“I continue to hear nothing but rave reviews about your talk. “
Are you looking for an authentic, engaging, and inspiring wellness talk?
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I have been giving innovative and relatable physician wellness talks for over 20 years.
I was a physician wellness leader at TPMG/Kaiser Permanente for over 17 years. In 2019, I founded my own company, Pause & Presence, so I could offer exactly what I knew my physician colleagues, and other high achievers, needed to get back to practicing purpose-driven, healthy, and sustainable medicine.
In addition to coaching individual physicians and leading coaching, yoga, mindfulness, and culinary medicine retreats, I host a popular podcast called The Mindful Healers Podcast. I also work with teams and institutions all over the US and Canada to grow engagement, improve the care experience, and optimize the sustainability and satisfaction of the healthcare team .
I am a Board-Certified Pediatrician, a certified coach, and a certified yoga and mindfulness instructor. I am a graduate of Dartmouth College and UCSF School of Medicine.
“I am still feeling the glow of empowerment that comes with having new frameworks to apply and skills to practice. So many ideas resonated with me. How Dr. Mahoney frames lessons is different and hits home in a unique and powerful way.”
- Dr. Jennifer Guy, Surgeon CPMC
Recent Collaborations
Jefferson Healthcare, Medical Staff Symposium
California Pacific Medical Center, Women in Medicine
TPMG San Rafael Medical Staff Dinner
University of New Mexico Grand Rounds
Coalition for Physician Well-Being, Joy and Wholeness Summit
UCSF Alumni Weekend
TPMG National Women Physician's Day Celebration
Women of Dartmouth Global Summit
Tufts Medical Center
Women Of Dartmouth, Thrive
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, National Obesity Conference & Annual Conference
American Conference for Physician Health
El Camino Health
Society for Hospital Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region
UCSD, Department of Infectious Disease
The Permanente Medical Group Physician Wellness Conferences and Total Performance Improvement Plan Sessions
Empowering Women Physicians
International Conference on Physician Health
“Dr. Mahoney does a wonderful job of striking the balance of acknowledging the failure of the healthcare system while also inviting that we still have agency and can find meaning. I particularly loved her invitation to reflect on our "specialty" of unhelpful mindsets and the possibility of engaging in “the school of unlearning.”
I have continued to gain awareness of how these mindsets show up every day for me and my colleagues which is the first step to shifting. I look forward to our next inevitable connection. “
- Dr. Tricia James, Medical Director of Wellness, Providence Portland Medical Center
Sample Keynote Talk
Medicine Should Be Different and You Can Still Make a Difference: Tools to Help You Reconnect with Passion and Purpose (So You Can Keep Doing the Work You Love!) with Dr. Jessie Mahoney
We took an oath to do no harm, but we were not taught how to do no harm to ourselves. In training, we were taught specific thought patterns that helped us make it through. These exact thought patterns make it harder to have sustainable, satisfying, and healthy careers. They add to the stress and distress of working in a broken system. This talk/workshop offers a fresh, out-of-the-box, light-hearted, and solutions-focused perspective to the wellness dilemma. Dr. Mahoney is an experienced, wise, and inspiring physician wellness leader who brings a nurturing, creative, fun, and loving approach to this work. Participants leave her workshops hopeful and empowered. Even better they leave with an actionable framework for change and a toolbox of easy-to-implement science-based tools and strategies to optimize our mindset and physiology so we can navigate a career in medicine with more buoyancy, compassion, lightness, and joy.
Other Keynote Talks and Workshops
Leading with A Lens To Wellness
What Got You Here Won't Get You There: Self Sacrifice and Martyrdom Are Not A Recipe for Joy and Wholeness
Honoring Diastole: What the Heart Can Teach Us About Wellness and Sustainability
Why You Aren’t Happy and What You Can Do About It
“Dr. Mahoney’s focus on physicians, their unique pressures, and how they are magnified in current-day practice was poignant.
I was at attention and riveted during the presentation.”
- Dr. Curatola, El Camino Health
Two Short Clips of a virtual version of this talk
“Dr. Mahoney brings the complete package to any wellness event. She is a dynamic leader, innovative teacher, engaging facilitator, and inspirational speaker whom I hold in the highest regard. ”
— Dr. John Chuck, Chief of Regional Physician Wellness, The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG)
Options for bringing Dr. Mahoney to your group
Conference Presentation
Conference Workshop or Breakout Session
Grand Rounds
Team Workshops or Retreats
Longitudinal Group and 1:1 Coaching Programs
Yoga and Mindfulness Sessions
What participants say about the impact of Dr. Mahoney’s talks and workshops
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“Jessie has a gift and I am so grateful she choose to share it. It is my mission to help my colleagues who are struggling, like I was before I found her, to spread the word about her everywhere I can. ”
— Chief Infectious Disease, TPMG
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“The way Jessie communicates helps you understand the root of your issues and frustrations and makes solutions and changes feel simple to implement. “ - CCU MD, TX
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“It’s evidence-based, thought provoking and necessary to practice in the economic and political environment of healthcare.” - CMO, Hospitalist
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“Amazing opportunity to hear about powerful tools to reframe ingrained negative thought patterns, ask clarifying questions and try them out in a safe environment. It would be impossible to achieve this degree of awakening on your own.”
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“Dr. Mahoney is extremely personable and relatable. She has a remarkable ease in her presentation that makes it easy to engage with.”- Director of Wellness, PPMC
“Jessie is a fabulous facilitator. She is truly a deep, wise, curious, brilliant teacher.”
-APIC, TPMG San Rafael
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