“Who we are is how we lead.” – Brene Brown

The Pandemic was rough.

But you made it through. The world opened up. Everyone transitioned back to in-person activities at work and in life. The new normal came and went. It was obvious things would never be the same again.

Lots of changes at work. At first everyone was quitting. First the Great Resignation, then “Quiet Quitting”, then “Quiet Termination”.

But now, it’s all a mind-numbingly blah in the midst of chaos.

A learned helplessness – “Darned if you do, darned if you don’t”

A scary place to be when there is so much going on but it feels like there nothing really you can do that feels meaningful. Just along for the ride and doing the best you can.

As a coach with clients across the country, I am seeing a pattern everywhere.

The powers that be, making decisions that feel reactive, shooting off the hip, in ways that feel out of alignment with the values and mission of the organization you have sacrificed so much to serve.

And if feels like there is nothing you can do about it.

It all feels surreal.

So how do you continue to show up and do what matters to you when if feels like it doesn’t quite matter?

One moment, someone is here, and the next moment, positions are cut, programs canned.

In a profession where job security was guaranteed, now it feels like everyone is disposable.

Everyone either feels blah or on edge at work now. Everywhere you look, you see signs of shame at work.

Blame, nostalgia, gossip.

People seem withdrawn and are not sharing as openly at meetings like they used to for fear of losing their jobs. Rumors spread like wildfire. No one seems to know exactly what’s going on.

It feels like the bottom line is the order of the day. Profit over people. Toxic work culture over people.

It feels unfair.

After all the sacrifices for your profession, you feel deserving of respect, security, consideration.

Everyone is expected to carry on as if nothing is happening.

But there are signs of disengagement everywhere, the disengagement that happens when there is a gap between values professed (the values you say you hold dear) and values practiced on the ground.

And then there’s the world, which feels like a dumpster fire. Wars, genocides, political fallouts, neverending crises…

You feel different somehow. Lots to do but you feel so tired, unmotivated yet overwhelmed, overstimulated and have a hard time concentrating.

And yet, you are supposed to operate as usual at work, home, parenting, love… Business as usual, productivity as usual, profit as usual… You as usual?

Not really…

You really wanted to make a difference in the world.

You wanted to help people, make a positive impact, create something meaningful to change the world.

You made deep sacrifices to train and equip yourself for your profession. And you find yourself continuing to make more sacrifices, day in, day out.

Overwhelm, Overwork, Overgiving…

Everything feels harder, awkward, out of sorts. Out of control. You are working harder and harder but feel scattered, lacking confidence, uncertain and not really feeling in touch with yourself or the world. .

You seek a way out.

Numb, escape, avoid…

You need a break!

So you plan the vacations (revenge travel!), binge on Netflix, self medicate with wine, shopping, food, but deep down you know these are temporary fixes. You will return to the problem after a week or two of vacation. You will be roughly in the same position after the numbing, escaping and avoiding.

You are starting to dread going to work.

You wonder, “how did I get here?” “What would it take for me to thrive at work, enjoy my life, get back to feeling like myself again?” “Why does everything feel so hard? I am smart, I am good at what I do but why is everything taking so long? I feel like I am not 100% – I am feel like I am failing at work and at home even though everything looks fine.”

You sense there is something more for you.

You know you are capable of so much more.

You have more to give, accomplish, discover – but you can’t quite tap into it. On the surface everything looks fine. But you feel like a mess on the inside. You long to take off the mask and armor and really show up as yourself. You long to set boundaries, have those hard conversations, take courageous action, align with your values and cut out the habits that are no longer serving you so that you can focus on what really matters to you. You long to tap into the truest and highest expression of yourself in your work, marriage, parenting, leadership and relationships.

If you find yourself longing for a more courageous, aligned, integrated and authentic life, thriving at work and home, you are in the right place!

I hear you. I see you.

For over a decade, I have been on a mission to help highly skilled mission-driven professionals overcome disillusionment, overwhelm, compassion fatigue and burnout to thrive while making their positive impact in the world.

Personally and professionally, the pandemic was rough for me with reckonings in every arena of my life – parenting, race, faith, identity, work, love.

Steeping even deeper into this work as I taught, coached, facilitated saved me again and again. I was able to show up for myself, children, work and my community when fetal position would have been completely understandable. I am deeply grateful for it!

So, I know, there is a way forward with clarity and purpose.

You will need a strong practice, an evidence-based framework and community to help you give you the skills for leading and living courageously so you can be your most aligned and thriving self at work and home!

I invite you to a more aligned option.

I am offering my 12 week Dare To Lead online workshop starting Tuesdays October 1st- Dec 17th, 2024 at 4:15pm PT, 7:15pm ET. I Invite you to join a group of mission-driven heart-centered leaders and professionals in learning the skills for answering your personal call to courage, the call to show up and live your life fully, the call to brave leadership.

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You will learn all the skills for brave leadership and courageous cultures at work and home including transitioning from Armored leadership to Daring Leadership, Rising Strong from Failure and Setbacks, Living into Our Values, Braving Trust, Rumbling with Vulnerability.

“Yvonne, I am too tired to take care of myself, much less lead anyone. I am not a leader. Why should I attend your Dare to Lead workshop?”

“A Leader is anyone at ANY level who takes responsibility for finding the potential in people and processes and has the courage to develop that potential.” – Brene Brown

I have run several Dare To Lead Groups for groups of physicians, hospital teams, mixed professional groups, organizations and individuals. I have seen the powerful transformative impact this work has had on individuals and organizations alike.

This is about learning skills that help you do what matters in a way that is aligned, sustainable and meaningful.

I say, dare to show up, serve and lead – Show up for yourself. Show up for those who matter to you – without shame or perfectionism, disillusionment, compassion fatigue, moral injury or burnout.

What if in place of feeling lost, you discovered your compass, your values and learned how to live them?

What if in place of feeling stuck and paralyzed by the setbacks, disappointments and failures, you learned to grieve, learn from the experiences, rise strong from them and thrive?

To find out more, continue reading below for details. To register, click the link below. Here’s to you thriving!

SIGNUP!

A 12 week Online Workshop
Two hour Sessions: Tuesdays 4pm PT, 7pm ET Oct 1st -Dec 17th, 2024

“To be the person who we long to be—we must again be vulnerable. We must take off the armor, put down the weapons, show up, and let ourselves be seen.” – Dr. Brené Brown, Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts

About The Dare To Lead Workshop

Hello!

Thank you for your interest in the Dare To Lead Workshop.

The “Dare to Lead” Workshop is based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown. Dare to Lead is an empirically based courage-building leadership program designed to be facilitated only by Certified Dare to Lead organizational development professionals.

The most significant finding from Brené’s latest research is that courage is a collection of four skill sets that are teachable, measurable, and observable.

The Dare to Lead program focuses on developing these courage-building skills through workshops, trainings and coaching to help individuals, teams and organizations move from armored leadership to daring leadership.

This 12-week Dare to Lead Workshop will help you:

• Be the kind of leader others will want to follow
• Be the kind of partner/parent/friend you want to be
• Get results and be even more effective and productive
• Create a stronger, more effective team
• Tap into your values and lead authentically

Individuals who successfully complete the full 24-hour Dare to Lead program will receive a Dare to Lead Trained certificate and badge that can be posted on their LinkedIn account.

Align with your values and who you really are by digging deep into the principles of wholehearted living featured in Daring Greatly, Rising Strong and the Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown. Dare To Lead is the application of these principles in the workplace and organizational setting. Connect with a growing tribe of wholehearted professionals like you who value authenticity, creativity, compassion, connection, vulnerability, altruism, empathy, embracing imperfection and resilience. Get inspired and equipped to thrive in the life you deeply desire to live.

You and 9 other wholehearted professionals will step out of your autopilot life for 12 weeks of laughter, growth, insight, inspiration, rejuvenation as you explore and realign with your own values, connect and discover new friends and like-minded kindred. You will dig deep into exploratory exercises on creativity, authenticity, rising from failure, Daring Leadership, connection, shame resilience, letting go of perfectionism, mindfulness, to name a few.

Total cost is $2499 and covers workshop, workbooks, certificates and teaching. The recommended cost of Dare To Lead is $2499.

Payment plans available for a fee. 10% of all proceeds go to charitable organizations as well. So by signing up, you partner with me in making a positive impact in the world.

If you are in financial distress but really want to participate in Dare To Lead, please email me at thrivingideals@gmail.com. I have a couple of “Pay What You Can” available and will send you the link.

Early Bird registration, use code IDEALIST before September 22nd for $500 off

You will also receive a “Dare To Lead Trained” badge on LinkedIn. NO REFUNDS. Your fee will be applied to a coaching program or workshop of your choice at equal value.  REGISTRATION ENDS on September 29th.  If you sign up later than September 24th, you might receive your workbook days after the workshops starts so please sign up as soon as you can. Only 10 spots available. . Email thrivingideals@gmail.com if you have any other questions

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AGENDA

Series of 12 Weekly Gatherings (each session is 2  hours in length)
Sessions: Thursdays, 7:15-9:15pm ET,  4:15 -6:15 pm PT 

Session 1: Introduction – Brave Leaders & Courage Cultures LESSON 1 – The Heart of Daring Leadership
Session 2:  LESSON 2 – Armored Leadership versus Daring Leadership
Session 3:  Brave Leaders & Courage Cultures (cont.); Rumbling with Vulnerability LESSON 3 – Self-Awareness & Emotional Literacy LESSON 4 – The Myths of Vulnerability 
Session 4:Third Meeting: Rumbling with Vulnerability (cont.) LESSON 5 – Shame Resilience 
Session 5:LESSON 6 – Empathy and Self-Compassion LESSON 7 – Armored Leadership to Daring Leadership Circle Back Fourth Meeting: 
Session 6: Living into Our Values LESSON 8– Living Into Our Values LESSON 9– Grounded Confidence and Rumbling Skills    
Session 7: Living into Our Values (cont.) LESSON 10 – Engaged Feedback LESSON 11 – Armored Leadership to Daring Leadership Circle Back
Session 8: BRAVING Trust LESSON 12 – BRAVING Trust LESSON 13 – Armored Leadership to Daring Leadership Circle Back
Session 9:  Learning to Rise LESSON 14 – Learning to Rise: The Reckoning
Session 10: LESSON 15 – The Rumble and The Revolution 
Session 11:  LESSON 16 –  The Revolution (cont’d) and Integration 
Session 12: LESSON 17 – Armored Leadership to Daring Leadership Circle Back LESSON 18 – Closing  

SIGNUP!

Here’s to you cultivating Daring Leadership and inspiring courageous cultures wherever you lead, love and work!

Sincerely,
Yvonne

Yvonne Ator, MD, MPH
Coach, Facilitator & Advocate
Certified Dare To Lead Facilitator
Certified Daring Way Facilitator
Certified Unbeatable Mind Coach
Certified Personal and Executive Coach in Positive Psychology
Founder, Thriving Idealist
Founder, Thriving Physicians
“Grow into your ideals so that life will not rob you of them.” – Dr. Albert Schweitzer

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DARE TO LEAD TESTIMONIALS

What was going on in your life before working with me? How were you
feeling?

Prior to working with Yvonne life was a struggle to plow through the
pandemic, but at least the kids were returning to in person learning. I
was feeling a sense of languishing and despair from staffing shortages
and a sense that there is no end in sight.

How was your experience during the first session?
The first session feels so long ago! I was nervous to share so openly
with complete strangers, but Yvonne created a container of support and
trust.

How was your experience for the duration of the course? What were the
sessions like?
Each session was better than the last with a growing foundation of
grounded confidence and expanded self-awareness. The sessions really
valued everyone’s unique voice and perspective and it was really great
to be supported by such like-minded strong positive women.

What results or benefits did you gain from the sessions? What were the
results of working with Yvonne? What exists now that didn’t before and
how do you feel about that?

I feel like the course exposed the tip of the iceberg for where this
journey of living BIG can take me. I feel like I have a better sense of
the type of person, leader and mom I want to be. Yvonne was a great
facilitator, which was enhanced along the way with her coaching nuggets
of knowledge and insight. The course would not have been as impactful if
she didn’t take the script to a deeper place that was personal and
specific to each of the members in the group. I had not ever really
thought about how important values are to every decision and action I
take. I want dig deeper into the values work for myself and my team that
I support.

How would you describe Yvonne’s coaching style? What did you enjoy about
the way Yvonne works?
Yvonne’s coaching style is kind, positive, direct. Yvonne has so much
training and coaching knowledge and her laugh is infectious. She makes
you feel very comfortable from day one is not afraid to go deep with
personal vulnerable moments from her own life experiences. This gives
permission for others to share similarly.

