In this bonus episode, Joan discusses her two favorite movies, Inside Out and Inside Out 2. She highlights the key takeaways from these movies, including the importance of emotions and the concept of toxic positivity. Joan explores how the movies portray emotions as characters and how they interact with each other. She also delves into the themes of belonging, sense of self, and the bittersweet nature of life. Overall, Joan encourages listeners to embrace their emotions and recognize their role in taking care of themselves.

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In this episode, Joan shares her experience of taking a summer vacation and the lessons she learned during that time. She emphasizes the importance of creating space, enjoying oneself, and practicing joy and relaxation. Joan concludes by sharing a mini podcast she made with her children!
Ready to greate that summer sabbatical feeling in your life, so that your vacations feel even better? I am still accepting applications into Creating Space, my new coaching program and retreat starting this October. Book a call with me to explore if this program is a good fit for you: joanchanmd.com/space
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Continuing the annual tradition, I reflect back on what new identities I have come to hold over the past year, and what old identities have gone through a deeper transformation. This episode is Part 2 of 3, and focuses on my clinical medicine life
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Go to joanchanmd.com/course for the written version of this course to be sent directly to your email inbox.  

Interested in working with Joan to apply these concepts to your work in healthcare? Visit joanchanmd.com/stop to apply now.

Go to joanchanmd.com/course for the written version of this course to be sent directly to your email inbox.  

Interested in working with Joan to apply these concepts to your work in healthcare? Visit joanchanmd.com/stop to apply now.

Go to joanchanmd.com/course for the written version of this course to be sent directly to your email inbox.  

Interested in working with Joan to apply these concepts to your work in healthcare? Visit joanchanmd.com/stop to apply now.

Go to joanchanmd.com/course for the written version of this course to be sent directly to your email inbox.  

Interested in working with Joan to apply these concepts to your work in healthcare? Visit joanchanmd.com/stop to apply now.

Go to joanchanmd.com/course for the written version of this course to be sent directly to your email inbox.  

Interested in working with Joan to apply these concepts to your work in healthcare? Visit joanchanmd.com/stop to apply now.

Join Joan on her commute to work as she talks about her most familiar emotion: anxiety

Anyone who works in healthcare encounters illness anxiety on a daily (if not hourly) basis. Anxiety about getting sick is a driving factor behind so much healthcare utilization, and can be draining for healthcare clinicians as well. Joan explores the most important thing to do when encountering illness anxiety in your patients: addressing the illness anxiety that exists in YOUR brain.

Episode Outline: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1laPFQTJLtUc_7j3F8dSQZmbF0FNznYZ4xewst67sV28/edit?usp=sharing  

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Commute to work with Joan as she shares the concept of clean vs dirty pain, and how understanding the difference can really help when facing the impact of mistakes we’ve made.

The thing that your brain loves to worry about all day has happened - you made a mistake. In medicine!! Joan shares how to actually learn from these mistakes instead of drowning in shame spirals.

Episode Outline

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Continuing the annual tradition, I reflect back on what new identities I have come to hold over the past year, and what old identities have gone through a deeper transformation. This episode is Part 1 of 3, and focuses on my personal life
Want to create a summer of rest? Homecoming, my course on rest & embodiment is 50% off for the entire month of June.
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Joan drives to work and shares her 4 step exercise to stop feeling overwhelmed and get on with your day

Hey healthcare human - are you already getting overwhelmed with everything you need to do this holiday season? Both inside your work in healthcare, and all the extra things you feel obligated to do for the holidays themselves? If yes - this episode is your overwhelm antidote!

Episode Outline

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What kind of change do you want to make in your life, but struggle to follow through? Joan is reviewing her own process for creating sustainable change in her life over the next 3 episodes. In part 3, join Joan as she continues drives into Toronto (it's a long commute!) and uses the journey to reflect on how you create the discipline and consistency to turn your new desired change into a longstanding habit.

Podcast outline

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What kind of change do you want to make in your life, but struggle to follow through? Joan is reviewing her own process for creating sustainable change in her life over the next 3 episodes. In part 2, join Joan as she drives into Toronto and uses the journey to reflect on the single concept you need to figure out the "How" of creating change in your life.

Podcast outline

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What kind of change do you want to make in your life, but struggle to make it?  Joan is reviewing her own process for creating sustainable change in her life over the next 2 episodes. In part 1, she reviews the scarcity vs abundant mindset, and how activating abundant mindset and emotions can reveal what changes you actually WANT to make in your life.

Podcast outline

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• Register for my next workshop Nov 17 2022 on Empowering Reluctant Patients - https://www.joanchanmd.com/workshops

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Joan reflects on how her practice has changed over the past year, using a framework of empowering her patients and herself.

