ep 25: Becoming Your Favorite Boss with Sandy Vance

Ep 24: Love and Delight with Maggie Reyes

Ep 23: Do It Scared

Ep 22: Valedictorian Energy

Ep 21: Becoming an Ex Good Girl with Sara Fisk

Ep 20: Our Favorite Us

Ep 19: Just Go Ahead and Quit

Ep 18: Let It Be Easy

Ep 17: Accomplishments

Ep 16: Acceptance

Ep 15: Shitty Advice I Gave You as a Pediatrician

Ep 14: This is Me with Kim Orr

Ep 13: Being a Beginner Sucks

Ep 12: Pleasure

Ep 11: Making Friends in Midlife

Ep 10: I Am Enough with Nicole Plantner, DVM

Ep 09: Self-Compassion

Ep 08: If You Knew The How

Ep 07: Who Are You Living Your Life For?

Ep 06: Magically Help You Love Yourself Just As You Are

Ep 05: Feel Your F*cking Feelings

Ep 04: Control Enthusiasm

Ep 03: Tell People-Pleasing to Suck It

Ep 02: F*ck Perfectionism

Ep 01: My Favorite Me

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