In this continued Book Launch Special of Stand Up (for) Doctors!, the conversation expands, bringing forward new voices from White Coats, Human Hearts: True Stories of Healing, Belonging, and the Courage to Stay Human in Medicine.This episode features Dr. Charity Hix, Olivia Morris, and Eva Minkoff, each offering a distinct lens into what it means to navigate medicine with humanity intact.Through their stories and insights, the dialogue moves beyond awareness into something deeper. Ownership, voice, and the courage to live differently within the system.Together, they explore: ▪ How identity and lived experience shape the way we practice medicine ▪ The quiet ways burnout and disconnection take hold, and how to interrupt them ▪ Why redefining success in medicine is essential for long term wellbeing ▪ The power of authenticity, storytelling, and self-trust in driving changeWhite Coats, Human Hearts is available now on Amazon, Kindle, and paperback: https://standupfordoctors.org/books/🔗Connect with our guests:🔹Dr. Charity Hix https://www.charityhix.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/charityhix🔹Olivia Morris https://www.veritybarrington.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliviamorrisofficial/🔹Eva Minkoff https://boldbeing.co/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/evalana/#StandUpForDoctors #WhiteCoatsHumanHearts #PhysicianVoices #DoctorWellbeing #HealthcareCulture #MedicalStorytelling #WomenInMedicine #HumanSideOfMedicine #HealingHealthcare #BookLaunchSpecial

In this episode of Stand Up (for) Doctors!, we’re stepping into a question that sits quietly beneath the surface of healthcare leadership. If doctors are expected to care for everyone else, who is teaching leaders how to care for them?

Today’s conversation looks at leadership and mental health not as corporate buzzwords, but as human imperatives. Because when leaders forget their bedside manner with their own people, culture erodes. And when mental health stays silent, performance suffers.

🔹 Seung Paik is the author of LEADERNOMICS®, an award-winning educator, storyteller, and veteran known for blending economics, life, and leadership in ways that challenge conventional thinking.

🔹 Adam Nemer is the author of Simple Mental Health, keynote speaker, and global leadership consultant who pushes organizations to normalize mental health so performance is unleashed and lives are transformed.

What does it actually mean to lead in a way that protects people, not just productivity? And what happens when leaders start showing up as human first?

Together, we explore what it takes to build cultures where both care and performance can coexist.

In this conversation, we explore:

• Why leadership in healthcare must include emotional responsibility

• The real cost of ignoring mental health in high-performance environments

• How leaders can normalize conversations that have long been avoided

• What it means to care for caregivers in a sustainable way

• Practical shifts that create stronger, healthier workplace cultures

Leadership is not just about outcomes. It’s about the condition of the people creating them.

🔗 Connect with our guests:

Seung Paik

🌐 leadernomics.org

🔗 www.linkedin.com/in/seung-paik-leadernomics

Adam Nemer

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-nemer

If today’s conversation resonated with you, you’ll find more powerful stories like this in our White Coats book series — created to humanize medicine and amplify physician voices:

https://standupfordoctors.org/books/

And if you’re ready to go deeper…

🌿 Join us at the Stand Up (for) Doctors! Inaugural Physician Retreat

A weekend to connect, empower, recharge, and celebrate.

📍 Windrose on Hudson

🗓 October 9–12, 2026

🔗 Register here: https://standupfordoctors.org/events/

We would be honored to have you join us.

Interested in sponsoring an episode or supporting this movement?📩 Email us — standupfordoctors@gmail.com

Because when doctors reclaim joy, everyone benefits.

#StandUpForDoctors #PhysicianWellness #JoyInMedicine #LaughterIsMedicine #WhiteCoats #HealthcareLeadership #DoctorSupport #HealingHealthcare #Episode153

In this episode of Stand Up (for) Doctors!, we’re joined by two physicians who challenge a question many in medicine quietly avoid. Can people who fundamentally disagree still come together to build something meaningful?

🔹 Dr. Zhen Chan is a pediatrician, physician entrepreneur, and community builder focused on advancing healthcare through innovation and connection.

🔹 Dr. Gregory Adaka is an emergency physician, Medical Director at Miami-Dade Corrections Health Services, keynote speaker, and author with a strong voice in leadership and systems-level change.

