Happy In Medicine with Dr. Christina Arnold

136: Constraining Indecision

Indecision is exhausting.

It presents as 1) a very busy mind that’s never still, 2) lots of confusion, 3) poor sleep, 4) overeating, overNetflixing, over-scrolling, and 5) emotional reactivity.

Most physicians solve for indecision by working harder, researching more, consuming more books, talking it through to all the people, sleeping on it, taking a class, “giving it more time,” and overthinking again.

The answer to indecision is NOT more work, information, or time.

The answer is to DECIDE.

In last week’s episode we discussed a 5-step process to get to ZERO decision drama.

This week we talk what to do if you literally can’t make a decision right now:

DECIDE to box up the indecision. This IS a decision.

Here’s exactly what I do: I put my indecision and all the associated thoughts and feelings into a metaphorical Tiffany’s Box on my desk.  I know it’s there, I know I’ll get to it, and I’ll give myself space to figure it all out. I only allow myself to entertain the issue at my weekly private coaching session with my coach. This way, I have a mind expert to help me investigate my thoughts and NOT get lost on the spin and despair.

When I open the box, I have a decision waiting for me.

I didn’t have to think 24/7 on it. I don’t lose any sleep. I just had to lovingly put it in a box. Constrain the indecision. Let my brain rest.

You get all this in this week’s podcast where you get all this:

✅Two ways to know when you’re stuck in indecision

✅Three myths BUSTED

✅How to constrain indecision

✅What to do while your indecision is contained

✅How to let the decision find you

Click the button for this week’s podcast.

 

PS. The best way to constrain indecision, hold space for possibility, and make impossible things happen is in community. We do this work everyday in my lifetime group coaching program. Enroll here: https://christinaarnoldcoaching.com/.

 

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135: Zero Decision-Drama Drill [New Tool]

In this week’s podcast, you’ll know how to make good decisions FAST.

Decisions, themselves, are easy. We look at all the options. We pick one. That’s it.

It’s the DRAMA surrounding the decision that’s hard.

The faster you get out of decision-drama, the faster you’ll feel better.

When we have decision-drama, we spin in confusion, suffer with painful stories, feel trapped with no choice, and start shutting down.

Instead of focus at work…we’re distracted, clinic takes longer, and we get home later…exhausted from all the overthinking.

Instead of presence at home… our brains are constantly thought looping on all the issues. We’re quick to yell about the dirty dishes in the living room and then feel terrible about that too. We go through dinner-bath-bedtime routine but don’t actually hear what the kids are saying.

Instead of enjoying our dream vacation in the Bahamas…we’re worrying about a disaster work schedule that hasn’t even happened yet. We’d never bring our boss on vacation with us intentionally, and yet here she is in our mind 24/7 in the Caribbean. Yuck.

The key is to know how to make good decisions FAST.

In this week’s podcast episode, you’ll do just that with this brand new tool:

The Zero Decision-Drama Drill.

Here’s how it works:

✅Simplifies the process.
✅Eliminates the drama and stories.
✅Creates total clarity.
✅Syncs three key perspectives.

PLUS you’ll get a reliable tool to confirm your decision.

This is how you make good decisions FAST.

More focus at work. Get home sooner.

More presence at home. Actually hear the kids tell you about their day.

More connection and FUN on vacation, while the boss stays in her own dang zip code.

Decisions aren’t hard.

Drama is hard.

Ditch the drama with The Zero Decision-Drama Drill.

Let decisions be easy.

Click the button to get started Today.

 

PS. Want help with your next decision?  We closed the doors to the public, you can still join by scheduling a complimentary consult at https://www.yourpathinfocus.com/. Get started today. Feeling better is exactly ONE DECISION away.