What worked for you? What was your biggest aha?
Hearing everyone’s personal stories really connected me to the work. My
biggest aha’s: if I’m feeling burnt out I need to have more
self-compassion for myself; stand in my power but also be aware of the
effect my power has on those that I lead; living BIG!!, awareness of
values and how they guide actions.

Would you recommend a workshop or coaching by Yvonne to others? 
Definitely!!

Anything else you would like to share? I want to continue on this
journey through coaching. I will be reaching out in the future Thank
you so much!!
Courtney Anders, DVM
Pearl Animal Hospital



About Your Dare To Lead Facilitator 

Speaker, Coach, Author, Facilitator and Advocate.

Yvonne Ator, MD, MPH is deeply passionate about helping helpers thrive. Nicknamed, “Helper For the Helpers, Yvonne has served several mission-driven physicians, veterans and other helping professionals for the past several years.

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”― Fred Rogers

Fondly called “The Helper For Helpers and Sheepdog for Sheepdogs”, Dr. Yvonne Ator is deeply passionate about serving those who serve and lead. 

As the Founder of Thriving Physicians and Thriving Idealist, she has spent the past several years coaching mission-driven Physicians and other helping professionals who desire to serve and lead sustainably and thrive in their personal and professional lives while making their positive impact in the world without succumbing to disillusionment, moral injury, compassion fatigue or burnout. As a sheepdog for sheepdogs, she equips helpers and leaders struggling with overwhelm, overwork or feeling stuck with tools and resources to master themselves so they can live authentically and serve to their fullest potential. Yvonne is also passionate about creating daring  leadership and courage cultures in the workplace. 

An immigrant born in England, raised in several states in Nigeria and the United States, Yvonne was the quintessential multipassionate idealist who wanted to change the world through medical missions and music. However, after finding herself at a crossroads, overwhelmed and compassion-fatigued as a new mom having to choose between her mental health and burnout in the medical profession she had sacrificed everything for, Yvonne became an avid advocate for physician wellness, courageous service and leadership,  suicide prevention and a more wholehearted culture in the workplace. 

After losing her comatose dad during a physician strike and finding herself homeless, divorced and financially destitute, Yvonne realized the pitfalls of burnout and quitting medicine without a safety net. She now empowers helping professionals to step back from the tunnel of overwhelm and burnout, rediscover their values and strengths with a new lens and mindset to see the options before them and make more aligned and empowered decisions.

In addition to a doctorate of Medicine from the Brody School of Medicine and a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University, she has attained several certifications in resilience, wellness, personal, leadership and organizational development. She is a certified Personal and Executive Coach in positive psychology, Certified Daring Way Facilitator, Certified Dare to Lead Facilitator (Brene Brown’s work) and a certified Unbeatable Mind Coach (Integrated Training in Mental Toughness and Emotional resilience with  Retired Navy SEAL Commander Mark Divine!).  

 A physician, musician, coach, writer, author, speaker, advocate  and serial-quester, Yvonne is tireless in her mission  to empower, equip and inspire those who have sacrificed to serve. She co-created the Veterans Integrated Program with the Courage Foundation to help veterans with post-traumatic stress cultivate the tools and practices to thrive. She has served schools, non-profit organizations, hospital teams and mixed professional groups as a sought-out keynote speaker, executive coach and workshop facilitator on leadership, resilience, work culture and emotional development topics such as Daring Leadership, Rumbling with Vulnerability, Living Our Values and building TRUST, disciplines of the warriors and the big 4 of Mental toughness. 

She has also spent the pandemic hosting Respite sessions for frontline workers to help with stress, overwhelm and burnout. She has internationally published several articles including laughter as medicine, caring for caregivers, mindfulness meditation, grief, crisis intervention, trauma resilience and cultivating values. She serves as a Founding Executive Board Member of the Mindful Healthcare collective. She is a co- author of the book “Thinking About Quitting Medicine?”  and her story is featured in the bestselling personal development books “SPARKED” by Jonathan Fields and “I Quit!” by Coonoor Behal. She has also served as  adjunct professor at  the Cal State University San Marcos Master of Public health program. 

When she isn’t being chased around by her two unbeatable warrior-princesses, she is either playing guitar in bands, meditating, latin dancing, wanderlusting, hosting free virtual Respite sessions for physicians and other Frontline workers during the Pandemic, doing burpees to support Courage Foundation’s mission to help veterans with Post-traumatic stress, dreaming up her next quest or geeking out on values, leadership, antifragility, emotional intelligence, Unbeatable Mind and Oprah! 

SIGNUP!

“Who we are is how we lead.” – Brene Brown

The Pandemic was rough.

But you made it through. The world opened up. Everyone transitioned back to in-person activities at work and in life. The new normal came and went. It was obvious things would never be the same again.

Lots of changes at work. At first everyone was quitting. First the Great Resignation, then “Quiet Quitting.”

But now, something more insidious is happening.

“Quiet Termination.”

As a coach with clients across the country, this is a pattern I am seeing everywhere. The powers that be, making decisions that feel reactive, shooting off the hip, in ways that feel out of alignment with the values and mission of the organization you have sacrificed so much to serve.

It all feels surreal. One moment, someone is here, and the next moment, positions are cut, programs canned.

In a profession where job security was guaranteed, now it feels like everyone is disposable.

Everyone feels on edge at work now. Everywhere you look, you see signs of shame at work.

Blame, nostalgia, gossip.

People seem withdrawn and are not sharing as openly at meetings like they used to for fear of losing their jobs. Rumors spread like wildfire. No one seems to know exactly what’s going on.

It feels like the bottom line is the order of the day. Profit over people.

It feels unfair.

After all the sacrifices for your profession, you feel deserving of respect, security, consideration.

Everyone is expected to carry on as if nothing is happening.

But there are signs of disengagement everywhere, the disengagement that happens when there is a gap between values professed (the values you say you hold dear) and values practiced on the ground.

And then there’s the world, which feels like a dumpster fire. Wars, genocides, political fallouts, the never ending COVID.

You feel different somehow. Lots to do but you feel so tired, unmotivated yet overwhelmed, overstimulated and have a hard time concentrating.

And yet, you are supposed to operate as usual at work, home, parenting, love… Business as usual, productivity as usual, profit as usual… You as usual?

Not really…

You wanted to make a difference in the world.

You wanted to help people, make a positive impact, create something meaningful to change the world.

You made deep sacrifices to train and equip yourself for your profession. And you find yourself continuing to make more sacrifices, day in, day out.

Overwhelm, Overwork, Overgiving…

Everything feels harder, awkward, out of sorts. Out of control. You are working harder and harder but feel scattered, lacking confidence, uncertain and not really feeling in touch with yourself or the world. .

You seek a way out.

Numb, escape, avoid…

You need a break!

So you plan the vacations (revenge travel!), binge on Netflix, self medicate with wine, shopping, food, but deep down you know these are temporary fixes. You will return to the problem after a week or two of vacation. You will be roughly in the same position after the numbing, escaping and avoiding.

You are starting to dread going to work.

You wonder, “how did I get here?” “What would it take for me to thrive at work, enjoy my life, get back to feeling like myself again?” “Why does everything feel so hard? I am smart, I am good at what I do but why is everything taking so long? I feel like I am not 100% – I am feel like I am failing at work and at home even though everything looks fine.”

You sense there is something more for you.

You know you are capable of so much more.

You have more to give, accomplish, discover – but you can’t quite tap into it. On the surface everything looks fine. But you feel like a mess on the inside. You long to take off the mask and armor and really show up as yourself. You long to set boundaries, have those hard conversations, take courageous action, align with your values and cut out the habits that are no longer serving you so that you can focus on what really matters to you. You long to tap into the truest and highest expression of yourself in your work, marriage, parenting, leadership and relationships.

If you find yourself longing for a more courageous, aligned, integrated and authentic life, thriving at work and home, you are in the right place!

I hear you. I see you.

For over a decade, I have been on a mission to help highly skilled mission-driven professionals overcome disillusionment, overwhelm, compassion fatigue and burnout to thrive while making their positive impact in the world.

Personally and professionally, the pandemic was rough for me with reckonings in every arena of my life – parenting, race, faith, identity, work, love.

Steeping even deeper into this work as I taught, coached, facilitated saved me again and again. I was able to show up for myself, children, work and my community when fetal position would have been completely understandable. I am deeply grateful for it!

So, I know, there is a way forward with clarity and purpose.

You will need a strong practice, an evidence-based framework and community to help you give you the skills for leading and living courageously so you can make 2024 your most aligned and thriving year yet!

I invite you to a more aligned option.

I am offering my 12 week Dare To Lead online workshop starting Thursdays Mar 21st – June 6th, 2024 at 5:15pm PT, 8:15pm ET. I Invite you to join a group of mission-driven heart-centered leaders and professionals in learning the skills for answering your personal call to courage, the call to show up and live your life fully, the call to brave leadership.

You will learn all the skills for brave leadership and courageous cultures at work and home including transitioning from Armored leadership to Daring Leadership, Rising Strong from Failure and Setbacks, Living into Our Values, Braving Trust, Rumbling with Vulnerability.

“Yvonne, I am too tired to take care of myself, much less lead anyone. I am not a leader. Why should I attend your Dare to Lead workshop?”

“A Leader is anyone at ANY level who takes responsibility for finding the potential in people and processes and has the courage to develop that potential.” – Brene Brown

I have run several Dare To Lead Groups for groups of physicians, hospital teams, mixed professional groups, and individuals. I have seen the powerful transformative impact this work has had on individuals and organizations alike.


This is about learning how to show up as you are.

I say, dare to show up – Show up for yourself. Show up for those you love and serve.

What if in place of feeling lost, you discovered your compass, your values and learned how to live them?

What if in place of feeling stuck and paralyzed by the setbacks, disappointments and failures, you learned to grieve, learn from the experiences, rise strong from them and thrive?

To find out more, continue reading below for details. To register, click the link below. Here’s to you thriving!

SIGNUP!

A 12 week Online Workshop
Two hour Sessions: Thursdays 5:15pm PT, Mar 21st – June 6th, 2024

“To be the person who we long to be—we must again be vulnerable. We must take off the armor, put down the weapons, show up, and let ourselves be seen.” – Dr. Brené Brown, Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts

About The Dare To Lead Workshop

Hello!

Thank you for your interest in the Dare To Lead Workshop.

The “Dare to Lead” Workshop is based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown. Dare to Lead is an empirically based courage-building leadership program designed to be facilitated only by Certified Dare to Lead organizational development professionals.

The most significant finding from Brené’s latest research is that courage is a collection of four skill sets that are teachable, measurable, and observable.

The Dare to Lead program focuses on developing these courage-building skills through workshops, trainings and coaching to help individuals, teams and organizations move from armored leadership to daring leadership.

This 12-week Dare to Lead Workshop will help you:

• Be the kind of leader others will want to follow
• Be the kind of partner/parent/friend you want to be
• Get results and be even more effective and productive
• Create a stronger, more effective team
• Tap into your values and lead authentically

Individuals who successfully complete the full 24-hour Dare to Lead program will receive a Dare to Lead Trained certificate and badge that can be posted on their LinkedIn account.

Align with your values and who you really are by digging deep into the principles of wholehearted living featured in Daring Greatly, Rising Strong and the Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown. Dare To Lead is the application of these principles in the workplace and organizational setting. Connect with a growing tribe of wholehearted professionals like you who value authenticity, creativity, compassion, connection, vulnerability, altruism, empathy, embracing imperfection and resilience. Get inspired and equipped to thrive in the life you deeply desire to live.

You and 9 other wholehearted professionals will step out of your autopilot life for 12 weeks of laughter, growth, insight, inspiration, rejuvenation as you explore and realign with your own values, connect and discover new friends and like-minded kindred. You will dig deep into exploratory exercises on creativity, authenticity, rising from failure, Daring Leadership, connection, shame resilience, letting go of perfectionism, mindfulness, to name a few.

Total cost is $2499 and covers workshop, workbooks, certificates and teaching. The recommended cost of Dare To Lead is $2499. Payment plans available for a fee upon request. 10% of all proceeds go to charitable organizations as well. So by signing up, you partner with me in making a positive impact in the world.

Early Bird registration, use code IDEALIST before Jan 31st for $500 off

You will also receive a “Dare To Lead Trained” badge on LinkedIn. NO REFUNDS. Your fee will be applied to a coaching program or workshop of your choice at equal value.  REGISTRATION ENDS on March 10th to allow the workbooks to be mailed to you on time.  If you sign up later than March 10th you might receive your workbook days after the start.  Only 10 spots available. . Email thrivingideals@gmail.com if you have any other questions

SIGNUP!

