This Osteopathic Life

First Book Club - Importance of Autonomy and Ownership - Making Exponential Change - Navigating the Annual Yoga Challenge - Lessons in Pain and Looking to Health

Celebrating the convergence of many brilliant moments and concepts on this day - as the Year of the Fire Horse, a New Moon, Solar Eclipse, Ramadan, Mardi Gras offer their energy and opportunity for us to recognize our patterns, perception and power of love to build connection within and beyond. (Note speed of play might benefit from slowing on this high energy day!) Referencing the work of Dr. Ellen Langer, Jillian Turecki, Dr. Richard Schwartz as ever inspirational - here's to the (chronic!) health of all things

Walking from past to future expanding time in the now, with awareness of prior pain and the parts that seek to protect us but can keep us from our truest selves...

Learning about the intersection of medicine, coaching, leadership, psychology - fueled by curiosity all along the way - Dr. Kristen Woods shares her story and hope for how we create health in medicine! Kristen Woods, MD MMM: Executive Coach Kristen Woods partners with healthcare leaders to sharpen their executive presence, drive organizational strategy, and unlock team potential. With 25 years of experience as both a family physician and C-suite executive, she brings deep expertise in population health, change management, Lean operations, and health system leadership. Her coaching approach is systematic and results-driven, tailored to each leader's unique context and strengths. Drawing on operational acumen and strategic insight, she helps clients navigate their most pressing challenges with clarity and confidence. Kristen's leadership journey spans from frontline physician leading care team transformation to C-suite roles within an Accountable Care Organization and a national nonprofit health system. In these positions, she drove strategy, optimized financial performance, and built cultures of excellence, all while navigating complex organizational structures in a highly regulated environment. Committed to diversity in leadership, Kristen hosts The POD: a podcast for women leaders in healthcare and has served on community boards advancing inclusivity. Kristen lives her values of vitality and well-being through hiking, cross-country skiing, paddle boarding, and exploring nature with her husband and three dogs. Credentials  MD, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine  Master of Medical Management, Carnegie Mellon University  Certified Executive Coach  Certified Trust Edge Partner  Certified Facilitator, Navigational Conversations™  Certified in DiSC® and Hogan Assessments orcinushealthsolutions.com LinkedIn YouTube Substack email: kristen@orcinushealth.com

Points of inflection - walking through seasons of change - best birthday ever and women in medicine leading the way to health. Thanks for being there for the journey!

Recap of the magic of the sky - moon as a feature - and celebrating the joy evoked - what do you love best about the features of the atmosphere!?!

Reflecting on the Open House for my clinical practice, the evolution of my work, and the current opportunities. Learn about them at www.thisosteopathiclife.com

Exploring the concept of simple - and the capacity to create the experience in our lives starting today.

Year in review...reflection and reframe - finding action and perspective modifications to embrace the full feelings of life's experiences - with invitation to the work of thisosteopathiclife.com with clinic, coaching and culture - including the official launch of Beyond the Pain to Life As You Wish: A Journey of Self Through the Parts Within

Exploring the narrow aperture of perfectionism and the expansive release when approached through the C's (and P's) of Self

Noticing when you are missing the bottom and your container has become a conduit - and the importance of creating that space as a reservoir for YOU first, with redistribution as a conscious option rather than automatic, and deleterious, outflow

Exploring the birds in yoga and beyond, finding the way through to clear clutter that inhibits the energetic flow body, mind, and spirit - as an act of healing and an action from the process of healing.

Timeline of Thanksgivings past and present - with perspective spacious enough for holding tradition with truth and evolution of experience

Noticing when we tip from overwhelmed and overcoming to overwhelmed and under water - and declaring for ourselves- I no longer accept these conditions - watching what changes when we reclaim authority over our lives.

Brighter than the sun - in the seasons where light is available - recognize the intensity, sustainability, location, and impact of your brilliance and let your light freely shine, knowing it is there even on the cloudiest of days.

A satisfying Sunday recap and review of what it means to be well supported in partnership - the practice of receiving within and to safely expand capacity.

Readying self to receive all the abundance that abounds - complete with awareness of wants, needs, and deservedness of it all.

