
DocWorking: The Whole Physician Podcast
DocWorking: The Whole Physician Podcast.
Doctors devote their lives to caring for others, but the time has come to prioritize the health and wellness of physicians.
As physicians, we make decisions every day about how to prioritize our time, energy, focus, attention, and money. Our lives are in our own hands. But are we making these as conscious choices or are we satisfied with speeding through life in default mode?
Hosts Jen Barna MD, Coach Gabriella Dennery MD and Master Certified Coach Jill Farmer interview physicians to explore ways to embrace life AND a medical career, some who’ve chosen a path less traveled and others who have optimized their lives on a traditional medical career path. As coaches from the DocWorking team, Gabriella and Jill discuss actionable tips from their experience coaching physicians. We also invite guests on business, leadership, building financial independence, and other pertinent topics to physicians.
If you’re a physician, we want to hear your story! Please email Jen Barna at podcast@docworking.com to be considered.
Want to learn more? https://www.DocWorking.com
Latest episodes

Mar 3, 2021 • 18min
9: Physicians, Debt & Making A Plan with Andrew Friedman
Join Gabriella and Jen as they sit down with Andrew Friedman of AJF Financial to discuss investing with a purpose, paying off debt and strategizing for the future. According to Andrew, the most important thing is to start today. Whether that involves saving or paying down debt or both, it’s important that you start now. Tune in now to find out how and why.
Andrew Friedman is a Certified Sustainable Investment Professional, Certified Financial Planner, a member of the Financial Planning Association and a Registered Investment Advisor.
To find out more about AJF Financial visit AJFFinancial.com, call (212)779-0789 or email Andrew at andrew@ajffinancial.com.
You can also find them on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn
The DocWorking Whole Physician Podcast is proud to recognize AJF Financial as a sponsor. We recommend AJF Financial based on a successful investing relationship spanning more than 10 years.
To learn more about DocWorking, visit docworking.com
We’re everywhere you like to get your podcasts! Apple iTunes, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Google, PlayerFM, ListenNotes, Amazon, YouTube, Podbean
Are you a physician who would like to tell your story? Reach out to Jen at jen@docworking.com
And if you like our podcast and would like to subscribe and leave us a 5 star review, we would be extremely grateful!
Some links in our blogs and show notes are affiliate links, and purchases made via those links may result in small payments to DW. These help toward our production costs. Thank you for supporting DocWorking: The Whole Physician Podcast!
Occasionally, we discuss financial and legal topics. We are not financial or legal professionals. Please consult a licensed professional for financial or legal advice regarding your specific situation.
Podcast produced by: Amanda Taran

Mar 1, 2021 • 16min
8: Making Nonclinical Days More Productive & Less Stressful
Press the reset button and connect to life in a more meaningful way with DocWorking Co-lead Coaches Gabriella Dennery MD and Jill Farmer, as they team up with tips to help make your non-clinical days more productive and less stressful.
Mentioned in the show: “When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Time” by Daniel H. Pink https://amzn.to/3cwqp3P
The DocWorking Whole Physician Podcast is proud to recognize AJF Financial as a sponsor. We recommend AJF Financial based on a successful investing relationship spanning more than 10 years.
To find out more about AJF Financial visit AJFFinancial.com, call (212)779-0789 or email Andrew at andrew@ajffinancial.com. You can also find them on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn
Want to learn more? https://www.docworking.com
We’re everywhere you like to get your podcasts! Apple iTunes, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Google, PlayerFM, ListenNotes, Amazon, YouTube, Podbean
Are you a physician who would like to tell your story? Reach out to Jen at jen@docworking.com
And if you like our podcast and would like to subscribe and leave us a 5 star review, we would be extremely grateful!
Some links in our blogs and show notes are affiliate links, and purchases made via those links may result in small payments to DW. These help toward our production costs. Thank you for supporting DocWorking: The Whole Physician Podcast!
Occasionally, we discuss financial and legal topics. We are not financial or legal professionals. Please consult a licensed professional for financial or legal advice regarding your specific situation.
Podcast Produced by: Amanda Taran

Feb 26, 2021 • 41min
7: Is Medicine A Good Career For Moms? Interview with Dr. Miriam Michael
Join Jen and Gabriella as they sit down to chat with nephrologist, hospitalist and internist, Dr. Miriam Michael. Dr. Michael is an absolute delight! In this episode, she covers dating with a purpose, motherhood as a doctor, how to have a successful relationship with your nanny, why lists are a good thing and her tips for negotiating. So sit back and relax as Dr. Michael shares her story of fulfilling her childhood dream to become a doctor all while acing life along the way.
Dr. Michael went to medical school at Howard University College of Medicine. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Mt. Sinai Hospital. She completed her fellowship in Nephrology at Mt. Sinai Hospital. She is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Nephrology and is a Castle Connolly Regional Top Doctor Hospitalist in the Washington D.C. area.
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Want to learn more? https://www.docworking.com
We’re everywhere you like to get your podcasts! Apple iTunes, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Google, PlayerFM, ListenNotes, Amazon, YouTube, Podbean
Are you a physician who would like to tell your story? Reach out to Jen at jen@docworking.com
And if you like our podcast and would like to subscribe and leave us a 5 star review, we would be extremely grateful!
Some links in our blogs and show notes are affiliate links, and purchases made via those links may result in small payments to DW. These help toward our production costs. Thank you for supporting DocWorking: The Whole Physician Podcast!
Occasionally, we discuss financial and legal topics. We are not financial or legal professionals. Please consult a licensed professional for financial or legal advice regarding your specific situation.
Produced by: Amanda Taran

