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.
This podcast is for physicians, physician coaches, and all who care about the well-being of those in medicine. Just as in medicine, where a single interaction can transform a life, this podcast is grounded in the belief that one conversation can have immense power to inspire, heal, and bring about change.
Subscriber-only episodes include physician coaching sessions, exclusive debrief episodes for each coaching session with Dr. Singh, and coach mentoring sessions where Dr. Singh receives support in her own coaching practice. Free episodes feature physician experts discussing themes and topics related to the coaching journey.
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The Holistic Physician Coaching Podcast
Navigating Grief as a Coach and Practicing Self-Management: Debrief of Coaching Session #4 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 fourth coaching session with Dr. Mary, a family medicine resident physician. During the session, Dr. Mary explored grief following her grandfather’s death, including feelings of guilt and blame, and reflected on changes she had experienced at work since her previous coaching session.
In this debrief, Dr. Singh begins by sharing how she grounds and prepares herself before coaching. She reflects on creating an intentional environment, cultivating presence, and allowing time before and after sessions to process and reset. She also explores the importance of prioritizing personal well-being and setting boundaries as a coach.
As the debrief unfolds, Dr. Singh considers what it means to navigate grief within the coaching scope of practice. She reflects on following the coachee’s agenda, recognizing when additional support may be needed, and practicing self-management when a coachee’s experience evokes the coach’s own emotions or memories.
Dr. Singh also reflects on the value of going beyond the mental through a whole-person approach to coaching. She discusses how somatic awareness, breathwork, emotions, energy, and spirituality may support deeper awareness and meaningful shifts when these approaches are welcomed by the coachee and used within the coach’s competence.
The episode closes with reflections on recontracting, translating insight into action, seeking mentor coaching, and approaching professional growth as a coach with humility and self-compassion.
Timestamps
0:00 - Grounding and Preparing Before a Coaching Session
3:56 - Prioritizing Yourself, Scheduling Sustainably, and Setting Boundaries as a Coach
10:03 - Navigating Grief as a Coach and Practicing Self-Management
23:53 - Going Beyond the Mental Through Somatic Awareness and Breathwork
30:18 - Reflections and Key Takeaways
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The podcast is provided by the Center for Health and Wellness Coaches.
