
Lean Out Podcast
Do you feel stuck on the Treadmill of Achievement? Are you looking for a new approach to finding work-life balance? You've come to the right place. This is the Lean Out Podcast with your host, Dr. Dawn Baker, author of Lean Out: A Professional Woman's Guide to Finding Authentic Work-Life Balance. Become inspired by amazing women professionals who've taken the steps to lean out and find balance on their own terms.
Episodes
88 episodes
Doing Hard Things
In this episode of the Lean Out Podcast, Dawn Baker reads Chapter 9 of Lean Out: A Professional Woman's Guide to Finding Authentic Work-Life Balance. This chapter is titled, "Doing Hard Things."
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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37:41
Functional with Tracy McCarthy
In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Tracy McCarthy. Tracy is a psychiatrist and a functional medicine physician certified by the Institute of Functional Medicine who owns her own private practice in northern California. She focuses on helpin...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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37:26
Calling with Sanj Katyal
In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Sanj Katyal. Sanj is an engineer turned radiologist. After successfully leading a radiology startup group for several years, he turned his focus toward understanding wellbeing, positive psychology, and har...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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34:47

Solocast: Why You Need a Retreat
In this solocast episode, Dawn Baker describes her experience attending the recent Revitalize: Physician Renewal retreat in southern Utah. She talks ...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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13:00

Mindful with Jessie Mahoney
In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Jessie Mahoney. Jessie is a professional physician coach, physician wellness consultant, keynote speaker, and yoga and mindfulness instructor. She is the CEO and founder of Pause & Presence, where she ...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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40:36
Intuition with Orisa B. Water
In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Orisa B. Water. Orisa is a physician, psychedelic medicine expert, coach, and spiritual guide. She helps high-achieving women heal emotional wounds, set boundaries, and align with their highest purpose. Af...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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37:14
Joy with Cory Fawcett
In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Dr. Cory Fawcett about how to find or rediscover the joy in your work. Cory is a retired general surgeon who spent 23 years in private practice in rural southern Oregon. He founded Financial Success MD, us...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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42:26
Redefining Success
In this episode, Dawn Baker reads Chapter 8 of Lean Out: A Professional Woman's Guide to Finding Authentic Work-Life Balance. This chapter is titled, Redefining Success. You will learn how to id...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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18:25
Cruxes with Halley Stocks
In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Halley Stocks. Halley is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and an Integrative Climbing Coach. As the founder of Grace and Grit Climbing, she is passionate about empowering women to build physical and m...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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34:21
Motherhood with Carissa Stanton
In this Lean Out Podcast episode, Dawn Baker talks with Carissa Stanton. Carissa Stanton, MD is a holistic pediatrician, wellness coach, and author on a mission to help families be whole and well. She is a pediatrician at Mindful Pediatrics KC ...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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37:38
Finances with Disha Spath
In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Dr. Disha Spath, also known as The Frugal Physician. Disha is a primary care internist in Upstate New York. Her current work-life balance involves working as a per diem hospitalist in addition to writing a...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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40:36
Authenticity with Jillian Rigert
In this episode of the Lean Out Podcast, Dawn Baker talks with Dr. Jillian Rigert. Jillian is a DMD, MD, and also has multiple coaching certifications. She is an oral medicine specialist and studies head and neck cancers. Jillian is also an air...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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32:41
Self-Knowledge Is a Superpower
This episode is a continuation of a series in which Dawn Baker reads chapters of the book Lean Out: A Professional Woman's Guide to Finding Authentic Work-Life Balance. Chapter 7 is titled Self-Knowledge is...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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19:35
Time with Maria Colon-Gonzalez
In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Maria Colon-Gonzalez. Dr. Maria is the founder of Salud Revisited, an integrative and lifestyle medicine practice in Texas. After experiencing her own health challenges as a child and then training in the ...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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42:34
Solocast: The Scars Are Inevitable
In this solocast episode, Dawn Baker discusses how we all have scars, both physical and mental. Our scars serve as reminders of mistakes, vehicles for finding meaning, and markers of living a full, wild life. Enjoy this beautiful reflection!
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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11:57

Purpose with Jordan Grumet
In this kickoff to Season 3 of the Lean Out Podcast, Dawn Baker talks with Jordan Grumet. Jordan is a physician, financial independence writer and podcast host, and author of the book Taking Stock: A Hospice Doctor’s Advice on Financial Ind...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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42:47
Harmony with Tamara Beckford
In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Tamara Beckford. Tamara is an emergency medicine physician, burnout coach, author, speaker, and CEO of UR Caring Docs. She helps high-achieving women break free from burnout so they can restore peace, joy,...
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Season 2
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Episode 39
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38:34
Creativity with Sonal Kamalia
In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Sonal Kamalia. Dr. Kamalia is a hospitalist, artist, and coach who helps people find time, space, and energy to who want to pursue their own hobbies, passion projects, and other creative endeavours. She co...
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Season 2
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Episode 38
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27:27
Brave with Sasha Shillcutt
In this very special episode, Dawn Baker talks with Sasha Shillcutt MD, MS, FASE. Sasha is a tenured professor of anesthesiology and the founder of Brave Enough. She has taught thousands of women how to achieve work-life control through courses...
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Season 2
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Episode 37
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36:33

Solocast: Human Being vs. Human Doing
In this episode, Dawn Baker shares Chapter 6 of her book Lean Out: A Professional Woman's Guide to Finding Authentic Work-Life Balance. This chapter is titled, Human Being vs. Human Doing. It touches on the essence of what it means to be human,...
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Season 2
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Episode 36
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21:20

Micropractice with Kara Pepper
In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Kara Pepper, internist and micropractice pioneer who specializes in eating disorder care. Kara is also a life coach who specializes in helping other physicians start and manage their own micropractices.&nb...
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Season 2
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Episode 35
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29:18

Solocast: Perfection?
In this episode, Dawn Baker talks about the illusion of perfection, and the trappings of impossible standards and comparison. She uses her many homesteading fails as examples and offers tips for overcoming perfectionism.Relevant links m...
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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14:27
Revisioning with Sarah Wittry
In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Sarah Witry. Dr. Wittry is a hospice palliative physician and certified mind-body coach dedicated to empowering women physicians. As a mom of four, she balances a rich family life with her passions for yog...
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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29:21