Dr. Gloria Esoimeme is an Internal Medicine Physician with a Masters in Global Health and a PhD in Health Services Policy and Management. With her academic background and experience living in Nigeria, the United States, and the UAE, she equips professional women with the skills to lead, negotiate, and succeed.

As a consultant, she helps individuals and organizations break barriers, build confidence, and achieve lasting success. Through her podcast, workshops, and keynote speeches, she shares expert insights, practical strategies, and inspiring stories to empower women in every aspect of life.

Some of the topics we discussed were:

• Dr. Esoimeme’s journey across 3 different continents throughout her life
• Dr. Esoimeme’s podcast where she talks to a wide range of people of different ages across different parts of the world
• What negotiation is not
• How negotiation is present in a regular day-to-day context
• Benefitting from negotiating in every aspect of your life
• How the negotiation process starts from the very first time you reach out to anyone
• Dr. Esoimeme’s 3 most helpful negotiation skills
• Knowing your value when negotiating
• The power of listening and observing when negotiating
• How to navigate negotiations if you don’t feel confident
• How to build confidence in your negotiating skills
• Knowing your priorities in negotiating

And more!

Learn more about me or schedule a FREE coaching call:
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Sasha K. Shillcutt, MD, MS, FASE is a tenured and endowed Professor and the Vice Chair of Strategy in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She is a double-boarded cardiac anesthesiologist and is also CEO & Founder of Brave Enough, a community of thousands of women in healthcare where she teaches women how to advance through courses, coaching, and events. She leads conferences and retreats for professional women and is a certified coach for women leaders. Sasha is a well-published researcher in anesthesiology and gender equity, best-selling author, and international speaker. She speaks frequently to executives and leaders on the topics of professional resilience and wellbeing.

Her TEDx talk titled Resilience: The Art of Failing Forward has been viewed by thousands of people. Her writing has been published in both the New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA. Her first book, Between Grit and Grace: How to be Feminine and Formidable, has sold thousands of copies and her second book, Brave Boundaries, is an international best seller. Her podcast, The Brave Enough Show, has over 315K downloads & she has coached hundreds of women leaders to thrive.

Some of the topics we discussed were:

• Setting boundaries at work, in business, or entrepreneurship
• Setting and keeping boundaries that serve you
• Common mistakes people make when setting up boundaries and how to avoid them
• How to navigate situations where people are unhappy with the boundaries you set
• Recommendations for people on their journey of learning better boundaries
• How to approach situations where you feel someone is setting an unreasonable boundary
• Boundaries and time management

And more!

Learn more about me or schedule a FREE coaching call:
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Dr. Zink brings over 16 years of expertise as a board-certified adult psychiatrist. Her passion is helping women struggling with anxiety, depression, insomnia, or hormonal mood changes related to pregnancy, postpartum, and perimenopause feel like their best selves again.

She completed rigorous premedical and medical education at Princeton and Georgetown, followed by specialty psychiatric training at UC San Diego.

With a special focus on reproductive and integrative psychiatry, Dr. Zink is deeply knowledgeable about traditional psychiatric medicine and research-backed natural and complementary interventions. She has published articles and content about perinatal psychiatry and regularly provides didactic trainings on the topic to local medical school and residency training programs.

She is accepting new patients in her private practice EleMental Integrative Psychiatry in Linwood, NJ.

Some of the topics we discussed were:

• How to assess why someone may be having problems sleeping before looking at supplements
• Commonly used and best studied natural supplements that can potentially help with sleep
• How sleep apnea rises with age and occurs in 50-60% of women in the menopause transition phase
• How melatonin supplements can help with natural levels of melatonin starting to decrease with age
• Combinations of supplements that can potentially promote better sleep by producing a calming effect
• Free resources for getting cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBTI)
• Botanicals or supplements with literature to back their effectiveness
• Checking iron levels with restless leg syndrome
• How to the safety of natural supplements
• Why it is important for supplements to be USP or NSF certified
• Supplement or herbal brands that Dr. Susan Zink personally trusts
• Any differences for what works for women in a certain period of hormonal change and transition in life
• How to determine the duration for how long a patient should take a certain supplement

And more!

