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Stimulus | Helping Doctors overcome burnout, excel in leadership, and unlock their most fulfilling careers

245 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 411 ratings

We break down ideas, strategies, and tactics to help you improve your mindset, overcome burnout, excel in leadership, prioritize your well-being, get unstuck, de-stress, and thrive in your career. If you are a doctor, nurse, paramedic, medical student, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, administrator, or even tangentially related to healthcare, this show is made for you. Hosted by emergency physician and executive coach Rob Orman, MD.

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113. Why Some Relationships Drain and Others Enrich

November 13, 2023 09:30 - 48 minutes - 38.9 MB

Just as none of us are born with the skills to build and sustain a campfire, neither do we have the innate knowledge to foster healthy relationships. These things are learned. In this episode, our guest is Ryan Cheney, an experienced psychotherapist and behavioral leadership coach, guiding us through the intricacies of healthy and unhealthy relationship dynamics. Our conversation will explore the importance of interdependence, the negative impacts of codependency, and the nuanced practice of...

Our 2024 Live Event | May 1-3. Bend, OR

November 10, 2023 04:30 - 5 minutes - 4.05 MB

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112. Pizza doesn’t work. This does | An evidence-based intervention that reduced physician burnout and increased job satisfaction

October 30, 2023 08:30 - 55 minutes - 44.4 MB

Burnout is not a foregone conclusion. While individual efforts play a pivotal role, continually battling systemic challenges can be exhausting. In this episode, we delve into a simple and cost-effective systemic intervention that not only mitigates burnout but also enhances job satisfaction. We then discuss how you can recognize when your colleagues might be in distress, what to do about it, what to say, what not to say, and how to break through the stigma of seeking help.    Registratio...

111. Does Private Equity Belong in Medicine?

October 16, 2023 08:30 - 50 minutes - 40.6 MB

What’s the impact of private equity’s increasingly large footprint in medicine? The results so far have not been promising.  We dissect: what is private equity, the recent bankruptcy of the largest emergency medicine staffer in the US and how that impacts clinicians, can corporations practice medicine,  the American Academy of Emergency Medicine has jumped into the fray, does profit-driven medicine ever serve patient care, HCA has been accused of naughty deeds, performance metrics versus t...

110. A Strategy Mid-Shift Overwhelm. This coaching session helped one doctor conquer the deluge and get home on time

October 02, 2023 08:30 - 1 hour - 83.3 MB

In this real-life coaching session, we walk Dr. Brit Long through building a framework to help navigate being overwhelmed during the middle part of an emergency department shift. Since this session, he has become more efficient, gotten home earlier on a consistent basis, lowered his stress level, felt less burnout, and experienced more joy in his career.  Stay Connected Sign up for our newsletter here. Never spammy, always fresh. Our best stuff delivered to your inbox.  Elevate Your Car...

109. Is Your Identity Holding You Back?

September 19, 2023 08:30 - 29 minutes - 23.8 MB

We wear many hats in life, and one of them can become disproportionately large: our professional identity. Don’t get me wrong, being a physician is amazing and the associated identity is imbued with meaning and purpose. The challenge comes when identity becomes calcified and too narrowly defined. When that happens, it can limit us.  In this episode, we delve into the diverse and often unforeseen roles of a physician, the constraints placed on one's identity due to deeply entrenched beliefs...

108. How To Not Argue With Reality

September 04, 2023 08:30 - 55 minutes - 44.5 MB

It’s tempting to think of accepting the reality of the moment as acquiescence or giving up, but the opposite is true. Awareness and acceptance of what’s going on inside of you and around you is a recipe for equanimity. With this equanimity, you are able to operate at a higher level as well as be an effective agent for change in the system. Sounds like a paradox! In this episode, we look at mindfulness as a tool for addressing and mitigating burnout, fostering self-compassion, promoting a ...

107. The Power of Lightly Held Beliefs

August 14, 2023 08:30 - 52 minutes - 41.9 MB

Investigative journalist Scott Carney is our guest as we dive into: Why you might want to consider getting in cold water, the technique for staying in cold water for more than a few seconds, how to take your first step into the freeze, brown fat, the power of lightly held beliefs, how people are dying with the Wim Hof method, and the law of speedy gains.    Shield yourself from bullsh*t Want to re-spark the joy in your practice, get home on time, unstick what’s feeling stuck, or even j...