Abandoning perfection in exchange for the liberation of excellence - with an invitation to enjoy the process and expand the outcome.

Practicing doing with purpose, delegating with perspective, and discerning what is meaningful in our day.

Noticing where we begin, end, how we arrive, when we exceed expectations or struggle to engage them, and how connection can transcend all nature of endings.

Noticing patterns and the power of practice - to show us significance, space to change and the importance of pliability to engage effectively with our environment.

Less - more - don't start - never stop - what if the boundaries of enough could make it all work more effectively, efficiently and with sustainable energetics?

Swapping a letter and changing the whole experience as we welcome in the season for all it has to offer without bridling it with unreasonable (or unseasonable) expectations and behaviors.

Considering if our focus is on always attempting to feel better...or if we can welcome getting better at feeling - and see how the latter welcomes the former in.

Past experience as information for inspiration, allowing the feeling witnessed to guide the path through.

Past performances...of other, but also from self, can lead us to feel intimidated or inhibited - but what if they simply offered inspiration to inform the present moment and future potential from a place of welcome!

Marking new beginnings with a return - to self, to core, to concept, and to a lifetime of expansion.

Mindful communication without manipulation - awareness, trust-based, welcoming words that invite conversation, creativity, and even conflict with boundaries - reset expectations, energy and engagement through your outreach.

When we are conditioned to live, act, achieve, produce to earn our place, worthiness, and lovability on this journey and finally recognize that we can live and work out of meaning, purpose, joy, and find profit in that which is the alignment of our soul.

Recognizing strength and power of the spiral in life - arriving to similar situations with new perspective and the opportunity to process for transformation and enrichment of life's brilliant experiences

Finding our way to wholeness through integration - of all we are, have been, wish to be - internally and in community - you can be the path to your own completion!

Allowing for resonance, reality, clear perspective and open possibility to guide processing of feelings for optimal power and prosperity. Welcome the experience for all and trust within to lead the way!

Full moon energy and the practice of creating balance, stability, consistency from within - visit www.thisosteopathiclife.com for information on programming!

Acknowledging and appreciating what our default reaction to feelings has created in our life thus far AND exercising choice to map out new pathways through recognition and conscientious response to create different, more sustainable results in our lives as we allow for all emotions to be welcome and purposeful in our lives. Pain Detective VIP Coaching Experience open for November - join the experience today! https://paindetectivevipexperience.my.canva.site/pain-detective-vip-experience

Managing energy through the seasons, recognizing the power of routine, rhythm, and the importance for structure to support function, even, and especially through frenzied moments of focus! Learn to navigate your moments - wild, crazy, ready, and otherwise with the Pain Detective Process - 11 VIP Spots for November now available - https://paindetectivevipexperience.my.canva.site/pain-detective-vip-experience

Celebrating the extra hour of this day with rest, movement, community, reflection, and ALL THE FEELINGS, witnessing the beauty of the surround and recognizing how past experience can limit future (and current!) possibility - glad to be proven wrong in the best way with the beauty and the emotion of the world and all its wonders.

Breaking free of preconceived notions, energy, and expectations for a moment, traversing the roll back on the clock and our engagement with the present moment. Join me for an episode a day in November and learn more about The Pain Detective Process, the upcoming book and explore the VIP experience - link to join is here! https://paindetectivevipexperience.my.canva.site/pain-detective-vip-experience

Exploring the opportunity for broadened perspective to lead the way to expansion and evolution of self, concept, and experience. Live Inconceivable - what does it mean to you!?!

Tune in to learn how you can change your life by shifting with and beyond the systems that suppress your greatest capacity, finding the path or creating one that has yet to be formed. Dr. Brittney Anderson shares her full circle journey of service, vision, and the importance of contributing to the health in our own communities. Learn more about there work here: Website: www.hangingashingle.com Podcast: Physicians Hanging a Shingle Private Practice Startup Checklist: hangingashingle.com/checklist Instagram: hanging_a_shingle

Finding strength in community, celebration in identity, and possibility in the many transitions of life - join this conversation with fertility specialist and coach - embracing the medical and mindset aspects of the journey to family creation. Learn more about Dr. Bove's work here: Website: loveandsciencefertility.com Social: Linked In: www.linkedin.com/in/erica-bove-0701a0173 IG: https://www.instagram.com/loveandsciencefertility/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553692167183 Podcast: loveandsciencefertility.com/podcast

Exploring the seasons - in real time and how they show up in our lives in an arc, over a day, and what to do when we find ourselves stuck in the swirl. There is purpose to the unique beauty of each space and power in transitioning between.