AGENDA

Series of 12 Weekly Gatherings (each session is 2  hours in length)
Sessions: Thursdays, 8:15-10:15pm ET,  5:15 -7:15 pm PT 

Session 1: Introduction – Brave Leaders & Courage Cultures LESSON 1 – The Heart of Daring Leadership
Session 2:  LESSON 2 – Armored Leadership versus Daring Leadership
Session 3:  Brave Leaders & Courage Cultures (cont.); Rumbling with Vulnerability LESSON 3 – Self-Awareness & Emotional Literacy LESSON 4 – The Myths of Vulnerability 
Session 4:Third Meeting: Rumbling with Vulnerability (cont.) LESSON 5 – Shame Resilience 
Session 5:LESSON 6 – Empathy and Self-Compassion LESSON 7 – Armored Leadership to Daring Leadership Circle Back Fourth Meeting: 
Session 6: Living into Our Values LESSON 8– Living Into Our Values LESSON 9– Grounded Confidence and Rumbling Skills    
Session 7: Living into Our Values (cont.) LESSON 10 – Engaged Feedback LESSON 11 – Armored Leadership to Daring Leadership Circle Back
Session 8: BRAVING Trust LESSON 12 – BRAVING Trust LESSON 13 – Armored Leadership to Daring Leadership Circle Back
Session 9:  Learning to Rise LESSON 14 – Learning to Rise: The Reckoning
Session 10: LESSON 15 – The Rumble and The Revolution 
Session 11:  LESSON 16 –  The Revolution (cont’d) and Integration 
Session 12: LESSON 17 – Armored Leadership to Daring Leadership Circle Back LESSON 18 – Closing  

SIGNUP!

Here’s to you cultivating Daring Leadership and inspiring courageous cultures wherever you lead, love and work!

Sincerely,
Yvonne

Yvonne Ator, MD, MPH
Coach, Facilitator & Advocate
Certified Dare To Lead Facilitator
Certified Daring Way Facilitator
Certified Unbeatable Mind Coach
Certified Personal and Executive Coach in Positive Psychology
Founder, Thriving Idealist
Founder, Thriving Physicians
“Grow into your ideals so that life will not rob you of them.” – Dr. Albert Schweitzer

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DARE TO LEAD TESTIMONIALS

What was going on in your life before working with me? How were you
feeling?

Prior to working with Yvonne life was a struggle to plow through the
pandemic, but at least the kids were returning to in person learning. I
was feeling a sense of languishing and despair from staffing shortages
and a sense that there is no end in sight.

How was your experience during the first session?
The first session feels so long ago! I was nervous to share so openly
with complete strangers, but Yvonne created a container of support and
trust.

How was your experience for the duration of the course? What were the
sessions like?
Each session was better than the last with a growing foundation of
grounded confidence and expanded self-awareness. The sessions really
valued everyone’s unique voice and perspective and it was really great
to be supported by such like-minded strong positive women.

What results or benefits did you gain from the sessions? What were the
results of working with Yvonne? What exists now that didn’t before and
how do you feel about that?

I feel like the course exposed the tip of the iceberg for where this
journey of living BIG can take me. I feel like I have a better sense of
the type of person, leader and mom I want to be. Yvonne was a great
facilitator, which was enhanced along the way with her coaching nuggets
of knowledge and insight. The course would not have been as impactful if
she didn’t take the script to a deeper place that was personal and
specific to each of the members in the group. I had not ever really
thought about how important values are to every decision and action I
take. I want dig deeper into the values work for myself and my team that
I support.

How would you describe Yvonne’s coaching style? What did you enjoy about
the way Yvonne works?
Yvonne’s coaching style is kind, positive, direct. Yvonne has so much
training and coaching knowledge and her laugh is infectious. She makes
you feel very comfortable from day one is not afraid to go deep with
personal vulnerable moments from her own life experiences. This gives
permission for others to share similarly.

What worked for you? What was your biggest aha?
Hearing everyone’s personal stories really connected me to the work. My
biggest aha’s: if I’m feeling burnt out I need to have more
self-compassion for myself; stand in my power but also be aware of the
effect my power has on those that I lead; living BIG!!, awareness of
values and how they guide actions.

Would you recommend a workshop or coaching by Yvonne to others? 
Definitely!!

Anything else you would like to share? I want to continue on this
journey through coaching. I will be reaching out in the future Thank
you so much!!
Courtney Anders, DVM
Pearl Animal Hospital



About Your Dare To Lead Facilitator 

Speaker, Coach, Author, Facilitator and Advocate.

Yvonne Ator, MD, MPH is deeply passionate about helping helpers thrive. Nicknamed, “Helper For the Helpers, Yvonne has served several mission-driven physicians, veterans and other helping professionals for the past several years.

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”― Fred Rogers

Fondly called “The Helper For Helpers and Sheepdog for Sheepdogs”, Dr. Yvonne Ator is deeply passionate about serving those who serve and lead. 

As the Founder of Thriving Physicians and Thriving Idealist, she has spent the past several years coaching mission-driven Physicians and other helping professionals who desire to serve and lead sustainably and thrive in their personal and professional lives while making their positive impact in the world without succumbing to disillusionment, moral injury, compassion fatigue or burnout. As a sheepdog for sheepdogs, she equips helpers and leaders struggling with overwhelm, overwork or feeling stuck with tools and resources to master themselves so they can live authentically and serve to their fullest potential. Yvonne is also passionate about creating daring  leadership and courage cultures in the workplace. 

An immigrant born in England, raised in several states in Nigeria and the United States, Yvonne was the quintessential multipassionate idealist who wanted to change the world through medical missions and music. However, after finding herself at a crossroads, overwhelmed and compassion-fatigued as a new mom having to choose between her mental health and burnout in the medical profession she had sacrificed everything for, Yvonne became an avid advocate for physician wellness, courageous service and leadership,  suicide prevention and a more wholehearted culture in the workplace. 

After losing her comatose dad during a physician strike and finding herself homeless, divorced and financially destitute, Yvonne realized the pitfalls of burnout and quitting medicine without a safety net. She now empowers helping professionals to step back from the tunnel of overwhelm and burnout, rediscover their values and strengths with a new lens and mindset to see the options before them and make more aligned and empowered decisions.

In addition to a doctorate of Medicine from the Brody School of Medicine and a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University, she has attained several certifications in resilience, wellness, personal, leadership and organizational development. She is a certified Personal and Executive Coach in positive psychology, Certified Daring Way Facilitator, Certified Dare to Lead Facilitator (Brene Brown’s work) and a certified Unbeatable Mind Coach (Integrated Training in Mental Toughness and Emotional resilience with  Retired Navy SEAL Commander Mark Divine!).  

 A physician, musician, coach, writer, author, speaker, advocate  and serial-quester, Yvonne is tireless in her mission  to empower, equip and inspire those who have sacrificed to serve. She co-created the Veterans Integrated Program with the Courage Foundation to help veterans with post-traumatic stress cultivate the tools and practices to thrive. She has served schools, non-profit organizations, hospital teams and mixed professional groups as a sought-out keynote speaker, executive coach and workshop facilitator on leadership, resilience, work culture and emotional development topics such as Daring Leadership, Rumbling with Vulnerability, Living Our Values and building TRUST, disciplines of the warriors and the big 4 of Mental toughness. 

She has also spent the pandemic hosting Respite sessions for frontline workers to help with stress, overwhelm and burnout. She has internationally published several articles including laughter as medicine, caring for caregivers, mindfulness meditation, grief, crisis intervention, trauma resilience and cultivating values. She serves as a Founding Executive Board Member of the Mindful Healthcare collective. She is a co- author of the book “Thinking About Quitting Medicine?”  and her story is featured in the bestselling personal development books “SPARKED” by Jonathan Fields and “I Quit!” by Coonoor Behal. She has also served as  adjunct professor at  the Cal State University San Marcos Master of Public health program. 

When she isn’t being chased around by her two unbeatable warrior-princesses, she is either playing guitar in bands, meditating, latin dancing, wanderlusting, hosting free virtual Respite sessions for physicians and other Frontline workers during the Pandemic, doing burpees to support Courage Foundation’s mission to help veterans with Post-traumatic stress, dreaming up her next quest or geeking out on values, leadership, antifragility, emotional intelligence, Unbeatable Mind and Oprah! 

SIGNUP!

“Who we are is how we lead.” – Brene Brown

The Pandemic was rough.

But you made it through. The world opened up. Everyone transitioned back to in-person activities at work and in life. The new normal came and went. It was obvious things would never be the same again.

Lots of changes at work. At first everyone was quitting. First the Great Resignation, then “Quiet Quitting.”

But now, something more insidious is happening.

“Quiet Termination.”

As a coach with clients across the country, this is a pattern I am seeing everywhere. The powers that be, making decisions that feel reactive, shooting off the hip, in ways that feel out of alignment with the values and mission of the organization you have sacrificed so much to serve.

It all feels surreal. One moment, someone is here, and the next moment, positions are cut, programs canned.

In a profession where job security was guaranteed, now it feels like everyone is disposable.

Everyone feels on edge at work now. Everywhere you look, you see signs of shame at work.

Blame, nostalgia, gossip.

People seem withdrawn and are not sharing as openly at meetings like they used to for fear of losing their jobs. Rumors spread like wildfire. No one seems to know exactly what’s going on.

It feels like the bottom line is the order of the day. Profit over people.

It feels unfair.

After all the sacrifices for your profession, you feel deserving of respect, security, consideration.

Everyone is expected to carry on as if nothing is happening.

But there are signs of disengagement everywhere, the disengagement that happens when there is a gap between values professed (the values you say you hold dear) and values practiced on the ground.

And then there’s the world, which feels like a dumpster fire. Wars, genocides, political fallouts, the never ending COVID.

You feel different somehow. Lots to do but you feel so tired, unmotivated yet overwhelmed, overstimulated and have a hard time concentrating.

And yet, you are supposed to operate as usual at work, home, parenting, love… Business as usual, productivity as usual, profit as usual… You as usual?

Not really…

You wanted to make a difference in the world.

You wanted to help people, make a positive impact, create something meaningful to change the world.

You made deep sacrifices to train and equip yourself for your profession. And you find yourself continuing to make more sacrifices, day in, day out.

Overwhelm, Overwork, Overgiving…

Everything feels harder, awkward, out of sorts. Out of control. You are working harder and harder but feel scattered, lacking confidence, uncertain and not really feeling in touch with yourself or the world. .

You seek a way out.

Numb, escape, avoid…

You need a break!

So you plan the vacations (revenge travel!), binge on Netflix, self medicate with wine, shopping, food, but deep down you know these are temporary fixes. You will return to the problem after a week or two of vacation. You will be roughly in the same position after the numbing, escaping and avoiding.

You are starting to dread going to work.

You wonder, “how did I get here?” “What would it take for me to thrive at work, enjoy my life, get back to feeling like myself again?” “Why does everything feel so hard? I am smart, I am good at what I do but why is everything taking so long? I feel like I am not 100% – I am feel like I am failing at work and at home even though everything looks fine.”

You sense there is something more for you.

You know you are capable of so much more.

You have more to give, accomplish, discover – but you can’t quite tap into it. On the surface everything looks fine. But you feel like a mess on the inside. You long to take off the mask and armor and really show up as yourself. You long to set boundaries, have those hard conversations, take courageous action, align with your values and cut out the habits that are no longer serving you so that you can focus on what really matters to you. You long to tap into the truest and highest expression of yourself in your work, marriage, parenting, leadership and relationships.

If you find yourself longing for a more courageous, aligned, integrated and authentic life, thriving at work and home, you are in the right place!

I hear you. I see you.

For over a decade, I have been on a mission to help highly skilled mission-driven professionals overcome disillusionment, overwhelm, compassion fatigue and burnout to thrive while making their positive impact in the world.

Personally and professionally, the pandemic was rough for me with reckonings in every arena of my life – parenting, race, faith, identity, work, love.

Steeping even deeper into this work as I taught, coached, facilitated saved me again and again. I was able to show up for myself, children, work and my community when fetal position would have been completely understandable. I am deeply grateful for it!

So, I know, there is a way forward with clarity and purpose.

You will need a strong practice, an evidence-based framework and community to help you give you the skills for leading and living courageously so you can make 2024 your most aligned and thriving year yet!

I invite you to a more aligned option.

