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What does it mean to become a virtuosa? For your host Dr. Susan Crockett, it has meant journeying through divorce, grief, raising children, and making it to the top of a male-dominated field. She’s learned many lessons on the way to becoming the most excellent version of herself, and now she wants to share those lessons with you. Join US News Top Doctor and Certified Life Coach Dr. Susan Crockett each week for practical advice about navigating life’s transitions and obstacles. Come hear what she shares with her patients to help them reach their goals and create an abundant, healthy, and exciting life. Learn more at virtuosacoaching.com/podcast.

Susan Crockett, MD


    • Jun 13, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 28m AVG DURATION
    • 37 EPISODES

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    36. Sharing Your Heart with Starley Murray

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2023 29:03


    Welcome back to Becoming Virtuosa, I'm so excited for the return of the podcast, and with it, a brand-new format. To kick things off this week, I'm welcoming a special guest and mentor, Starley Murray. Starley is a national television producer and lifestyle entrepreneur and she is also my media coach!   Discover what it means to share your heart in relationships, through your work, and through your standards. We discuss our personal experiences of sharing our hearts in these ways, and Starley shares her valuable tips for getting comfortable and confident in sharing your authentic work, your heart, and everything you have to offer with the world.   To learn more, come visit us at DrCrockett.com, or find us on YouTube for the Dr. Crockett Show.

    Ep #35: Soul Healing Sundays: Priorities and Intentional Living: Increasing Capacity with Ceri Payne

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2020 36:34


    Join us on the podcast this week where we’ll discuss three steps to increasing intentional living and how you can use them to become more effective and deal with challenges in your life. We’ll learn why you have to schedule time to create time, and how taking baby steps can help us achieve our results. You’re going to learn so much from this episode! Get full show notes and more information here: www.virtuosacoaching.com/podcast-library

    Ep #34: Soul Healing Sundays: Owning Your Emotions to Love Your Partner More with Emily Stickler

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2020 29:14


    Tune in this week for a fascinating discussion about how owning our emotions can help improve the relationships in our lives. We’ll share an exercise you can do to work with the stories you're telling yourself and discover how we can stop causing our own pain once and for all. This episode is a fantastic chance to learn a skill that expands your capacity to love! Get full show notes and more information here: www.virtuosacoaching.com/podcast-library

    Ep #33: Soul Healing Sundays: Sufficiency Mindset

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2020 38:31


    Tune in this week where I’ll be sharing five main areas we feel a lack in our lives and explain why we feel that way. I’ll show you why scarcity is a myth and why there is so much abundance in the universe, but we have to be open to receiving it. It’s time to learn to let go of the lack mindset! Remember, you have enough and you are enough. Get full show notes and more information here: www.virtuosacoaching.com/podcast-library

    Ep #32: Five Steps to Stop Binging with Lisa Becker

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2020 32:48


    Join us on the show this week where we’ll learn some reasons why we binge, and how to get obsessive, compulsive thoughts under control. We’ll discuss ways to change the way you think about urges and how to pay attention to what else might be going on beneath the surface. If you have any binging behaviors such as overeating or even watching too much TV, you’ll benefit from this episode! Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.virtuosacoaching.com/podcast-library

    Ep #31: How to Believe New Things with Janet Cagle

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2020 27:54


    Join us on the podcast this week where we’ll be discussing why believing in the possibility of creating a result allows you to see the result. We’ll learn how to challenge our thoughts and replace them with new ones, and four practical steps you can take to get from where you are now to where you want to go. It’s time to change the way you think! Get full show notes and more information here: www.virtuosacoaching.com/podcast-library

    Ep #30: Emotional, Mental and Physical Fitness in Motherhood with Ludmila Woodruff

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2020 29:31


    Join us on the podcast this week where we’ll talk about all things motherhood. We’ll break down the taboo of a lack of fulfillment in motherhood and discuss why we all need to talk more and communicate what we need. Transform the mother, and you’ll transform the family – let’s learn how we can all take better care of ourselves! Get full show notes and more information here: www.virtuosacoaching.com/podcast-library

