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Reclaim freedom
and control of your life
Does this sound like you?
These are the statements I often hear from my physician clients
“I’m overwhelmed, overworked, and underpaid. I’m constantly pressured to be more productive, yet I don’t even have enough time to finish my notes, let alone do anything enjoyable.”
“I feel unvalued and unappreciated.”
“I feel like I have no autonomy, no freedom, and no control over my life. Administrators, bosses, and insurance companies make most of the decisions, disregarding my input.”
“The other day, I spoke harshly to a nurse [or patient] and felt guilty afterward. I’m always on edge, irritated, and frustrated.“
“When I come home, I can’t switch off and relax with my family. My children are growing up barely seeing me.”
Wouldn't it be great if you could...?
Feel in control of your schedule, your time and your life.
Feel proud of what you do, your accomplishments and your contribution to the world.
Have the peace of mind of knowing you’re in the right place, doing the right thing at each moment.
Be able to completely disconnect at the end of your work day, to devote time to your passions and your loved ones.
Feeling the satisfaction of making a comfortable living by practicing what you deeply believe in and would do for free.
Is there any solution for all these issues? Yes, there is. And it doesn’t require quitting medicine or campaigning to lawmakers to change the healthcare system. It starts with shifting your mindset.
Diely Pichardo-Johansson, MD
Physician Coach
I’m a former oncologist who, after becoming a cancer survivor, decided that life is too short to live without Joy.
You can learn more about me Here.
Joyfully Successful
Physician Coaching
I help Physicians
-Set healthy boundaries so they can have better work/life balance and quality of life right now, wherever they are.
-Clarify their values and priorities to design the life they really want, with clarity and confidence (whether that is staying at their current job or career, or leaving).
-Navigate job transitions, divorce and career path shifts.
–Learn effective communication skills to get more cooperation from administrators, bosses and colleagues, as well as spouses and children.
-Think expansively and find solutions previously invisible.
-Gain and increase leadership skills.
-Address and prevent physician burnout.
-Heal the Imposter Syndrome and the syndrome of “Nothing is ever enough.”
“No problem is ever solved from the level of thinking that created it”—Albert Einstein
Testimonials
"Diely has been invaluable in helping me find inner peace, as a surgeon, mother and partner.
I am a new-to-practice, young female plastic surgeon. When I connected with Diely, I was struggling with the transition from residency to my first job, and I had a brand-new baby! Things with my career were not feeling right, and I struggled with figuring out how to advocate for myself and communicate. Diely helped me navigate this until I found internal clarity. She also helped me solidify what I truly valued, and how to integrate it into all the complicated pieces of life. Throughout our work together, I became more assertive, a better communicator, and built skills to help me through any difficult life situation. I now have a new job in which things have been good. It's been a stable experience and I'm definitely appreciating that. I know what to expect and feel pretty secure. I highly recommend her without hesitation."
Dr. B
Plastic Surgeon
"When I started working with Diely, I felt burned out, unhappy, and even a bit lost. I knew that I needed to make a change, but struggled to know where to start and how to make it happen. I had wondered about coaching for several months when a friend referred me to Diely, and even then, I was skeptical of whether it would really be worthwhile. I am thankful I took that first step in scheduling a call. I have been working with Diely for nearly two years now. She has helped me to clarify what I want from my career and life at large, navigate a job change and relocation, and given me tools to mitigate stress and anxiety. She has also helped me to recognize and overcome unhelpful thought patterns, beliefs, and behavioral patterns I had unknowingly succumbed to for many years. This was incredibly eye opening and has allowed me to begin to make meaningful changes in areas of my life, both personal and professional, that I had struggled with for more than a decade. I am now in a place where I feel in control of my life as my current work schedule provides sufficient income while affording me the flexibility to have time off to spend with family, friends, and on other interests, and I feel open to new opportunities in the future. I don’t know that I would have arrived here without my time with Diely. If you are feeling stuck, unsure, lost, or overwhelmed, I highly recommend taking that first step and reaching out to her.
DC, Surgeon."
Dr. DC
Surgeon
“After working with Diely for a few months, I was able to amicably transition out of a poor-fit-for-me job into a high quality institution that a few years ago I would’ve thought was out of my league.
The coaching also gave me tools to bring with me to my new position.
On my previous job, I didn’t know how to say no and listened to a lot of “outside noise.” Coaching helped me figure out what my true values are. I learned to strive to be the best version of myself that I can be, and let others rise to my level. I wish I’d done it earlier..
(SS, Plastic Surgeon).
Dr. S
Plastic Surgeon
You may be wondering
–How can I do a coaching program if I have no free time whatsoever? In appearance, this program may feel like an investment of time. But very soon, it will return time multiplied to you by helping you organize your mind and priorities. For much less time than you invest weekly watching TV or checking your phone to rest your tired brain, you could be engaging in a stimulating program that will transform forever the way you think and navigate life.
–But I have no energy left at the end of the day! One of the greatest benefits of this program is an improvement in your energy and focus. It allows you to reclaim wasted energy that is currently being allotted to a split mind, cognitive dissonance and being out of alignment with your true self.
–I lack motivation. I feel numb inside. You’re not alone. After years of brutal medical training, we physicians learn to numb ourselves and dissociate. It’s a defense to survive the pain around us and the nearly inhuman conditions of sleep deprivation and sacrifice we face to complete medical training. Then, we carry the same tendencies to our professional and personal lives. Going through this program will help you break with those tendencies and reconnect with your passion, purpose and sense of aliveness.