Can physicians who see medicine differently do more than just coexist?

Not just tolerate each other.

Not just stay in their own lanes. But actually build something that lasts?

Medicine today is fractured in many ways. Differing beliefs, approaches, and lived experiences often pull physicians apart rather than bring them together. And yet, the future of healthcare may depend on our ability to do exactly that.

Together, we explore what it really takes to build trust, alignment, and progress across differences.

In this conversation, we explore:

• Whether disagreement in medicine is a barrier or a hidden strength

• What it takes to build trust across different perspectives

• The role of leadership in uniting divided voices

• How innovation and shared purpose can bridge deep divides

• What meaningful collaboration actually looks like in today’s healthcare landscape

Progress in medicine doesn’t come from uniformity. It comes from the courage to build, even when we don’t fully agree.

🔗 Connect with our guests:

Dr. Zhen Chan 🌐 https://grapevyne.health/ 🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/zhenmd

Dr. Gregory Adaka 🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregory-adaka-md-mha-mrcem-67992b76

If today’s conversation resonated with you, you’ll find more powerful stories like this in our White Coats book series — created to humanize medicine and amplify physician voices: https://standupfordoctors.org/books/

And if you’re ready to go deeper…

🌿 Join us at the Stand Up (for) Doctors! Inaugural Physician Retreat A weekend to connect, empower, recharge, and celebrate.

📍 Windrose on Hudson

🗓 October 9–12, 2026

🔗 Register here: https://standupfordoctors.org/events/

We would be honored to have you join us.

Interested in sponsoring an episode or supporting this movement?

📩 Email us — standupfordoctors@gmail.com

Because when doctors reclaim joy, everyone benefits.

#StandUpForDoctors #PhysicianWellness #JoyInMedicine #LaughterIsMedicine #WhiteCoats #HealthcareLeadership #DoctorSupport #HealingHealthcare #Episode152

In this episode of Stand Up (for) Doctors!, we’re joined by two powerful voices who are challenging one of medicine’s most deeply held assumptions. That joy comes after success, not before it.🔹 Dr. Fey Mendes is a GP, lifestyle medicine physician, writer, creative, and actress based in the U.K., bringing a bold and human perspective to the realities of modern medicine.

🔹 Dr. Seema Desai is a dentist turned keynote speaker, creator of The Joy First Method™, author, and certified coach helping professionals reconnect with purpose and possibility.What if joy isn’t the reward for sustainable success in medicine, but the strategy that makes it possible?And what if the absence of joy is the warning sign we’ve been ignoring?Many physicians today are carrying a quiet exhaustion. The weight of systems, expectations, productivity metrics, and moral injury can slowly crowd out the very thing that called them into medicine in the first place.But what if joy isn’t indulgent? What if it’s actually protective?Together, we explore how joy can move from afterthought to strategy.In this conversation:- Why the amount of joy we feel may be the truest measure of success- How joy shifts from reward to strategy in building a meaningful career- The role of joy in protecting against burnout and disconnection- What it takes to reconnect with authenticity, ambition, and wellbeing- Practical mindset shifts to bring joy back into daily practiceJoy isn’t a luxury. It’s an innate state of being and a powerful edge hiding in plain sight.🔗 Connect with our guests:Dr. Fey Mendes🌐 www.beyondthebleep.co.uk🔗 www.linkedin.com/company/beyond-the-bleepDr. Seema Desai🌐 www.drseemadesai.com🔗 @seema-desai-ddsIf today’s conversation resonated with you, you’ll find more powerful stories like this in our White Coats book series — created to humanize medicine and amplify physician voices:And if you’re ready to go deeper…🌿 Join us at the Stand Up (for) Doctors! Inaugural Physician RetreatA weekend to connect, empower, recharge, and celebrate.📍 Windrose on Hudson🗓 October 9–12, 2026🔗 Register here: https://standupfordoctors.org/events/We would be honored to have you join us.Interested in sponsoring an episode or supporting this movement?📩 Email us — standupfordoctors@gmail.comBecause when doctors reclaim joy, everyone benefits.#StandUpForDoctors #PhysicianWellness #JoyInMedicine #LaughterIsMedicine #WhiteCoats #HealthcareLeadership #DoctorSupport #HealingHealthcare #Episode151

In this milestone Episode 150 of Stand Up (for) Doctors!, we welcome two physicians who radiate strength, clarity, and genuine joy — even in challenging times.

