Coaching For Physicians
"Working with Jessie during this time has been one of the best decisions I've made professionally.
She is simply amazing.”
Professional development, leadership, and burnout coaching that supports both your mindset and your physiology—so medicine can feel more sustainable, satisfying, and humane.
After twenty years of working on wellness in a large healthcare organization, I can confidently say that mindfulness and mindset work is the one intervention that actually changes the physician experience in the long term.
In training, we learn ways of thinking that help us survive training. Afterwards, those same patterns can drive overfunctioning, over-responsibility, overgiving, and overwhelm. Coaching helps you “untrain” the expensive patterns and create more calm, clarity, connection, and a healthier path forward.
“A fantastic investment in yourself and your future!
We should all have the opportunity to experience coaching with Jessie. ”
— Emergency Physician, TPMG
Choose Your Coaching Path
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1:1 Virtual Physician Coaching
For women physicians who want personalized support with any and all topics—leadership, professional development, communication, burnout, transitions, relationships & parenting, performance improvement, and personal wellness/mindfulness.
Coaching allows physicians to achieve greater effectiveness and alignment with less strain and self-sacrifice.
It’s not about escaping medicine. It’s about practicing medicine in a healthier, more humane, sustainable way.
Option to include up to 12 units of accredited CME
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Small Group Coaching for Women Physicians (Topic-Based, Virtual)
Nourish yourself with the support of like-minded women physicians. Normalize your struggles, feel less isolated, and build balance, equanimity, and buoyancy.
Programs include transition, leadership, and relationship coaching. Advanced coaching is available for retreat participants.
All are accredited for 12 units of CME. -
Institutional & GME Coaching (Teams, Fellowships, Residency)
For wellness leaders and training programs who want meaningful, evidence-informed coaching interventions that support physicians and strengthen culture.
Examples include:
Physician & leadership development coaching
Burnout coaching for teams
Coaching programs for fellows
Institutional wellness programs
Not sure whether a group or 1:1 is best for you for you? You don’t have to decide perfectly. Both will help. Choose the closest fit OR start with a consult and we’ll make it simple.
“I strongly recommend coaching for anyone who wants to be happier, calmer, more content, and get unstuck. Jessie is phenomenal” - Female MD, NYU
If You’re Stuck or Spinning Your Wheels
I understand the emotional exhaustion, resentment, and confusion that grows when we have demanding careers, parenting responsibilities, intimate partners, and aging parents.
Our healthcare systems need to change AND most of us can’t wait for that to happen.
Wherever you are, I can help you take aligned action. This work the way forward.
”The very best thing I have gifted myself since becoming a physician. Hands down.”
- Dr. Zaneta Lim, Pediatrics
Coaching Is Normal for High Performers
Coaching is standard for high performers in almost every demanding field. Athletes, executives, and military leaders work with coaches not because they’re struggling, but because the stakes are high and excellence requires skilled support.
Professional athletes train to regulate their bodies and minds because their bodies and minds are their instruments. Executives train for strategic thinking and communication because teams and culture depend on it. Military leaders train for adaptability and emotional control because lives are at stake.
Physicians sit at the intersection of all three—physical demands, strategic complexity, and the responsibility for human lives—yet we are expected to perform without comparable support.
Physicians are the only high performers who don’t routinely have coaches—and it shows.
It shows in burnout, attrition, moral injury, and exhaustion. It shows in strained relationships, isolation, and self-sacrifice disguised as professionalism. It shows in a culture that teaches us to power through rather than skillfully navigate the realities of our work and physiology.
Coaching gives physicians access to strategic thinking, emotional regulation, communication skills, boundaries, leadership development, values-aligned decision-making, and nervous system awareness.
We don’t need this because we are fragile; we need it because the work and our systems are both complex and broken.
If medicine is going to evolve, we have to stop pretending we can outwork or out-sacrifice the system and start learning how to practice sustainable excellence.
You don’t have to figure whether coaching with me can help you all on on your own.
What can change with physician coaching
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“The change was magical. With every week I transformed my mind - I became calm, I stopped reacting & was/am able to choose my actions.” - Interventional Cardiology
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“Very soon after starting, my mood dramatically improved and my anxiety was significantly less.” - Endocrinology
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“I am much stronger and more in control of my own happiness. I never believed that I could feel calm and happy in this way.” - ObGyn
Coaching Questions Answered
What is physician coaching—in plain language?
Physician Coaching Explained: What It Is, What It Isn’t, and How to Choose Well?
Is physician coaching legit?
Physician Coaching As a Skillset for Modern Medicine
Do you offer group coaching?
Yes. I offer topic-based small groups for women physicians, and privately organized group coaching for institutions, fellowships, and teams.
How do I choose the right option?
If you want private, personalized support, choose 1:1 coaching. If you want community + a shared topic focus, choose group coaching. If you’re bringing coaching to a department, institution, residency, or fellowship, choose institutional & GME coaching.
Does physician coaching actually work?
https://www.jessiemahoneymd.com/jessies-blog/does-physician-coaching-actually-work
“The way Jessie communicates helps you understand the root of your issues and frustrations and makes solutions and changes feel simple to implement. “
- Dr. W. Prince, Critical Care Medicine
Ready to Get Started?
If you’re interested in 1:1 coaching, I start with a free 30-minute consultation. It’s relaxed, informative, and you’ll absolutely get something useful out of it.