–But with the current state of medicine and the economy, this may not be the best time to spend money in a program. Time after time, graduates from my coaching repeat that this was the best investment they made in their lives. Going through this program has saved people tremendous amounts of money from:
-Contract Litigation lawyers fees.
-Divorce lawyers fees.
-Couples Counseling.
-Individual therapy.
-Unnecessary cosmetic procedures in an attempt to rescue self-esteem.
-Superfluous purchases in an attempt to fill an inner void.
All this for less than you would spend in a designer handbag or a couple of sessions of fillers and Botox!
Why you shouldn't try to do this on your own
Physician: don’t try to heal yourself.”
-Your life is complicated enough as it is. You need a simple, proven, step by step process that you just need to show up and apply, without having to figure out everything by yourself.
–You need objective feedback: We’re often so deep inside the problem, we become blind to solutions right in front of us.
–You need accountability: Your life is incredibly busy and it seems that there are always fires to put out. By the time you finish tending to what’s urgent, there’s no time left for what’s important. You need an accountability partner who will hold you responsible for putting yourself and your needs at the top of the to do list.
–You have a strong habit of neglecting your own needs: You spend your life prioritizing the needs of your practice, your patients, your colleagues and perhaps then your family. You need someone to oversee your progress and re-direct your attention if you’re forgetting about yourself.
I know the way out, because I've been there
Hello, fellow physician. I’m Dr. Diely Pichardo-Johansson, Physician, Life Alignment Coach and #1 Amazon bestselling author. Or, more simply, I’m an oncologist who, after becoming a cancer survivor, decided I didn’t want to make a living fighting death anymore. Now I make a living celebrating life.
During my fifteen years in oncology practice, I reinvented my career twice. The first time, not long after fellowship, I found myself trapped by a non-compete in a medical group with a toxic environment. My freedom came from the inner work that led to me to raise my bar for what I was willing to accept. I smoothly transitioned to my ideal job, where I was happy for years. Then, about a decade later, I outgrew even that dream and transitioned out of medicine, into my new true purpose.
Now, I’m living my dream life. I have complete control of my schedule and only work with people I know I can help. I truly feel I’m living my purpose and every morning, I wake up excited about my work and my life. I have much more to give to my loved ones, which has benefited tremendously everybody in my life.
Your Dream Life may look different from mine, but, rest assured, you CAN have it. Whether your dream is to regain happiness in the same place where you are now, or whether it is to move to a completely different job or career, it all begins with changing the way you think.
It would be my honor to guide you to a life of fulfillment, Purpose and Love.
Testimonials
"I hired Diely as a coach shortly after a disappointment involving the medical group where I served as unit director. I felt unappreciated and disheartened. I also dealt with an aging, declining parent, and struggled with self-care and giving myself permission to do the things I enjoyed.
My sessions with Diely soon become akin to meetings with a personal trainer—in this case, one helping me with my mental fitness. Just like sessions at the gym, the results took time and were subtle at first, but were worthy. Diely helped me clarify my priorities, which contributed to my decision to shed several of my previous obligations and get into a more enjoyable work pace that allows for hobbies and creativity.
With Diely's help, I'm now exploring transitioning from medicine into wellness coaching. Now I feel more ready for the next chapter of my life, whether that is a future transition into retirement or a new page in my career.
Dr. Lauren
FP and Wound Care
“Before I started my sessions with Diely, I was feeling guilty about my decision to leave my job and start my own practice. Now I feel I own it and I earned the right to make the best next decision for myself. I’ m two feet over the fence. I’m not tip-toeing into the future. I feel fully in my new role—dressed in my new role.”
RK
Surgeon
"After raising three daughters while working full-time as a physician, I’ve been an empty-nester for four years and I’m still adjusting to having time to do what I want to do. Before I started having sessions with Diely, my mind felt messy, like the junk drawer in your house where you throw everything. Now, I feel more clear about my goals.
I used to feel guilty every time I did something that wasn’t productive or work related. Now I’m better at cutting myself some slack. I feel more validated to do things with my husband and family. I understand better that those things are important and worth spending time doing."
F.C, MD
Internal Medicine
“The reason I would recommend coaching is that what you learn applies to every aspect of your life, not only the main goal that brought you to the coaching. For me, I signed up to coaching to make decisions about work. Yet, I go more than that. The coaching taught me to be more thoughtful. To stop in my tracks when I'm swirling; to approach things more positively, and to see a higher version of myself, someone who sees the world through her values. I also learned to be much more patient. I learned to stop myself from getting irritated in my relationship with my Mom. I’m much less prone to road rage and more patient with my husband when he forgets things.”
AS
Oncology
- What’s included:
-Six months of coaching sessions, starting weekly x 12 weeks and then every other week x 12 additional weeks. (Total 18 sessions).
-Follow up email after sessions, with summary of main points discussed .
-Unlimited communication between sessions for support via text, email, or video app.
-Access to videos and self-study material that reinforces the concepts discussed in the sessions.
– Free Participation in all groups and courses Diely hold.
-The option of inviting loved ones to share your sessions, if that would help you in your decision making or your communication with them.
-Optional sessions video-recordings to re-watch later.
–Mid-week inspiration, check ins and reminders via video-app Marco Polo.
You know deep inside that you can’t keep going on like this for much longer. You’ve tried to learn to tolerate the frustrations and lower your expectations for happiness. But you know this unhappiness is affecting the energy you bring to your patients and your loved ones. You know that if you don’t do something to change things soon, you may affect your own health—mental and physical. I can help you