The Brave Enough Show - Dr. Sasha Shillcutt

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Financial Planning for Hard Decisions Jul 05, 2024

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In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Jacque Denson discuss:

What to know about your financial status and work benefits
How to financially prepare for career transitions
How to know your "Cost to Leave"
How women can take charge of their finances and embrace change

Jacque's passion is building strong, lasting relationships with her clients – she knows what truly motivates them to achieve their financial goals. She builds one-of-a-kind financial plans unique to each family and enjoys building different scenarios to walk through the multiple paths they can take to achieve their goals. Jacque loves seeing children grow up, hearing about vacations, helping secure financing for dream homes, and thinking creatively to help her clients realize their dreams. Though Jacque enjoys working with all types of doctors, her favorite clients are her female physicians. She is an advocate for equal pay for women in medicine and has experience devising timelines and strategies for maternity leaves to keep her female clients from being set back in wealth accumulation relative to their male counterparts. Jacque is passionate about seeing a change in the financial industry from a gender diversity standpoint and is inspired by the strides she has seen women make in medicine!

Jacque has been in the financial industry for over a decade, working in client service roles at Edward Jones, Lincoln Financial, and Larson Financial before joining the Vestia team as a Financial Advisor. She obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management from Maryville University in St. Louis, and holds her Series 66 registration, Life & Health Insurance License, and is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER ®. As a goal-oriented, lifelong learner, Jacque is always looking to further the expertise she can offer her clients. She recently completed the Investment Management Theory & Practice Education Program through Yale University and lends her knowledge to Vestia's Investment Committee.

Outside the office, Jacque enjoys spending time with her husband, Aaron, and their children, Landon and Caroline; tending her backyard garden; and working with her husband on their side-hustle, a nutrition business for high school and college wrestlers.

Quote:

"Be educated on your next step, even if you are not planning to leave. You want to know your "cost to leave" before you have to for any reason." Jacque Denson, Certified Financial Planner

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When Your Job is Affecting your Mental Health: How to Financially Feel Secure to Do What is Best for Your Health Jun 28, 2024

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In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Melisa Alaba discuss:

How to change your mindset around money and scarcity
How to know what you want so you can live a life that honors yourself
Retraining your brain for success
How to heal after trauma and setbacks

Melisa Alaba the Group practice owner of Vision Works Counseling and Coaching, Money and Life Coach, Author, Podcast host and grandmother to Aria and Zayden. Melisa believes that true healing happens when women and their families are emotionally healed and financially whole. Melisa and her team work to help women heal their entire lives through the B'healed process. Melisa has supported women business owners, entrepreneurs , professionals and corporate leaders since 2004. Melisa started her first successful group practice in 2003 and have served hundreds of women through coaching, counseling, speaking and mentoring.

Melisa helps her clients develop their money and emotional alchemy so that they can heal old money wounds and break generational cycles of lack, have life-changing financial breakthroughs in their business and personal life. Helping women heal from the inside out has allowed Melisa's client's to create better relationships, feel more confident, manifest a business and life that they love and make more money with ease.

Melisa is the author of Live Out Loud: 52 Ways to Reawaken Your Spirit and Live a Life of Purpose – was featured in the movie 72 Hours.

Mrs. Alaba's advice has been featured in Ebony Magazine, US News and World Report, Parents Magazine, Redbook, ABC online.

And she has made live appearances on Fox News and CBS as well as given talks at countless events.

Melisa is an advocate of women's rights, equal pay and financial liberation for women. When she is not working you can find her on a golf course, playing with her grandchildren or reading a good book.

Website: www.melisaalaba.com

Quote:

"When you are in a hard time, and you start to question yourself, remember your skillset. You have a skillset that got you to where you are, and those same skills will get you through this difficult time to where you need to be." Melisa Alaba

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Finding the Courage to Make Difficult Decisions Jun 21, 2024

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In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Nicole Trick Steinbach discuss:

The importance of clarity in becoming brave
Knowing what you DON'T want just as much as what you DO want
How collecting "data" of past decisions makes you braver
Embracing the freedom that comes with failure

Nicole Trick Steinbach is the Founder of Trick Steinbach LLC, the host of the Celebrate Brave podcast, and an International Bravery Coach. She helps women build their bravery and shows them how to stress and work less. After spending nearly 20 years working in tech, Nicole had become a Global Senior Director. She spent 13 years living in Germany, traveling the world, and leading global teams across all functional areas in over 25 different countries. In 2008, even with all of her success, Nicole realized that she felt exhausted, unhappy, and alone. Through coaching, Nicole discovered how her relentless pursuit of an ever-changing definition of "success" was pushing away her support network, deflating her confidence, and driving her to burnout. Over the next ten years, Nicole was able to build her own unique, gorgeous, wonderfully fulfilling life, full of connection and appreciation, rest and joy, safety and wealth. The key was realizing that bravery is a skill that she could intentionally develop and practice. Now she teaches women all over the world to build their own brave. Nicole's framework of clarity, momentum, and accountability helps her clients set goals and establish the mindset they need to sustain their success. Nicole coaches women to view all of their successes, mistakes, and even failures as equal stepping stones to building their brave life and career. When Nicole isn't serving her clients you can find her reading a new book, enjoying the outdoors with her two kiddos, and learning with others on her own podcast.