I am offering my 12 week Dare To Lead online workshop starting Thursdays Feb 22nd- May 23rd, 2023 at 5:15pm PT, 8:15pm ET. I Invite you to join a group of mission-driven heart-centered leaders and professionals in learning the skills for answering your personal call to courage, the call to show up and live your life fully, the call to brave leadership.

You will learn all the skills for brave leadership and courageous cultures at work and home including transitioning from Armored leadership to Daring Leadership, Rising Strong from Failure and Setbacks, Living into Our Values, Braving Trust, Rumbling with Vulnerability.

“Yvonne, I am too tired to take care of myself, much less lead anyone. I am not a leader. Why should I attend your Dare to Lead workshop?”

“A Leader is anyone at ANY level who takes responsibility for finding the potential in people and processes and has the courage to develop that potential.” – Brene Brown

I have run several Dare To Lead Groups for groups of physicians, hospital teams, mixed professional groups, and individuals. I have seen the powerful transformative impact this work has had on individuals and organizations alike.


This is about learning how to show up as you are.

I say, dare to show up – Show up for yourself. Show up for those you love and serve.

What if in place of feeling lost, you discovered your compass, your values and learned how to live them?

What if in place of feeling stuck and paralyzed by the setbacks, disappointments and failures, you learned to grieve, learn from the experiences, rise strong from them and thrive?

To find out more, continue reading below for details. To register, click the link below. Here’s to you thriving!

SIGNUP!

A 12 week Online Workshop
Two hour Sessions: Thursdays 5:15pm PT, Feb 22nd – May 23rd, 2024 (Off for Spring Break!)

“To be the person who we long to be—we must again be vulnerable. We must take off the armor, put down the weapons, show up, and let ourselves be seen.” – Dr. Brené Brown, Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts

About The Dare To Lead Workshop

Hello!

Thank you for your interest in the Dare To Lead Workshop.

The “Dare to Lead” Workshop is based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown. Dare to Lead is an empirically based courage-building leadership program designed to be facilitated only by Certified Dare to Lead organizational development professionals.

The most significant finding from Brené’s latest research is that courage is a collection of four skill sets that are teachable, measurable, and observable.

The Dare to Lead program focuses on developing these courage-building skills through workshops, trainings and coaching to help individuals, teams and organizations move from armored leadership to daring leadership.

This 12-week Dare to Lead Workshop will help you:

• Be the kind of leader others will want to follow
• Be the kind of partner/parent/friend you want to be
• Get results and be even more effective and productive
• Create a stronger, more effective team
• Tap into your values and lead authentically

Individuals who successfully complete the full 24-hour Dare to Lead program will receive a Dare to Lead Trained certificate and badge that can be posted on their LinkedIn account.

Align with your values and who you really are by digging deep into the principles of wholehearted living featured in Daring Greatly, Rising Strong and the Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown. Dare To Lead is the application of these principles in the workplace and organizational setting. Connect with a growing tribe of wholehearted professionals like you who value authenticity, creativity, compassion, connection, vulnerability, altruism, empathy, embracing imperfection and resilience. Get inspired and equipped to thrive in the life you deeply desire to live.

You and 9 other wholehearted professionals will step out of your autopilot life for 12 weeks of laughter, growth, insight, inspiration, rejuvenation as you explore and realign with your own values, connect and discover new friends and like-minded kindred. You will dig deep into exploratory exercises on creativity, authenticity, rising from failure, Daring Leadership, connection, shame resilience, letting go of perfectionism, mindfulness, to name a few.

Total cost is $2499 and covers workshop, workbooks, certificates and teaching. The recommended cost of Dare To Lead is $2499. Payment plans available for a fee upon request. 10% of all proceeds go to charitable organizations as well. So by signing up, you partner with me in making a positive impact in the world.

Early Bird registration, use code NICA before Dec 22nd for $500 off

Use the code IDEALIST before December 31st for $250 off.

You will also receive a “Dare To Lead Trained” badge on LinkedIn. NO REFUNDS. Your fee will be applied to a coaching program or workshop of your choice at equal value.  REGISTRATION ENDS on January 24th to allow the workbooks to be mailed to you on time.  If you sign up later than February 1st you will receive your workbook days after the start.  Only 10 spots available. . Email thrivingideals@gmail.com if you have any other questions

SIGNUP!

AGENDA

Series of 12 Weekly Gatherings (each session is 2  hours in length)
Sessions: Thursdays, 8:15-10:15pm ET,  5:15 -7:15 pm PT 

Session 1: Introduction – Brave Leaders & Courage Cultures LESSON 1 – The Heart of Daring Leadership
Session 2:  LESSON 2 – Armored Leadership versus Daring Leadership
Session 3:  Brave Leaders & Courage Cultures (cont.); Rumbling with Vulnerability LESSON 3 – Self-Awareness & Emotional Literacy LESSON 4 – The Myths of Vulnerability 
Session 4:Third Meeting: Rumbling with Vulnerability (cont.) LESSON 5 – Shame Resilience 
Session 5:LESSON 6 – Empathy and Self-Compassion LESSON 7 – Armored Leadership to Daring Leadership Circle Back Fourth Meeting: 
Session 6: Living into Our Values LESSON 8– Living Into Our Values LESSON 9– Grounded Confidence and Rumbling Skills    
Session 7: Living into Our Values (cont.) LESSON 10 – Engaged Feedback LESSON 11 – Armored Leadership to Daring Leadership Circle Back
Session 8: BRAVING Trust LESSON 12 – BRAVING Trust LESSON 13 – Armored Leadership to Daring Leadership Circle Back
Session 9:  Learning to Rise LESSON 14 – Learning to Rise: The Reckoning
Session 10: LESSON 15 – The Rumble and The Revolution 
Session 11:  LESSON 16 –  The Revolution (cont’d) and Integration 
Session 12: LESSON 17 – Armored Leadership to Daring Leadership Circle Back LESSON 18 – Closing  

SIGNUP!

Here’s to you cultivating Daring Leadership and inspiring courageous cultures wherever you lead, love and work!

Sincerely,
Yvonne

Yvonne Ator, MD, MPH
Coach, Facilitator & Advocate
Certified Dare To Lead Facilitator
Certified Daring Way Facilitator
Certified Unbeatable Mind Coach
Certified Personal and Executive Coach in Positive Psychology
Founder, Thriving Idealist
Founder, Thriving Physicians
“Grow into your ideals so that life will not rob you of them.” – Dr. Albert Schweitzer

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SIGNUP!

DARE TO LEAD TESTIMONIALS

What was going on in your life before working with me? How were you
feeling?

Prior to working with Yvonne life was a struggle to plow through the
pandemic, but at least the kids were returning to in person learning. I
was feeling a sense of languishing and despair from staffing shortages
and a sense that there is no end in sight.

How was your experience during the first session?
The first session feels so long ago! I was nervous to share so openly
with complete strangers, but Yvonne created a container of support and
trust.

How was your experience for the duration of the course? What were the
sessions like?
Each session was better than the last with a growing foundation of
grounded confidence and expanded self-awareness. The sessions really
valued everyone’s unique voice and perspective and it was really great
to be supported by such like-minded strong positive women.

What results or benefits did you gain from the sessions? What were the
results of working with Yvonne? What exists now that didn’t before and
how do you feel about that?

I feel like the course exposed the tip of the iceberg for where this
journey of living BIG can take me. I feel like I have a better sense of
the type of person, leader and mom I want to be. Yvonne was a great
facilitator, which was enhanced along the way with her coaching nuggets
of knowledge and insight. The course would not have been as impactful if
she didn’t take the script to a deeper place that was personal and
specific to each of the members in the group. I had not ever really
thought about how important values are to every decision and action I
take. I want dig deeper into the values work for myself and my team that
I support.

How would you describe Yvonne’s coaching style? What did you enjoy about
the way Yvonne works?
Yvonne’s coaching style is kind, positive, direct. Yvonne has so much
training and coaching knowledge and her laugh is infectious. She makes
you feel very comfortable from day one is not afraid to go deep with
personal vulnerable moments from her own life experiences. This gives
permission for others to share similarly.

What worked for you? What was your biggest aha?
Hearing everyone’s personal stories really connected me to the work. My
biggest aha’s: if I’m feeling burnt out I need to have more
self-compassion for myself; stand in my power but also be aware of the
effect my power has on those that I lead; living BIG!!, awareness of
values and how they guide actions.

Would you recommend a workshop or coaching by Yvonne to others? 
Definitely!!

Anything else you would like to share? I want to continue on this
journey through coaching. I will be reaching out in the future Thank
you so much!!
Courtney Anders, DVM
Pearl Animal Hospital



About Your Dare To Lead Facilitator 

2023 is moving very quickly.

The pandemic is over and life is back to “normal” with everyone trying to catch up from all we have missed over the past 3 years.

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Something about playing catch-up makes for a stressful time. The times are already challenging with political conflicts (vaxxed or unvaxxed, guns, wars?), work schedules, loneliness even when surrounded by others. But pandemic fallout continues with long frayed nerves and exhaustion bringing on a new intensity of stress and overwhelm. And You are wiped out.

Boundaries, boundaries, boundaries.

You feel resentful, angry and overwhelmed because you know your boundaries and values are being violated all the time, your needs and expectations are not being met.

You find that you are bracing yourself. You wonder which conversations you really have bandwidth for and which ones you should just let slide. And chances are, with the ongoing pandemic fallout, there are more issues at work. And it all feels like a hot mess.

You are already exhausted and so are your support networks.

You don’t always have to be the strong one.

If you need a safe empathetic space to let your hair down and catch your breath, a respite from all the drama, chaos and overwhelm of the upcoming vacation season, work and the demands of the year, while also getting teaching and personal/executive/leadership resources from me rooted in positive psychology, unbeatable mind and optimize frameworks, sparketype advising and Daring Way/Dare to Lead curricula (From Brene Brown), come join me in the RESPITE.

Respite is a year long membership haven for the Thriving Idealist Pledge To Align, Connect & Train (Thriving Idealist PACT).

RESPITE is a weekly, Safe, Empathetic Space. Initially created during the pandemic to support physicians and frontline workers, it is a program For You to Fill Up and Be Supported So You Can Serve Sustainably and Thrive.

RESPITE is like a warm hug, a place to let your hair down, put your feet up and be nourished after a stressful day.

A typical session starts with some breathwork, visualization and havening techniques to soothe and calm the nervous system and help you catch your breath from the chaos of the day, then an experiential session focused on a topic (see topics below) is facilitated by me to equip you and fill your cup for the week and then ends with some more breathwork and affirming practices to ground, inspire and support you through the week.

RESPITE starts MAY 9th, 2023! Sign Up

At RESPITE, You will:

• Have a safe place to breathe, vent, let your hair down, be supported rather than always having to support,

• learn skills for thriving including breathwork, cultivating connection, expressing boundaries, grief, asking for what you need, big 4 of mental toughness, how to delegate, antifragility, grounded confidence, cultivating vulnerability and courage, having hard conversations, dealing with overwhelm, rumbling with difficult emotions, practices for maintaining equanimity and calm during difficult times and many more skills for resilience, antifragility and thriving.

• You will have an intimate community of like-minded mission-driven, heart-centered individuals to connect with and know that you are not alone.

• Receive teaching and facilitation from me with a decade of experience coaching, facilitating and advocating for mission-driven, heart-centered professionals especially physicians and an increasing number of leaders in dentistry, clinical science and other helping professionals.

DETAILS

RESPITE will be weekly to starting May 9th, 2023

COST: $997 (Payment Plans and Pay What You Can Options are available for those who need it. Email me at thrivingideals@gmail.com)

Deadline to register – Rolling admission. NO REFUNDS. Payments will be applied to any other coaching programs or workshops in my store of equivalent cost.

RESPITE Enrollments end annually. You are welcome to re-enroll after each Respite year is over.

You are worthy of a safe, empathetic supportive space.

You are worthy of the time, energy, attention, resources and even money to address your needs and support you in the life you want.

Come join me!

During our time together, there will be Group coaching and teaching of all the topics I coach in personal, leadership and organizational development doing the work from the methodologies I am certified in: Positive Psychology, Daring Way, Rising Strong, Dare to Lead, Sparketype Advising, Unbeatable Mind coaching(mental toughness and emotional resilience), Heroic Optimize Coaching (I know, I know… #nerdlife)

We will explore and practice positive psychology tools, breath work, visualizations and meditations,  plus experiential work (finding joy at work, self trust, boundaries, values, strengths, permissions, rising strong from failure, having hard conversations, giving engaged feedback, showing up in the arena, taking off the armor, cultivating square squads and meaningful connections, life design, future me embodiment, plus restorative, restful and rejuvenative practices etc together. 

