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Save Lives, Enjoy Your Own

Save Lives, Enjoy Your Own

By Barbara Hamilton

This is a podcast for people who don’t fit the mold in surgically-oriented and traditionally male-dominated fields. Listen, find community, and thrive in your chosen path!
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Build Influence: secrets of an attending transitioning to mid-career

Save Lives, Enjoy Your OwnJun 16, 2021

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9: The Inevitability of Failure

9: The Inevitability of Failure

Join me for some failure talk! I consider myself a burgeoning expert in this realm…
Jul 25, 202309:14
Chapter 8: Your specialty needs leaders

Chapter 8: Your specialty needs leaders

In this episode I discuss the outcome of the recent Mastermind Retreat for Women in Male-Dominated Fields, and share what it’s like to enter leadership in academics versus private practice.
Nov 21, 202111:12
Confronting doubt: Do I belong here?

Confronting doubt: Do I belong here?

This episode will help normalize why you might wonder if you belong in a specialty that feels like a boys’ club. Consider some tools from women who’ve been there, including Dr. Nancy Yen Shipley, a friend and Twitter famous orthopedic surgeon!
Aug 28, 202115:07
Chapter 6: Nix the Naysayers

Chapter 6: Nix the Naysayers

In this episode we talk about some of the ‘advice’ you might need to weave through or toss aside as you pursue a male-dominated field of medicine or science.
Jul 26, 202121:07
Build Influence: secrets of an attending transitioning to mid-career

Build Influence: secrets of an attending transitioning to mid-career

This episode is a break from our usual program. This week, I’m sharing a lesson from the digital course I’ve been creating over the last couple of months, Broke to Breadwinner and Beyond. This is a sample talk for those of you wondering the kinds of strategy I share in the course. Enjoy! And to check out the outline & enroll, head to TiredSuperheroine.thinkific.com.
Jun 16, 202119:31
Welcome to challenge!

Welcome to challenge!

This episode talks about some challenges we encounter as we care for really sick patients. Enjoy this excerpt of the book and an invitation to check out my new digital course!
Apr 20, 202113:11
Chapter 4: Wanna Save Lives?

Chapter 4: Wanna Save Lives?

This week I’m talking about the glory and pain of choosing a life of service: one in which you take on the task of saving lives.
Mar 31, 202126:19
Chapter 3: Wanna Operate?

Chapter 3: Wanna Operate?

In this episode, I talk about working with your hands, how fun it is, and some stumbling blocks people commonly overcome to pursue surgically oriented specialties of medicine!
Feb 25, 202113:34
Finding your people

Finding your people

How do you find your “people,” even if it’s not obvious at first!
Feb 06, 202114:02
Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Finding your place and WHY it matters!
Jan 23, 202111:41
Introduction

Introduction

Setting the stage for my career including dating foibles... it’s hard entering a traditional, male-dominated profession like medicine. Maybe times are changing. What do you think after listening to this episode?
Jan 07, 202110:58
Foreword

Foreword

In this intro episode, I’m sharing why I want to reach out via a new platform, to bridge the isolation we feel as women in male-dominated fields. Come to my bimonthly podcast to hear excerpts from my book (Save Lives, Enjoy Your Own) and life, so you can march on feeling inspired, connected, and supported in reaching your goals!
Dec 27, 202005:17
December 26, 2020

December 26, 2020

Dec 26, 202000:53