Feb 24, 2021 • 16min
6: Your Money & Your Values with Andrew Friedman
Today, co-lead Coach Gabriella Dennery MD sits down with Andrew Friedman of AJF Financial to talk investing and financial planning. In this episode we learn that not only can investing change our lives but it also has the ability to positively change the world for us and for future generations. Andrew explains ESG investing and how we can use our investments as a way of expressing who we are and what we want to be in the world.
The DocWorking Whole Physician Podcast is proud to recognize AJF Financial as a sponsor. We recommend AJF Financial based on a successful investing relationship spanning more than 10 years.
Andrew Friedman is a Certified Sustainable Investment Professional, Certified Financial Planner, a member of the Financial Planning Association and a Registered Investment Advisor.
To find out more about AJF Financial visit AJFFinancial.com, call (212)779-0789 or email Andrew at andrew@ajffinancial.com.You can also find them on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn
To learn more about DocWorking, visit docworking.com
We’re everywhere you like to get your podcasts! Apple iTunes, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Google, PlayerFM, ListenNotes, Amazon, YouTube, Podbean
Are you a physician who would like to tell your story? Reach out to Jen at jen@docworking.com
And if you like our podcast and would like to subscribe and leave us a 5 star review, we would be extremely grateful!
Some links in our blogs and show notes are affiliate links, and purchases made via those links may result in small payments to DW. These help toward our production costs. Thank you for supporting DocWorking: The Whole Physician Podcast!
Occasionally, we discuss financial and legal topics. We are not financial or legal professionals. Please consult a licensed professional for financial or legal advice regarding your specific situation.
Podcast produced by: Amanda Taran

Feb 22, 2021 • 13min
5: Three Things I Wish I'd Known Then
Lead coaches Gabriella Dennery MD and Jill Farmer team up again to talk self care. In this episode Gabriella shares her wisdom on the things she wishes she had known as a practicing physician about taking care of herself. You will learn three dynamic truths that you can apply to your life right now that will hopefully bring more balance and harmony to your life as a physician.
Want to learn more? https://www.docworking.com
We’re everywhere you like to get your podcasts! Apple iTunes, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Google, PlayerFM, ListenNotes, Amazon, YouTube, Podbean
Are you a physician who would like to tell your story? Reach out to Jen at jen@docworking.com
And if you like our podcast and would like to subscribe and leave us a 5 star review, we would be extremely grateful!
Some links in our blogs and show notes are affiliate links, and purchases made via those links may result in small payments to DW. These help toward our production costs. Thank you for supporting DocWorking: The Whole Physician Podcast!
Occasionally, we discuss financial and legal topics. We are not financial or legal professionals. Please consult a licensed professional for financial or legal advice regarding your specific situation.

Feb 19, 2021 • 26min
4: "It's Going To Be Different, Just Keep Going" Dr. Tony Lazzara
"Without blinking I would do it again." -Dr. Tony Lazzara "It's gonna be different... Just keep going." -Dr. Tony Lazzara"Don't let anything discourage you, don't let anything get in your way. If you feel like this is what your vocation is, just keep going." -Dr. Tony Lazzara
Dr. Tony Lazarra left his established academic career as a neonatal intensivist at Emory University to found a home for sick children in the small town of Chaclacayo, near Lima, Peru, in 1983. Dr. Tony, as he is affectionately known to children and volunteers at Hogar San Francisco de Asis, started the home in 1987. Since then, he has been working selflessly to help children who would otherwise not have access to the medical care they need.
In this episode, Dr. Tony tells Dr. Jen Barna and Coach Dr. Gabriella Dennery about his story.
As physicians, it is a privilege to hear the honest story of how a fellow doctor followed his dream and commitment to helping children, and has no regrets. We hope the story of Dr. Tony Lazarra may inspire others to do the same.
If you are interested in donating or volunteering, please go to: https://www.villalapazfoundation.org/
You can also find this link on the About Us page of DocWorking.com: https://www.docworking.com/about-us/
Are you a physician with a story to tell? Please reach out to Jen at jen@docworking.com
We’re everywhere you like to get your podcasts! Apple iTunes, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Google, PlayerFM, ListenNotes, Amazon, YouTube, Podbean
Some links in our blogs and show notes are affiliate links, and purchases made via those links may result in small payments to DW. These help toward our production costs. Thank you for supporting DocWorking: The Whole Physician Podcast!
Occasionally, we discuss financial and legal topics. We are not financial or legal professionals. Please consult a licensed professional for financial or legal advice regarding your specific situation.