If you have attended my Respite Sessions or workshops you have an idea of what I am describing. 

Ready to give yourself the gift of RESPITE now? Click here to secure your spot.

Want to chat about it first? I’d love to! Click here to book a free, no obligation 20 minute call with me.

When you sign up, you make a PACT with yourself. You PLEDGE to ACT: To ALIGN, CONNECT and TRAIN. You will have access to the Thriving Idealist Cultivating Academy library. You go at your own pace and you don’t have to do them all. I will cover the fundamentals during our sessions. 

ALIGN: 6 MODULES:

MODULE 1 – SELF-DEVOTION: PERMISSIONS and COMMITMENTS including self-compassion, empathy, authenticity and permission slips.

This will help you lay the foundation of commitment to yourself. You will design the life you want from a strong foundation. 

MODULE 2 – Rumbling with Vulnerability – Taking Off the Armor, Cultivating Shame Resilience and Grounded Confidence.

This is The foundational skill for courageous living, loving and leadership.

MODULE 3 – DESIGNING THE LIFE YOU WANT – Future Me exercises, Obituary, Mission, Purpose, Dreams.

This makes sure you’re moving on track to get to where you ACTUALLY want to be, not where everyone (or society) says you should be.

MODULE 4 – PRIORITIES

This is similar, but is going to help you focus your days NOW in the right places, so you get more done in less time (and actually enjoy the process!)

MODULE 5 – VALUES

If you’ve worked with me before, you’ll know that burnout occurs when you’re out of alignment with your values. This will help keep you on track to stay away from burnout (or pull you out of it if you’re already close) with actions to embody your values. 

MODULE 6 – STRENGTHS

We’ll get clear on what they are  and how they  empower you so you can build your life sustainably. 

MODULE 7 – ALIGNMENT INTEGRATION – Boundaries, Living BIG & Embodiment, Values X Strengths Integration and operationalization

This is where it all comes together to make it work for YOU!

2. CONNECT – 6 MODULES

MODULE 7 – SELF -CONNECTION AND VALUE– Reconnecting to yourself in a deeper way. Remembering who you are, what makes you you and what brings you joy 

MODULE 8 – EMPATHY – Empathy, Empathy Misses, Hard Conversations and Engaged Feedback

MODULE 9 – SELF-TRUST – Learning to trust yourself and becoming your own strongest ally, learn how to be a safe space for yourself with non-judgment

MODULE 10 – TRUST RELATIONSHIPS AT WORK AND HOME

MODULE 11- BUILDING SQUARE SQUADS and COMMUNITY

MODULE 12 – CONNECTION INTEGRATION – Communities Of Practice

3. TRAIN – 6 MODULES

MODULE 13 – DEVELOPING THE 5 ARENAS OF AN INTEGRATED LIFE – Physical, Mental, Emotional, Spiritual & Intuition

MODULE 14 – CULTIVATING RESILIENCE, ANTIFRAGILITY and INNER AUTHORITY

MODULE 14 – CREATING CONSISTENT SUSTAINABLE ALIGNED HABITS USING THE DISCIPLINES OF THE WARRIOR

MODULE 15- CREATIING PRACTICES FOR  MORNING RITUALS

MODULE 16 – CREATING PRACTICES FOR NIGHT TIME RITUALS

MODULE 17 – PRACTICES FOR DEVELOPING EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE

MODULE 18 – THE BIG 4 OF MENTAL TOUGHNESS

BONUS MODULES:

MODULE 19 : RISING STRONG FROM FAILURE

MODULE 20: CULTIVATING PRACTICE as a WAY OF LIFE – Perfectionism, Consistency, Process, and Integration.

Sign Up FOR RESPITE HERE.

Want coaching and would like to upgrade to a smaller mastermind experience of 2-4 members with group coaching? Sign Up for TIME – The Thriving Idealist Mastermind Experience. You can specify if you want a physician-only group or a mixed professions group. You will still have access to all the RESPITE sessions and recordings.

Want to chat about it first? I’d love to! Click here to book a free, no obligation 20 minute call with me.

 All participants will have Access to all teaching videos, coaching videos and all the recordings from all the previous respite sessions.

You will also receive access the Values workshop  

We will meet for weekly for an hour on Tuesdays at 5pm PT. You will have access to all the recordings in case you miss a session. There will also be a facebook group for those who want it for connection and shared language.

The investment for Respite is $997.  This is for the inaugural class. The prices will go up in the next enrollment period.

Are you ready to finally have the support you need to build the tools you know can change your life? Secure your spot HERE or Email me for Pay What You Can.

No Refunds. Payment can be transferred to another program, workshop or coaching package of equal value. Payment plans are available.



I know it’s hard right now. There is a way through. You can find respite and hope even in what’s going on with you.


As always, if you are struggling or know someone mission driven and heart-centered who has sacrificed a lot to make a difference and is struggling, or just want support on your journey, or to help you transition to the next level of your journey  reply to this email.

You are not alone.

Do not go through this year without support if you need it. 

You Matter. I see you, I love you and you belong. I am glad you are here. 

Sending you love, peace and strength,

Yvonne Ator, MD, MPH

Certified Personal And Executive Coach for mission-driven and heart-centered professionals

Certified Dare To Lead Facilitator

Certified Daring Way Facilitator

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”― Fred Rogers

Fondly called “The Helper For Helpers and Sheepdog for Sheepdogs”, Dr. Yvonne Ator is deeply passionate about serving those who serve and lead. 

As the Founder of Thriving Physicians and Thriving Idealist, she has spent the past several years coaching mission-driven Physicians and other helping professionals who desire to serve and lead sustainably and thrive in their personal and professional lives while making their positive impact in the world without succumbing to disillusionment, moral injury, compassion fatigue or burnout. As a sheepdog for sheepdogs, she equips helpers and leaders struggling with overwhelm, overwork or feeling stuck with tools and resources to master themselves so they can live authentically and serve to their fullest potential. Yvonne is also passionate about creating daring  leadership and courage cultures in the workplace. 

An immigrant born in England, raised in several states in Nigeria and the United States, Yvonne was the quintessential multipassionate idealist who wanted to change the world through medical missions and music. However, after finding herself at a crossroads, overwhelmed and compassion-fatigued as a new mom having to choose between her mental health and burnout in the medical profession she had sacrificed everything for, Yvonne became an avid advocate for physician wellness, courageous service and leadership,  suicide prevention and a more wholehearted culture in the workplace. 

After losing her comatose dad during a physician strike and finding herself homeless, divorced and financially destitute, Yvonne realized the pitfalls of burnout and quitting medicine without a safety net. She now empowers helping professionals to step back from the tunnel of overwhelm and burnout, rediscover their values and strengths with a new lens and mindset to see the options before them and make more aligned and empowered decisions.

In addition to a doctorate of Medicine from the Brody School of Medicine and a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University, she has attained several certifications in resilience, wellness, personal, leadership and organizational development. She is a certified Personal and Executive Coach in positive psychology, Certified Daring Way Facilitator, Certified Dare to Lead Facilitator (Brene Brown’s work) and a certified Unbeatable Mind Coach (Integrated Training in Mental Toughness and Emotional resilience with  Retired Navy SEAL Commander Mark Divine!).  

 A physician, musician, coach, writer, author, speaker, advocate  and serial-quester, Yvonne is tireless in her mission  to empower, equip and inspire those who have sacrificed to serve. She co-created the Veterans Integrated Program with the Courage Foundation to help veterans with post-traumatic stress cultivate the tools and practices to thrive. She has served schools, non-profit organizations, hospital teams and mixed professional groups as a sought-out keynote speaker, executive coach and workshop facilitator on leadership, resilience, work culture and emotional development topics such as Daring Leadership, Rumbling with Vulnerability, Living Our Values and building TRUST, disciplines of the warriors and the big 4 of Mental toughness. 

She has also spent the pandemic hosting Respite sessions for frontline workers to help with stress, overwhelm and burnout. She has internationally published several articles including laughter as medicine, caring for caregivers, mindfulness meditation, grief, crisis intervention, trauma resilience and cultivating values. She serves as a Founding Executive Board Member of the Mindful Healthcare collective. She is a co- author of the book “Thinking About Quitting Medicine?”  and her story is featured in the bestselling personal development books “SPARKED” by Jonathan Fields and “I Quit!” by Coonoor Behal. She has also served as  adjunct professor at  the Cal State University San Marcos Master of Public health program. 

When she isn’t being chased around by her two unbeatable warrior-princesses, she is either playing guitar in bands, meditating, latin dancing, wanderlusting, hosting free virtual Respite sessions for physicians and other Frontline workers during the Pandemic, doing burpees to support Courage Foundation’s mission to help veterans with Post-traumatic stress, dreaming up her next quest or geeking out on values, leadership, antifragility, emotional intelligence, Unbeatable Mind and Oprah! 

“Who we are is how we lead.” – Brene Brown

You have been looking forward to this day.

Pandemic has been rough. Finally, the world has opening up. Everyone is transitioning back to in-person activities at work and in life. Trying to navigate the new normal. Lots going on. So weird but fun moving out of Zoom-land. So many changes and so much catching up to do.

Back at the office. But everyone is quitting now. First the Great Resignation, it’s “Quiet Quitting.” It is a hot mess. You were looking forward to doing all the things you haven’t been able to do in these past 30 months.

But you feel tired, unmotivated yet overwhelmed, overstimulated and have a hard time concentrating.

You went into the pandemic sure about who you are, what you do, where you are headed.

But the pandemic stripped a lot away. And now as you exit the tunnel of the pandemic, excited to return to a new normal, you find that nothing is the same. Everything is different – including you.

And yet, you are supposed to operate as usual at work, home, parenting, love… Business as usual, productivity as usual, profit as usual… You as usual?

Not really…

You wanted to make a difference in the world.

You wanted to help people, make a positive impact, create something meaningful to change the world.

You made deep sacrifices to train and equip yourself for your profession. And you find yourself continuing to make more sacrifices, day in, day out.

Overwhelm, Overwork, Overgiving…

And what about the people?

Family died, marriages got rocky or “failed”, work changed, jobs lost, people quit, kids developed mental health issues… Now everything feels harder, awkward, out of sorts. Out of control. You are working harder and harder but You feel scattered, lacking confidence, uncertain and not really feeling in touch with yourself or the world. .


You seek a way out.

Numb, escape, avoid…

You need a break!

So you plan the vacations, binge on Netflix, self medicate with wine, shopping, food, but deep down you know these are temporary fixes. You will return to the problem after a week or two of vacation. You will be roughly in the same position after the numbing, escaping and avoiding.

You are starting to dread going to work.

You wonder, “how did I get here?” “What would it take for me to thrive at work, enjoy my life, get back to feeling like myself again?” “Why does everything feel so hard? I am smart, I am good at what I do but why is everything taking so long? I feel like I am not 100% – I am feel like I am failing at work and at home even though everything looks fine.”

You sense there is something more for you.

You know you are capable of so much more.

You have more to give, accomplish, discover – but you can’t quite tap into it. On the surface everything looks fine. But you feel like a mess on the inside. You long to take off the mask and armor and really show up as yourself. You long to set boundaries, have those hard conversations, take courageous action, align with your values and cut out the habits that are no longer serving you so that you can focus on what really matters to you. You long to tap into the truest and highest expression of yourself in your work, marriage, parenting, leadership and relationships.

If you find yourself longing for a more courageous, aligned, integrated and authentic life, thriving at work and home, you are in the right place!

I hear you. I see you.

For over a decade, I have been on a mission to help highly skilled mission-driven professionals overcome disillusionment, overwhelm, compassion fatigue and burnout to thrive while making their positive impact in the world.

Personally and professionally, the pandemic was rough for me with reckonings in every arena of my life – parenting, race, faith, identity, work, love.

Steeping even deeper into this work as I taught, coached, facilitated saved me again and again. I was able to show up for myself, children, work and my community when fetal position would have been completely understandable. I am deeply grateful for it!

So, I know, there is a way forward with clarity and purpose.

You will need a strong practice, an evidence-based framework and community to help you give you the skills for leading and living courageously so you can make 2023 your most aligned year yet!

I invite you to a more aligned option.

I am offering my 12 week Dare To Lead online workshop starting Thursdays February 23nd – May 25th, 2023 at 5pm PT, 8pm PT. I Invite you to join a group of mission-driven heart-centered leaders and professionals in learning the skills for answering your personal call to courage, the call to show up and live your life fully, the call to brave leadership.

