Interview with Dr. Jen Barna

In today’s episode, Dr. Jen Barna returns to the podcast to explain the value of coaching.

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Jen Barna, MD is a board-certified radiologist and founder and CEO of DocWorking.

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The Value of Coaching

Dr. Barna’s unique program, which now offers CME credit, combines pure support and brain-based learning tools with ongoing success coaching. This program is created to support your success, well-being, and ability to grow both personally and professionally.

Her learning tool is constructed from tiny modules that are intended to take 5 to 10 minutes of your day. 

She also has a small coaching group program with physicians from across the country. She has seen them achieve their goals. Additionally, it propels them into leadership positions.

Dr. Barna’s website created a quick quiz that will help you determine your position on the continuum between well-being and burnout. And there are videos with advice for overcoming it.

Forming New Habits

When forming new habits, Dr. Barna’s coaches use the “knowing-doing gap.” It is by working with a trusted thinking partner to identify the “knowing-doing gap” that enables participants to:

  • make alterations to diet and exercise,
  • employ strategies to effectively manage your time,
  • adopt tools for managing stress,
  • better interact with people at home or work, and
  • promote self-awareness and personal development.

By adopting and implementing these tactics, the value of coaching becomes quite evident.

Dr. Jen Barna’s Advice About the Value of Coaching

We can build new habits – when we are feeling stuck and we’re looking for a way to move forward we can identify where we have agency to effect change in our own lives. We have more power than we think we do and we’re not alone… you may just need to work with a trusted thinking partner to allow you change your perspective… sometimes just a small shift is all you need to see options in front of you that have been invisible until now.

Summary

Dr. Barna’s program combines peer support with coaching from trusted thought partners. The value of coaching is easy to underestimate, but it’s been shown to help us achieve our goals and advance our careers more quickly. Dr. Barna provides listeners to the Physician Nonclinical Careers Podcast with a Coupon Code (PNC100OFF) for those who decide to join DocWorking Thrive, which provides a $100 discount off the usual price.

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