Joan has a confession to make - she lies...a LOT. Listen in as she explores WHY she's learned to lie so much, and what she's discovered in the power of truth telling, both with her patients and with herself.

Episode Outline

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• Register for my next workshop Nov 17 2022 on Empowering Reluctant Patients - one of the secrets is truth telling! https://www.joanchanmd.com/workshops

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Join Joan in her latest converesation with an awesome healthcare human - Dr Stephanie Hart. We explore the issue of weight stigma (also known as fatphobia) in medicine, and how it hurts our patients and ourselves as providers. 

Relevant links:

ASDAH (Health at Every Size)

Intuitive Eating

Some of Stephanie's publications:

https://www.cmaj.ca/content/194/27/E953

https://www.cwimorg.com/post/we-need-to-talk-about-obesity-again-by-dr-stephanie-hart

Stephanie's sexual function clinic: https://www.sexualfunctionclinic.com/our-story

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Joan shares one of the most useful self-reflection tools she has found in her journey as a personal development junkie. More resources on how to use the self coaching model are included in the episode outline

Episode Outline

• Book a session with me: https://www.joanchanmd.com/11-coaching
• Register for my next workshop Nov 17 2022 on Empowering Reluctant Patients - we will be talking more about the model, and using it to understand what is blocking our patients from taking the action they want to be taking: https://www.joanchanmd.com/workshops

Listen in to Joan geek out about everything she has been learning about chronic pain with her chronic pain coach Deb Malkin!

Here are some relevant links from our conversation:

IASP Definition of Pain

Pain Reprocessing Therapy (includes explanations of neuroplastic pain)

Unlearn Your Pain

Curable app for patients

Deb Malkin's website Move with Deb

The "FIT" Criteria (podcast episode)

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How often do you find yourself saying "I have to", "I need to", "I should" or "I can't" in your work in healthcare? If you find yourself saying these things often - I've got a challenge for you!
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Do you feel pressure to be the "medical expert" in your work? Do you constantly feel like you don't know enough, or shame yourself for not having the Right Answer?  I hope this podcast helps undo this inhuman story for you.

Episode Outline

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Do you ever get stuck worrying about others being mad at you? So does Joan! Listen to her as she coaches herself through what’s really going on underneath this worry and what she can offer to herself to help

This is one of the most common fears I hear from my clients and colleagues - and I see how it is taking up so much time and energy which prevents them from setting boundaries and changing their relationship with their work! In this episode I explore three areas where this fear frequently shows up, and do my best to show the major thought errors that are keeping folks stuck.  I show how taking desired actions to make healthcare feel more human actually HELP prevent future lawsuit and complaints - and offer you the peace and confidence to know you’d be ok even if one does come your way.

Podcast Outline

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Book your one-time free coaching session to explore this fear more with me, OR sign up for my 1:1 coaching package so I can walk you through how to make your desired changes a reality desite having this fear: https://www.joanchanmd.com/11-coaching

Another "The Only Human in this Van" episode! Join Joan as she drives to work and ponders these questions for herself and for you: is healthcare a job or a calling? How can we find our purpose in and outside of medicine that doesn't leave us drained or unfulfilled? “A good practice is to ask yourself very sincerely, “Why was I born?” Ask yourself this question three times a day, in the morning, in the afternoon, and at night. Ask every day.” - Achaan Chah Oct 13, 2022 Workshop: https://www.joanchanmd.com/workshops One-on-one coaching options: https://www.joanchanmd.com/11-coaching Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/ Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/joanchanmd.

I am so grateful to my lovely collague Karen Cox for coming on the podcast to share what it's been like for her to be a human in healthcare - as a nurse practitioner, as a mom of small children during a pandemic, as a human who has chronic medical conditions of her own.  So many great gems and points of connection in this one!

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Have you noticed yourself getting stressed when you encounter patients that can't be "fixed"? I see so many colleagues, clients and learners who feel guilt or shame when they are trying to help a patient and it seems there aren't any effective solutions. Underneath, it seems like unless we're fixing our patients, we're helpless or even wasting our time.

I want to offer a completely different way of thinking about our patients, their bodies, and our role in their care. A way that doesn't require us to fix anyone. A way that doesn't require us to think of our patients as broken and in need of fixing at all. It has been such a freeing and empowering frame to bring to my work in healthcare, and I hope it feels the same for you.

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Join Joan on her drive to work as she processes the emotions that come up for her with tomorrow’s Day of Truth and Reconciliation.