You will learn all the skills for brave leadership and courageous cultures at work and home including transitioning from Armored leadership to Daring Leadership, Rising Strong from Failure and Setbacks, Living into Our Values, Braving Trust, Rumbling with Vulnerability.

“Yvonne, I am too tired to take care of myself, much less lead anyone. I am not a leader. Why should I attend your Dare to Lead workshop?”

“A Leader is anyone at ANY level who takes responsibility for finding the potential in people and processes and has the courage to develop that potential.” – Brene Brown

I have run several Dare To Lead Groups through out the pandemic. I have seen the powerful transformative impact this work has had on individuals and organizations alike.


This is about learning how to show up as you are.

I say, dare to show up – Show up for yourself. Show up for those you love and serve.

What if in place of feeling lost, you discovered your compass, your values and learned how to live them?

What if in place of feeling stuck and paralyzed by the setbacks, disappointments and failures, you learned to grieve, learn from the experiences, rise strong from them and thrive?

To find out more, continue reading below for details. To register, click the link below. Here’s to you thriving!

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A 12 week Online Workshop
Two hour Sessions: Thursdays 5pm PT, March 2nd – May 25th, 2023 (Off for Easter Break!)

“To be the person who we long to be—we must again be vulnerable. We must take off the armor, put down the weapons, show up, and let ourselves be seen.” – Dr. Brené Brown, Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts

About The Dare To Lead Workshop

Hello!

Thank you for your interest in the Dare To Lead Workshop.

The “Dare to Lead” Workshop is based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown. Dare to Lead is an empirically based courage-building leadership program designed to be facilitated only by Certified Dare to Lead organizational development professionals.

The most significant finding from Brené’s latest research is that courage is a collection of four skill sets that are teachable, measurable, and observable.

The Dare to Lead program focuses on developing these courage-building skills through workshops, trainings and coaching to help individuals, teams and organizations move from armored leadership to daring leadership.

This 12-week Dare to Lead Workshop will help you:

• Be the kind of leader others will want to follow
• Be the kind of partner/parent/friend you want to be
• Get results and be even more effective and productive
• Create a stronger, more effective team
• Tap into your values and lead authentically

Individuals who successfully complete the full 24-hour Dare to Lead program will receive a Dare to Lead Trained certificate and badge that can be posted on their LinkedIn account.

Align with your values and who you really are by digging deep into the principles of wholehearted living featured in Daring Greatly, Rising Strong and the Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown. Dare To Lead is the application of these principles in the workplace and organizational setting. Connect with a growing tribe of wholehearted professionals like you who value authenticity, creativity, compassion, connection, vulnerability, altruism, empathy, embracing imperfection and resilience. Get inspired and equipped to thrive in the life you deeply desire to live.

You and 9 other wholehearted professionals will step out of your autopilot life for 12 weeks of laughter, growth, insight, inspiration, rejuvenation as you explore and realign with your own values, connect and discover new friends and like-minded kindred. You will dig deep into exploratory exercises on creativity, authenticity, rising from failure, Daring Leadership, connection, shame resilience, letting go of perfectionism, mindfulness, to name a few.

Total cost is $2499 and covers workshop, workbooks, certificates and teaching. Starting Dec 20, 2022 I have begun a “Pay What You Choose” Option. The recommended cost of Dare To Lead is $2499. Pay What You Choose allows you to choose what you can but also what allows you to stretch yourself and fully show up for the work. 10% of all proceeds go to charitable organizations as well. So by signing up, you partner with me in making a positive impact in the world.

You will also receive a “Dare To Lead Trained” badge on LinkedIn. NO REFUNDS. Your fee will be applied to a coaching program or workshop of your choice at equal value.  REGISTRATION ENDS on Feb 15th to allow the workbooks to be mailed to you on time.  If you sign up later than Feb 14th you will receive your workbook days after the start.  Only 10 spots available. . Email thrivingideals@gmail.com if you have any other questions

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AGENDA

Series of 12 Weekly Gatherings (each session is 2  hours in length)
Sessions: Thursdays, March 2nd – May 25th, 2023, 8-10pm ET,  5 -7 pm PT 

Session 1: Introduction – Brave Leaders & Courage Cultures LESSON 1 – The Heart of Daring Leadership
Session 2:  LESSON 2 – Armored Leadership versus Daring Leadership
Session 3:  Brave Leaders & Courage Cultures (cont.); Rumbling with Vulnerability LESSON 3 – Self-Awareness & Emotional Literacy LESSON 4 – The Myths of Vulnerability 
Session 4:Third Meeting: Rumbling with Vulnerability (cont.) LESSON 5 – Shame Resilience 
Session 5:LESSON 6 – Empathy and Self-Compassion LESSON 7 – Armored Leadership to Daring Leadership Circle Back Fourth Meeting: 
Session 6: Living into Our Values LESSON 8– Living Into Our Values LESSON 9– Grounded Confidence and Rumbling Skills    
Session 7: Living into Our Values (cont.) LESSON 10 – Engaged Feedback LESSON 11 – Armored Leadership to Daring Leadership Circle Back
Session 8: BRAVING Trust LESSON 12 – BRAVING Trust LESSON 13 – Armored Leadership to Daring Leadership Circle Back
Session 9:  Learning to Rise LESSON 14 – Learning to Rise: The Reckoning
Session 10: LESSON 15 – The Rumble and The Revolution 
Session 11:  LESSON 16 –  The Revolution (cont’d) and Integration 
Session 12: LESSON 17 – Armored Leadership to Daring Leadership Circle Back LESSON 18 – Closing  

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Here’s to you cultivating Daring Leadership and inspiring courageous cultures wherever you lead, love and work!

Sincerely,
Yvonne

Yvonne Ator, MD, MPH
Coach, Facilitator & Advocate
Certified Dare To Lead Facilitator
Certified Daring Way Facilitator
Certified Unbeatable Mind Coach
Certified Personal and Executive Coach in Positive Psychology
Founder, Thriving Idealist
Founder, Thriving Physicians
“Grow into your ideals so that life will not rob you of them.” – Dr. Albert Schweitzer

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DARE TO LEAD TESTIMONIALS

What was going on in your life before working with me? How were you
feeling?

Prior to working with Yvonne life was a struggle to plow through the
pandemic, but at least the kids were returning to in person learning. I
was feeling a sense of languishing and despair from staffing shortages
and a sense that there is no end in sight.

How was your experience during the first session?
The first session feels so long ago! I was nervous to share so openly
with complete strangers, but Yvonne created a container of support and
trust.

How was your experience for the duration of the course? What were the
sessions like?
Each session was better than the last with a growing foundation of
grounded confidence and expanded self-awareness. The sessions really
valued everyone’s unique voice and perspective and it was really great
to be supported by such like-minded strong positive women.

What results or benefits did you gain from the sessions? What were the
results of working with Yvonne? What exists now that didn’t before and
how do you feel about that?

I feel like the course exposed the tip of the iceberg for where this
journey of living BIG can take me. I feel like I have a better sense of
the type of person, leader and mom I want to be. Yvonne was a great
facilitator, which was enhanced along the way with her coaching nuggets
of knowledge and insight. The course would not have been as impactful if
she didn’t take the script to a deeper place that was personal and
specific to each of the members in the group. I had not ever really
thought about how important values are to every decision and action I
take. I want dig deeper into the values work for myself and my team that
I support.

How would you describe Yvonne’s coaching style? What did you enjoy about
the way Yvonne works?
Yvonne’s coaching style is kind, positive, direct. Yvonne has so much
training and coaching knowledge and her laugh is infectious. She makes
you feel very comfortable from day one is not afraid to go deep with
personal vulnerable moments from her own life experiences. This gives
permission for others to share similarly.

What worked for you? What was your biggest aha?
Hearing everyone’s personal stories really connected me to the work. My
biggest aha’s: if I’m feeling burnt out I need to have more
self-compassion for myself; stand in my power but also be aware of the
effect my power has on those that I lead; living BIG!!, awareness of
values and how they guide actions.

Would you recommend a workshop or coaching by Yvonne to others? 
Definitely!!

Anything else you would like to share? I want to continue on this
journey through coaching. I will be reaching out in the future Thank
you so much!!
Courtney Anders, DVM
Pearl Animal Hospital

About Your Dare To Lead Facilitator 

Speaker, Coach, Author, Facilitator and Advocate.

Yvonne Ator, MD, MPH is deeply passionate about helping helpers thrive. Nicknamed, “Helper For the Helpers, Yvonne has served several mission-driven physicians, veterans and other helping professionals for the past several years.

After her own burnout experience in medicine, Yvonne founded Thriving Idealist and Thriving Physicians committed to helping idealists thrive and serve sustainably as they make their positive impact in the world without succumbing to burnout, compassion fatigue or disillusionment. She became a certified Daring Way Facilitator and Certified Dare To Lead Facilitator to help create a more wholehearted culture in healthcare and helping professions. She is also a certified Personal and Executive Coach in positive psychology and certified Unbeatable Mind Coach focused on Mental Toughness and Emotional Resilience.

She is a Speaker around the country on several topics including “Rumbling With Vulnerability”, Daring Leadership, the Thriving Idealist, Burnout, Mental Toughness etc. A co-author of the acclaimed book, “Thinking about Medicine?”, she also writes the wellness column for the internationally published Radiant Magazine and other popular websites such as Productive Flourishing.

When she isn’t playing with her two warrior-princess daughters, she is meditating, reading, latin dancing, playing guitar, writing, serial questing or geeking out to all things Oprah!

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2. Group Coaching : Coaching in groups of 4-6 individuals. Sign Up Below!

3. Dare To Lead Workshop from Brene Brown’s curriculum. A 12 week virtual workshop based on the book. Sign Up Below!

Speaker, Coach, Author, Facilitator and Advocate.

Yvonne Ator, MD, MPH is deeply passionate about helping helpers thrive. Nicknamed, “Helper For the Helpers, Yvonne has served several mission-driven physicians, veterans and other helping professionals for the past several years.

After her own burnout experience in medicine, Yvonne founded Thriving Idealist and Thriving Physicians committed to helping idealists thrive and serve sustainably as they make their positive impact in the world without succumbing to burnout, compassion fatigue or disillusionment. She became a certified Daring Way Facilitator and Certified Dare To Lead Facilitator to help create a more wholehearted culture in healthcare and helping professions. She is also a certified Personal and Executive Coach in positive psychology and certified Unbeatable Mind Coach focused on Mental Toughness and Emotional Resilience.

She is a Speaker around the country on several topics including “Rumbling With Vulnerability”, Daring Leadership, the Thriving Idealist, Burnout, Mental Toughness etc. A co-author of the acclaimed book, “Thinking about Medicine?”, she also writes the wellness column for the internationally published Radiant Magazine and other popular websites such as Productive Flourishing.

When she isn’t playing with her two warrior-princess daughters, she is meditating, reading, latin dancing, playing guitar, writing, serial questing or geeking out to all things Oprah!

You work hard. You chose this. But you’re TIRED.

You have sacrificed a lot of time and energy to train yourself to help people, to make a positive impact in the world.

And you do… but now you seem to spend all your time working. And when you are not working? You’re catching up frantically with the rest of your life – partner, kids, chores, extended family, logistics, etc

You are usually the reliable one, the strong one everyone goes to when they need help.

But you find when you need help, you have no one to talk to…. not at your level… 

— you don’t mean that in a bragging way. It’s just that you have attained a level of achievement that many aspire to but few know of the unique challenges that accompany your path, behind the scenes.   

Everyone is used to being helped by you, so when you ask for help…they feel ill-equipped. Or just weird..

You want to do the inner work that you KNOW needs to happen. You’ve already started down the path of learning how to create boundaries, how to prioritize self-care in a realistic way, emotional resilience, harmonizing work life and personal life. But you know there’s more to do.

And for once, you wish you could be doing it alongside other people.

You try to make friends. But it’s hard! Shallow talk bores you but you find you have nothing to talk about with the people around you beyond that. Or when people find out what you do for a living, they are intimidated. So you shrink yourself.

You have spent so much time on your professional journey, you haven’t had the bandwidth to develop friendships and mentorships to support you.

You are surrounded by people but you feel lonely.

You pick up the phone but you don’t know whom to call.

The  friends you have are great but their values are not really aligned with yours. They’re not doing their inner work and don’t really get what you’re talking about when you describe the life you want…

You are going through difficult times and you realize no one really has your back.

Or maybe you are accomplishing great things but you can’t really celebrate or share because you don’t want to outshine those around you. So you dim your light.
 

Or maybe you have big goals and dreams and really want support in creating the life you want.