106. The Drama Triangle

July 24, 2023 08:30 - 25 minutes - 20.7 MB

The Drama Triangle identifies our roles in dysfunctional interpersonal dynamics. It can be a potent tool for understanding conflict and miscommunication within personal and professional relationships. In this episode, we break down the core components of the Drama Triangle, strategies to disentangle ourselves from ‘drama’, and explore practical tools to identify and navigate the dynamics of our own interactions. Check out our new (free!) Mini Book on Scripting Your Least Favorite Conversat...

105. How Do You Decide What to Say Yes or No to? This coaching session finds the answer for one doctor

July 10, 2023 08:30 - 41 minutes - 33.2 MB

How do you make important decisions? Do you go by your gut, some sort of defined process, or perhaps a combination of the two? When we're offered an opportunity to participate in something that seems amazing, it’s almost always associated with a cost. That cost is time. Every ‘yes’ is accompanied by even more ‘no’s’. In today’s episode, we take a look inside a real coaching session that addresses just this scenario. Our client is a physician who wants to develop a decision-making process s...

104. Trapped in a World of Bad Advice - The tightrope between asking and telling

June 26, 2023 08:30 - 29 minutes - 23.5 MB

Are you often quick to give advice? You're not alone, but sometimes our advice may not be as helpful as we think. In this podcast episode, we explore the concepts of the advice trap and humble inquiry, which shift communication from telling to asking and encourage us to stay curious a little longer.   For complete show notes with way more detail than you see on this podcatcher summary, click here. If you’re not into that kind of detail, have an aversion to websites, don’t really care abo...

103. How to Have a Nearly Perfect Shift

June 05, 2023 08:30 - 37 minutes - 30.1 MB

How often do you walk into work hoping it will be a good day or at least not a bad one? What if it didn’t matter what happened and the good/bad was entirely in your control? In today’s episode, Christina Shenvi MD, MBA, PhD gives insight and specific strategies for a nearly perfect shift.    For complete and detailed show notes, visit our website  If you’re interested in 1 on 1 coaching, start here    Guest Bio: Christina Shenvi MD, MBA, PhD is an emergency physician at the Univers...

102. Ten Percent of a Bad Idea

May 15, 2023 08:30 - 14 minutes - 11.6 MB

In this episode, we explore the 10% rule - the idea that in disagreement, the other person is at least 10% right. This is a tool for conflict abatement as well as resolution.  Registration is now open for the Flameproof Course The big kahuna! After a year in the making, Scott Weingart and I are launching the FlameProof Course starting September 2023. This is a small cohort six-month course specifically for emergency and acute care clinicians that will build and strengthen tools for caree...

101. Being In-Between

May 01, 2023 08:30 - 28 minutes - 23.2 MB

Transitions, by their nature, involve ambiguity and disorientation. It's important to recognize that this zone is a natural part of the process of growth and change. In this episode we break down the nature of the being in a transitional/liminal space, embracing it as an identity, and navigating it through small and tectonic changes.    Registration is now open for the Flameproof Course The big kahuna! After a year in the making, Scott Weingart and I are launching the FlameProof Course...

100. Listening to Understand versus Listening to Win

April 09, 2023 08:30 - 54 minutes - 50 MB

Hidden in plain sight is the most important procedure we do. Listening. And not just listening, but listening to understand. Measurable, improvable, and, when done well, can have an incredibly positive impact. Intention is key with listening: are we doing it to understand or to win? In this episode, we break down specific strategies for quality listening, potential pitfalls, and how to know when you've got it right. Guest bio: Lon Setnik MD is an Emergency Physician and Associate Director ...

99. Unlocking the Secrets of Learning: A Conversation with Dr. Jeff Riddell

March 27, 2023 08:30 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MB

Have you ever wondered what it takes to reach the highest level of mastery?Are you a medical student looking for ways to achieve excellence in medical school or a physician wanting to become an expert in your field? If so, you’re in luck! Join us as we explore a fascinating conversation with Dr. Jeff Riddell, a leading expert in medical education as he talks about strategies to develop any skill, how medical school curriculum is adapting, the importance of context and relationships for compr...

