Academic Writing Retreat!! 

When: October 3-7, 2025

Where: MY Beach House on Oak Island, NC

Who: Four Academic Women Physicians  - This could be you!

What: Dedicated time to work on those writing projects: Manuscripts, Grants, Chapters, Academic CV, Promotion Letters, Abstract Submissions, Slide presentations, etc... 

This could be a dream come true!

Get the projects that have been sitting on your computer for so, so long… completed, submitted, and off your mind!

                                                       Let's do this!!!

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A few of my Favorite Photos from our Oak Island Retreat!

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Deeeeeep breath. 
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Slow down. Enjoy a little piece of heaven. A gorgeous sunset...water lapping...serenity. One tip to  resuscitating your own life is to take little rescue breaths & recharge. My first gift to you is a series of 30-second videos of soothing nature moments; ranging from waterfalls, to creeks to glimpses of the Chesapeake Bay from my home on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Use these to stop... breathe... slow your mind... be in the moment... no future...no past... only the present... ahhhh. 

30-second "Rescue Breath" video gallery: Coming soon!

Coaching Topics?

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Do you wonder what is next? Are you dreaming of what is next in your life? I work with Academic Women Physicians to Up Level their Lives. I often spend time coaching women on work, burn out and their frustrations about the promotions process. "Promotion is not important to me, but I feel like I am supposed to care." I help them see how their frustration is optional and help them rediscover the Joys of Academic Medicine. I also coach on their Mindset as they manage life's stressors. 

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Coaching with Dr. Betsy

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I look forward to meeting you! Let's set up a "Discovery Session." We can start with a simple conversation. I will focus on listening to YOU - a mini-coaching session. What is on your mind? Your heart?  Perhaps you are struggling at work, have a chronic feeling of  overwhelm - always needing more time, or perhaps "the knowing" that you were meant for something more. Let's dive in and talk about how we will work together to Resuscitate Our Lives!   

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Let’s resuscitate our lives, together!

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Why work with a Life and Leadership Coach? 

My goal is to provide tools to help you transform your life into everything you want it to be. I want to make sure you understand that you deserve to feel fulfilled. In fact, every one of our fellow human beings deserves this.

I will not lie. This will require some work. But you know that all the best things in life require some effort... but ohhhhh, how delightful it is to learn how to take back your life, to become all that you were meant to be! 

The question is... do you know what you want?

I have discovered that many women cannot answer that question. I have also noticed that there are moments in life that can create an awakening. These moments can be very scary at first. They usually start with a change, sometimes subtle and sometimes a change that rocks your world. The death of a parent or a child, a divorce, a MILESTONE birthday, a cancer diagnosis, the feeling that this is no longer the job for you or maybe you are feeling lost after your child left for college?

This awakening... so what is life all about? What DO I want? What AM I supposed to be doing with my life?

Do you feel uncomfortable answering these questions? Do you hear the little voice inside your head saying "Who are you to want more? Why are you spending so much time thinking about yourself when there is so much to do? There are so many people who need you. What makes you think YOU could succeed at that dream anyway?"

Here is where I step in. I KNOW you deserve this. I KNOW you are destined to live a richer and fuller life. A life full of color, beauty, a fulfilling job, physical achievement, art, nature, loving relationships or whatever wakes up YOUR soul. Wait... do you hear that?

There is another little voice saying "There is more! I know I can BE more, live a bigger life, serve a higher purpose, overflow with everything inside me that is dying to get out!"

Or perhaps it is the opposite. You crave an end to the striving, a sense of serenity, still waters, fresh air, nature, perhaps painting, writing, arranging fresh flowers, kayaking the Chesapeake Bay or the Algraves in Portugal... who knows?

The little voice inside you is whispering, you just can't quite understand it - it isn't loud enough yet. My job is to help you find your voice... to work together while we RESUSCITATE OUR LIVES, and then to DESIGN what is next!