Learn more about me or schedule a FREE coaching call:
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Join the Voices of Women Physicians Facebook Group:
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Connect with Dr. Zink:

Email:
drzink@elementalintegrativepsych.com

Website:
https://elementalintegrativepsych.com/

Instagram:
@elemental_integrative_psych

Facebook:
EleMental Integrative Psychiatry

Dr. Zink brings over 16 years of expertise as a board-certified adult psychiatrist. Her passion is helping women struggling with anxiety, depression, insomnia, or hormonal mood changes related to pregnancy, postpartum, and perimenopause feel like their best selves again.

She completed rigorous premedical and medical education at Princeton and Georgetown, followed by specialty psychiatric training at UC San Diego.

With a special focus on reproductive and integrative psychiatry, Dr. Zink is deeply knowledgeable about traditional psychiatric medicine and research-backed natural and complementary interventions. She has published articles and content about perinatal psychiatry and regularly provides didactic trainings on the topic to local medical school and residency training programs.

She is accepting new patients in her private practice EleMental Integrative Psychiatry in Linwood, NJ.

Some of the topics we discussed were:

• Dr. Zink’s journey to where she is now with her reproductive psychiatry clinic
• The additional integrative psychiatry part of Dr. Zink’s practice
• Commonly used and best studied natural supplements that can potentially help with mood and anxiety
• How to properly benefit from omega-3 fish oils, folic acid, vitamin D, magnesium, vitamin B6, ashwagandha, L-theanine, oral lavender, S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe)
• Commonly used and best studied natural supplements that can potentially help with focus

And more!

Learn more about me or schedule a FREE coaching call:
https://www.joyfulsuccessliving.com/

Join the Voices of Women Physicians Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/190596326343825/

Connect with Dr. Zink:

Email:
drzink@elementalintegrativepsych.com

Website:
https://elementalintegrativepsych.com/

Instagram:
@elemental_integrative_psych

Facebook:
EleMental Integrative Psychiatry

Sasha K. Shillcutt, MD, MS, FASE is a tenured and endowed Professor and the Vice Chair of Strategy in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She is a double-boarded cardiac anesthesiologist and is also CEO & Founder of Brave Enough, a community of thousands of women in healthcare where she teaches women how to advance through courses, coaching, and events. She leads conferences and retreats for professional women and is a certified coach for women leaders. Sasha is a well-published researcher in anesthesiology and gender equity, best-selling author, and international speaker. She speaks frequently to executives and leaders on the topics of professional resilience and wellbeing.

Her TEDx talk titled Resilience: The Art of Failing Forward has been viewed by thousands of people. Her writing has been published in both the New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA. Her first book, Between Grit and Grace: How to be Feminine and Formidable, has sold thousands of copies and her second book, Brave Boundaries, is an international best seller. Her podcast, The Brave Enough Show, has over 315K downloads & she has coached hundreds of women leaders to thrive.

Some of the topics we discussed were:

• Setting boundaries at work
• Understanding your pain points
• Setting up boundaries outside of the home
• Setting boundaries with your phone
• Setting boundaries with yourself
• Setting boundaries for phones with teenagers
• Dealing with situations where your boundaries are not being respected
• Setting boundaries with the people you love
• Modeling setting healthy boundaries for your kids

And more!

Learn more about me or schedule a FREE coaching call:
https://www.joyfulsuccessliving.com/

Join the Voices of Women Physicians Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/190596326343825/

Connect with Dr. Shilcutt:

WEBSITE

INSTAGRAM

FACEBOOK

TWITTER

LINKEDIN

Sasha K. Shillcutt, MD, MS, FASE is a tenured and endowed Professor and the Vice Chair of Strategy in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She is a double-boarded cardiac anesthesiologist and is also CEO & Founder of Brave Enough, a community of thousands of women in healthcare where she teaches women how to advance through courses, coaching, and events. She leads conferences and retreats for professional women and is a certified coach for women leaders. Sasha is a well-published researcher in anesthesiology and gender equity, best-selling author, and international speaker. She speaks frequently to executives and leaders on the topics of professional resilience and wellbeing.

Her TEDx talk titled Resilience: The Art of Failing Forward has been viewed by thousands of people. Her writing has been published in both the New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA. Her first book, Between Grit and Grace: How to be Feminine and Formidable, has sold thousands of copies and her second book, Brave Boundaries, is an international best seller. Her podcast, The Brave Enough Show, has over 315K downloads & she has coached hundreds of women leaders to thrive.

Some of the topics we discussed were:

• Taking care of everybody else without leaving room for yourself
• Prioritizing your well-being by setting aside time just for you
• How to set up boundaries
• What boundaries really are
• Setting up boundaries in your personal life (like with your partner, children, parents, siblings, friends, etc.)
• Communicating your boundaries with others
• Setting up boundaries at work

And more!

