Physician Coaching

“My coaching investments are as important as my med school investment. It is that good!”

Optimize your performance, potential, health, and happiness.

Our work is hard and it matters.

If you want to enjoy practicing and do so in a sustainable, healthy, and satisfying way despite the chaos of medicine today, you need to learn to be strategic with your mindset and your physiology.

The culture of medicine encourages us to think and act in ways that benefit the system but are not sustainable or healthy for us. They exhaust and deplete us. They make our already hard jobs even harder.

Without healthcare, your job, or your family changing, it’s possible to find relief from exhaustion, burnout, irritability, and cynicism.

I will empower you with actionable strategies to help you find calm, alignment, peace, and presence.

“Incredibly helpful for physicians. Honestly, this should be required in medical school -- before we get these thought patterns so ingrained.“ - Neurosurgeon, CO

Whatever you are struggling with, I will help you find a way forward

You don’t have to know what you want next to start coaching. Coaching brings clarity.

I can help you be content with your current situation or I can help you pivot to something different with grace and confidence.

Coaching helps you show up as the best version of yourself - for yourself, for those you love, and for those you care for.

You become healthier, happier, more energetic, and productive.

You have clarity about who you are and what you want and you struggle less — as a colleague, in your intimate relationships, and as a friend, sibling, child, or parent.

“Jessie is amazing! As a fellow physician, she understands the unique challenges we face on a daily basis. Both her group sessions and one-on-one coaching are THE antidote to burnout.

I recommend her for anyone who is looking to make a change or wants to flourish in their current situation. It is worth the investment!” - ER MD, Illinois

Physician coaching is not woo - it’s science

Coaching is an evidence-based intervention that has been shown in multiple randomized controlled trials to lessen burnout and emotional exhaustion, and improve performance and quality of life.

I have coached hundreds of physicians since 2019 - 1:1, in small groups, and at retreats. Coaching is the most impactful intervention I have come across in my over twenty years as a physician wellness leader.

Coaching is so effective I left my pediatric practice, a great benefits package, and the possibility of early retirement with a pension, to share these tools with my colleagues across the country, and the world.

This work is so transformative, I had to share it.

What I offer at Pause & Presence is exactly what physicians need to survive and thrive in medicine.

At Pause & Presence, I am nimble enough to be able to share this work in many different formats: 1:1 coaching, small groups, coaching, yoga, mindfulness, and culinary medicine retreats. I offer something that works for everyone. Almost everything I offer can include CME.

I also lead coaching programs and retreats for fellowships, medical centers, departments, and teams. Once you have coached with me, you will want to advocate to share this work with your team. After working with me, many of your colleagues have successfully advocated for institutional funding.

  • “Jessie reframed situations for me that allowed me to invite peace and compassion into situations that initially felt stuck and hopeless. I feel ten times more resilient as a physician.” — FAM MED

  • “When I started I felt like I had to save myself or be a doctor. Now I can take care of myself AND do my job well.” - ONCOLOGY

  • “Working with Jessie made me more committed to making choices in my life that align with my priorities, loves, and goals for success.” - INTERNIST

  • “The compassion, joy, and love you’ve helped me find in this incredibly transformative journey has illuminated the countless and creative ways I can enjoy a career in medicine.” — MD/PHD, MEDICAL DIRECTOR GENENTECH

  • “Jessie helped me understand my professional goals and how they align with, rather than compete with, my personal goals.

    She listened to my very specific concerns and helped me outline a plan for work that was achievable. “ - ANESTHESIOLOGIST

WORK WITH ME

1:1 Support

  • High-touch, nurturing, and insightful support from a wise, skilled, and experienced physician coach, wellness leader, and mindfulness expert

    • Learn to recognize habitual unhelpful thought patterns that cause you pain and frustration

    • Be empowered with a toolbox of personalized mind-body strategies to help you reduce stress, ease your struggle, get unstuck, and move forward with grace, clarity, and calm

  • Physician coaching is professional development

    • It is often deductible as a business expense and/or reimburseable by your institution as an educational expense.

    • You can also earn CME credits for a small additional fee.

      Current CME accreditation: In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare, Inc., and Pause & Presence, LLC. Continuing Education, Inc. is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

      Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare, Inc. designates this live activity for 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Print CME accreditation and objectives.

Small Group CME Courses (Live on Zoom)

  • Small Group Courses for Women Physicians

    Ongoing Presence

    Transition Well

    Coaching, Yoga, Mindfulness, & Culinary Medicine Retreats

    *accredited for CME

    MORE COACHING - LOWER COST

  • Coaching and Retreats for Teams and Institutions

    Join USCF, TPMG, Sutter Health, PAMF, and Dignity Health in offering in-person team wellness retreats and virtual coaching programs to support, engage, and transform their teams.

    * CME can be offered

    TRANSFORM AND ENGAGE YOUR TEAM

  • Fellowship Coaching Programs

    Join Stanford and the Medical University of South Carolina in offering an integrated physician coaching program to your fellows.

    It’s a win-win for everyone.

    EFFECTIVE WELLNESS FOR YOUR FELLOWSHIP

  • “It’s evidence-based, thought provoking and necessary to practice in the economic and political environment of healthcare.” - CMO & Hospitalist

  • “I am so fortunate to have crossed paths with Jessie at a time when I felt both professionally and personally burnt-out.She helped me to overcome the feelings of overwhelm and helplessness, to be present, find joy in small moments, the positive in every situation, and even calm in the chaos of everyday life.” - Dermatologist

  • “The coaching program was the best thing my fellowship has done all year.”

    - MUSC, Cardiology Fellow

  • “Coaching is SO beneficial for physicians. Whether you realize it or not, we all have thinking “patterns” that we have developed. Working with a coach helps us to use them to our benefit rather than our detriment.

    - Cardiologist

  • “Coaching has taken me from a place of overwhelm and stress to a place of confidence and calm.”

BECOME CONFIDENT AND CALM