"Having the time to be in safe space with you, a LatinX physician of color and now mentor, who can push me while respecting me is something I have never experienced before. This was magic & beauty for me. It allowed me protected space and time that [institution] otherwise would not give me. Growth that could not be done through traditional institutional ways I am free. My life and career are what I choose to make of them will remain undefined & unaffected by oppressive institutional benchmarks. …I am wiser and a better healer because of the above beliefs."
-Anonymous
"One thing that coaching has really helped me with is to make more space for non-work activities and for thinking and reflection. One thing I have realized it how little time and room I give myself for transitions or strategic thinking and even that awareness has been super helpful. …One really positive belief I have adopted is feeling like I am enough. That I can strive for excellence, because it is in my nature and feels good, without comparing myself to a perfect version of me and feeling like I have to do everything always in order to acknowledge successes or growth."
-Flor, Reproductive Health Leader
"My outlook has changed. I had a fear of feeling like I'm not doing enough, now I see I am oversubscribed. I'm working hard and doing a pretty good job. I'm doing the best that I can and that's enough."
-Academic ObGyn
"I have been able to consider alternative ways of thinking about problems I've been facing, come up with small but actionable changes to make and just be able to name some things that I am not alone in struggling with. I am being more intentional with my time, how I make space for myself, and redefining what "the work" actually means to me I can achieve more than what I thought I could."
-Kristyn, ObGyn, Reproductive Health Activist