Best Data Zen Podcasts (2025)

Are you curious about AI but don’t know where to start? In this episode, we break down Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI in simple, easy-to-understand terms. Learn what AI really is, how it’s changing the world, and why everyone is talking about Generative AI. No tech background required—just curiosity! What is AI? What is GenAI? Why AI mat…

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171: The Solomon Success Blueprint: Building Wealth with Timeless Wisdom with Scott Florida 14:10

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Welcome to the Solomon Success show, where we uncover timeless insights from King Solomon and the Bible for business and investing. Amidst a sea of false promises, let's refocus on enduring principles for a life of peace and prosperity. I'm Scott Florida, guest hosting for Jason Hartman. Drawing from my 30 years of pastoral and entrepreneurial expe…

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166: A Christmas Story & Mortgage Planning with “A Tale of Two Brothers” 37:01

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Jason Hartman welcomes Ronald Reagan to the show to share a moving Christmas story. Next, some mortgage financial planning illustrated by "A Tale of Two Brothers" by Ric Edelman who has educated his clients for years on the benefits of integrating their mortgage into their overall financial plan. #SolomonSuccess #WisdomForSuccess #BiblicalPrinciple…

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164: The Solomon Portfolio with Robert Katz 41:04

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Jason Hartman talks with Robert (Bob) Katz, author of The Solomon Portfolio. Robert W. Katz has been a partner in a New Orleans-based certified public accounting firm for the last 30 years. His areas of specialty include personal financial planning, tax and estate planning and health care consulting. #SolomonSuccess #WisdomForSuccess #BiblicalPrinc…

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76. Putting on Your Armor with Dr. Scott MacDiarmid 1:03:58

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Scott MacDiarmid, MD is a private practice urologist in Greensboro, North Carolina and the author of “Fist Pumps” – a self-help book to lift up physicians and healthcare providers who serve (https://www.amazon.com/Fist-Pumps-Scott-MacDiarmid/dp/1088078184). Similar to my journey in Operative with Zen, Scott wrote the book thinking, “If I can help o…

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77. Physical Health and Diet for Busy Surgeons and People with Dr. Paul Maroni 58:41

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Paul Maroni, MD is a urologic oncologist at the University of Colorado in Denver. He is a repeat guest on OWZ (#41. Joy in the Service of Others… https://www.buzzsprout.com/1811662/10549621) and a good friend. We share an interest in the physical health of our patients and ourselves as physicians and surgeons. This conversation focuses on practical…

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75. Surgical Coaching from the Master with Dr. Caprice Greenberg 51:25

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Caprice Greenberg, MD, MPH is the Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Surgical Oncologist. She is the President and Co-founder of the Academy for Surgical Coaching (https://surgicalcoaching.org/) and is responsible for most of the academic literature regarding surgical coaching and outcomes di…

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74. Leading with Kindness with Ms. Nadine Coull 55:42

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Ms. Nadine Coull, MBBS, MS, FRCS (Urol) is the Deputy Medical Director of the National Health Services (NHS) and President of the Urology Section of the Royal Society of Medicine. In addition, she is the Deputy Medical Director of Kingston Hospital. Nadine never envisioned herself as a leader of a hospital, hospital system, or the NHS – but through…

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163: Work Hard & Become A Leader; Be Lazy & Become A Slave. – Proverbs 12:24 38:40

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Jason Hartman talks with Jim Collins, a Pastor, Motivational Speaker, Businessman and Author, he is the Founder of Beyond Positive Thinking Ministries and the Pastor of Victory in Christ International in Jupiter, Florida. Ten leadership success principles with you that will help you both in your personal life and in your business life. #SolomonSucc…

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72. Mindful Communication with Dr. Marissa Theofanides 1:02:32

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“All healthcare is delivered through relationships.” This is the key statement from this episode of OWZ and highlights that effective communication is a key component of delivering excellent patient care. Marissa Theofanides, MD is a urologist at Montefiore in the Bronx and expert in communication skills. She is certified by the Academy of Communic…

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73. A Legacy of Mindfulness in Surgery with Dr. Mick Malotte 53:12

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Dr. Mick Malotte, MD is a retired ENT surgeon from California who has been practicing mindfulness as a surgeon for over 30 years. Not only does Mick practice mindfulness through a daily practice and retreats, but he teaches mindfulness to physicians and surgeons around the country! Mick gives us a brief history of mindfulness in medicine and helps …

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162: The Solomon Secret: Seven Principles of Financial Success from King Solomon, History’s Wealthiest Man 28:30

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Welcome to the Solomon Success Show! Listen in as Jason and Bruce Fleet talk about The Solomon Secret: Seven Principles of Financial Success from King Solomon, History’s Wealthiest Man. Using Solomon's life and teachings as a foundation, Bruce Fleet offers today's readers a unique, well-grounded, proven method of wise investing. Solomon was more th…

