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
112 episodes
Designing Your Job with Elisa Chiang
In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Elisa Chiang. Elisa is a practicing Oculoplastic Surgeon, certified life coach, speaker, and podcaster. She is the founder of Grow Your Wealthy Mindset, where she helps physicians take charge of their mone...
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Season 3
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Episode 40
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36:32
Holistic Practice with Cindy Libert
In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Cindy Libert. Cindy is a board-certified family physician, founder of Caring for the Body, PLLC – Center for Functional Medicine, and creator of Re-Think Aging and The Joy Prescription—two innovative progr...
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Season 3
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Episode 39
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35:50
Solocast: What Are You Avoiding?
In this episode, Dawn Baker talks about avoiding - difficult conversations, making changes to your work-life balance, or simply avoiding yourself. She discusses the audience question that spawned this solocast, why we avoid difficult things, an...
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Season 3
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Episode 38
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11:50
Rest with Saundra Dalton-Smith
In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Saundra Dalton-Smith. Saundra is a board-certified internal medicine physician, speaker, and award-winning author. She is an international well-being thought leader featured in numerous media outlets inclu...
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Season 3
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Episode 37
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35:03
France with Kelly Katcher
In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Kelly Katcher. Kelly is a practicing anesthesiologist with more than 20 years of clinical experience. She’s passionate about travel and ballroom dancing, and she describes herself as a hopeless romantic.&n...
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Season 3
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Episode 36
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38:26
Solocast: All About Trust
In this episode, Dawn Baker talks about trust: the foundation of any relationship, including the relationship with yourself. She discusses why trust is hard, how to cultivate trust with others, and regular practices that can help develop your s...
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Season 3
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Episode 35
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14:59
Joy with Tiffany Moon
In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Tiffany Moon. Tiffany is a mother, wife, entrepreneur, anesthesiologist, and TV personality. Her anesthesiology career is decorated with numerous publications and talks related to her research, in addition...
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Season 3
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Episode 34
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37:46
Advocacy with Sara Whittingham
In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Sara Whittingham. Sara is an anesthesiologist, Air Force veteran, endurance athlete, wife, and mom. Sara was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 2020, which shook her world and also prompted her to becom...
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Season 3
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Episode 33
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43:13
Solocast: Design your life
In this solo episode, Dawn Baker shares a reading of the final conclusion chapter of Lean Out: A Professional Woman's Guide to Finding Authentic Work-Life Balance. She also shares some stories from...
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Season 3
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Episode 32
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23:42
Service with Susan Baumgaertel
In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Susan Baumgaertel. Susan is an internal medicine physician who stepped away from primary care after more than 25 years serving the community in many capacities. She pivoted to the online space to start myM...
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Season 3
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Episode 31
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34:08
Vision with Maureen Gibbons
In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Maureen Gibbons. Maureen is a practicing physician, sports nutritionist, and life coach. She founded Active Medical Solutions, a remote lifestyle medicine practice that has telemedicine and coaching arms. ...
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Season 3
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Episode 30
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36:14
Mini-Retirements with Jillian Johnsrud
In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Jillian Johnsrud. Jillian teaches, coaches, and writes about mini retirements and has done so for almost a decade. She is author of the upcoming book Retire Often: How anyone can take multiple career b...
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Season 3
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Episode 29
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42:40
Episode 100! Freedom of Thought
In this episode, Dawn Baker celebrates #100 with you! She discusses her thoughts on the podcast and asks for your feedback on what to do next. She also discusses the topic of freedom of thought: how we're different from animals, and how you hav...
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Season 3
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Episode 28
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14:31
Adventure with Meagan Gallagher
In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Meagan Gallagher. Meagan is a critical care nurse practitioner and recent graduate of the University of Utah Adult Gerontology Acute Care Doctor of Nursing Practice program. She is an avid rock climber wit...
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Season 3
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Episode 27
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35:22
Communication with Christine Ko
In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Christine Ko. Christine is a dermatologist and dermatopathologist who serves on the faculty of Yale University. She is also the author of multiple books and the host of the Girl Doc Survival Guide podcast....
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Season 3
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Episode 26
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41:01
Permission
In this episode, Dawn Baker reads Chapter 10 of Lean Out: A Professional Woman's Guide to Finding Authentic Work-Life Balance. This is your reminder that you have permission to take your life in...
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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20:22
Worth with Jen Wagner
In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Jen Wagner. Jen is a board-certified anesthesiologist with specialized fellowship training in obstetric anesthesiology. She recently rearranged her work schedule to devote more time to family and a p...
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Season 3
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Episode 24
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46:09
Solocast: My Summer of Lake
In this solocast episode, Dawn Baker talks about how she intends to schedule balance this summer. She talks about intentional memory making and why it's important.Relevant links:Happier with Gretchen Rubin -
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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9:50
Entrepreneur with Dr. Una
In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Nneka Unachukwu, also known as Dr. Una. Dr. Una is the founder of EntreMD, a company on a mission to help 100,000 physicians build profitable seven and seven-plus-figure businesses so they have the freedom...
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Season 3
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Episode 22
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41:36
Solocast: How to Deal with Loss
In this solocast episode, Dawn Baker talks about the realities of grief and loss. She discusses the five stages of grief and the newly-minted "sixth stage." The information in this episode applies to EVERYONE, not just people who've lost a love...
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Season 3
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Episode 21
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11:10
Nature with K Kay Moody
In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with K Kay Moody. K Kay is an emergency medicine physician who has recently made a transition to working in urgent care. She has five grown children and many farm babies, including chickens, ducks, geese, and h...
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Season 3
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Episode 20
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35:37
Solocast: What's Next?
In this solocast micro-episode, Dawn Baker talks about being stuck in the "what's next" mode. She describes how this can lead to a lack of fulfillment and suggests ways to get out of this limiting mindset. Brought to you by the Lean Out Confide...
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Season 3
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Episode 19
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10:09
Simplicity with Sarah Webber
In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Dr. Sarah Webber. Sarah is a practicing physician, coach, researcher, writer and lover of the outdoors. She is an associate professor of pediatrics and Director of Well-being at the University of Wisconsin...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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35:29
Seasons with Minnie Gupta
In this episode, Dawn Baker talks with Minnie Gupta. Minnie started her career as a PhD biochemist and then earned an MBA. She now has her own business as a marketing expert with a unique background that combines science, business, and healthca...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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38:17
