About Us

Dr. Pichardo-Johansson is a retired Hematologist-Oncologist, a Life Coach and author of twelve books, including the #1 Amazon Bestseller: Bouncing Back: A How-to Manual for Joy with Minimal Energy Expenditure.

She’s a Summa Cum Laude graduate who obtained her Medical Degree at Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra Dominican Republic. She completed an Internal Medicine residency at Wayne State University in Detroit and a Hematology-Oncology fellowship and masters in clinical investigation at Northwestern University/Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.

After fifteen years practicing oncology, and after becoming a cancer survivor herself, she decided she no longer wanted to make a living fighting death. Instead she now teaches people to fully enjoy life. She specializes in helping high-achieving professionals reinvent their careers and love lives. Her motto is, “Life is too short to live without passion.”

Dr. Pichardo-Johansson received her Life Coach Certification from the Robbins-Madanes/Strategic Intervention Center and completed additional training from Positive Intelligence.  She’s had a lifelong interest in personal development and mind-body-spirit medicine and has completed countless courses and programs over the years. 

Dr. Pichardo-Johansson is the founder of “Healing for Healers Sisters,” a support group for female physicians, which she ran for eight years. She lives in Melbourne Beach, Florida with her soulmate husband and her four beloved children, including twins with special needs.