Welcome to Pause & Presence

with Dr. Jessie Mahoney

Are you successful on the surface yet struggling underneath?

Pause & Presence offers exactly what you need.

Coach with me to find clarity and create a more aligned and connected life.

Join me for a retreat to feel alive, energized, and transformed.

Hire me to keep your doctors happy, healthy, and performing at their best.

Who you choose as a coach matters

I am the highly skilled, wise, and nurturing guide you have been seeking.

If you are “feeling lost”, overwhelmed, angry, resentful, stuck, or hopeless, I can help.

I have helped more than a thousand successful clients stop struggling and move forward with clarity, peace, and ease.

Through high-touch 1:1 and small group coaching, transformative wellness retreats, and inspired and engaging talks, I help you become present, calm, hopeful, and happy again.

“Top of my gratitude list each day is working with Jessie.

I strongly recommend it for anyone who wants to be happier, calmer, more content, and “unstuck.”

- Endocrinologist

“If you are burned out, tired, needing any coaching and reframing, Jessie is mind-blowingly amazing.“

I am Jessie Mahoney, MD

I am not your average coach.

I am a graduate of Dartmouth College and the UCSF School of Medicine.

I am a board-certified pediatrician, certified yoga and mindfulness teacher, and a physician wellness expert.

I led wellness for one of the largest medical groups in the country for almost twenty years.

I have trained and certified as a coach with both Martha Beck and the Life Coach School.

Since 2019, I have helped more than a thousand physicians from all over the US and Canada find relief from burnout, frustration, and feeling stuck. My coaching clients discover clarity about their next steps. They grow the courage to take action and make change.

If you have tried therapy and/or coaching before and didn’t get the results you hoped for, helping you is my specialty.

“Coaching was life-changing!”

Jessie is so supportive and a wealth of knowledge and experience!

She helped me sort through my thoughts and feelings to realize the actions that need to be done to change my life for the better.”

Do you regularly feel discontent and under-appreciated. Do you want “more” out of your life?


Despite significant outward success, and decades of working and sacrificing as a doctor, mom, and wife, I found myself feeling exactly this.

I was habitually distracted by doing, planning, fixing, and worrying. I was missing the presence, the magic, and the joy.

A blend of mindfulness, coaching, and tools I acquired during my years of experience as a wellness leader, led me to find relief, profound change, and a new way of living.

jessie mahoney md yoga teacher

“The skills I learned working with Jessie changed how I walk through life.

I'm more peaceful and less critical, and that has carried over into both work and life.”

- Oncologist

My life’s work now is to share these transformative tools with others


Peace, joy, and connection can be found. Feeling present, nourished, and easeful is possible.

Amidst life's craziness and the chaos of life and medicine today feeling light, spacious, and healthy can be your baseline.

“Coaching with Jessie has been transformational. I have taken part in both group coaching and 1:1 sessions, and participated in one of her retreats .

Coaching has made my life more easeful, decreased anticipatory dread associated with change, and allowed for a more neutral mindset and creativity.

Coaching with Jessie has made me a better spouse, sibling, child, colleague and leader. Women physicians often don't prioritize themselves. Coaching with Jessie is an investment in your future self . It is well worth the time and effort.”

- Physician Leader

Words from Happy Clients

  • “Coaching with Jessie has been the best thing I have done for myself.” - Medicine

  • “Jessie helped me overcome overwhelm and helplessness. I am now able to be present and find joy in the small moments.” - Dermatology

  • “I learned how to shift my perspective on all aspects of my life. I clarified my priorities, improved my relationships with family and friends, and developed better ways of coping with stress.” - Path

  • “The tools I learned apply to so many areas of work and life. The coaching is more useful than I ever imagined.” - Surgery

  • “When I started coaching, I didn’t know what my path ahead in life was. I believed I was a victim of circumstances. I was looking for happiness and validation from external sources. Now I am in the driver’s seat. I have a clear vision of what I want to do in life and what my priorities are.” - Gastroenterologist

  • “Jessie is a skilled guide to designing and living an intentional life.”- Anesthesiologist

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