    Ep #29: How to Allow Urges with Penny Gambill

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2020 31:40


    Tune in this week for a fascinating discussion about urges and discover why they become so much stronger when we try to resist them. We’ll learn some techniques to manage our cravings and understand how to decondition our desires in the same way we conditioned them in the first place. We’re all just doing our best, but it’s better to allow our urges if we wish to get them under control. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.virtuosacoaching.com/podcast-library

    Ep #28: Rebuilding Your Life from Love After the Divorce with Jennifer Bogard

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2020 34:43


    Tune in this week where we’ll discuss how we have the power to rewrite our own stories and position ourselves as heroes instead of victims. We’ll talk about how acceptance and forgiveness are crucial parts of the separation process and why time isn’t always a healer, but it’s what you do with it that counts. You can learn to rebuild your life from a place of love, and this episode will show you how! Get full show notes and more information here: https://virtuosacoaching.kartra.com/page/rebuilding-your-life-jennifer-bogard  

    Ep #27: Healing All the ‘Isms’​

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2020 34:07


    Tune in this week where I’ll discuss why we should all show more compassion to one another, regardless of superficial characteristics. I’ll share some examples of ‘ism’ behavior as well as tips to manage them, and explain how we can use revolutionary love to heal the ‘isms.’ Remember, love draws a bigger circle. Get full show notes and more information here: http://www.virtuosacoaching.com/27

    Ep #26: How to Feel Better with Donna Oborne

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2020 31:36


    Tune in this week where we’ll learn why our feelings and actions are a direct result of our thoughts. We’ll discuss why we have full control over how we feel and think, and share some effective techniques to help you process your emotions to live a happier, more fulfilled life. It’s time to become your own best friend! Get full show notes and more information here: http://www.virtuosacoaching.com/26

    Ep #25: Connection with Stephanie Forck

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2020 34:44


    Stephanie Forck joins us on the show this week to discuss why we are all worthy and lovable no matter what, and why being kinder to ourselves enables us to have more unconditional love for others. We’ll talk about the power of realizing your own worth and share three simple but effective tools to harness connection and love. Let your light shine! Get full show notes and more information here: https://virtuosacoaching.com/25

    Ep #24: Why You Need a Life Coach to Lose Weight with Wendy Crabbe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2020 30:22


    Tune in this week where Certified Life and Weight Loss Coach Wendy Crabbe and I discuss why a healthy eating plan doesn’t have to mean being deprived of all the delicious things you love. We’ll talk about the relationship between hormones and weight loss, and why working with a life coach can help you lose excess weight, once and for all.  Get full show notes and more information here: https://virtuosacoaching.com/24

    Ep #23: Coaching Women Over 50: What it’s Really Like During and After a Coaching Session with Sally Hanson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2020 24:33


    Tune in this week where we’ll show you what you can expect from a life coach, and what a typical session looks like during and after. We discuss what happens in your mind as you process new tools, and how you can move forward in your transformative process. It’s easy to get stuck in being stuck, but remember, you are the director of your own life! Get full show notes and more information here: https://virtuosacoaching.com/23

    Ep #22: Stop Stress Snacking with Robin Ola

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2020 29:27


    Tune in this week where we’ll discuss why stress is a huge factor in eating patterns and why our thoughts may not be serving us. We’ll learn three steps we can use to stop ourselves from overeating and why it’s the little things we do which, over time, ensure we keep the weight off once and for all! Get full show notes and more information here: https://virtuosacoaching.com/22

    Ep #21: Detoxing from Overwhelm with Neill Williams

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2020 30:36


    Join us this week to to talk about what overwhelm is and how we can all manage it to create a happier, more balanced life. We’ll discuss how to be highly productive and why we all have the power to decide how we feel. It’s time to change your thought patterns and start feeling motivated and energized to create your best life! Get full show notes and more information here: https://virtuosacoaching.com/21

    Ep #20: Living with Complexity with Margot Hanley

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2020 32:27


    Join us this week where we’ll discuss how our thoughts are our choice, and we can learn to choose to think and believe differently. We’ll learn why it’s important to face up to and process our emotions, and how embracing change instead of bracing against it will enable you to create the life you want going forward! Get full show notes and more here: https://virtuosacoaching.com/20

    Ep #19: Life after Hard Choices with Amanda Kingsley

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2020 35:55


    Join us this week where we'll discuss how to love others, even if we don't agree with the choices they make. We'll learn how holding space for two very different ideas at the same time can help us suspend judgment and cultivate compassion for ourselves and those around us, and how having our own back can help us move forward with joy! Get full show notes and more information here: https://virtuosacoaching.com/19

    Ep #18: Create a Life Better than the Buzz with Jennifer Cruikshank

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2020 30:14


    Join us this week where we’ll be discussing why our brains have been conditioned to enjoy and expect alcohol, and how these cravings can often get the better of us. We’ll learn how habits are formed without us realizing, and how Jennifer’s simple but effective acronym – AIM – can help us understand our own habits in order to curb the cravings, once and for all! Get full show notes and more information here: https://virtuosacoaching.com/18

    Soul Healing Sundays Ep #1: Post-Traumatic Growth with Krista St-Germain

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2020 28:51


    Join me and Krista for the first episode of Soul Healing Sundays for a fascinating discussion about posttraumatic growth, and how to view grief and trauma for what they are – subjective. There is no right or wrong; no more or less traumatic; just human interpretation. We’ll discover how grief can propel us into growth and how our mindset plays a huge role in the way we cope with bad experiences.  Get full show notes and more information here: https://virtuosacoaching.com/shs1

    Ep #17: Learning to Love Plants with Karen Kjaerulff

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 16:43


    Join me and certified life coach, registered dietician, and wellness expert Karen Kjaerulff this week where we’ll learn why addressing the reason you’re eating certain foods might just be the key to losing weight and keeping it off! We’ll discuss why dieting doesn't have to be a case of all or nothing, and how we can use nutrition to become our virtuosa selves. Get full show notes and more information here: https://virtuosacoaching.com/17

    Ep #16: Brain-Powered Weight Loss with Jenifer Hillman Paredes

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2020 23:47


    Join us this week where we'll discuss why so many of us feel addicted to food, and what internal changes we can make to move forward with our physical goals. Jenifer’s insight, tools, and advice will support you in having a healthier relationship with food and get those weight loss goals you’ve been striving for! Get full show notes and more information here: https://virtuosacoaching.com/16

    Ep #15: Doctors and Life Coaches... WTF?! With Dr. Noelle Nelson

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2020 21:32


    Join Dr. Noelle Nelson and me this week to discover why your thoughts do not define you and how you’re fully in control of what you think and feel. We’ll elaborate on why it’s important to allow yourself to feel your emotions, and why your entire life is formed by what you’re habitually telling yourself. You won’t want to miss this! Get full show notes and more information here: https://virtuosacoaching.com/15

    Ep #14: Sustainability Bonus Episode Two: Determined Fierceness

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2020 37:55


    Join me today to learn about how you can use your determined fierceness to emerge from quarantine with confidence and optimism. I’ll show you why you are a warrior and how you can use this opportunity as your chance to be heard. Your time is now! Get full show notes and more information here: https://virtuosacoaching.com/14

    Ep #13: Sustainability Bonus Episode One: Gratitude

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2020 23:24


    In this episode, I consider my own experiences and how my profound gratitude has always succeeded a period of suffering. There’s a big difference between practicing gratitude, having lived through suffering prior to it, and knowing about it, and a lot of it is to do with your thoughts. Join me this week to discuss why your thoughts can change actions and how you can use them to see things differently moving throughout your life. Get full show notes and more information here: https://virtuosacoaching.com/13

    Ep #12: Sustainability Part Four: Legacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2020 28:35


    It’s especially important to consider your actions and legacy during the times of this virus. Kindness to a store clerk is just as important as a presidential speech, and a simple action can change somebody’s life forever. What you do with your life is significant. Join me this week as I contemplate the different types of legacy and show you why every single thing you do matters. Get full show notes and more information here: https://virtuosacoaching.com/12

    Ep #11: Sustainability Part Three: Diligence

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2020 20:17


    Join me this week as I discuss the power of diligence, its importance in major religions, and how to work on yours during this pandemic. I want you to choose one thing you want to be more diligent about and use the insights from this episode to help you improve. Then, each day, just keep swimming. Get full show notes and more information here: https://virtuosacoaching.com/11

    Ep #10: Sustainability Part Two: Tenacity

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2020 21:41


    People with tenacity choose to stick with the problem instead of folding or giving up. They see the value of holding on and can manage their mindset well. I want to talk about the ways you can build your tenacity, mentally and physically. Many of you have probably shown tenacity but aren’t even aware of it! Get full show notes and more information here: https://virtuosacoaching.com/10

    Ep #9: Sustainability Part One: Resilience

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2020 31:25


    Join me on the podcast this week to discover how to strengthen your capacity for resilience, what characteristics resilient people embody the most, and how you can embrace the discomfort of any situation and prevail as a guiding light for yourself and the global community. Get full show notes and more information here: https://virtuosacoaching.com/9

    Ep #8: Write Your Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2020 21:38


    Join me this week as I show you how neural pathways and grooves work in our brains, and how the three tools I’m offering today can help to automate your habits and behaviors in the long-run. This is the final step in your transformation, and this powerful tool can be used in any circumstance that you want to change in your life. Get full show notes and more information here: https://virtuosacoaching.com/8

    Ep #7: Wear Your Crown

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2020 26:05


    Join me this week to discover the next step in becoming a virtuosa, what wearing your crown really means, and how to face the inevitable discomfort of growth. Your crown not only symbolizes authority over your current self, but also that you’re willing to step out of the ordinary and be recognized for who you want to be as your virtuosa self. Get full show notes and more information here: https://virtuosacoaching.com/7

    Ep #6: Ladders and Bridges

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2020 21:50


    Today we're talking all about ladder and bridging thoughts. You can use ladder and bridging thoughts no matter where you are in your process of transformation, and I'll share some examples of how to apply them in this episode, too. After you listen, I want you to come up with some ladder and bridging thoughts for your own virtuosa goal. Get full show notes and more information here:https://virtuosacoaching.com/6

    Ep #5: "I Am" Thoughts

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2020 23:50


    In this episode, we'll dive into "I am" thoughts and why they are such a powerful step in the transformation process. I will share some examples of the changes these thoughts have helped me accomplish in my own life, and give you some examples of "I am" thoughts you can experiment with. Get full show notes and more information here: https://virtuosacoaching.com/5

    Ep #4: Sorting It Out: Thoughts Vs. Circumstances

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2020 24:43


    As humans, we have the amazing ability to tell ourselves stories about our lives. But those stories aren’t always accurate reflections of reality, and our thoughts can make life a lot more frustrating and difficult than it needs to be. Thankfully, have the ability to choose better thoughts - which means we can make life a lot better with our thinking, too. Get full show notes and more information here: https://virtuosacoaching.com/4

    Ep #3: Other Awareness

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2020 21:44


    In this episode, we’re talking all about 'other awareness' and how to expand your idea of what’s possible in your life. I want you to stop waiting for permission, or for other people to change, before you wholeheartedly pursue your life. I’ll share another exercise with you today and some great questions to ask yourself about what you would create if you were functioning at your highest level. Get full show notes and more information here: https://virtuosacoaching.com/3

    Ep #2: A Frog in Boiling Water or Becoming Aware of Your Circumstances

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2020 17:36


    In this episode, I’m talking about how to become aware of your circumstances and the ways we try to avoid acknowledging them. We’ll discuss feeling stuck and how to tell if we're buffering, and chat about how we can stop feeling stagnant and distracting ourselves from our feelings. I’ll even share an exercise with you to help you identify those stuck places and to get ready to move out of them. Get full show notes and more information here: https://virtuosacoaching.com/2

    Ep #1: Let the Becoming Begin

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2020 23:06


    In this first episode, I want to do a couple things. I’ll introduce you to the show, my goals for it, and tell you more about my story. We’ll also talk about what exactly a Virtuosa is and why it's such a worthwhile pursuit to become one. I’ll also tell you about a practical tool that will help you get unstuck in those areas of life that feel stagnant. I call it the transformation tool, and I've used it myself to overcome the mental obstacles that prevent us from creating the things in life that we want the most. Get full show notes and more information here: https://virtuosacoaching.com/1

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