Boundaries is one of the most important ideas that I’ve learned and applied to my life over the past few years.  How are you at setting and keeping boundaries? Episode outline I would love to do this work with you. Click here to sign up for a free no-pitch coaching session with me: https://doodle.com/bp/joanchan/consults You are invited to my October workshop which is all about boundaries! Register here: https://www.joanchanmd.com/workshops

Join Joan on a walk around her neighborhood as she reflects on what’s underneath her frequent sense of impatience - at work and at home. Learn more about ways to learn with Joan at joanchanmd.com

My clients and workshop participants can often see that their current belief in a human story is not serving them, but they really feel like it’s true.  But how do you actually start believing something you want to believe?

Pocast Outline

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What could be fuelling a sense of entitlement? Both in our patients, but also in ourselves? Join Joan on the couch as she explores a very mind-expanding framework about entitlement from Hospicing Modernity.

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Join Joan on her commute to work and listen to one of her favourite tools for gaining distance from an inhuman story that’s been plaguing you. Book your free 1:1 coaching session: https://doodle.com/bp/joanchan/consults and learn about your options for support from Joan here: https://www.joanchanmd.com/

Do you have a habit of comparing yourself to other people alot? If yes, you're not alone. We don't have to judge ourselves for doing this - it's a normal human reaction! AND in this episode I offer you a process to help yourself get unstuck from the painful parts of comparison and actually gain insights into what comparison is showing you about your desire to create more in your own life.

Episode Outline

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Another on the fly podcast for your Sunday! I was inspired to record this while folding laundry of all things, lol. I hope you enjoy and it inspires YOU to consider setting a goal in service of creating the life you’ve been longing for.

I've had several conversations with colleagues, learners and podcast listeners about Imposter Syndrome, so I had to do an episode on this topic! Fair warning, I get a little fired up in this one!

Episode Outline: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ojs-31fpDyiye1sB3gZqyPO1fhJ0wJhwBC0Dz62_xog/edit?usp=sharing

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A brief spontaneous invitation to my workshop this Thursday Sept 8 @ 8pm EST. I also share a reflection about a recent emotional experience with my son that showed me how much I have gained from befriending my emotions. Register for the workshop here: https://www.joanchanmd.com/workshops

I have a dream of a healthcare system where there are NO heartsink patients.  In this episode, I unpack the ways I can see this coming true without any of our patients needing to change themselves.  I also share more details about my fall workshop series on Transforming Your Patient Relationships and my group coaching offering Committed to Transformation program.

Podcast outline

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Joan is driving her van again, and processing some grief and worry about a couple of patients going through really difficult times. So if you’re feeling the same about your own patients - I hope you find this episode relatable and helpful. Daniel tiger songs: https://youtu.be/3vbCjUB0tXc. https://youtu.be/BuPebv_Y-EI Connect and get support at joanchanmd.com or Instagram.com/joanchanmd

Episode Outline: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zpIouMPkH5KOAr1DXQZIIwp4UcPNB56wGvWZ_tYuB0A/edit?usp=sharing

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How much of your day do you spend worrying about making a mistakes? How hard do you take it when you DO make a mistake and feel regret about that mistake?

I want to offer you a way to get clear on what, if anything, you might WANT to regret - and how a healthy relationship with regret will reduce the number of regrettable mistakes you make!

Podcast Outline: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HDv_DuQJNEbSWL30NTBMDdW9qJqZy4PAjR5VIyrwYY4/edit?usp=sharing

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Our first guest interview on the podcast! Dr Mimi Mazerolle joined me to share how she stays human while practicing medicine as a family physician in Cambridge, Ontario. I loved getting to know more about her background in anthropology, and how her previous experiences shaped her motivations and approach to medical practice and teaching.

Please note that my end of the audio in the interview is much quieter. I appreciate your patience as I continue to be a human learning more about podcasting! I hope to get a more even audio experience next time.

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This week's podcast episode is for anyone who has ever asked the question "Am I Overreacting"? SPOILER: The answer is no.
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When I got deeper into my reflective self awareness work I was really shocked to notice how much time and energy my brain spends thinking about others' opinions of me - can you relate?

Podcast outline: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q8_ZJaYsDwBdMjQXgCXr3DlS6fbj5afIJ4OOXpmxsl8/edit?usp=sharing

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Joan is The Only Human In The Van again! This time doing a TV Club episode about her favourite TV show, and what it taught her about letting go of ther people's opinions. 

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How much of your day is spent trying to manage the emotions of others? How exhausted do you feel at the end of a clinical work day, riding the waves of emotions you’ve encountered from your patients and colleagues?

An episode to free you up some mental and emotional space by reinforcing the message: you are not responsible for others' feelings; only your own!

Podcast outline: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E9qjzhKXzljCEiMcxB-cPtCLeXlfFmdyHcnoGBAgTjY/edit?usp=sharing

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