Feb 19, 2021 • 13min
3: Lies Physicians Tell Themselves
Lead coaches Gabriella Dennery MD and Jill Farmer tackle three lies that physicians tell themselves about time. They take us through the lies and give us the tools we need to bust through those lies and increase our time management prowess!
Want to learn more? https://www.docworking.com
Are you a physician who would like to tell your story? Reach out to Jen at jen@docworking.com
We’re everywhere you like to get your podcasts! Apple iTunes, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Google, PlayerFM, ListenNotes, Amazon, YouTube, Podbean
And if you like our podcast and would like to subscribe and leave us a 5 star review, we would be extremely grateful!
Some links in our blogs and show notes are affiliate links, and purchases made via those links may result in small payments to DW. These help toward our production costs. Thank you for supporting DocWorking: The Whole Physician Podcast!
Occasionally, we discuss financial and legal topics. We are not financial or legal professionals. Please consult a licensed professional for financial or legal advice regarding your specific situation.

Feb 19, 2021 • 37min
2: Welcome to DocWorking Pt 2
Experienced Physician Coaches Gabriella Dennery MD and Jill Farmer discuss helping doctors with founder Jen Barna MD.
Dr. Jen Barna created DocWorking to be a catalyst, moving physicians toward fulfillment in work and home by taking an individualized approach to striking the right balance between the two. At DocWorking.com, Jen brings experienced coaches to physicians in a format that helps doctors with time limitations, so each individual healthcare provider can move at a rapid pace toward the goals they envision.
Life coach, speaker and teacher, Dr. Gabriella Dennery is passionate about coaching busy health care professionals who are ready to put themselves first. Recovering from burnout after leaving primary care medicine, she discovered new ways to answer the call of healer. Gabriella is trained in health and wellness coaching and life coaching, working with clients around work-life synergy, health and wellbeing, mindfulness, healthy relationships, and career transitions. She is especially keen on supporting women physicians with reclaiming their joy for their calling, while designing effective ways to integrate work and home life for greater fulfillment. For Gabriella, life balance includes playing percussion and violin, composing music, and being the other half of a fun marriage.
Jill Farmer is a Master Certified Time and Stress Management coach who is nationally recognized and specializes in working with physicians. She is the author of “There’s Not Enough Time… and Other Lies We Tell Ourselves”— a time management bestseller. Jill’s expertise has been featured everywhere from The Washington Post to Inc. Magazine and Fitness Magazine. Jill travels the U.S. delivering keynotes and teaching her acclaimed programs at top medical institutions, corporations and organizations. Jill was an Emmy Award winning TV journalist. She is married and the mother of two nearly grown daughters.
In upcoming episodes of the DocWorking podcast, Jill, Gabriella and Jen will bring physician guests who have enjoyed interesting careers off the beaten path, physicians working along side of us who have cracked the code on balancing life and medicine, and coaches with valuable life, career and financial hacks to help you take definitive steps toward achieving your goals starting today
If you’re a physician, we want to hear your story! Please reach out to us at jen@DocWorking.com
Want to learn more? https://www.docworking.com
We’re everywhere you like to get your podcasts! Apple iTunes, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Google, PlayerFM, ListenNotes, Amazon, YouTube, Podbean
And if you like our podcast and would like to subscribe and leave us a 5 star review, we would be extremely grateful!
Some links in our blogs and show notes are affiliate links, and purchases made via those links may result in small payments to DW. These help toward our production costs. Thank you for supporting DocWorking: The Whole Physician Podcast!
Occasionally, we discuss financial and legal topics. We are not financial or legal professionals. Please consult a licensed professional for financial or legal advice regarding your specific situation.

Feb 12, 2021 • 2min
1: Welcome to the DocWorking Podcast!
Hosts Jen Barna MD, Coach Gabriella Dennery MD and Master Certified Coach Jill Farmer interview physicians to explore ways to embrace life AND a medical career, some who’ve chosen a path less traveled and others who have optimized their lives on a traditional medical career path. As coaches from the DocWorking team, Gabriella and Jill discuss actionable tips from their experience coaching physicians. We also invite guests on business, leadership, building financial independence, and other pertinent topics to physicians.
If you’re a physician, we want to hear your story! Please reach out to us at jen@DocWorking.com
Want to learn more? https://www.docworking.com
We’re everywhere you like to get your podcasts! Apple iTunes, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Google, PlayerFM, ListenNotes, Amazon, YouTube, Podbean
And if you like our podcast and would like to subscribe and leave us a 5 star review, we would be extremely grateful!
Some links in our blogs and show notes are affiliate links, and purchases made via those links may result in small payments to DW. These help toward our production costs. Thank you for supporting DocWorking: The Whole Physician Podcast!
Occasionally, we discuss financial and legal topics. We are not financial or legal professionals. Please consult a licensed professional for financial or legal advice regarding your specific situation.