98. How to recover from a horrible, rotten, no-good shift

March 13, 2023 08:30 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MB

Have you ever had a day at work that was so difficult and draining, it felt like it took a toll on your entire being? You're not alone. Meet Dr. Sara Gray, an expert in wellness, resilience, and resuscitation team performance. In this episode, Dr. Gray dives deep into her special framework for coping with difficult days and how to recover and even come out of them a little stronger. She has outlined a process to help you identify and acknowledge the struggles, practice self-care, and ultimat...

97. The Spock Retreat

February 21, 2023 21:46 - 23 minutes - 18.6 MB

Part of practicing medicine is telling patients NO. It’s never fun to do so and it can be a draining daily task. It doesn’t have to be that way! In this episode, we break down pitfalls and pearls in these situations as well as specific scripting to help the medicine go down.  Mentioned in this episode: Scott Weingart and I are putting on the Flameproof: Shift KickAssery workshop on May 29, 2023, at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Las Vegas. 9a-1p. Limited space (intentionally). This is a PreCon fo...

96.5 The curious case of Zithromax and viral respiratory infections

February 06, 2023 09:30 - 13 minutes - 11.2 MB

When you have a patient who requests a Z-pack for what is almost certainly an acute viral respiratory infection, you probably respond internally or externally (possibly both) that antibiotics do not treat viruses. But could there be some effect on their symptoms, or the viral infection itself, that is not part of the common discussion when it comes to such things? We know that azithromycin is an antibiotic, but it turns out that azithromycin actually has some activity in the viral arena. Thi...

96. Compassion Fatigue

January 30, 2023 09:30 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MB

Most of us are motivated to have compassion for those in need, but sometimes it can feel like the tank is running on empty. In this episode, wellness expert Kim Baumbach, MD gives insight into compassion fatigue and strategies to thwart it.  Guest Bio: Kim Baumbach, MD  is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at The Ohio State University and Assistant Director of the Kiehl Resident Wellness Endowment. Interested in one-on-one coaching? Learn more at roborman.com To support the ...

95. A Disability Insurance Deep Dive

January 16, 2023 09:30 - 58 minutes - 53.1 MB

Our guest today is Dr. Stephanie Pearson, founder and CEO of Pearson Ravitz, an insurance advisory firm that specializes in disability and life insurance for healthcare professionals. In this episode we break down disability insurance start to finish: what to look for in a policy, pitfalls and traps, the deal with disability coverage through work, the steps you need to take in order to collect disability, why insurance companies so often put up a fight in paying, and much more.  To see our...

94. Personal finance advice, why we argue about money, and the value of a scarcity mindset with CEO Vitaliy Katsenelson

January 02, 2023 09:30 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MB

Financial expert and raconteur Vitaliy Katsenelson gives his approach to the scarcity mindset, personal finance advice that changed his life, key strategies for making a budget, why people argue about money, geofencing as a diet tool, and a Stoic take on social media.    Guest Bio: Vitaliy Katsenelson was born in Murmansk, USSR, and immigrated to the United States with his family in 1991. After joining Denver-based value investment firm IMA in 1997, Vitaliy became Chief Investment Office...

93. Five Sleep Tools We've Tested and Like

December 19, 2022 09:30 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MB

In a follow up to our episode on sleep, we break down five sleep tools we’ve tested, like, and are still using.  For many of you,  sleep can be a fraught landscape. This is doubly true if you are doing shift work, working nights, or even just getting home with your mind spinning.  When you have built-in disrupted sleep, it is extra important to pay attention to how you go about getting as much quality sleep as possible. What’s discussed  in this episode is 100% opinion and anecdote but ho...

93. Feedback can be hard to give and harder to receive. Here are techniques to do both better.

December 05, 2022 09:30 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MB

Feedback comes in many forms and oftentimes we aren’t even aware that it’s happening. In this episode, communication expert Lon Setnik, MD  breaks down the basics of feedback, why cloaked or hidden feedback can be so dangerous, and critical skills for both delivering and receiving feedback. Guest Bio: Lon Setnik, MD is a community emergency faculty at the Center for Medical Simulation. Mentioned in this episode: The Awake and Aware Physician conference sponsored by Wild Health. Jan 13-15...

