254. Healing the Hidden Wounds of Medical Training: How to Rebuild Trust

Healing Medicine: Mindfulness, Mindset & Physician Well-Being

What if rebuilding strength isn’t about pushing harder—but trusting yourself more?

After decades of practicing medicine with a mindset of pushing through exhaustion, injury, and disconnection, Jessie reflects on how partnering with a personal trainer helped her rebuild something she hadn’t even realized she had lost: trust in her own body.

Jessie shares how mindful movement, compassion, and curiosity can heal old patterns of disconnection—and help you grow strength, resilience, and self-trust from the inside out.

This episode invites you to explore the parallel journeys of physical healing and emotional healing—and to remember that trust, acceptance, and compassion are essential muscles to build if we are to live, lead, and heal sustainably.

You’ll hear:

• How physician training teaches us to override our body’s messages—and how to gently unlearn it

• Why trust, acceptance, and compassion are not luxuries, but essential practices for strength and well-being

• The surprising ways mindful strength training mirrors mindset coaching

• How small, intentional shifts both physical and mental, can lead to profound change

• Why support, investment, and attention are the foundations of sustainable healing

• Fourteen mindful strength lessons -- applicable far beyond the mat or gym

Reflection questions:

• Where are you ready to begin trusting your body again?

• Where might leaning into acceptance and kindess offer you more freedom and strength?

• How would it feel to move through your health, your work, and your relationships with more compassion and curiosity?

Healing does not come from pushing harder. Strength does not come from force. Sustainability grows from trust, presence, and honoring what is.

When you invest in yourself, with care and attention, you don’t just heal your body. You heal how you live, how you love, and how you lead.

You are stronger when you get support. And you are worth it.

What might this look like for you? 1:1 coaching, small group coaching, a retreat, or something else?

Please share this episode with a friend or colleague who needs the reminder that strength, trust, and compassion are skills we can all grow.

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