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71. A Day of Reflection with Dr. Angela Smith 54:45

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Dr. Angela Smith is a frequent flyer on the Operate with Zen podcast. She is guru to me and many others for life hacks and practical, personal improvements to be more efficient and to have more ease and enjoyment in our daily routine. In this podcast, we discuss “A Day of Reflection” – what exactly that means, how to set one up, and how to make it …

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161: The Ten Commandments of Successful Investing 27:32

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Welcome to the Solomon Success Show! Listen in as Jason talks about the Ten Commandments of Successful Investing. Follow Jason on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM & LINKEDIN Twitter.com/JasonHartmanROI Instagram.com/jasonhartman1/ Linkedin.com/in/jasonhartmaninvestor/ Call our Investment Counselors at: 1-800-HARTMAN (US) or visit: https://www.jasonhartman.com/ F…

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70. Understanding Mindfulness Through Sexuality with Dr. Kelly Casperson 1:03:31

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Dr. Kelly Casperson, MD is a surgical rockstar!!! … a urologist and sexual medicine expert, a extremely successful podcaster, author and now Ted-Talker! Kelly hosts the “You Are Not Broken” podcast (https://www.kellycaspersonmd.com/podcast) which empowers women (“and the partners who love them”) with science and conversations to break down sexualit…

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69. Getting to What Matters with Dr. Brian Lane 1:03:27

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Being a cancer surgeon can be tough. Being a cancer patient even tougher. Brian Lane, MD is facing both daily. He is an accomplished surgeon and academic urologic oncologist. In this thoughtful and honest discussion, we cover facing tough diagnoses as a patient and a surgeon; developing perspective as a patient to help our patients; finding purpose…

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68. Surgeons are Not Superhuman with Dr. Kevin Turner 59:47

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Kevin Turner, MA, DM, FRCS (Urology) is a Consultant Urological Surgeon at Royal Bournemouth Hospital. In 2015, he helped to start the Surgeon Wellbeing Research Team with colleagues from the Department of Psychology at Bournemouth University. Kevin and team ran a UK national survey from 2016-2019 – data from which has helped us understand how comp…

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66. Surgical Ergonomics with Dr. Andrew Gabrielson 58:31

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Andrew Gabrielson, MD (@urogabe) is currently a resident at the Brady Urological Institute and Department of Urology at Johns Hopkins. He is a budding pediatric urologist and developed an interest in surgical ergonomics and physical well-being before he started residency. He is an integral member of the Society of Surgical Ergonomics and well-publi…

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67. The Golden Hour with Jeff Bloovman 1:10:07

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Jeff Bloovman, BSN, RN, is an operating room nurse with really unique interests and perspectives on life. He has been an actor and director, is currently a firearms and combat instructor as well as an avid practitioner and instructor of Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Like many of us, Jeff is also challenged by an extremely active mind. What do all of these e…

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65. Recovering from Injury as a Surgeon with Drs. Angela Smith and Jay Shah 1:17:27

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Physical ailments are a part of life, and all surgeons will encounter physical pain or injury in their career. Good friends and fellow surgeons, Angela Smith, MD, and Jay Shah, MD, (and repeat guests on the show) are no strangers to injuries. In this podcast we discuss chronic and acute physical injuries from diagnosis through long-term changes to …

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64. Difficult Interactions and "Difficult" Patients with Dr. Joan Naidorf 1:06:04

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Dr. Joan Naidorf, DO (https://www.drjoannaidorf.com/) is an Emergency Room physician who, through clinical experience, developed expertise in managing the difficult patient. She is the author of “Changing How We Think About Difficult Patients: A Guide for Physicians And Healthcare Professionals” (https://a.co/d/fWLWY5W) and was featured in a Washin…

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63. The Best Caregivers Care for Themselves with Dr. Jeremy Grummet 1:05:43

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Jeremy Grummet, MBBS, Master of Surgery, FRACS is a urologist in Melbourne, Australia and a world leader in prostate cancer imaging and diagnostics. He is also a deep thinker and deeply interested in the wellbeing of surgeons and his colleagues. Our conversation meanders through personal struggle, burnout or "spin" as Dr. Grummet calls it, mental i…

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62. Mindfulness in Surgery: Enhanced Stress Resilience Training with Dr. Carter Lebares 1:07:16

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Dr. Carter Lebares, MD is a Gastrointestinal Surgeon at the University of California San Francisco and the Director of the UCSF Center for Mindfulness in Surgery. In addition to being a thoughtful and skilled surgeon, she ran two randomized trials incorporating mindfulness based practices into surgery. She developed ESRT or Enhanced Stress Resilien…