Join this conversation to learn about minimum effective dose of movement, establishing new identities in fitness and finding ways to integrate self care into daily life busy with work and kids. Dr. Sara Ionescu is a movement coach, board certified family medicine physician, wife, mom of 5, and exercise enthusiast. She is passionate about wellness, preventative care, and exercise and loves to inspire others to move. She strives to stay physically active daily as she sees massive physical and mental health benefits with this and wants to help, inspire and encourage others to do the same! Handles/Website: Website: drsaraionescu.com Instagram: @drsaraionescu YouTube: @DrSaraIonescu Facebook: facebook.com/drsaraionescu LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/drsaraionescu

Work life harmony - doesn't that sound amazing!? It is, and it is totally possible - join this conversation to learn about the life, work, adventure and insight of Dr. Mary Leung! Dr. Mary Leung is a physician who is board-certified in internal medicine, medical oncology and hematology. She is also a certified life coach who is passionate about serving physicians who are stressed, overwhelmed and burned out. She is the co-author of the book “Made For More 2”, which was a bestseller on Amazon. Dr. Mary was working and charting after hours many nights and weekends until life coaching transformed her life. She is now going home at least 2.5 hours earlier than before, with all her clinical work completed for the day. From the depths of her own experience, Dr. Mary founded Shining With Gratitude MD. Her passion and mission is to guide other physicians through their unique situations — so they can feel better, have more time outside of their clinical work, regain control and have more clarity. Her hope is for physicians to rediscover joy in life and in medicine. Dr. Mary believes that if physicians can enjoy practicing medicine again, they can take better care of their patients. Through renewal, they can shine brighter for their families and all the lives they touch.

Recap of most favorite paddle event and the growth of capacity to hold space for all our inner thoughts, and the parts that speak them, through the gift and work of coaching. Physicians & APPs - CME & Coaching available now - check out the program here: https://amelia-bueche.mykajabi.com/this-osteopathic-life-coaching-cme-september-2025 Individual coaching also available - send me a message thisosteopathiclife@gmail.com

What a conversation - finding out way, carving a new path and recreating systems that actually are for the health of all things - starting with ourselves! Join me and Dr. Kara Pepper as we discuss the parallels between performance art and medicine, the stages and cycles of burnout, and how taking back control of our lives can change the practice of medicine for the better! Learn more about Dr. Pepper and her work here: www.karapeppermd.com www.karapeppermdcoaching.com https://www.youtube.com/@KaraPepperMD https://www.instagram.com/karapeppermd/

Recap of the whirlwind month of August, management of expectations, response and awareness of parts to stay in self energy - with clarity of purpose and rejuvenation of the flagship CME & Coaching Program with This Osteopathic Life - reserve your spot today! https://amelia-bueche.mykajabi.com/this-osteopathic-life-coaching-cme-september-2025

Season 7 Episode 8 - Rest, Rejuvenate, Deplete - Repeat! by This Osteopathic Life

Exploring identity, capacity for change and how we can offer space to be more of who we are by tapping into what it is that brings us joym meaning and purpose in our lives.

Exploration of health from many angles through the lens of Dr. Robyn Tiger, inclusive of traditional medicine, lifestyle medicine, yoga, coaching, meditation and a willingness to start with self. Learn more about Dr. Tiger's work here: website https://www.stressfreemd.net/ book https://www.amazon.com/dp/161206325X podcast https://podcast.stressfreemd.net/ social media https://www.linkedin.com/in/robyntigermd/ https://www.instagram.com/stressfreemd/ https://www.facebook.com/robyn.frankel.tiger

Recap of my Blissfest experience to date and the process of returning home!

Season 7 Episode 5 - Conversations with Self by This Osteopathic Life