🔹 Dr. Lee Sharma is an OB/GYN physician, speaker, and advocate for purpose-driven leadership in medicine.

🔹 Dr. Tomi Mitchell is a board-certified family physician, podcast host, and wellness advocate whose guiding belief is simple and powerful: “Laughter Is Medicine.”

Medicine is heavy right now. The world feels heavy. So how do we stay positive without falling into toxic positivity? How do we protect our energy without ignoring the truth?

In this conversation, we explore:

• What laughter in medicine really means

• How to cultivate authentic positivity

• What reclaiming joy in practice actually requires

• Powerful personal stories that shaped their resilience

• Their take-home action message for every listener

This episode is a reminder that joy is not naïve — it’s strategic. And it’s necessary.

Dr. Lee Sharma

🌐 https://rleesharma.com/🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajamalliga-sharma-md-ma-6a1b6731/

Dr. Tomi Mitchell

🔗https://www.linkedin.com/in/drtomimitchell/

🌐 https://holisticwellnessstrategies.com

🔗https://linktr.ee/HolisticWellnessStrategies

If today’s conversation resonated with you, you’ll find more powerful stories like this in our White Coats book series — created to humanize medicine and amplify physician voices: https://standupfordoctors.org/books/

And if you’re ready to go deeper…

🌿 Join us at the Stand Up (for) Doctors! Inaugural Physician RetreatA weekend to connect, empower, recharge, and celebrate.

📍 Windrose on Hudson🗓 October 9–12, 2026🔗 Register here: https://standupfordoctors.org/events/

We would be honored to have you join us.

Interested in sponsoring an episode or supporting this movement?📩 Email us — standupfordoctors@gmail.com

Because when doctors reclaim joy, everyone benefits.

#StandUpForDoctors #PhysicianWellness #JoyInMedicine #LaughterIsMedicine #WhiteCoats #HealthcareLeadership #DoctorSupport #Episode150 #HealingHealthcare

In this episode of Stand Up (for) Doctors!, we explore the quiet question many healthcare professionals ask—but rarely say out loud:

“Is this it?”

Dr. Nkem Ezeamama is an ER physician turned investor who chose to expand beyond traditional clinical pathways to build financial freedom and long-term impact.

Kasey Pacheco is a nurse and CEO of Preservers of Life, a digital marketing agency helping mission-driven professionals amplify their work and their voice.

There’s a clear roadmap to becoming a doctor or nurse. But what happens when you feel called to something more? Something different? Something bigger?

In this conversation, we explore:

• What it takes to pivot courageously

• How to navigate fear, identity shifts, and uncertainty

• Why expanding your path doesn’t mean abandoning your purpose

• The power of redefining success on your own terms

This episode is for anyone in healthcare who has ever wondered what else might be possible.

Connect with our guests:

Dr. Nkem Ezeamama

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nkemezeamamamd

Website: https://phcinvest.com/

Kasey Pacheco

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaseypacheco/

Website: https://www.preserversoflife.com/

If today’s conversation resonated with you, you’ll find more powerful stories like this in our White Coats book series — created to humanize medicine and amplify physician voices.

https://www.amazon.com/White-Coats-Human-Hearts-Belonging-ebook/dp/B0GJ7CF7QC

Join us at the Stand Up (for) Doctors! Inaugural Physician Retreat

A weekend to connect, empower, recharge, and celebrate.

📍 Windrose on Hudson

🗓 October 9–12, 2026

Register here:

https://standupfordoctors.regfox.com/stand-up-for-doctors-physician-retreat-

Interested in sponsoring an episode or supporting this movement?

Email: standupfordoctors@gmail.com

Because when doctors reclaim joy, everyone benefits.