PPS. Save the date! The Impossible Goal Training is an advanced coaching concept usually reserved for my lifetime coaching group. It’s how to make impossible things HISTORY. I’ll be delivering this LIVE training Wed March 22 8aPT/9aMT/10aCT/11aET. Open to all. Get the process. Have a plan. Create results. Add to calendar Now: https://www.addevent.com/event/im16335619

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134: Medicine is Broken. Win Anyway.

Medicine is broken.

You didn’t break it.

It’s not your responsibility to fix it.

Between non-compete clauses, uneven schedules, ambiguous P&T processes, and “rules that only apply to certain faculty,” Medicine has insulated itself from radical change.

The solution is to stop waiting on Medicine to change.

The solution is to feel better first.

Feel better Now.

In this weeks’ podcast, you get an all-new 3-step protocol on how to win in a broken system AND how to integrate it Today without adding to your schedule.

In this podcast you’ll get….

✅How to get started

✅What exactly to do first

✅How to find all the answers

You’ll have results Today.

THIS is how Medicine changes. It won’t take a lifetime. It starts with us.

We become the change we’ve been looking for from Medicine.

First...we feel better.

Then... our patient outcomes improve. The whole system improves. We pass on this legacy to the next generation. And they create even more change. And so on and so on.

Don’t Wait for Medicine to change to feel better. Feel better FIRST.

Click the link below for an all-new protocol to Win Today.

 

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PPS. We do this work every day in community inside my lifetime group coaching program.  We closed the doors to the public, you can still join by scheduling a complimentary consult at https://www.yourpathinfocus.com/. Get started today. Feeling better is exactly ONE THOUGHT away.

PPPS. A few 1:1 private coaching seats are opening soon. The invitation is only for those in my lifetime group coaching program. Join today and stay tuned for the announcement.💗

 

133: your breakthrough thought

New clients often think that it’ll take months or years to feel better.

It doesn’t.

You are always EXACTLY one thought away from your next breakthrough.

That’s it.

ONE THOUGHT.

It’s not years of hard work or effort.

It’s one thought.

You’ll feel better as fast as you are willing to think it.

In this week’s podcast you’ll know how to find your one breakthrough thought.

Connect with your breakthrough thought TODAY.

You’ll also get the Redirection Compass to reliably, consistently, 100% of the time get to your one breakthrough thought in a flash.

You aren’t 1,000 thoughts away from a breakthrough.

You aren’t months, years away from feeling better.

You don’t have to work to find your breakthrough thought.

You don’t have to spend time creating your breakthrough thought.

It already exists.

It is with you right now.

Click the button below to connect with your one breakthrough thought Now.

 

PS. I can help you with your next breakthrough thought. We do this EVERYDAY inside my lifetime group coaching program. We are living in breakthrough. One thought at a time. While we closed the doors to the public, you can still join by scheduling a complimentary consult at https://www.yourpathinfocus.com/. Get started today. Feeling better is exactly ONE THOUGHT away.

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132: not the boss’ fav? it’s a good thing...

Sure, being the boss’ favorite has its perks.

Of course, it’s fun. Except when it’s not.

If we only feel good when the boss is gushing over us, we DON’T learn the skill of how to take care of ourselves.

It’s easy to feel forgotten when we aren’t mentioned at faculty meeting…when she does NOT stop by to say Hi…or when she stops nominating us to her friends.

The solution is NOT to work harder.

You work hard enough.

The solution is to become YOUR own favorite person.

You won’t learn this skill at your wellness trainings. You didn’t learn this in med school. No one is teaching this at your center.

You can learn this skill here in this week’s podcast.

When you have this skill, you’ll feel better IMMEDIATELY.

You can listen to this podcast TODAY and feel better TODAY.

I designed it to give you INSTANT wins.

When the boss gushes over the new hire at the faculty meeting, you’ll know how to take care of you.

When the boss doesn’t stop by to check in, you’ll get home faster and be glad for it.

When the boss doesn’t nominate you, you’ll find other ways to get invited speakerships.

This one skill will make your life better IN EVERY WAY.

Teach this skill to your partner and kids and their lives will be upleveled too.