Quote:

"Bravery is a skill anyone can build." - Nichole Trick Steinbach

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MicroSkills: Small Actions, Big Impact Jun 14, 2024

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In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt has a conversation with Dr. Adaira Landry and Dr. Resa Lewiss.

Adaira Landry is an award-winning mentor, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, and Emergency Medicine physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital and contributor at Forbes magazine. At age 16 she attended University of California, Berkeley to study Molecular Cell Biology. She then attended University of California, Los Angeles for medical school. She completed residency at New York University as a chief resident. She attended Harvard Graduate School of Education for a Masters in Education and earned a fellowship in ultrasound in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital. She has held various positions that foster career development: Assistant Residency Director for the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine residency, Ultrasound Fellowship Director for Harvard Emergency Medicine fellows, and Society Advisor to Harvard Medical Students. She is the Co-Chair of her department's Diversity and Inclusion committee. She was previously a lead consultant for EchoNous, an AI-driven ultrasound start-up.

Resa is a professor of emergency medicine, TEDMED speaker, TimesUp Healthcare founder, designer, entrepreneur, and award winning educator, mentor, and point-of-care ultrasound specialist. She studied at Brown University, the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, the NIH Howard Hughes Research Scholars Program, Harvard Emergency Medicine, and Mount Sinai St. Luke's Roosevelt. As host and founder of the Visible Voices Podcast, she interviews subject matter experts in the healthcare, equity, and current trends spaces. Her writings are published in scientific journals and the popular press, such as Harvard Business Review, Slate, Nature, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and Fast Company. Her new book, MicroSkills: Small Actions, Big Impact is forthcoming from HarperCollins in 2024.

Quote:

"Success does not require self-sacrifice. We do not subscribe to that." Dr. Adaira Landry

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When Life Hands You Lemons: How to Recover When You Have Lost Yourself Jun 07, 2024

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NOTE: This episode contains conversations regarding mental health crises and suicide. Please listen with care.

In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Janet West discuss:

How evaluation and performance can be linked to our mental health

How training in healthcare can push us to be perfectionistic
How importance connection with others is critical to our wellbeing
How to reach out to others who are struggling
The neurobiology of stress and burnout and how to recognize it

Janet West is a family physician, assistant professor, residency teaching faculty, hospital leader, and mother of three. She is also a military medical officer and flight surgeon and has been assigned to multiple operational units, including deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Horn of Africa. After completing certifications in physician wellbeing and leadership, her passion for physician wellness became more personal and emboldened after experiencing and recovering from her own mental health crisis. She now dedicates her time and energy to teaching medical students, residents, and fellow faculty about what wellness and resilience truly are, how our brains and the norms of our culture and profession can increase our risk of mental health challenges, and helping them build the self-awareness and connection we need to thrive as humans who happen to practice medicine.

Quote:

"I truly found myself by losing myself." - Dr. Janet West

"We push ourselves so hard to manage any problem that presents itself and we expect to have all the answers and show no weakness. This is unobtainable and yet the expectation." - Dr. Janet West

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Knowing When to Quit May 31, 2024

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In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Marcene McVay Gillam discuss:

How to start to make the decision of a career transition
How loyalty can hold women back
How to process the guilt of leaving a role or a job
How to reset your brain on failure
Defining your own success

Marcene is board certified in pediatric surgery and general surgery. She completed residency at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences followed by fellowship at Arkansas Children's Hospital. She is an Air Force veteran, honorably discharged as a Lt Colonel after serving in San Antonio & Afghanistan.

She is an Associate Professor of Surgery, serves as a consultant to the pediatric surgery board, and is active in committee leadership for the American Pediatric Surgical Association. She is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Academy of Pediatrics, and was voted one of the "Best Women in Healthcare 2023" by AY Magazine.

She is a native Arkansan, Razorback alumna (Chemical Engineering), baseball fan, farmer's wife and beagle mom.

Tenacious with a touch of OCD. Seeker of authenticity. Culture builder. Collaborative leader.

