The Holistic Physician Coaching Podcast
The Holistic Physician Coaching Podcast is dedicated to making physician coaching more accessible for physicians and those who coach them by featuring real coaching engagements.
Each season features one physician being coached by host Jessica Singh, MD, NBC-HWC, ACC, through specific topics, challenges, and life situations. These coaching conversations give listeners insight into the complex, evolving, and deeply personal experiences of physicians. The podcast explores what supports us, what challenges us, and what helps us live and work in greater alignment.
Dr. Singh is a Yale-trained emergency medicine physician who became the first to complete a one-year physician wellness fellowship at Stanford University, before transitioning her career to pursue holistic health and wellness. Through her own healing journey from burnout, she gained experience in yoga, Ayurveda, mind-body medicine, and coaching, bringing that depth to discussions on physician coaching, professional fulfillment, integrative health practices, and advocacy for physician well-being.
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The Holistic Physician Coaching Podcast
Self-Management, Inner Dialogue, and Honoring the Coachee as Expert: Debrief of Coaching Session #3 with Dr. Mary
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Support the show & get subscriber-only content.In this debrief episode of The Holistic Physician Coaching Podcast, Dr. Jessica Singh reflects on her third coaching session with Dr. Mary, a family medicine resident and new physician mom navigating the transition back to work during residency.
Dr. Singh begins by sharing her own emotional state before the coaching session and reflects on the importance of grounding, self-awareness, and coach self-management.
As the debrief unfolds, Dr. Singh revisits several themes from the session, including Dr. Mary’s return to work after time at home with her baby, the experience of masking or appearing put together, and the power of creating space for a coachee to verbalize inner dialogue out loud. Through reflection, Dr. Singh considers how intuition can support coaching presence when used carefully, without leading or imposing meaning on the coachee’s experience.
Dr. Singh also explores the art of integrating techniques from mind-body medicine, guided imagery, grounding, and reframing into coaching while preserving the coachee’s autonomy. She reflects on the importance of asking permission, co-creating exercises, and keeping the coachee in the driver’s seat. In this session, inviting Dr. Mary to dialogue with her inner voice supported self-discovery and allowed her own reframing and wisdom to emerge.
The episode also offers a candid reflection on coach self-management when the coach has lived experience or strong feelings related to the coachee’s topic. Dr. Singh discusses the importance of resisting the urge to move into an expert role, especially when coaching physicians through the realities of medical training, motherhood, long workdays, and self-advocacy within systems not always designed around human needs.
Dr. Singh closes with takeaways for coaches and listeners, including the importance of emotional honesty, awareness of personal bias, reflective practice, mentorship, and continuing professional development. She also reflects on how small shifts in coaching language can help create more effective, coachee-centered conversations.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Grounding, Self-Management, and Seeing the Bigger Picture
03:32 - Intuition, Inner Dialogue, and Integrating Techniques Without Leading
16:50 - Takeaways: Coach Self-Management, Language Awareness, and Honoring the Coachee as Expert
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The podcast is provided by the Center for Health and Wellness Coaches.