92. Strategies for Shift Endurance

November 21, 2022 04:58 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MB

It’s a tough time to practice medicine right now, which makes paying attention to self care even more important. In this episode we break down three specific strategies for: improving mental and physical performance, sustaining shift endurance, and building a scaffolding for joy at work.   Interested in one-on-one coaching? Learn more at roborman.com To support the show - visit our Patreon site and help keep the wind in the sails.  For full show notes visit our podcast page   Epi...

91. Is this the end of note bloat and chart nonsense? Possibly so! We break down the 2023 documentation guidelines

November 07, 2022 09:30 - 1 hour - 60.7 MB

28 years ago, the die was cast for how emergency department encounters were documented.  Since then, we've had note bloat, click fatigue, and too much attention placed on things that really didn’t matter. All of that is slated to change in 2023 with dramatic new documentation guidelines (that today’s guest calls ‘refreshing’) are implemented. When was the last time you heard the word ‘refreshing’ used when it came to charting? And a massive thank you and hat tip to my friend Matt DeLaney who...

90. The Dalai Lama’s Doctor Has a Prescription for You

October 23, 2022 03:55 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MB

Barry Kerzin, MD, the Dalai Lama’s personal physician, is back to dive deeper into: the difference between empathy and compassion, why compassion (versus empathy) is a critical aspect of medical care, generating self compassion, and answers to listener email.  Episode Sponsor: Ivy Clinicians. Curious if there’s a better clinical opportunity out there? Ivy is the simplest way for physicians, PAs, and nurse practitioners to match with jobs they love. With Ivy, you can find all 5,549 emergenc...

89. The Drunk Whisperer

October 10, 2022 08:30 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MB

Verbal de-escalation is a tool that can be learned by almost anyone. In this episode, we learn from two masters in the art of de-escalating those who are agitated and upset:  Jose Pacheco, RN, known affectionately to his co-workers as ‘The Drunk Whisperer’,  and Dan McCollum, MD,  emergency physician at Augusta University. The core of this conversation hinges around an approach to conflict resolution that evolved from the martial arts principle of using your opponent’s energy to resolve conf...

88. Peak Ending

September 26, 2022 08:00 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MB

What happens at the end of an event can disproportionately impact our perception and memory of it. In this episode, we investigate the research behind the peak end pattern and how you can use this phenomenon to improve your own experience at work (and life).   Interested in one-on-one coaching? Learn more at roborman.com To support the show - visit our Patreon site and help keep the wind in the sails. For full show notes visit our podcast page   We discuss: Research identifying ...

87. Availability Bias with Justin Morgenstern, MD

September 12, 2022 08:30 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MB

We’re all guilty of it, basing decisions on the most recent event. It’s surely part of our wiring. The question is - what do we do about it? In this episode, Justin Morgenstern breaks down availability bias: what it is, how it shows up in life and medical practice, the difference between learning and bias, research showing availability bias happening in real time, and ways to turn availability bias from a bug into a feature.     Guest Bio: Justin Morgenstern is a community emergency phys...

86. Mastering Workflow and Overwhelm

August 21, 2022 08:30 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MB

Specific strategies to improve workflow and manage overwhelm during an emergency department shift. Guest Bio: Landon Mueller, MD is an emergency physician and fellowship trained sports medicine specialist who gave the best talk I’ve ever seen on managing workflow in the emergency department. Now he's our guest on the show.    For full show notes visit our podcast page Interested in one-on-one coaching? Learn more at roborman.com To support the show - our Patreon site https://www.pa...

85. The Professional's Mindset

August 15, 2022 08:30 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MB

What does it mean to act like a true professional? I’m not sure it’s been fully fleshed out in medicine but I’ve met those who are exemplars of it. This pod is a conversation with my partner in hundreds of critical resuscitations, Ben Peery, MD. We talk about wins, losses, lessons learned and, even more than that, I get to introduce you to someone who, for me, was a role model in how to carry yourself as a physician.  Guest Bio: Ben Peery, MD is a 20 year veteran of the emergency departmen...

84. A Look Inside Ketamine Clinics (and how to start your own)

August 08, 2022 02:22 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MB

An inside look at what it takes to launch a ketamine clinic including: first steps, navigating hurdles, potential pitfalls, which patients benefit from ketamine, and an exhortation about why you should (and shouldn’t) go into this type of business.  For full show notes visit our podcast page   Guest Bio: Dr. Samuel Ko is a Board Certified Emergency Physician and medical director of Reset Ketamine in Palm Springs, California. In addition to his medical practice, Dr. Ko is Co-Creator of ...

