Leading From The Heart
Executive Leadership Development Coaching for Women Physicians
“A fantastic investment in yourself and your future!”
A unique leadership coaching experience for women physician leaders who want a better way to lead
This is not generic executive leadership development, it is an innovative and unique coaching designed specifically for women physicians navigating the real pressures of medicine, leadership, and life.
It offers deep support and creative, practical, and effective solutions.
If you want to move beyond urgency, reactivity, over-functioning, overwhelm and over responsibility, and lead with more clarity, confidence, steadiness, self-trust, and sustainability,
you are in the right place.
"Working with Jessie has been one of the best decisions I've made professionally. She is simply amazing.”
‘Chief school ‘ did not teach me how to lead with vulnerability, creativity, humanity and heart.
Your leadership training likely will not teach you this either.
The thought patterns we have as physicians are even more pronounced in leadership. Women physician leaders are asked to carry enormous responsibility with very little support.
We care deeply about our work but we bear the cost or caring so much.
This is where heart- centered leadership coaching comes in.
It helps you lead with presence, discernment, steadiness, and self-respect.
If you're craving a new way to lead, one that aligns with your values and your well-being,
you don’t want to miss this program.
”I loved the way Jessie spoke directly to each of us, not letting us off the hook with hard decisions, and gently guiding us back to make changes to help us accomplish our goals of becoming great leaders in our jobs and in our families. “
Leading from the Heart is a uniquely personal small group leadership coaching experience
It is intentionally very small group. Each cohort is limited to 10 women physicians
It is highly personal and built for real transformation.
It is facilitated by an experienced woman physician leader who is also a physician coach and wellness expert.
The program is focused on sustainable, heart-centered, high-impact leadership rooted in neuroscience and coaching.
It includes AMA PRA Cat 1 CME
“This group helped my thinking become clearer. It helped me remove internal barriers so my leadership role feels more easeful and authentic. It will do the same for you.” - TPMG MCH leader
This program is for
Woman physicians in formal leadership roles who want support that actually understands medicine.
Women physicians who are stepping into leadership and want to do it in a way that is effective and sustainable from the beginning.
Women in medicine who want to lead without losing themselves.
Those who want support
navigating conflict
setting boundaries
communicating clearly
leading through change
managing the emotional weight of leadership
trusting yourself more
quieting imposter syndrome
staying connected to your values and your well-being
It is for physician chiefs, and leadership roles with letters (CMO’s, CEO’s, APICs, PICs, etc), medical directors, team leaders, emerging leaders, and women physicians carrying leadership in ways that may or may not be reflected in their title.
If you want leadership coaching that understands both medicine and the inner life of leadership, you are in the right place.
“I can personally attest that as a Family Medicine physician and co-director of Primary Care as well as a mom of two young kids, with a commute, and a partner who also has a demanding job, I may have left a job I love if it weren’t for physician coaching and development.” - Sutter Health Leader
Explore the tools of heart-centered leadership
These are not soft skills. They are essential leadership capacities for women physicians who want to lead well without paying for it with their health, relationships, or peace of mind.
In this program, you will strengthen your ability to:
Lead through conflict without losing yourself
Set boundaries without guilt
Communicate clearly under pressure
Regulate your nervous system in high-stakes environments
Respond with intention instead of urgency
Stop over-functioning and lead more strategically
Build trust without over-giving
Navigate change with more steadiness
Model wellness instead of martyrdom
Lead in a way that feels aligned, effective, and sustainable
This is leadership coaching for the real world of medicine. Practical. Grounded. Transformative.
Why this program is unique
Most leadership coaching is too focused on performance without understanding the patterns medicine rewards in us: perfectionism, hyper-responsibility, emotional suppression, urgency, and people-pleasing.
This program is different.
It is designed specifically for women physicians.
I understand the culture of medicine from the inside. I understand physician leadership and what it is like to be a woman physician leader.
It is truly personal.
This is not a large course or a generic leadership training. With a maximum of 10 participants, there is room for real coaching, real reflection, and real change.