But when you try and share them with the people in your life, they either always say what they think you want to hear…

…or are so judgmental and critical, picking apart everything you do that you feel unsafe about sharing your truth about your desires and struggles.

What if it was different?

What would it feel like to have an intimate community of mission-driven, empathetic, heart-centered humans like you who are committed to walking alongside you and each other?

What would it feel like to be able to let your hair out, show up fully, authentically, imperfectly and in all your brilliance and be met with love, empathy, non-judgment, resonance and belonging?

What would it feel like to be supported with a plan, equipped with skills and held accountable as you do your work toward creating the life you want without having to dim your light or shrink your dreams?

What would it feel like to just be? To know you belong, are accepted, valued and loved, without having to perform, earn or hustle for worthiness?

What would it feel like to have the time, space and safety and access to cultivate the resources, tools and skills to create the life you want?

What would it feel like to have a place where you are celebrated for your wins and encouraged and supported during your losses?

What would it feel like to have people who tell you the truth in a loving, non-judgmental yet direct way?

What would it feel like being able to confidently show up in all arenas of your life and use your voice knowing that you have a community that has your back?

It would feel like being in the Thriving Idealist Mastermind Experience (TIME)!

It’s about TIME you had the support you give to everyone and develop the skills to design the life you want to live!

The Thriving idealist Mastermind experience is a 6 month group coaching experience. It includes seminars and workshops on skills for thriving personally and professionally as you make your positive impact in the world — without succumbing to overwhelm, overwork, disillusionment, compassion fatigue or burnout.

This will be an intimate group of 10-12 mission-driven, heart-centered humans. Coaching will be done in smaller groups of 3-4. You will walk alongside one another, learning shared language and doing your work for 6 months.

We will begin with a virtual retreat on Jan 21, 8am-12pm Pacific. Over the 4 hours, we’ll have sessions on things like Reviewing 2022, Clarifying Priorities, Goals and Dreams for 2023, Designing the life you want and of course getting to know one another! 

During our 6 months together, There will be Group coaching and teaching of all the topics I coach in personal, leadership and organizational development doing the work from the methodologies I am certified in: Positive Psychology, Daring Way, Rising Strong, Dare to Lead, Sparketype Advising, Unbeatable Mind coaching(mental toughness and emotional resilience), Heroic Optimize Coaching (I know, I know… #nerdlife)

We will explore and practice positive psychology tools, breath work, visualizations and meditations,  plus experiential work (finding joy at work, self trust, boundaries, values, strengths, permissions, rising strong from failure, having hard conversations, giving engaged feedback, showing up in the arena, taking off the armor, cultivating square squads and meaningful connections, life design, future me embodiment, plus restorative, restful and rejuvenative practices etc together. 

If you have attended my Respite Sessions or workshops you have an idea of what I am describing. 

Ready to give yourself the gift of TIME now? Click here to secure your spot.
Want to chat about it first? I’d love to! Click here to book a free, no obligation 20 minute call with me.

When you sign up, you make a PACT with yourself. You PLEDGE to ACT: To ALIGN, CONNECT and TRAIN. You will have access to the Thriving Idealist Cultivating Academy library. You go at your own pace and you don’t have to do them all. I will cover the fundamentals during our sessions. 

ALIGN: 6 MODULES:

MODULE 1 – SELF-DEVOTION: PERMISSIONS and COMMITMENTS including self-compassion, empathy, authenticity and permission slips.

This will help you lay the foundation of commitment to yourself. You will design the life you want from a strong foundation. 

MODULE 2 – Rumbling with Vulnerability – Taking Off the Armor, Cultivating Shame Resilience and Grounded Confidence.

This is The foundational skill for courageous living, loving and leadership.

MODULE 3 – DESIGNING THE LIFE YOU WANT – Future Me exercises, Obituary, Mission, Purpose, Dreams.

This makes sure you’re moving on track to get to where you ACTUALLY want to be, not where everyone (or society) says you should be.

MODULE 4 – PRIORITIES

This is similar, but is going to help you focus your days NOW in the right places, so you get more done in less time (and actually enjoy the process!)

MODULE 5 – VALUES

If you’ve worked with me before, you’ll know that burnout occurs when you’re out of alignment with your values. This will help keep you on track to stay away from burnout (or pull you out of it if you’re already close) with actions to embody your values. 

MODULE 6 – STRENGTHS

We’ll get clear on what they are  and how they  empower you so you can build your life sustainably. 

MODULE 7 – ALIGNMENT INTEGRATION – Boundaries, Living BIG & Embodiment, Values X Strengths Integration and operationalization

This is where it all comes together to make it work for YOU!

2. CONNECT – 6 MODULES

MODULE 7 – SELF -CONNECTION – Reconnecting to yourself in a deeper way. Remembering who you are, what makes you you and what brings you joy 

MODULE 8 – EMPATHY – Empathy, Empathy Misses, Hard Conversations and Engaged Feedback

MODULE 9 – SELF-TRUST – Learning to trust yourself and becoming your own strongest ally, learn how to be a safe space for yourself with non-judgment

MODULE 10 – TRUST RELATIONSHIPS AT WORK AND HOME

MODULE 11- BUILDING SQUARE SQUADS and COMMUNITY

MODULE 12 – CONNECTION INTEGRATION – Communities Of Practice

3. TRAIN – 6 MODULES

MODULE 13 – DEVELOPING THE 5 ARENAS OF AN INTEGRATED LIFE – Physical, Mental, Emotional, Spiritual & Intuition

MODULE 14 – CREATING CONSISTENT SUSTAINABLE ALIGNED HABITS USING THE DISCIPLINES OF THE WARRIOR

MODULE 15- CREATIING PRACTICES FOR  MORNING RITUALS

MODULE 16 – CREATING PRACTICES FOR NIGHT TIME RITUALS

MODULE 17 – PRACTICES FOR DEVELOPING EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE

MODULE 18 – THE BIG 4 OF MENTAL TOUGHNESS

BONUS MODULES:

MODULE 19 : RISING STRONG FROM FAILURE

MODULE 20: CULTIVATING PRACTICE as a WAY OF LIFE – Perfectionism, Consistency, Process, and Integration.

The mastermind will be no more than 10-12 humans broken into smaller huddles of3- 4 integrity partners and paired into 2 empathic buddies.

The first 10 to sign up between now and December 30th, will receive 6 free one on one coaching sessions with me worth $3000. You can begin using your coaching sessions as soon as you sign up! 

Ready to be one of those ten? Click here to secure your spot.
Want to chat about it first? I’d love to! Click here to book a free, no obligation 20 minute call with me.

 All participants will have Access to all teaching videos, coaching videos and all the recordings from all the previous respite sessions.

You will also receive access the Values workshop  

We will meet for 2 hour sessions every two weeks for 6 months, on alternate Tuesdays at 5pm PT

The Early Bird investment  for TIME is $6000. 

(Price will go up to $7500 after December 31st.)

Remember: if you’re one of the first 10 to sign up, If you sign up NOW, you can use some or all of your coaching sessions for support if you struggle during the holidays and need a safe, nonjudgmental, supportive space. 

I know my square squad has saved mine again and again by helping me remember who I am in the face of the lies of shame, disappointment, loneliness and failure, to celebrate my wins and just show up as myself as I continue to do my inner work!

Are you ready to finally have the support you need to build the tools you know can change your life? Secure your spot HERE

No Refunds. Payment can be transferred to another program, workshop or coaching package of equal value. Payment plans are available.



I know it’s hard right now. There is a way through. You can find respite and hope even in what’s going on with you.


As always, if you are struggling or know someone mission driven and heart-centered who has sacrificed a lot to make a difference and is struggling, or just want support on your journey, or to help you transition to the next level of your journey  reply to this email.

You are not alone.

Do not go through this holiday season without support if you need it. 

You Matter. I see you, I love you and you belong. I am glad you are here. 

Sending you love, peace and strength and looong hugs,
Yvonne Ator, MD, MPH

Certified Personal and Executive Coach for mission driven, heart-centered professionals

Certified Dare To Lead Facilitator
Certified Daring Way Facilitator

“Who we are is how we lead.” – Brene Brown

You have been looking forward to this day.

Pandemic has been rough. Finally, the world has opening up. Everyone is transitioning back to in-person activities at work and in life. Trying to navigate the new normal. Lots going on. So weird but fun moving out of Zoom-land. So many changes and so much catching up to do.

Back at the office. But everyone is quitting now. First the Great Resignation, it’s “Quiet Quitting.” It is a hot mess. You were looking forward to doing all the things you haven’t been able to do in these past 30 months.

But you feel tired, unmotivated yet overwhelmed, overstimulated and have a hard time concentrating.

You went into the pandemic sure about who you are, what you do, where you are headed.

But the pandemic stripped a lot away. And now as you exit the tunnel of the pandemic, excited to return to a new normal, you find that nothing is the same. Everything is different – including you.

And yet, you are supposed to operate as usual at work, home, parenting, love… Business as usual, productivity as usual, profit as usual… You as usual?

Not really…

You wanted to make a difference in the world.

You wanted to help people, make a positive impact, create something meaningful to change the world.

You made deep sacrifices to train and equip yourself for your profession. And you find yourself continuing to make more sacrifices, day in, day out.

Overwhelm, Overwork, Overgiving…

And what about the people?

Family died, marriages got rocky or “failed”, work changed, jobs lost, people quit, kids developed mental health issues… Now everything feels harder, awkward, out of sorts. Out of control. You are working harder and harder but You feel scattered, lacking confidence, uncertain and not really feeling in touch with yourself or the world. .


You seek a way out.

Numb, escape, avoid…

You need a break!

So you plan the vacations, binge on Netflix, self medicate with wine, shopping, food, but deep down you know these are temporary fixes. You will return to the problem after a week or two of vacation. You will be roughly in the same position after the numbing, escaping and avoiding.

You are starting to dread going to work.

You wonder, “how did I get here?” “What would it take for me to thrive at work, enjoy my life, get back to feeling like myself again?” “Why does everything feel so hard? I am smart, I am good at what I do but why is everything taking so long? I feel like I am not 100% – I am feel like I am failing at work and at home even though everything looks fine.”

You sense there is something more for you.

You know you are capable of so much more.

You have more to give, accomplish, discover – but you can’t quite tap into it. On the surface everything looks fine. But you feel like a mess on the inside. You long to take off the mask and armor and really show up as yourself. You long to set boundaries, have those hard conversations, take courageous action, align with your values and cut out the habits that are no longer serving you so that you can focus on what really matters to you. You long to tap into the truest and highest expression of yourself in your work, marriage, parenting, leadership and relationships.

If you find yourself longing for a more courageous, aligned, integrated and authentic life,, thriving at work and home, you are in the right place!

I hear you. I see you.

For over a decade, I have been on a mission to help highly skilled mission-driven professionals overcome disillusionment, overwhelm, compassion fatigue and burnout to thrive while making their positive impact in the world.

Personally and professionally, the pandemic was rough for me with reckonings in every arena of my life – parenting, race, faith, identity, work, love.

Steeping even deeper into this work as I taught, coached, facilitated saved me again and again. I was able to show up for myself, children, work and my community when fetal position would have been completely understandable. I am deeply grateful for it!

So, I know, there is a way forward with clarity and purpose.

You will need a strong practice, an evidence-based framework and community to help you get through the last 3 months of 2022 so you can start 2023 on the right foot!

I invite you to a more aligned option.

I am offering my 12 week Dare To Lead online workshop starting Thursdays October 7th, 2022 to December 29th, 2022 at 5pm PT, 8pm PT. I Invite you to join a group of mission-driven heart-centered leaders and professionals in learning the skills for answering your personal call to courage, the call to show up and live your life fully, the call to brave leadership.

You will learn all the skills for brave leadership and courageous cultures at work and home including transitioning from Armored leadership to Daring Leadership, Rising Strong from Failure and Setbacks, Living into Our Values, Braving Trust, Rumbling with Vulnerability.

“Yvonne, I am too tired to take care of myself, much less lead anyone. I am not a leader. Why should I attend your Dare to Lead workshop?”

“A Leader is anyone at ANY level who takes responsibility for finding the potential in people and processes adn has the courage to develop that potential.” – Brene Brown

I have run several Dare To Lead Groups through out the pandemic. I have seen the powerful transformative impact this work has had on individuals and organizations alike.


This is about learning how to show up as you are.

I say, dare to show up – Show up for yourself. Show up for those you love and serve.

What if in place of feeling lost, you discovered your compass, your values and learned how to live them?

