Big mistake. HUGE mistake. Let me share it with you so you never make it:

I told my chair I was exploring other job options. My intent was to be transparent and respectful.

I didn’t realize she would use it against me.

Once she knew I was looking to leave, she created a new departmental policy that required 120 leave notice. She buried it inside my annual review and pressured me to sign.

No announcement, no email notification, no discussion at faculty meeting announcing a new policy change.

Just, “sign here ASAP or you’ll lose your bonus.”

When I resigned, I was told: You can’t leave. You owe 120 days. You signed the document. And PS– Your PTO is frozen. CME is frozen. Return the laptop. The books. The atlases. Everything you purchased over the last 8 years.

That was the last time I ever put my Chair above my own needs.

This week's episode is the guide I wish I'd had. Everything you need to do before you tell a single soul you're leaving.

Inside:

• The moves you need to make to protect your money, your PTO, and your options before your Chair has any idea you're interviewing
• Why you don’t need your Chair’s letter of recommendation— and exactly who to ask instead
• What actually happens the moment you submit notice (and how to not be blindsided by it)
• The institutional scare stories designed to keep you in your place— “a gap in experience is career suicide,” “once you leave Academics you can never return,” “you need a letter from your chair”— and why none of it holds up in the real world

Your chair will not protect your family, your career, or your money.

But this episode will.

Reply back to tell me everything!, xoxo, Christina

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If you've ever dreaded a faculty meeting, a hard conversation, or an annual review — this episode is for you.

Conflict-Free Leadership for Women Physicians covers the next-level coaching skills that get you top pay, a better schedule, and a workplace where you are genuinely respected.

Here's what’s actually happening inside the hospital:

We weren’t given leadership skills. Neither were our bosses.

We go to meetings full of reactive people who have an agenda to promote. Hard conversations. Pressure. Bullying.

This episode changes that. It’s a masterclass on how to be an ICONIC leader as a woman physician.

Even without a title. Even if you’re the latest hire. Even if you’re just back from maternity leave.

When you have these skills, here’s what changes about your job: 📌No more dreading faculty meeting- you’ll know how to lead the conversation instead 📌Impossible colleagues become collaborative 📌Raises and schedule changes become strategic instead of emotional

Here’s what’s inside the episode: 🔥 The Right Answer / Wrong Answer framework that instantly lowers conflict 🔥 The 90-day testing strategy that shuts down skepticism without escalating tension 🔥 15 Drama-Free Leadership Sprints you can implement this week

These are the skills that make us iconic.

We become deeply respected — whether we’re promoted or not.

We get prioritized on the schedule. We get the office space. We get the compensation that reflects our contribution.

Leadership stops feeling like survival. Work starts working.

Will you please do me a favor? Forward this email to all your besties. And then Rate and Review this podcast episode– it helps tell me what you love AND helps our podcast reach more listeners just like you. Thank you!!!

Reply back to tell me everything!, xoxo, Christina

P.S. Ready to become an ICONIC leader as a woman physician? Join Next Level Freedom today. We are the only women physician coaching community focused on getting you paid top dollar on part-time hours. This program includes LIFETIME access to weekly group coaching calls, curriculum, private podcast for on-the-go listening, community, bonus trainings and guest speakers, and so much more. The investment is a one-time payment of $2500. Join us THIS WEEK by booking your free sales call here: https://app.squarespacescheduling.com/schedule/bd3b6a3c/appointment/33598962/calendar/5849920

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The clinical work is the easiest part of our job.

Diagnosing. Operating. Making decisions. We were trained for that.

The hard part is everything else. The politics. The passive-aggressive emails with 27 people CC'd. The faculty meeting tension. The unfair schedule nobody will talk about.

The worst part is that the conflict follows us home.

It wakes up up at 3 a.m. We think about it in the shower. We are rehashing old emails in our head instead of listening to our kids tell us about their day.

Conflict makes an already hard job feel impossible.

In this week’s podcast, we’re getting everything we need to eliminate conflict at our workplace. Forever.

Here’s what’s inside:

• The No-Conflict Method — the leadership tool no one is teaching, because no one else has it
• The Dreams-to-Things Conversion — how to turn job frustrations into specific, winnable moves that get you respected, valued, and fairly treated at work
• The 3-Step No-Conflict Formula — how to lead and win, even without a title, even fresh out of fellowship, even if your boss doesn't like you
• The Marriage Translation — how the same method eliminates conflict at home and gives you the connection you actually want

We DON’T need thicker skin. We’ve NEVER been difficult. We are NOT trouble-makers.

We just need the No-Conflict Method. Make your physician job BETTER today.

Will you please do me a favor? Forward this email to all your besties. And then Rate and Review this podcast episode– it helps tell me what you love AND helps our podcast reach more listeners just like you. Thank you!!!

Reply back to tell me everything!, xoxo, Christina

P.S. Ready to have a NO CONFLICT workplace, marriage, and homelife FOREVER??? Join Next Level Freedom today. We are the only women physician coaching community focused on getting you paid top dollar on part-time hours. This program includes LIFETIME access to weekly group coaching calls, curriculum, private podcast for on-the-go listening, community, bonus trainings and guest speakers, and so much more. The investment is a one-time payment of $2500. Join us THIS WEEK by booking your free sales call here: https://app.squarespacescheduling.com/schedule/bd3b6a3c/appointment/33598962/calendar/5849920

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