If you've ever felt the weight of caring for everyone—your team, your patients, your kids, your household—this conversation is for you.

 

In this week's episode, I sit down with my friend Elise, a full-time physician, mom of two, whose workdays and home life both revolve around caregiving in different, equally demanding ways. Elise shares what it's really like to spend your day caring for patients and then come home to the second shift of caring for your family—and how she tries to stay grounded through it all.

 

We talk about:

 

• the emotional load of being a caregiver in your career and at home,

 

• how she "shifts gears" between those two versions of herself,

 

• the compressed 5–8 p.m. window that can feel like a sprint,

 

• the boundaries that help her leave work at work (most days),

 

• and how she stays connected to her husband despite two very demanding careers.

 

Elise also gets honest about dinner stress, finding time for herself, and what she's learning about letting go of perfection in favor of what actually works. It's warm, real, and full of those "oh good, it's not just me" moments we all need.

 

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🔗 Links & Resources:

 

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• Episode 10 - Say Goodbye to Last-Minute Dinner Stress

 

• Elise uses a Blue Sky Planner

 

• Learn more about coaching for working moms

 

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