What if in place of feeling stuck and paralyzed by the setbacks, disappointments and failures, you learned to grieve, learn from the experiences, rise strong from them and thrive?

To find out more, continue reading below for details. To register, click the link below. Here’s to you thriving!

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A 12 week Online Workshop
Two hour Sessions: Thursdays 5pm PT, October 13th – December 29th 2022 (Off on Thanksgiving!)

“To be the person who we long to be—we must again be vulnerable. We must take off the armor, put down the weapons, show up, and let ourselves be seen.” – Dr. Brené Brown, Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts

About The Dare To Lead Workshop

Hello!

Thank you for your interest in the Dare To Lead Workshop.

The “Dare to Lead” Workshop is based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown. Dare to Lead is an empirically based courage-building leadership program designed to be facilitated only by Certified Dare to Lead organizational development professionals.

The most significant finding from Brené’s latest research is that courage is a collection of four skill sets that are teachable, measurable, and observable.

The Dare to Lead program focuses on developing these courage-building skills through workshops, trainings and coaching to help individuals, teams and organizations move from armored leadership to daring leadership.

This 12-week Dare to Lead Workshop will help you:

• Be the kind of leader others will want to follow
• Be the kind of partner/parent/friend you want to be
• Get results and be even more effective and productive
• Create a stronger, more effective team
• Tap into your values and lead authentically

Individuals who successfully complete the full 24-hour Dare to Lead program will receive a Dare to Lead Trained certificate and badge that can be posted on their LinkedIn account.

Align with your values and who you really are by digging deep into the principles of wholehearted living featured in Daring Greatly, Rising Strong and the Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown. Dare To Lead is the application of these principles in the workplace and organizational setting. Connect with a growing tribe of wholehearted professionals like you who value authenticity, creativity, compassion, connection, vulnerability, altruism, empathy, embracing imperfection and resilience. Get inspired and equipped to thrive in the life you deeply desire to live.

You and 9 other wholehearted professionals will step out of your autopilot life for 12 weeks of laughter, growth, insight, inspiration, rejuvenation as you explore and realign with your own values, connect and discover new friends and like-minded kindred. You will dig deep into exploratory exercises on creativity, authenticity, rising from failure, Daring Leadership, connection, shame resilience, letting go of perfectionism, mindfulness, to name a few.

Total cost is $2499 and covers workshop, workbooks, certificates and teaching. You will also receive a “Dare To Lead Trained” badge on LinkedIn. NO REFUNDS. Your fee will be applied to a coaching program or workshop of your choice at equal value. Use the code DARE for $500 off before September 22nd, 2022. REGISTRATION ENDS on October 1st to allow the workbooks to be mailed to you on time.  If you sign up later than October 1st you will receive your workbook days after the start.  Only 10 spots available. For a $250 fee per installment, Payment plans available HERE. Or Email thrivingideals@gmail.com for details about a pay what you want scholarship if you are a frontline professional financially hit by the pandemic. 

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AGENDA

Series of 12 Weekly Gatherings (each session is 2  hours in length)
Sessions: Thursdays, October 13th – December 29th 2022, 8-10pm ET,  5 -7 pm PT 

Session 1: Introduction – Brave Leaders & Courage Cultures LESSON 1 – The Heart of Daring Leadership
Session 2:  LESSON 2 – Armored Leadership versus Daring Leadership
Session 3:  Brave Leaders & Courage Cultures (cont.); Rumbling with Vulnerability LESSON 3 – Self-Awareness & Emotional Literacy LESSON 4 – The Myths of Vulnerability 
Session 4:Third Meeting: Rumbling with Vulnerability (cont.) LESSON 5 – Shame Resilience 
Session 5:LESSON 6 – Empathy and Self-Compassion LESSON 7 – Armored Leadership to Daring Leadership Circle Back Fourth Meeting: 
Session 6: Living into Our Values LESSON 8– Living Into Our Values LESSON 9– Grounded Confidence and Rumbling Skills    
Session 7: Living into Our Values (cont.) LESSON 10 – Engaged Feedback LESSON 11 – Armored Leadership to Daring Leadership Circle Back
Session 8: BRAVING Trust LESSON 12 – BRAVING Trust LESSON 13 – Armored Leadership to Daring Leadership Circle Back
Session 9:  Learning to Rise LESSON 14 – Learning to Rise: The Reckoning
Session 10: LESSON 15 – The Rumble and The Revolution 
Session 11:  LESSON 16 –  The Revolution (cont’d) and Integration 
Session 12: LESSON 17 – Armored Leadership to Daring Leadership Circle Back LESSON 18 – Closing  

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Here’s to you cultivating Daring Leadership and inspiring courageous cultures wherever you lead, love and work!

Sincerely,
Yvonne

Yvonne Ator, MD, MPH
Coach, Facilitator & Advocate
Certified Dare To Lead Facilitator
Certified Daring Way Facilitator
Certified Unbeatable Mind Coach
Certified Personal and Executive Coach in Positive Psychology
Founder, Thriving Idealist
Founder, Thriving Physicians
“Grow into your ideals so that life will not rob you of them.” – Dr. Albert Schweitzer

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DARE TO LEAD TESTIMONIALS

What was going on in your life before working with me? How were you
feeling?

Prior to working with Yvonne life was a struggle to plow through the
pandemic, but at least the kids were returning to in person learning. I
was feeling a sense of languishing and despair from staffing shortages
and a sense that there is no end in sight.

How was your experience during the first session?
The first session feels so long ago! I was nervous to share so openly
with complete strangers, but Yvonne created a container of support and
trust.

How was your experience for the duration of the course? What were the
sessions like?
Each session was better than the last with a growing foundation of
grounded confidence and expanded self-awareness. The sessions really
valued everyone’s unique voice and perspective and it was really great
to be supported by such like-minded strong positive women.

What results or benefits did you gain from the sessions? What were the
results of working with Yvonne? What exists now that didn’t before and
how do you feel about that?

I feel like the course exposed the tip of the iceberg for where this
journey of living BIG can take me. I feel like I have a better sense of
the type of person, leader and mom I want to be. Yvonne was a great
facilitator, which was enhanced along the way with her coaching nuggets
of knowledge and insight. The course would not have been as impactful if
she didn’t take the script to a deeper place that was personal and
specific to each of the members in the group. I had not ever really
thought about how important values are to every decision and action I
take. I want dig deeper into the values work for myself and my team that
I support.

How would you describe Yvonne’s coaching style? What did you enjoy about
the way Yvonne works?
Yvonne’s coaching style is kind, positive, direct. Yvonne has so much
training and coaching knowledge and her laugh is infectious. She makes
you feel very comfortable from day one is not afraid to go deep with
personal vulnerable moments from her own life experiences. This gives
permission for others to share similarly.

What worked for you? What was your biggest aha?
Hearing everyone’s personal stories really connected me to the work. My
biggest aha’s: if I’m feeling burnt out I need to have more
self-compassion for myself; stand in my power but also be aware of the
effect my power has on those that I lead; living BIG!!, awareness of
values and how they guide actions.

Would you recommend a workshop or coaching by Yvonne to others? 
Definitely!!

Anything else you would like to share? I want to continue on this
journey through coaching. I will be reaching out in the future Thank
you so much!!
Courtney Anders, DVM
Pearl Animal Hospital

About Your Dare To Lead Facilitator 

Speaker, Coach, Author, Facilitator and Advocate.

Yvonne Ator, MD, MPH is deeply passionate about helping helpers thrive. Nicknamed, “Helper For the Helpers, Yvonne has served several mission-driven physicians, veterans and other helping professionals for the past several years.

After her own burnout experience in medicine, Yvonne founded Thriving Idealist and Thriving Physicians committed to helping idealists thrive and serve sustainably as they make their positive impact in the world without succumbing to burnout, compassion fatigue or disillusionment. She became a certified Daring Way Facilitator and Certified Dare To Lead Facilitator to help create a more wholehearted culture in healthcare and helping professions. She is also a certified Personal and Executive Coach in positive psychology and certified Unbeatable Mind Coach focused on Mental Toughness and Emotional Resilience.

She is a Speaker around the country on several topics including “Rumbling With Vulnerability”, Daring Leadership, the Thriving Idealist, Burnout, Mental Toughness etc. A co-author of the acclaimed book, “Thinking about Medicine?”, she also writes the wellness column for the internationally published Radiant Magazine and other popular websites such as Productive Flourishing.

When she isn’t playing with her two warrior-princess daughters, she is meditating, reading, latin dancing, playing guitar, writing, serial questing or geeking out to all things Oprah!

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 You are overwhelmed, and it’s no surprise. You’re having to do a LOT.

Work is insane right now. You’re being asked to do more and more and more, with less time and fewer resources. Unless you want everything to fall apart, you can’t drop any balls. 

And delegating? Forget about it. There’s no one you can trust to do it the way they’re supposed to. Maybe you’ve even tried in the past to hand stuff off, only to find you have to wade in and course correct. Even more work for you, leaving you even more behind.

You’re so overloaded that you find yourself neglecting other people: your patients or clients and your family.

You hate the way you’re treating your family. You’re crabby with your kids and your spouse. Honestly, it’s sometimes hard not to be when you’ve spent all day carrying all the slack at work, only to come home and find you have to do everything there, too. You find yourself dropping passive-aggressive comments that you they’ll pick up on, you hope will make you feel better, but they always just make you feel worse. 

You don’t take time for yourself. Are you kidding?? You have so much to do, how could you justify it? And anyway, doing something “for fun” feels so alien that… you’ve kind of forgotten what fun is anymore. When you try and relax (at a party, at home), you find yourself unable to. Your mind is constantly racing with all there is to do.

You don’t have time for friendships. You find the ones you had are falling by the wayside. Honestly? You’re lonely. When the stuff hits the fan, you don’t know who to turn to. 

You’re starting to suspect life doesn’t have to be like this. That maybe you should be saying “no” more. 

But it’s not that easy! There are consequences to saying no. So, you just keep on keeping on, hoping that everyone else will get their act together or your work will somehow magically procure more resources or that, maybe, the little sleep you’re getting will start to feel like enough.

You’re right that it doesn’t have to be like this. 

Things can be different — no magic required. 

Imagine getting up in the morning feeling… calm.

Imagine hanging out with your family at breakfast and enjoying it. No yelling or snapping. Just quality time. 

Imagine feeling great about your partner in ALL the ways, because your labor at home feels fair.

Imagine if everyone at home is pulling their weight *without being asked*. No I am not joking!!

Imagine if that’s happening at work, too. People step in when they need to and you’re able to trust them to do the job well. Every day, instead of running around like a headless chicken, you’re able to clearly prioritize and clarify what’s the important work you should be doing .

There are disasters. You make mistakes. Life is life! But instead of getting derailed, you bounce back.

You get out of work on time. I KNOW!

And once you’re home, it’s a joy to be there. You laugh more. You play more! Instead of bingeing TV to numb out, you’re able to enjoy watching it.

You start to build (or rebuild) friendships. You have the time and bandwidth to cultivate them — with people you actually like!

Sometimes, you even go on vacation. *And* relax!

This is a life you can have RIGHT NOW. 

This is a life you can have even if the place where you work is stretched for resources. Even if the people you work (or live) with seem, right now, to be a bunch of lazy…. you-know-whats.

On Thursday, September 29th, 2022 at 5pm PT, 8pm ET, I’m running an online workshop on Guilt-Free Boundary Setting. Because when you can get good at that *everything* around you shifts.

In this highly interactive and practical two-hour workshop, we’ll talk about what it is you have to put in place to develop this skill. 

We’ll cover what you have to do advance of making even one boundary — and we’ll DO that work *during the workshop itself* so you’re immediately ready.

You know that thing where you agree to do something, but you wish you didn’t have to, and you feel like garbage? 

I call that a “Dirty Yes”. I’m going to show you how to say, instead of a “Dirty Yes”, a “Clean No” — a boundary that is a gift *even to the person you’re saying no to.*

I’ll share my three tools for setting effective and guilt-free boundaries. Most importantly, I’ll show you how to

– catch you breath
– find your calm
– fill your cup

You’ll leave with some concrete steps for how to move your days from overwhelm, exhaustion and resentment to calm, focus and genuine happiness.

When you sign up, you will also receive the Values Workshop recording and workbook valued at $497 for free. This will help you prepare for your boundaries work. You can’t put up the fence and gate if you don’t know where your yard is or territory starts and ends! You can’t set boundaries if you don’t know your values!

This interactive, transformative workshop happens on Thursday, September 29th, 2022 at 5pm PT, 8pm ET

Ready to start enjoying your work and your life again? 

Reserve your spot here: