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  • The Art of Strategic Disengagement: Building AI-Forward Practices from Peace, Not Performance

    The Art of Strategic Disengagement: Building AI-Forward Practices from Peace, Not Performance
    Jan 9 2026

    Today, we're going to talk about something that might be the most important skill you'll need in 2026—and it has nothing to do with learning the latest AI tool or mastering a new clinical technique.

    And fair warning: I'm going to make some changes to how I practice in 2026 and what I spend my time on. Because sometimes the best way to teach something is to actually *live* it.

    We're talking about strategic disengagement. First, a definition. For this podcast, disengagement means permanently withdrawing from something or someone. Ending something.

    Episode Timestamps
    [00:00] Open: The Scrap Book on the Shelf
    [02:13] Segment 1: The Performance Trap
    [12:07] Segment 2: The Identity Crisis That Isn't
    [20:12] Segment 3: Protecting Spaciousness
    [28:58] Segment 4: The AI-Forward Pivot
    [33:24] Segment 5: Your Action Step: The Mastermind Invitation
    [36:16] Closing: What's Complete?
    [38:10] Disclaimer

    39:44 Total Run Time

    Episode Notes & Resources:

    **Mentioned in this Episode:**
    - Jenna Kutcher's Goal Digger Podcast (Episode 968) https://jennakutcherblog.com/a-new-chapter-for-goal-digger/
    - Mayer, Z., & Freund, A. M. (in press). Better off without? Benefits and costs of resolving goal conflict through goal shelving and goal disengagement. Motivation and Emotion. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-022-09966-x
    - Oettingen, G., Marquardt, M. K., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2012). Mental contrasting turns positive feedback on creative potential into successful performance. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48(5), 990–996. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2012.03.008
    - Schwörer, B., Krott, N. R., & Oettingen, G. (2020). Saying goodbye and saying it well: Consequences of a (not) well-rounded ending. Motivation Science, 6(1), 21–33. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000126
    - The Practice Scaling Mastermind: https://TheDoctorsMentor.com/mastermind-2026

    **Action Steps from This Episode:**
    1. Complete the Spaciousness Audit
    2. Identify one thing you're good at that might be trapping you
    3. Practice mental contrasting on a desired outcome where you are not seeing much movement
    4. Join the 2026 Practice Scaling Mastermind
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    40 min
  • What Doctors Don't Tell You With David Vogt

    What Doctors Don't Tell You With David Vogt
    Sep 28 2024

    How we communicate within and without influences our ability and our patients' ability to feel better. Are you open to hearing a patient's perspective on communication with doctors and ways to encourage your patients to become more confident communicators?

    Mr. David Vogt's story is insightful. This is only a part of our interview. More patient-focused portions can be heard on the podcast "Think & Grow Well" Series 2 Episode 1.

    My book, Think & Grow Well, helps individuals strengthen their minds, bodies, spirits, and awareness before a health challenge strikes. Ready to explore opportunities to integrate a Think & Grow Well Implementation Program into your practice, email me at lori@thedoctorsmentor.com.

    ©️The Doctors Mentor® LLC 2016-2024
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    34 min
  • Prepare for the Unthinkable

