Dawn Baker, MD sits down with Susan Baumgaertel, MD to chat about being of service as a physician. Susan shares her journey from traditional primary care to virtual advocacy work, content creation, menopause support, and her latest talk show adventure.
Tag: Stress & life changes
Mind-Body Medicine in Menopause
Guest article by Rita Gupta, MD. Bonus: a guide for integrating predictive coding (retraining danger signals), amygdala regulation (curiosity instead of fear), parasympathetic activation (breath and softening), and compassion science (oxytocin and safety cues).
Voices With Vigor
Welcome to Voices With Vigor, a new series of live conversations with inspiring guests from diverse backgrounds who share common threads of curiosity, kindness, dedication, and resilience. Free, virtual, live…come join us!
Voices With Vigor: Physician Authors
Welcome to Voices With Vigor, a new series of live conversations with inspiring guests from diverse backgrounds who share common threads of curiosity, kindness, dedication, and resilience. Free, virtual, live…come join us!
Don’t Wait to Design Your Life
Dawn Baker, MD’s guest post sheds light on how we can take control of our life with simple steps to sculpt the components as we desire. Midlife is a time to give ourselves permission!
The Magic of Urban Nature
Magical moments are all around us to discover. Enjoy this short story from the other day in my backyard.
Aging With Gusto!
We can choose to embrace the wisdom of aging. Aging allows us an opportunity to become creative, nurture compassion, reinforce kindness, and tap into inner strength.
What Fills Your Cup?
Quick tips on how to place your own needs first, improve fatigue, simplify your medical care and reclaim your inner wisdom.