HEAR THIS:

It’s a good thing that you aren’t your boss favorite.

Being your own favorite is WAY BETTER.

Click the button below for your 3-quick steps to becoming your own favorite person.

Give yourself an instant win TODAY.

Feel better NOW.

 

PS. To truly OWN this skill, join my lifetime group coaching program where we do this work EVERY DAY in community. We closed the doors to the public, but you can still join by scheduling a consult at https://www.yourpathinfocus.com/. Get started today. Feeling better is one click away.

131: how to be enough

Stop waiting on the boss to tell you that you work hard enough.

It's not happening. No matter how hard you try.

You could sleep 5h/night, go to all the grand round lectures, host all the faculty candidate dinners, go to each holiday dinner at her house, write 9 papers a year, miss your own colonoscopy to pick up a service day, and she will still have ideas on how you can do more. She might even suggest you delay your promotion by a year so your colleagues don’t feel jealous. True story.

Of course it would be amazing for her to say, “Congratulations you have done enough. You should slow down and rest- you earned it!”

BUT, since she won’t EVER say this, the solution is to DECIDE that you are enough.

“You ARE enough” is a DECISION you get to make.

You are enough.  Just as you are. Without any more papers or dinners. Exactly as you are right this second.

You get to believe whatever you want about yourself.

DECIDE that you are enough.

Believing that you are NOT enough, will have you waiting for the boss’s approval (it’s not coming), overworking, and skipping your own colonoscopy.

Believing in yourself is actually LESS work.

When you believe you are enough, you’ll feel better, lighter, and your mind will be clearer.

You’ll get more done in half the time.

You’ll have more time to snuggle the kids.

More time to do nothing in particular.

Empty, white space. Open calendars. NO meetings.

It starts with DECIDING you are enough just as you are.

From this place you can create more, if you want to. But this is where you start. This is where you bring your brain back to when you are feeling sad, defeated, or small. Come back to this place right exactly here.

You ARE enough.

Just as you are.

Just EXACTLY as you are.

Don’t miss this week’s podcast. You’ll learn how to do be enough WITHOUT working harder.

Click the button below to Be Enough.

 

PS. These are the wins we are creating everyday in my lifetime coaching program. Stay tuned for the next open enrollment at https://www.yourpathinfocus.com/.

 

 

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130: when boss has favorites & you aren’t one of them

Your boss has favorites.

You aren't one of them.

All senior leaders are white men.

You aren't.

These differences CANNOT hold you back from asking for a better schedule.

You CAN ask for what you deserve No Matter What.

Start with agreeing with yourself: Your boss has favorites, you aren't one of them, all senior leaders are white men. These are FACTS. Don't make yourself wrong. Your brain is right about ALL OF IT.

Now we get to work on getting what you deserve.

Agree with yourself. Support yourself. Make yourself right.

This will create instant relief. This opens up energy that you can direct to getting what you deserve in less time than you think.

Action is so much easier when you are on your own side.

Here's another fact: you can get what you deserve no matter what.

It's all right here in this week's episode.

Share with your friends.

Click the button below to learn how to get what you deserve even when you AREN'T the boss' favorite.

 

PS. An all new training is coming in February: People Pleasing ZERO. I'm teaching how to ELIMINATE people pleasing in three simple steps. Bring your friends. Enter your email here for the invitation and access details HERE:  https://www.yourpathinfocus.com/peoplepleasingzero

 

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129: but what if you can

"But what if I can."

The first response of any human brain is usually “no” followed by all the reasons why something can’t possibly work and YOU can’t possibly do it.

Expect the resistance.

It means you have a normal human brain, just like mine.

Avoid the urge to believe your brain and quit on yourself. Quitting is basic. You are not.

Meet your brain with this new sentence:  "But what if I can."

Let this sentence open you up to possibility.

Let the possibility show you all the options, help you take your next step, and then go out in the world and CREATE the results that will build your belief IN YOU.