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61. Getting to the Why? in Medicine with Dr. Bradley Block (Physician's Guide to Doctoring) 49:17

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Bradley Block, MD is an otolaryngologist in New York and founder of the “Physician’s Guide to Doctoring” podcast. The founding principle of the Physician’s Guide is “all the stuff we should have learned in medical school but didn’t.” While we only have an hour, we cover a lot of it! We talk personal and professional development, social engineering …

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60. Connecting the Body & Mind with Dr. Dharam Kaushik 51:12

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Dharam Kaushik, MD is a urologic oncologist who does big time cancer surgeries. He is also a researcher and educator at the University of Texas San Antonio where he runs the urologic oncology fellowship program and leads the kidney cancer research program. Despite an upbringing in India and early exposure, he only recently picked up yoga as an outl…

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BONUS CONTENT - 5-minute Breathwork with Dr. Dharam Kaushik 51:12

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5 minute breathwork exercise.By Phil Pierorazio

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59. Running Toward Well-Being and Mindfulness with Dr. Michelle Quirk 57:24

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Michelle Quirk, MD is a pediatrician and pediatric hospitalist in the Philadelphia area. She is also a certified run coach and started Mindful Marathon (mindful-marathon.com) to help busy professionals develop well-being through running and fitness. Importantly, Michelle was not always a runner, but over the years learned how to engage with her own…

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58. Incorporating Mindfulness with Dr. Betsy Koehne 58:07

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Dr. Elizabeth "Betsy" Koehne, MD is at the wonderful transition between training and complete surgical independence. She is a urologist and Acting Instructor and Society of Urologic Oncology fellow at the UW School of Medicine in Seattle. While she is may be junior is her surgical experience, she is seasoned in transcendental meditation, yoga, and …

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57. The Insane Privilege of Surgery with Dr. Bradley Erickson 1:07:36

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Dr. Bradley Erickson is a Professor of Urology, a reconstructive urologist, and Director of Functional Urology at the University of Iowa. We are great friends and bonded over similar loves of baseball and skiing – sharing quite a few lift rides and challenging mountain runs in Colorado. Brad is also an extremely accomplished academic surgeon from v…

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56. Coaching Surgeons to Success with Dr. Diana Londoño 1:11:16

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Diana Londoño, MD is a urologist in Los Angeles with a specific interest in coaching surgeons through tough times. She is the founder of Physician Coach Support (https://physiciancoachsupport.com/), a free peer-to-peer service for surgeon personal development. She is a mom, a yogi, and so much more! We discuss how Buddhist principles guide coaching…

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54. The Spaces Between Technique with Dr. Jason Han 1:07:14

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Jason Han, MD is a cardiac surgery resident at the University of Pennsylvania, a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the founder of The Modern Surgeon. Jason provides unique perspective from a trainee with his eyes uniquely on the future - he graduates from residency this year! We talk about the changing perspective from student, to traine…

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55. Responding to Intraoperative Stress with Dr. Kristin Chrouser 1:10:03

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Kristin Chrouser, MD, MPH is an Associate Professor of Urology at the University of Michigan and Section Chief of Urology at the VA in Ann Arbor Michigan. She is an expert in intraoperative stress - something all surgeons are familiar with - and tackles it through a variety of academic avenues. We discuss physical stress through ergonomics and pain…

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53. Relational Interactions with Louise Phipps Senft 59:19

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Louise Phipps Senft is the founder and CEO of Baltimore Mediation. She is a well-respected attorney and mediator. Louise practices "Transformative Mediation" in a number of complex settings -uniquely in healthcare - where techniques of mindfulness (like presence and non-judgement) are implemented routinely. She is an expert in personality assessmen…

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52. Creating Control with Dr. Angela Smith 1:05:35

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Humans are creatures of habit who crave control in sometimes uncontrollable circumstances. In this episode, OWZ regular Angie Smith, MD and Professor of Urology at UNC Chapel Hill and I discuss "control" in a variety of surgical settings. Control in the operating room, control in patient encounters outside of the OR, control over how we structure o…

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51. Keeping Your Eyes Open with Dr. David Canes 1:10:08

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David Canes, MD is a urologist at the Lahey Clinic in Boston. He is incredibly thoughtful in his approach to medicine and his approach to life outside of medicine. Early on in this podcast, we discuss not letting urology [or surgery] to be the only thing of which you are proud. We talk passion projects and David's newest adventure (wellprept.com). …

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50. Speaking Up with Dr. Amanda North 1:11:16

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Amanda North, MD is an accomplished Pediatric Urologist at Montefiore in the Bronx. She is also an outstanding advocate for surgeons - leading the movement to understand burnout in our specialty (urology) and women in surgery. Our conversation meanders through fascinating topics with a focus on the key components of a sustainable career. We even to…

