The Thriving Physician Program
The next cohort of the thriving physician program will be starting
Monday, January 18th.
Same great content now offered in a 2 month program.
I’m giving you permission to
Make Your Life, Health & Happiness A Priority.
Join us for great classes, individual and group coaching, clarity, support, and CME with a small cohort of 15 physicians.
By the end of the program, you will be a ninja expert at living your own version of a life well-lived in and outside of medicine.
- Are you struggling in the day to day practice of medicine or wondering how many more years you can keep this up?
- Are you interested in making changes at work or home that fit better with your current interests and goals?
- Have you tried some wellness strategies or learned some self-coaching skills but need help truly integrating and sustaining them?

You are invited to join our AMAZING Physician Wellness Coaching Program!
What's Included In the Program?
This is an evidence-based and effective approach grounded in research that shows improvement in physician wellness.

Private, Invdividual Coaching Calls

Group Coaching Calls

Teaching Session with Q&A

Up to 24 Hrs AMA PRA Category 1 CME
An Inside Peak Of What To Expect:
Our monthly schedule:
Week 1 & 3: 1hr CME Class and Q&A | Week 2: 1h Group Coaching | Week 4: 1 hr Individual coaching
Meeting Time: Thursday evenings at 5 pm Pacific/8 pm Eastern.
Topics We Will Cover:
- Giving Ourselves Permission: A Foundation for Excellence in Medicine
- Mindfulness in Physician Wellness, Coaching, and Practice
- How to Coach Yourself
- The Neuroscience of Change
- Identifying Stories and Facts
- The Interplay of Thoughts, Beliefs and Actions
- Mindset and Agency
- How to Feel Our Feelings in our Busy Medical Lives
- Anxiety and the Mind: Staying Grounded in Uncertain Times
- Buffering with Food, Alcohol, Shopping and Facebook
- Secondary Trauma, Medical Errors and Unexpected Outcomes
- Mindful Self-Compassion
- Physicians and Emotional Adulthood
- The Manual: Expectations for Ourselves and Others
- Relationships
- Dealing with Difficult People
- Setting Healthy Boundaries at Work and Home
- Paging Dr. Mama Bear: Self-advocacy in Medicine
- Loneliness in Medicine
- Past and Future Focus
- Imposter Syndrome and the Inner Critic
- Perfectionism and Comparison: Thieves of Joy in Medicine
- Microaggression and Implicit Bias, Visible and Invisible Identities
- Career Alignment: Values and Interests Across the Lifespan
How much time should I expect each week?
What if I have to miss a class?
How much CME can I claim?
What is the cost of the program?

Tell me more!
Click below to schedule a complimentary Thriving Physician breakthrough session to see if the program is the right fit for you.
About Dr. Kathy Stepien
Dr. Stepien is a board-certified Pediatrician in active practice, and the director of The Institute for Physician Wellness. She graduated from the University of Washington School of Medicine in 2007. Prior to entering medicine, she practiced physical therapy for many years. She holds a graduate degree in Philosophy where she focused on applied ethics.
Dr. Stepien is a physician life coach certified through The Life Coach School. She teaches Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC.) She lives in Juneau, AK where you might find her out hiking with her 2 teenage sons.

Program Starts Monday, January 18th!
Join us for great classes, individual and group coaching, clarity, support, and CME with a small cohort of 15 physicians.
Register Now