This is where you and I work together to create a roadmap for the next phase of your life. My calling is to breathe life into you. I will teach you how to manage your mind and to discard those limiting beliefs about being "not enough" or "too much". You will learn to recognize those are "thought errors" that can be deleted. I help you learn how to break long standing patterns of behavior that are not serving you. 

You are perfect and I will lead you on a journey to accept, appreciate and LOVE yourself AND your life! This is available to you and always has been. You can learn to listen to the little voices inside you. I help you to define your goals, to find what inspires you and find the discipline and motivation to make it happen.

I look forward to teaching you how to listen to your inner wisdom, to manage your mind, to prioritize yourself and fill yourself up in a way that will then allow you to serve others in the way you were meant to. I am dedicated to helping you discover YOUR passion and how to prioritize YOU, to dream big, take the reins and design your best life! Come on... let's DO THIS!

Let's dream big!

 

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Journal Club - Books to help you grow!! 

2020 was the year I TRULY started investing my time into myself: my growth, my brain, my sanity. Since then, I have read or listened on Audible to each of the books listed below. I avidly took notes. I rewound and listened again, and again, and again.

Each awakened another part of me.

Fascinating was to find important concepts that were new to me, and yet they kept showing up in these different books: Success requires failure; "Burn the Boats"; You don't have to know "the how" of your dream, you just need to get started; What you do every day is who you will become, etc...

Each of the books below is worth your time. I have read others that I have not listed here - each of these had at least one, if not many nuggets I hope to share - but if you have time to read or listen - it will likely be even more powerful for YOUR transformation.

I encourage you to invest YOUR most precious commodity, your time, into YOU!

Read in the bath. Listen while you take a walk. Listen in the car on the way to work - I do - my 3 hour round trip commute has become a blessing! It's all in our frame of mind. I now believe my commute is DEFINITELY happening "for me"!

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Dr. Betsy's Reading List

Man's Search for Meaning - Victor Frankl

A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle

Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself - Joe Dispenza

Steering by Starlight - Martha Beck

A Return to Love - Marianne Williamson

The Choice - Dr. Edith Eva Eger

Living Untethered - Michael A. Singer

The Big Leap - Gay Hendricks

Untamed - Glennon Doyle

Stillness is the Key - Ryan Holiday

Loving What Is - Byron Katie

The Way of Integrity - Martha Beck

Daring Greatly - Brene Brown

Four Thousand Weeks - Oliver Burkeman

Year of Yes - Shonda Rimes

Codependent No More - Melody Beattle

Everything is Figureoutable - Marie Forleo

The Power of NOW: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment - Eckhart Tolle

Atomic Habits - James Clear

Extreme Ownership - Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

Time Warrior - Steve Chandler

Eat That Frog - Brian Tracy

The One Thing - Gary Keller & Jay Papasan

High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way - Brendon Burchard

Millionaire Success Habits: The Gateway to Wealth & Prosperity - Dean Graziosi

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do - Charles Duhigg

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones - James Clear

Rocket Fuel - Gino Wickman & Mark C. Winters

The Art of Fear - Kristen Ulmer

Nice Girls Don't Speak Up or Stand Out - Lois P. Frankel

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success - Deepak Chopra

Never Check E-Mail in the Morning: And Other Unexpected Strategies for Making Your Work Life Work - Julie Morgenstern

The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life -  Robin Sharma

The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon that Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness - Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga

The Mountain is You - Brianna West

The Let Them Theory - Mel Robbins

The Power is Within You - Louse Hay

The Gap and the Gain - Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy

Be Your Future Self Now - Benjamin Hardy

Personality Isn't Permanent - Benjamin Hardy

Greenlights - Matthew McConaughey

Be the Calm or Be the Storm - Captain Sany Yawn

The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel van der Kolk

Stillness Speaks - Eckhart Tolle

Believe It - Jamie Kern Lima

Sweet Success - Candace Nelson

How Are You, Really? Jenna Kutcher

Who Moved My Cheese - Spencer Johnson

Never Split the Difference - Chris Voss

On Purpose - Tanya Dalton

The Joy of Missing Out - Tanya Dalton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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