#StandUpForDoctors #HealthcarePodcast #MedicalPodcast #PhysicianLife #DoctorLife #NurseLeadership #HealthcareLeadership #WomenInMedicine #PhysicianWellbeing #HealthcareEntrepreneur #CareerPivot #MedicalCommunity #HealthcareInnovation #RedefiningSuccess #PhysicianVoices

In this episode of Stand Up (for) Doctors!, we explore how emotional intelligence is changing the landscape of healthcare leadership—and even transforming the surgical suite.🔹 Dr. Prasanna Sooriakumaran is a Professor of Urology, robotic surgeon, Oxford academic, and leading voice in men’s health and surgical innovation.🔹 Owen Nwanebu is a leadership coach and healthcare strategist helping individuals and organizations lead with empathy, resolve conflict early, and build emotionally intelligent teams.Together, we explore:•What emotional intelligence looks like in high-pressure environments like surgery•How self-awareness and relational leadership protect both clinicians and patients•Why soft skills are essential—not optional—for the future of medicine•The intersection of coaching, systems change, and personal transformation in healthcareThis episode bridges the technical with the emotional—reminding us that behind every procedure is a human being, on both sides of the scalpel.🔗 Connect with our guests:Dr. Prasanna Sooriakumaran (Prof PS)🌐 www.professorps.co.uk🔗 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/prasanna-sooriakumaran-prof-ps-597a6b20/Owen Nwanebu🌐 owenicoconsult.com📧 owen@owenicoconsult.com🔗 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/owennwanebu/🎧 Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/transforming-relationships-with-emotional-intelligence-podcast/id1610174861🧠 Skool Community – https://www.skool.com/emotional-intelligence-hub-4170/about🌿 Special thanks to our episode sponsor, Dr. Ralph LaGuardia, author of The Doomsday Book of Medicine and The Bible of Alternative Medicine.📧 rmulberryman@aol.com📰 medicalunderground.substack.com📚 Books by Dr. LaGuardia on Amazon:1. The Doomsday Book of Medicine2. The Bible of Alternative Medicine3. Infected: Secrets From the Medical Underground🌟 Join us for the Stand Up (for) Doctors! Physician RetreatA weekend to connect, empower, recharge, and celebrate everything it means to be human in medicine.📍 Windrose on Hudson🗓 October 9–12, 2026🔗 Register now - https://standupfordoctors.regfox.com/stand-up-for-doctors-physician-retreatWe’re building more than a movement. We’re building a community.#StandUpForDoctors #EmotionalIntelligence #HealthcareLeadership #SurgicalInnovation #PhysicianWellness #OwenNwanebu #ProfPS #DoctorSupport #HealthcarePodcast #SponsoredEpisode #Episode148 #RetreatForDoctors #HealingTogether

In this special episode of Stand Up (for) Doctors!, the conversation continues with a deeper exploration of the themes behind White Coats, Human Hearts: True Stories of Healing, Belonging, and the Courage to Stay Human in Medicine.

The episode features returning guests Dr. Beatriz Olson and Dr. Ryan McCarthy, alongside Jodie Green, who authored the Afterword for this powerful collection.

Dr. Olson and Dr. McCarthy are contributing authors in White Coats, Human Hearts, and Jodie Green’s closing reflections expand the dialogue around physician wellbeing, advocacy, and restoring humanity in healthcare.

Together, they explore:

▪ What it truly means to stay human in medicine

▪ How physician voices drive meaningful cultural change

▪ Why burnout, belonging, and moral injury must be addressed at a systems level

▪ The role of advocacy, creativity, and courageous leadership in healing healthcare

📘 White Coats, Human Hearts is available now on Amazon, Kindle, and paperback:🔗 https://standupfordoctors.org/books/

🔗 Connect with the guests:

Dr. Beatriz Olson🌐 https://beatrizolson.com

Dr. Ryan McCarthy🌐 https://synapsismartinsburg.com

Jodie Green

🌐 https://www.clinicianburnoutfoundation.org

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodie-green/

#StandUpForDoctors #WhiteCoatsHumanHearts #PhysicianAdvocacy #HealthcareHumanity #DoctorWellness #MedicalStorytelling #ClinicianBurnout #HealthcareLeadership #HealingHealthcare #BookLaunchSpecial