Coaching and a Pause and Presence retreat at Sagrada helped Dr. Lara Cavanaugh find her way back to practicing joy-filled medicine.  Dr. Lara Cavanaugh is a Board Certified Pediatrician at Children’s Medical Center, Palm Harbor, Florida.  She is a Certified Life and Wellness Coach. She is the mother of two adult boys and the wife of an amazing husband. At a retreat in 2022, Lara learned how to listen to her body and calm her nervous system. She discovered “ she was interesting.”  This epiphany led her back to her true nature in the exam room with her patients. She began to bring her fun, and funny, self into the exam room with her patients. She began enjoying her visits more – and her patients did too. She started practicing medicine “her way.” Notably, she had more success working with patients on diet and lifestyle changes than she had ever had before. On her retreat, Lara learned "the cost" of resisting reality and the power and energy that she could get back by simply changing her stories.  She learned tools to change her stories, and to minimize some of her other expensive habits such as overthinking. She acquired practical and accessible tools to replete and energize herself. She also learned the importance of actually resting when she was tired. She discovered that being less tired was possible -- even if you are in your mid-fifties, and even if you are in primary care.  After her retreat, Dr. Cavanaugh started believing that “she had enough energy.“ She changed her story about her work and began to describe her days in the pediatric clinic as “time well spent.” These mindset shifts led her to feel contentment and peace with her life exactly as it is today. She experiences much less work-related stress and fatigue and opts out of most drama related to “office problems.” She is mostly caught up with her inbox.  Her focus is no longer on retiring. Instead, she is content with where she is. She knows it will all happen when the time is right.  If you want to get back to joy, fun, passion, and purpose while practicing clinical medicine like Lara, join me for a retreat or coaching. Lara did both. She joined me at Sagrada in 2022 and she is joining me for another retreat this November in Nicasio. Find out about coaching and retreats with Jessie @ www.jessiemahoneymd.com Connect with Lara @ Laracavanaughcoaching@gmail.com  *Nothing shared in the Mindful Healers Podcast is medical advice. #physicianwellness #mindfulnesscoach #pauseandpresence #physiciancoach