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49. Priority Domains with Dr. Chris Jaeger 51:59

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Chris Jaeger, MD is currently a pediatric urology fellow at Boston Children's Hospital. He is a recent graduate from the Ohio State urology residency where he co-created and implemented a 12-week wellness program for the residents. Chris shares his experience with the research protocol, thoughts on institutional wellness, and identifies "priority d…

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48. Engaging to Manage Complications with Dr. Kyle Richards 53:49

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Kyle Richards, MD, FACS is an Associate Professor and Urologic Oncologist at the University of Wisconsin. This is his second OWZ podcast. In this episode we talk about managing complications in a mindful way. Starting with the emotions that arise when something bad happens to one of our patients, we discuss how to engage members of the team, the pa…

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47. Meditation Practices in a Surgical Life with Dr. Neda Gould 57:27

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Neda Gould, PhD is a clinical psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins. She is also the Director of the Mindfulness Program at Johns Hopkins for faculty and staff. In this episode, we talk through the scientific foundations of meditation practice and how to incorporate them, practically, into your life a…

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BONUS CONTENT: 10-minute Guided Meditation with Dr. Neda Gould 10:06

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To accompany the podcast, a great 10 minute practice great for all experience levels of meditation.By Phil Pierorazio

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46. Humans and Physicians with Dr. Tait Shanafelt 57:48

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Tait Shanafelt, MD is an outstanding human being and doctor. In addition to being a well-respected and renowned medical oncologist, he is the Chief Wellness Officer at Stanford Medicine and one of the most prolific writers of medical literature regarding wellness and burnout in medicine. In this episode of OWZ, we discuss both individual and instit…

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40. Small Changes for Big Results with Casey Seideman, MD 52:39

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Dr. Casey Seideman is a pediatric urologist at Oregon Health and Sciences University. A few years ago, Casey never ran a complete mile. Now she is an outspoken advocate for wellness in the operating room and beyond. In this podcast we tackle small changes and their ability make big impact, how mental preparation promotes a health surgical community…

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39. "Dancing in the Rain" with Dr. James Harris 55:25

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"Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning how to dance in the rain." – Vivian Greene Dr. James Harris is a general surgeon and Chair of Surgery at Howard County General Hospital of Johns Hopkins Medicine. James is an incredible surgeon and role model whose personal story has taken tremendous twists and turns. Despite the …

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41. Joy in the Service of Others with Dr. Paul Maroni 59:07

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Paul Maroni is a urologic oncologist at University of Colorado in Denver. He also runs the American Urological Association course on “Winning the Battle Against Burnout.” Paul is also an extremely thoughtful and mindful surgeon, physician, and educator. In this episode of OWZ, we tackle a lot more than burnout. We discuss extreme ownership of the g…

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42. Bringing Mindfulness to Surgery with Dr. Sima Porten 49:07

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No one is born with a mindfulness practice. It takes time to discover your needs, to personalize your practice, and to cultivate that practice as you evolve as a mindful person. Dr. Sima Porten is a skilled urologic cancer surgeon and incorporates mindfulness into her everyday routine. Both her surgical skills and her mindfulness practice developed…

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38. The Military, Medicine and Mindfulness with Tanya Ivey-Bloom, NP 54:30

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The United States military is among the elite fighting forces in human history. Fostering a great military starts with fostering great soldiers. Tanya Ivey-Bloom is a nurse practitioner at the Johns Hopkins Hospital but also the current Commander of the 336th Medical Detachment of the US Army Reserves in Fort Meade Maryland. We compare and contrast…

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37. Maslow in Medicine 18:50

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Abraham Maslow was an American Psychologist who created a "Hierarchy of Needs" to describe an individual's ability to achieve their full potential - what he called self-actualization. Achieving "wellness" in one's life is a challenge. Understanding the framework of Maslow's Hierarchy and how it applies to medicine and surgery may help you climb the…

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43. Sitting with the Pieces with Dr. Taylor Riall 50:16

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Taylor Riall, MD, PhD, FACS is the real deal! Accomplished academic hepatobiliary surgeon, executive coach, competitive athlete, and a genuine inspiration to all who encounter her. Dr. Riall was a major inspiration in my (ongoing) path to wellness and the creation of this podcast. We tackle a lot in this discussion but start with changing surgical …

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44. Building Relationships in Surgery with Dr. Tracy Downs 1:00:00

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Tracy M. Downs, MD, FACS is a Professor of Urology and Chief Diversity & Community Engagement Officer at the University of Virginia. Tracy is a deeply thoughtful and compassionate surgeon and person. His approach to life parallels his approach to patient care which parallels his approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We explore the metaphor …