Every time your brain says you can’t, keep bringing your brain back to “but what if I can.”

Because here’s the stone-cold truth:

You totally can.

Click the button below for How to believe “but what if I can”

 

PS. An all new training is coming in February: People Pleasing ZERO. I'm teaching how to ELIMINATE people pleasing in three simple steps. Bring your friends. Enter your email here for the invitation and access details HERE:  https://www.yourpathinfocus.com/peoplepleasingzero

 

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128: leave room for the magic

Brains love evidence, plans that make sense, & pubmed citations.

Of course, data can be great. Except when it's not there.

Depending on data can also limit you.

When we only create based on what already exists, we get stuck creating more of the same.

We don't allow ourselves create something entirely new; we don't allow ourselves create something entirely better.

This week I teach how to leave room for the magic.

I share three stories of how leaving space for the magic created BETTER results.

Story 1: My goal was to create $100,000 my first year of coaching. At month 10 I had created $55,000. My brain wanted to give up because there was no sensible way to create $45,000 in 2 months at the rate I was going. AND I did it anyway because I learned to leave room for the magic.

Where are you holding yourself back because you don't have proof? Telling yourself you can't have your dream because it's impossible?

In this week's show, I teach that you CAN get to your desired result without the evidence.

If you're creating something entirely new, you actually are REQUIRED to create without any evidence.

It will require more of yourself than quitting. Quitting is easy. Becoming the person who never quits on herself is POWERFUL.

It will require you to go off course when there is no well marked path. You will create your own path. Your path will be better.

It will require you to steer your brain back to possibility when life feels impossible.

It will require you to trust yourself more than numbers.

It will require you to dig deep and find brilliant solutions, new ideas, and possibility.

All of this is in you already.

You are ready.

Click the button below for How to Leave Room for the Magic.

 

PS For more on Magic-- an all new training is coming in February: People Pleasing ZERO. I'll be revealing a new People Pleasing Zero protocol (day 1), tools for when the boss is disappointed that you aren't people pleasing (day 2), and magic to make People Pleasing Zero EASY with One Profound Question (day 3). This is an advanced training-- only people on my email list will be invited. Have friends who want to join? Have them enter their email HERE: https://www.yourpathinfocus.com/podcast Invitation coming soon!

 

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127: This hard is FOR US

This week I am sharing the single most powerful tool that has helped me this past month. Ready?

Life is hard is a fact. Most of us get stuck trying to resist the hard by saying "it should NOT be hard" or "if my boss would only support me it wouldn't be so hard."

The resisting of the Hard is where it's easy to feel powerless.

In this week's podcast I offer a whole new thought: THIS HARD IS FOR ME.

I use my own journey as the CEO of my coaching program.

My work is fighting generations of burnout/hustle culture in Medicine. Of course it's hard. It HAS to be hard. This hard is worth it. I NEED this hard to effect change. This hard helps me work with my best clients, help them fall in love with their jobs again, be more connected to their children, feel good enough in their own skin, become leaders in their own lives, all while working LESS. I need this hard to stretch and grow.  This hard helps me create purpose, meaning, and the BEST ideas. This hard is FOR ME. When I fully believe this thought, I create powerful energy, actions, and results.

Listen to this episode to find how the hard in your life is FOR us.

Light yourself up with this energy.

Let this high quality energy help you create better results in less time WHILE feeling fully empowered.

Do not miss this episode.

Forward to your contacts.

Click the button below for How this hard is FOR US.

 

PS. An all new training is coming in February: People Pleasing ZERO. I'll be revealing a new People Pleasing Zero protocol (day 1), tools for when the boss is disappointed that you aren't people pleasing (day 2), and magic to make People Pleasing Zero EASY; One Profound Question (day 3). This is an advanced training-- only people on my email list will be invited. Enter your email HERE: https://www.yourpathinfocus.com/podcast Invitation coming soon!

 

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