    Prepare for the Unthinkable
    Sep 20 2023
    "The heart, mediastinum, pulmonary vascularity, pleural spaces, and bones appear normal." [phone rings] "New paragraph." [phone rings] [Telephone receiver is picked up.] "Hello?" "Is this Dr. Lori Barr?" "Yes." "This is the nurse practitioner in the Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital Emergency Room. Your parents have been in a motor vehicle accident. I have your mother here and she is experiencing amnesia but she knew enough to tell me to call you and had your phone number in her purse. I don't know about your father's condition. He was life-flighted to Huntsville from the accident scene." [introduction] "There is only one other time in my life that I felt like I dropped into a Twilight Zone episode. That was the time I woke up alone in the dark in the middle of the night in a big house to something calling my name from the foot of my bed. That's a story for another episode, or perhaps another podcast. It is good to be back, offering you as my protege tips to maximize your practice satisfaction and your opportunity for a rich full life with those you love. This episode is designed to leave you with five vital steps to help you prepare for the unthinkable. Preparation allows you to gain the most from this kind of growth opportunity rather than just by being devastated by overwelm. You see the morning I received that call it was New Year's Eve and I was sitting at Dell Childrens Medical Center in Austin, Texas, in my office reading X-rays because I was on call. And that call wasn't the first on-call call I was expecting that morning. Usually, it would be one of our assistants letting me know that there was a stat read on a neonatal study from a hospital other than the one I was sitting at or perhaps one of the pediatric hospitalists or ER docs needing an emergency upper GI to evaluate a patient for malrotation and midgut volvulus. That call from the Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital nurse practitioner changed our lives forever. Thank goodness I'd had a number of mentors over the years who assisted me in being prepared for my family's moment of crisis. Here is what I learned from them: 5 VITAL steps for being prepared for the unthinkable. The "V" in vital is for Verify: Verify that your family members are totally prepared for a brush with or actual death. This means actually investing in a meeting with an estate planner and making sure that you have a will at a minimum and a full-blown estate plan if you or your family's holdings are sufficient to justify the cost. This also means thinking about what you want to happen if you or a loved one is at a crossroads where there is a question about continuing life support or not. It is one thing to start thinking about this and another thing to put it in writing. Follow through so your family doesn't feel like you left them with no guidance. Cremation or burial. Viewing or not. Is there a burial or cremation policy? Has a resting place been purchased? How do you access these things? In my case, I am an only child raised by a United States Coast Guard Officer, Sonny Barr, and his wife, Lee Barr, a world-renowned speech pathologist and audiologist. My father had planned for disaster since he first enlisted in the Coast Guard. My mother learned the drill as soon as they wed. Both were happy as independent successful humans who enjoyed times they shared and times of solitude. They thought of almost everything when it came to a brush with death, except a scenario that compromised them both at the exact same time. They were great mentors to me in this and so many other aspects of my life. The "I" in Vital is for Identify. Identify any weaknesses in your emergency scaffolding. By this I mean take a look at the people around you, your workplace environment, and your pooled resources. Are you on sure footing in your practice or workplace where you know for certain you could provide a family member with the same level of love and support you give to your patients if an emergency calls you away on short notice? Do you have at least one practice partner who absolutely has your back no matter what and you have theirs in return? Do you understand who to contact if you need to leave your responsibilities unannounced in the hands of another provider? Is your practice or employer equipped with a mechanism that allows you to use family leave if necessary? You need to understand how family leave actually works in your setting. In some cases you may be considered "essential personnel" and thus your employer may not have to consider you for family leave. Your training may cause your injured or sick family member's doctor to make medical decisions based on your availability and if you are then not available, that can lead to problems. For example, a loved one suffers a head injury and is deemed to have a concussion. Under average circumstances, they might be observed for 24 hours in a hospital or acute care environment to ensure no deterioration of neurological status...
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    15 min
  • Practice and Rehearse Before You Talk to Patients

    Practice and Rehearse Before You Talk to Patients
    Nov 30 2018

    Practice is the act of repeating an action until it becomes natural. Rehearsal is stepping through the motions before an actual event. Both are valuable in the context of conversation with a patient.
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    8 min
  • How to Turn an Ordinary Human Into a Superhero

    How to Turn an Ordinary Human Into a Superhero
    Nov 29 2018

    Dr. Lori Barr gives examples of the four questions you can ask as a leader, mentor doctor or podcast host that will turn your colleague, protege, patient or show guest into an instant superhero.
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    14 min
  • Questions Doctors Ask Me: How Do You Choose Guests for a Show?

    Questions Doctors Ask Me: How Do You Choose Guests for a Show?
    Nov 28 2018

    Doctors ask me, "Dr. Lori, how do you decide who to have as a guest on your show?" There are four lens you can assess potential guest through that allows you to be strategic about who you interview. Listen to start using these lens.
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    6 min
  • The Secret to Being a Great Mentor

    The Secret to Being a Great Mentor
    Nov 27 2018

    Use this strategy that launched the career of Timothy Ferriss to add value to your proteges you mentor.
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    4 min
  • 3 Tips to Get the Most Out of A Scientific Meeting Even If You Cannot Attend In Person

    3 Tips to Get the Most Out of A Scientific Meeting Even If You Cannot Attend In Person
    Nov 26 2018

    Dr. Barr shares three tips for getting the most out of a medical meeting even if you cannot attend in person.
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    5 min