83. A Recalibration Story

July 25, 2022 06:11 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MB

When you are at the lowest of lows after a devastating case, how do you recover in real time? It’s certainly not easy and it takes a clear plan of action to do it well.  In this episode, pediatric hospitalist Sarangan Uthayalingam walks us through a difficult case where nothing was working. He felt frozen in inaction and the patient, a newborn, did not survive. Immediately afterward, he was in a deep emotional hole, profoundly self critical, and still had his entire shift in front of him w...

82. Letter to My Future Self

July 11, 2022 08:30 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MB

Have you ever had a situation where afterward you repeatedly questioned the choice you made at the time? You chewed on it, perseverated on it, kept coming back to it? If you are a clinician, there is an amplifier to this because someone else’s life is also involved - the patient’s. You worry about their health, you worry about whether they or their family may sue you - you worry worry worry. I think most of us have been there to varying degrees. In this episode, we will discuss one strategy ...

82. The Tunnel and the Tree

July 11, 2022 08:30 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MB

Have you ever had a situation where afterward you repeatedly questioned the choice you made at the time? You chewed on it, perseverated on it, kept coming back to it? If you are a clinician, there is an amplifier to this because someone else’s life is also involved - the patient’s. You worry about their health, you worry about whether they or their family may sue you - you worry worry worry. I think most of us have been there to varying degrees. In this episode, we will discuss one strategy ...

The Transition Point Between Work and Home

June 30, 2022 08:30 - 2 minutes - 2.51 MB

At work, you are often activated, hyper focused, and fully absorbed.  There can also be stress points and challenges that don't get processed because, frankly, you've got to move on to the next thing. These factors, amongst others, can make it difficult to just jump right into 'home brain'. In addition, there's a lot to untangle in your 'work brain' at the end of the day. What many of us do is kind of push that tangle it to the side and get on with the rest of day or, taking that up a lev...

81. Medical Ethics in the Heat of the Moment

June 27, 2022 08:30 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MB

Medical Ethicist Abbott, MD walks us through her perspectives on myriad ethical quandaries including:  How to approach discordance between a patient's written wishes and a family member who says do the opposite, the ethics of operating on demented patients who have an acute life threatening critical illness, a case of a young man with an unsurvivable brain bleed and whether or not to extubate him before the family enters the resus room, strategies to skillfully guide families through withdra...

80. The False Assumption of Apologizing for Medical Mistakes

June 13, 2022 04:19 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MB

There’s no denying that mistakes happen in medicine. When they do, what’s the next step? Business as usual is to deny and defend. Not only is this an adversarial and destructive process, it is also a lost opportunity to learn (and for the patient/family to fully understand what happened). In this episode, we explore a novel approach that shifts thinking from ‘risk management’ to ‘patient management’, which some argue is profoundly better for all parties involved in a medical error- clinician...

79. Sleepytime with Dr. Mike Stone

May 31, 2022 04:38 - 1 hour - 58.7 MB

Sleep expert Mike Stone, MD joins us for a conversation about how to sleep well (and strategies to do it poorly!)  We cover: how sleep cleans your brain, alcohol, caffeine, a pragmatic approach to wearables, light exposure, the villainy of devices before bed, cannabinoids, heat, room temp, and night shifts.  Guest Bio: Dr. Mike Stone has been in medical practice for almost 20 years, and currently serves as the Chief Education Officer at Wild Health. Dr. Stone has held academic appointments...

78. I Was Unlucky, But You Frankly Suck. The Fundamental Attribution Error.

May 16, 2022 08:30 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MB

None of us are immune from the Fundamental Attribution Error - chalking up the behavior of others to their character rather than the situation in which they find themselves. In this episode, we tease out the details of this common bias, its negative effects, and several strategies to address and work through it.  Interested in one-on-one coaching? Learn more at roborman.com To support the show - our Patreon site https://www.patreon.com/stimuluspod For full shownotes visit our podcast p...

