2024 was a great year for The Handover Podcast. Let's see some of the highlights.

Stay tuned for part two!

Dr Sarah Wittry is a hospice & palliative medicine physician, coach, and podcaster who lives in Columbus, Ohio. She's on to discuss her unique journey in medicine, how she navigated overwhelm and burnout, and found greater balance in her life. She's also a wife, mother of four kids, and she is passionate about so many things in life (like yoga, travelling, and nature).

We discuss:

• How experiencing burnout led Sarah to seek coaching, which transformed her life
• Infertility, fostering, and adoption
• Balancing family life and a medical career is a common struggle for many women in medicine
• Ways to navigate stress, overwhelm, and burnout
• How finding balance is an evolving process that requires intentional choices
• How support and community are essential for personal growth and healing

Get in touch with Dr Sarah Wittry at her website | Instagram | LinkedIn

For resources head to https://linktr.ee/balancedmedics

In this conversation, we're lucky to have Dr Jill Gamberg, Dr Adam Harrison, and Dr Urszula Carr on to discuss coaching for doctors.

Jill is a GP, lifestyle medicine specialist, and coach. Adam is a doctor, lawyer, and coach. Urszula is a pathologist and coach.

It's great to have such a wide variety of backgrounds on to discuss what coaching is, the benefits, and why it's useful to have a doctor who coaches for other doctors.

We discuss:

• Everyone's unique background and journey in and outside medicine
• What coaching is
• What the benefits of coaching are, specifically doctors who coach doctors
• How to find a coach right for you

To find a doctor coach head to https://www.doctorswhocoachdoctors.net/

To listen to Dr Harrison's own podcast head to https://healthpodcastnetwork.com/show/inspiring-women-leaders/

Dr Jason Lam shares his journey from being a professional dancer to pursuing a career in medicine. He explains how he transitioned from dance to medicine due to a collapsed lung and the limited opportunities in the dance industry. Jason highlights the importance of shaping one's practice and finding a balance between work and personal life.

We discuss:

- Jason's unique journey before medicine and within medicine

- Shaping your practice based on your interests

- Keeping your non-medical identity alive

- Sports Medicine

If you're struggling, there is help out there:

drs4drs.com.au | more resources

Reach out to Dr Jason Lam here

Shem is back to share more on his life and new book.

Tune in to hear about his colourful life and how he managed to write and practice medicine for over 20 years.

This episode we have Dr Joy Hussain on to share her unique journey in and outside medicine. From engineering, to remote medicine in Australia & Alaska, to a PhD in sauna therapy...Joy shows you can change lanes in medicine multiple times.

We discuss:

• Moving countries as a doctor and the challenges associated with it
• Remote medicine
• Leaving one opportunity to make space for another
• Sauna therapy and the benefits of sweat
• Going for your dreams, and continuing to try in finding your special space in medicine and the world
• The importance of failure in learning

To reach out to Joy go to her website | LinkedIn

Dr Folusho "Foley" Tugbiyele is an Obstetrician & Gynaecologist from Atlanta, Georgia with a special interest in Urogynaecology. He's also an entrepreneur & intrapreneur and believes that intrapreneurship can help prevent burnout.

We discuss:

• What intrapreneurship is
• How to negotiate
• Ways we can reclaim our time
• His journey to entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship

For coaching with Isabella go to balancedmedics.com/coaching

To reach out to Dr Foley head to his Website | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook

Dr Hana Ali, the founder of HealthCareer Transitions, is on the pod today to speak all about her unique journey in and outside medicine. Dr Hana decided to pursue a career outside of clinical medicine in her final year of medical school.

We discuss:

• Dealing with unsolicited advice
• The decision to work outside of clinical medicine
• Entrepreneurship & tech startups
• The importance of community
• Trusting your own decisions
• Her new company HealthCareer Transitions

To connect with Dr Hana Ali go to Instragram | LinkedIn | Website