It is grounded in both science and lived experience.
My work integrates physician leadership, coaching, mindfulness, nervous system awareness, and years of experience supporting physicians and physician leaders across the country. I have coached hundreds of physician leaders and worked with organizations including national medical societies and healthcare systems.
It brings this experience into an intimate container designed for meaningful transformation.
What you will learn is designed to help you navigate the current realities and complexities of our current healthcare system with greater ease and confidence.
You will learn how to lead sustainably and creatively and to trust yourself and feel grounded by the radical idea that how you lead should feel good to you, too.
This work changes how women physicians lead and live.
They leave with more clarity, confidence, steadiness, ease and capacity.
So they can lead without abandoning themselves.
This is a uniquely powerful group experience that will help you develop an authentic leadership presence and more ease and self-trust.
What do real women physicians have to say about Leading from the Heart?
“This group helps you not only be a better leader but also feel more comfortable in your own skin.”
- Sutter Health Leader
“It was such a great group of people. Just being surrounded by their energy and hope for the future was healing.
I got clarity on who I am as a leader and who I want to be, how I want to show up, and how I want to approach making decisions. Jessie is so good.”
- Female Physician Leader, Wisconsin.”
“I loved feeling heard, understood, and SEEN!“
- TPMG APIC
There are TWO ways you can coach with me on leadership
Leading From the Heart Small Group Coaching
A uniquely intimate small group experience for women physicians who want meaningful coaching, community, and a more sustainable way to lead.
This is the best fit if you want: the power of shared wisdom, a carefully curated group of peers, deep reflection and practical tools.
1:1 Leadership Coaching for Women Physicians
Private executive leadership coaching tailored to your specific goals, challenges, relationships, and role.
Best if you want: individualized support, flexible timing, more privacy, and coaching customized to your exact leadership situation
Both options can offer CME and are designed to help you lead with more clarity, confidence, and sustainability.
Frequently Asked Questions About Leadership Coaching
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Most executive coaching focuses on strategy, influence, and performance metrics. Leading From the Heart focuses on how you lead from the inside — your nervous system, your thought patterns, your boundaries, and your relationship with power and responsibility. It is designed specifically for women physician leaders.
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Many participants are emerging leaders, new chiefs, or physicians who lead informally through influence, teaching, or mentoring.
If you carry responsibility for others — and want to develop effective and sustainable leadership skills — this program is relevant to you.
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Leading from the heart includes 7 105 min group coaching sessions led by Dr. Mahoney and up to 12 units AMA PRA Cat 1 CME credit. I highly recommend you add on two discounted 1:1 coaching sessions. The curriculum is live and personalized to the group — there are no pre-recorded modules. Sessions are recorded in case you have to miss.
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Yes. Many physicians use professional development funds, leadership funds, CME stipends, and/or or wellness program budgets to cover the cost.
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I offer Leading from the Heart twice a year. Usually in spring and fall. Next dates and sign up are here.
Explore 1:1 coaching if you want personalized leadership support right away.
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$3300 for the group only and $4500 with 2 added 1:1 coaching sessions.
“Working with Jessie is revelatory, providing practical tools that help us manage the daily demands of our profession more effectively. This work serves as an antidote to our work-induced stress responses, while cultivating calm, patience, and clarity—qualities that are essential to our well-being as physicians”
“The very best thing I have gifted myself since becoming a physician. Hands down.”
“Coaching was life-changing! Jessie is so supportive and a wealth of knowledge and experience! “
“Jessie helped me understand my professional goals and how they align with, rather than compete with, my personal goals. She listened to my particular concerns and helped me outline an achievable work plan.“ - Stanford Physician leader
You no longer have to lead alone or on empty
Whether you’re navigating staffing, patient care, a difficult colleague or charge nurse, or leadership politics, this group offers a better way forward.
You can feel strong and soft at the same time. You can be strategic and still lead with love.
You can stop doing it all and focus on what matters.
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