Learn more about me or schedule a FREE coaching call:
https://www.joyfulsuccessliving.com/

Join the Voices of Women Physicians Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/190596326343825/

Connect with Dr. Shilcutt:

WEBSITE

INSTAGRAM

FACEBOOK

TWITTER

LINKEDIN

Alison Curfman, MD, MBA is a pediatric emergency physician and healthcare strategist who’s built clinical models and led companies at the intersection of innovation and impact.

After launching her first startup inside a private equity firm, she became founding Chief Medical Officer of Imagine Pediatrics, a value-based medical group for medically complex children on Medicaid. Under her leadership, the company grew to 300+ employees, serving over 35,000 patients and reaching a multi-9-figure valuation in less than two years.

Alison now leads Startup Physicians, a platform designed to help physicians apply their clinical expertise beyond the bedside as advisors, operators, founders, and investors. She advises early-stage companies and funds on clinical strategy, go-to-market planning, and physician engagement.

Her mission: empower physicians, especially women, to reclaim their creativity, autonomy, and leadership by stepping into healthcare innovation. She believes that doctors are not leaving medicine, they're redefining it.

Some of the topics we discussed were:

• Working as an advisor, consultant, and board member for early-stage and mid-stage companies in healthcare
• How to work with startups without experience or coming from a more traditional healthcare environment
• Dr. Curfman’s program training physicians on how to become consultants and advisors for startups
• Understanding the value of your own skill set and how transferrable they are
• Different roles you can take on in consulting and advising
• The high demand for medical expertise because companies need the clinical voice represented to get their contracts
• Being on advisory boards, working on product development, helping with the marketing/brand/spokesperson side of things
• Having the freedom to choose companies who you truly believe in
• How to identify a target market for the types of startups you want to work with
• Identifying what draws you and recognizing what transferrable skills you might already have
• How to start strategically networking

And more!

Learn more about me or schedule a FREE coaching call:
https://www.joyfulsuccessliving.com/

Join the Voices of Women Physicians Facebook Group:
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Connect with Dr. Curfman:

Website:
www.alisoncurfmanmd.com

Startup Physicians Podcast:

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

LinkedIn:
Alison-Curfman-MD-MBA

Alison Curfman, MD, MBA is a pediatric emergency physician and healthcare strategist who’s built clinical models and led companies at the intersection of innovation and impact.

After launching her first startup inside a private equity firm, she became founding Chief Medical Officer of Imagine Pediatrics, a value-based medical group for medically complex children on Medicaid. Under her leadership, the company grew to 300+ employees, serving over 35,000 patients and reaching a multi-9-figure valuation in less than two years.

Alison now leads Startup Physicians, a platform designed to help physicians apply their clinical expertise beyond the bedside as advisors, operators, founders, and investors. She advises early-stage companies and funds on clinical strategy, go-to-market planning, and physician engagement.

Her mission: empower physicians, especially women, to reclaim their creativity, autonomy, and leadership by stepping into healthcare innovation. She believes that doctors are not leaving medicine, they're redefining it.

Some of the topics we discussed were:

• What makes Dr. Curfman a good founder
• The skills Dr. Curfman gained by working at a private equity firm and providing her clinical knowledge
• Co-founding Imagine Pediatrics, the value-based medical group for children with medical complexity
• How Imagine Pediatrics immediately launched with 20,000 patients
• Startup on steroids: going from 3 co-founders to about 300,000 employees in 18 months
• How Imagine Pediatrics has far-reaching impacts and currently serves about 40,000 high-needs kids on Medicaid
• How their company focuses on keeping kids out of the hospital and getting them the resources they need
• Reaching a multi-9-figure valuation in just a couple years by saving costs through a mission-driven business model
• How being open-minded led Dr. Curfman to learn the core elements of any business
• How to systematically de-risk a concept before launching a business
• Building an incubator program for physician-founded concepts
• Advice for people who want to launch their own startup but don’t know where to begin
• How to start developing your own idea

And more!

Learn more about me or schedule a FREE coaching call:
https://www.joyfulsuccessliving.com/

Join the Voices of Women Physicians Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/190596326343825/

Connect with Dr. Curfman:

Website:
www.alisoncurfmanmd.com

Startup Physicians Podcast:

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

LinkedIn:
Alison-Curfman-MD-MBA