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Quote:

"I finally found the courage to make the hard decision when I realized that my success does not have to be defined by other people." Dr. Marcene McVay Gillam

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Money vs. Impact vs. Peace – How do You Decide? May 24, 2024

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In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Harriet Hopf discuss:

Financial decisions and how they impact our joy
How to develop your professional identity
How harmful mindsets about money can lead to burnout
Choosing impact and peace over money in our careers
How mentors can help you figure out what brings you joy

Harriet W. Hopf, MD, is Professor of Anesthesiology and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Utah. She has held senior leadership roles at the medical school, university, and national level that positioned her for her current focus on nurturing career and leadership success in the next generation. As a three-sport college athlete she learned leadership, persistence, and how to get things done. Her husband Leo, who she met playing volleyball, is an expert in strategy and decision-making and a peerless peer mentor. Their offspring, McKinley, is a grad student busy reinventing the way history is told. Harriet is content never to have learned to say "No." and thrilled to have been selected as one of 250 images on the Utah Women 2020 Mural, public art commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment.

Quote:

"I am not good at doing things I do not enjoy, so I will choose impact and personal peace over tasks that make me money every time." - Dr. Harriet Hopf

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Starting With Your Why: Life Mission & Vision May 17, 2024

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In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses:

How to figure out your life mission
How having a vision for your life helps you with difficult decisions
Giving yourself permission to change
What a personal "board of directors" looks like

Quote:

"You cannot live your life's mission and have immense joy without disappointing nice people." – Dr. Sasha Shillcutt

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5 Ways to De-Stress Each Day Mar 22, 2024

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In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses 5 Practical Steps to De-Stress in the Moment:

Grounding Techniques

Decompress

Sleep

Let it GO

Stop Doing, Start Being

Quote:

"All of us have thing we could DO every minute of every day. Work. Service to others. Cleaning up. Helping. The truth is, if we do not learn to get out of DO mode, we will never enjoy life that we were meant to enjoy in BE mode." - Dr. Sasha Shillcutt

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How to Combat the Physical Effects of Stress Mar 15, 2024

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In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt and Dr. Roxana Mehran discuss:

Stress and the physiological risks that is places on our bodies
How to process and remove the daily stress from your body
How to decrease stress, anxiety and poor sleep as risk factors for cardiovascular disease
How to reinvent yourself as a woman physician

Roxana Mehran, MD, is an internationally renowned interventional cardiologist and clinical research expert in the field of cardiovascular disease. She leads a globally-respected academic research center focused on designing and implementing randomized clinical trials, outcomes research projects, and high impact academic publications. She has served as principal investigator for numerous global studies, developed risk scores for bleeding and acute kidney injury, participates regularly in developing clinical guidelines, and has authored >1,500 peer-reviewed articles. Dr. Mehran currently serving as a member of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Board of Trustees. She is a founder and Chief Scientific Officer of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF). Dr. Mehran is named Director of the Women Heart and Vascular Center at Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital, spearheading a new program that represents a collaboration across multiple disciplines and designed to meet the unique needs of women's cardiovascular health. She has been included for the past seven consecutive years in Clarivate Analytics: "Most Cited Researchers – Top 1%" as well as "The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds" (Thomson Reuters).

Dr. Mehran has spoken and attended over 400 presentations, leading the Lancet Commission on Women's Cardiovascular Diseases, which has brought together leading researchers from around the world to identify and bridge gaps in scientific discovery, clinical trials, and care for women with cardiovascular disease. She was recently named Director of the Women Heart and Vascular Center at Mount Sinai Heart, spearheading a new program that represents a collaboration across multiple disciplines and designed to meet the unique needs of women's cardiovascular health. In 2019, she founded Women as One, dedicated to advancing opportunities for women in medicine.

Dr Mehran is a recipient of several awards including the 2016 American College of Cardiology Bernadine Healy Leadership in CV disease award, the 2018 Nanette Wenger Award from Women's Heart for excellence in research and education, the 2019 Ellis Island Medal of Honor, and the 2019 ESC Silver Medal and Andreas Grüntzig Lecture plaque. In 2022, she received The Terry Ann Krulwich Physician-Scientist Alumni Award at Mount Sinai; the Linda Joy Pollin Heart Health Leadership Award from Cedar Sinai Medical Center; Doctor Honoris Causa Degree at Università della Svizzera Italiana; Women in Cardiology Mentoring Award from American Heart Association; and the Pulse-Setter Champion Award from The Cardiovascular Research Foundation. Lastly, in 2023, Dr. Mehran was awarded the Bahr Award of Excellence by the American College of Cardiology.

Women as One

Quote:

"We all need coaches to help us understand that if you are doing your best, whatever you accomplish in life is enough." - Dr. Mehran

"Every time you are escalating and climbing the ladder as a woman, you have the responsibility to lift others in the process." - Dr. Mehran

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