77. Tiny Habits

May 02, 2022 05:57 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MB

Habit change doesn’t have to be grand, spectacular, or a massive shift all at once. In fact, it may be better to start small, tiny, you might say. In this episode, Scott Weingart and I break down the methodology from BJ Fogg’s Tiny Habits and give real world examples as to how it works (and might not work).  Tiny Habits was the selection for our most recent book club. We host these every few months and (free) tickets are available only to those on the mailing list.   As you’ll hear us talk...

76. Silencing Your Inner Critic

April 18, 2022 08:30 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MB

Chances are that you have a robust inner critic. You might even believe that self criticism and castigation are the only ways to excel. As a high level performer, you are not alone. In this episode, we break down the nature of inner criticism and several ways to silence it (or nearly so).   Interested in one-on-one coaching? Learn more at roborman.com To support the show - our Patreon site https://www.patreon.com/stimuluspod For full shownotes visit our podcast page We Discuss: 3 ob...

75. Hot Debriefing

April 03, 2022 09:30 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MB

Finding time to debrief challenging or difficult cases can feel nearly impossible amidst the tumult and task saturation of medical practice. The reality, however, is that it’s a necessity, not a nicety.  In this episode, emergency physician Stuart Rose and rescue specialist Ashley Liebig discuss two different approaches to immediate debriefs: INFO and the hot offload.   Guest Bios:  Stuart Rose is an emergency physician practicing in Calgary, Canada and lead author of the seminal debrief...

74. Flipping the Narrative on Performance Metrics

March 21, 2022 08:30 - 36 minutes - 29.3 MB

It doesn’t look like performance metrics are going away any time soon. So why not make them a feature instead of a bug?  Guest Bio: Shawn Dowling MD is the medical director of The Physician Learning Program at the University of Calgary and Clinical Content Lead at the Calgary Zone Emergency Department.    We discuss: Why metrics are important and how reframing the process can make them  feel less punitive  How providing metrics can be an impactful tool to get physicians to identify imp...

73. The Value (and pitfalls) of Signout Culture with Mike Weinstock MD

March 06, 2022 09:30 - 53 minutes - 43.3 MB

There is no doubt that handing over care of a patient to another clinician is potentially fraught with peril. After all, it’s in the transitional moments when error is most likely to occur. But there’s a balance to strike here because there are also myriad upsides to signouts for both the patient and clinician. In this episode, Mike Weinstock, MD breaks down the arguments in favor of signouts, how to do them well, the big fat hairy signout pitfall,  and why signouts might just be a key ingre...

72. Navigating Uncertainty and Powering Down at the End of the Day with Dan Dworkis MD, PhD

February 21, 2022 04:24 - 53 minutes - 43.1 MB

It can be hard enough managing critical tasks in the best of times, but when things start to go awry, you need to focus even more to keep moving in a positive direction. Back by popular demand, Dan Dworkis (our guest on episode 57) walks us through: navigating uncertainty when under situational pressure, powering down at the end of the day, managing the physiologic response to stress, the most thoughtful procedural time out we’ve ever heard, and transparent team communication.  Guest Bio:...

71. Rebalancing Your Life Using Design Thinking

February 07, 2022 09:30 - 16 minutes - 13.3 MB

A book I recommend to many coaching clients is “Designing Your Life” by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans. I’ve even had a client use a several month coaching engagement specifically to focus on the exercises in the book. What makes it such a potent tool? Design thinking. What happens if we take the same principles that are used to create the fastest road bike or most efficient electric vehicle and apply them to help us live our best life? The concept was not only intriguing, it blew me away.  In ...

Stimulus 2.0 Announcement

January 03, 2022 09:30 - 6 minutes - 5.11 MB

After a short sabbatical, Stimulus Podcast returns next week.  In this 6 minute pod: what we've been up to and what we'll be up to in the coming months. Our new website https://roborman.com/

70. Real World Applications of Nonviolent Communication

December 27, 2021 09:30 - 43 minutes - 35.2 MB

Case studies using Nonviolent Communication in real world situations including:  how to give a proper compliment, perils of bringing up past issues, emergency empathy when speaking to a consultant, receiving gratitude, point of care compassion, and the limitations of NVC in the resus bay.  Guest bio:  Scott Weingart is an emergency physician who went on to complete fellowships in Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and ECMO at the Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore. He is best known for his EMCr...

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