Are you practicing balance?
You’ve worked so hard to get to where you are. You’ve studied and trained to do amazing things like save lives and change policies… yet you often don’t feel like you’re doing enough at work, or at home. Or for yourself.
Stop the overwhelm of trying to be all the things to all the people.
College. Grad school. Med school. Law school. Subspecialty training. Promotions. Making partner. It’s easy in our world to get caught on the hedonic treadmill of achievement… if you’re aware enough to look up, you just might realize you don’t know who you are anymore.
Let me help you find solutions for self-knowledge, self-care, and simplicity.
I got stuck on the treadmill and might still be there if I hadn’t had a major health scare to knock me down and into a journey of self-awareness and intentionality. Don’t make the mistakes I made; start working toward your own unique blend of work and life today!
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Read more about my self-knowledge journey and how I’ve come to practice medicine on my own terms.
Who I am
I’m Dawn Baker. I’m a wife, a mother, a former engineer, and a board-certified anesthesiologist. I’m a lover of words and writing. I’m a keynote speaker, and I’m a lifestyle design coach for physicians and professionals.
I started my adult life as a vagabond rock climber and world traveler who loved to learn new things – which is what led me to a career in medicine. Only I lost myself on the way, as I got caught up in the treadmill of achievement. I forgot who I really was.
It took a cancer diagnosis, surgery, and recovery (and lots of coaching from various sources) to regain my balance, remembering my deeply-held values.
I’m now successfully practicing my balance. But my balance won’t look like your balance. Let me help you find yours.
Recent Blog Posts
Lean Out Podcast: Impact with Mary Jeanne Roberts
Part of being a professional is wanting to make an impact. But what if your impact is… Different? Unusual. Slower and less dramatic. The conversation I had with Mary Jeanne…
Lean Out Podcast: Healthcare Heist with Jordan Grumet
As a physician, I’ve experienced the multiple contributors to the epidemic of burnout in the medical profession… EMRs Defensive medicine Prior authorizations The erosion of trust between doctor and patient……
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Lean Out Podcast: Healthy Achievement with Dimitrios Tsatiris
Achievement isn’t all bad. It gives us purpose and direction. But there is a fine line between healthy achievement and being entrenched on the treadmill. My most recent guest on…
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What Is Enough?
(Scroll to the bottom of this post to hear it as a podcast!) Enough. The word brings about so many pertinent questions… Do you have enough? Are you doing enough?…
Lean Out Podcast: Meandering with Ingrid Yang
“ It’s poking and seeing what was going to jiggle… and trusting and believing in myself and my journey and what my body and my heart was telling me less than…
Lean Out Podcast: Open to Possibilities with Leigh Johnson
Change is inevitable. Bad things happen. But what if uncertainty can open up infinite possibilities? My guest on the most recent Lean Out Podcast is Leigh Johnson. Leigh is a…
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The Essentials to Feel Happy, Healthy, and Fulfilled
(Scroll down to listen to this as an episode of the Lean Out Podcast) I decided to say yes to a locum tenens anesthesia position in Michigan this spring in…
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Lean Out Podcast: Going Back with Jenny Kelly
Maybe you’re on the verge of burnout. Maybe you’re in a state of overwhelm. You lean out and make appropriate changes to your work-life balance. But it’s not enough. It’s…
Lean Out Podcast: Identity with Stacey Funt
Have you ever gone on a trip and have it change the way you look at yourself? It was during multiple long climbing trips and sabbaticals that I… Decided to…
Stop crowdsourcing your work-life balance
I see it all the time in forums and Facebook groups: the question, “What tips do you have for balancing it all?” Lots of one-liners are likely to leave you frustrated (because you’ve tried them) or shameful (because you can’t try them)…
What matters most to YOU? What are YOUR core values? How do you REALLY want to spend your precious time?
You don’t have to lose yourself in your profession to feel accomplished.
You don’t have to sacrifice a high level of mastery to have a fulfilling life outside of work. You CAN take your own path.
I can help!
