Happy In Medicine with Dr. Christina Arnold

159: Her unexpected 5-figure raise in under 20 minutes | a case study

One physician walked into my program convinced she couldn’t negotiate. 
She’d never been trained in Negotiations.
She worked at an Academic center.
They already said they were in a budget crisis and hiring freeze.
The economy.
She had convinced herself that a raise was out of the question for her.
THEN, she watched replays of my bonus Negotiation trainings. Twenty minutes of listening was all she needed.
She walked into the meeting feeling confident and prepared. She left the meeting with the absolute maximum raise her institution could offer.
 
This episode breaks down exactly how she did it: 
✔️the mindset flip that turned a budget crisis into the best time to ask
✔️the preparation step that erased her fear of pushback
✔️the five part negotiation process she followed word for word
✔️the simple script that made her meeting wildly successful
 
Twenty focused minutes. One meeting. Maximum raise.
Listen now and use the same strategy to create your next win.
 
Give it a try and tell me everything! Christina
 
P.S. You could also be 20min away from your biggest raise yet. Book your free sales call here now– you can be in my program THIS WEEK! https://app.squarespacescheduling.com/schedule/bd3b6a3c/appointment/33598962/calendar/5849920

158: How to Get Your Boss’s Support — Even If They Don’t Like You

Support isn’t optional in medicine — it’s the currency of a healthy career.Without it, promotions get delayed, our salary stalls, and we get the worst schedules.
And what do you do if the person with the most power to help you... doesn’t.
Maybe they never respond to your emails.Maybe they overlook your work.Maybe they just don’t like you.
You can still get their support.
In this week’s episode, I’m showing you five strategic moves to get your boss to support you. Liking you isn’t a requirement, although if you adopt this approach it WILL strengthen your relationship.
 
Here’s what you get in this week’s episode: 
✅ how to speak the language they can hear
✅ how to have them excited to support you
✅ guarantee t0x the support you want expanded networks
✅ Reciprocal leadership puts you in charge✅ The Mirror Rule makes you the solution, not the problem
 
We need better better bosses and more support. Periodt. This episode shows you how to get both on your terms while getting along BETTER with your boss.
Give it a try and tell me everything! Christina💗
 
➡️PS. We can help you turn your absent boss into a supportive one in under 30 days. Book your free 1:1 sales call HERE- you can get started in my coaching program THIS WEEK! https://app.squarespacescheduling.com/schedule/bd3b6a3c/appointment/33598962/calendar/5849920
 
 

157: Behind the Scenes: A Colorado Goodbye

I thought I’d live in Colorado forever.
I can see the Rockies from my house.
I love everything about this state— the land, the adventure, the people.
This is where I became a life coach. 
This is where I retired from Medicine.
This is where my kids call home.
This is home to me.
And now I’m packing it all up.
In today’s episode, I’m sharing the behind-the-scenes story of the move none of us saw coming:💗How it unfolded.💗What shifted in me.💗Why I said yes.💗And the four unexpected breakthroughs that changed everything.
 
Give it a listen and tell me everything! Christina
P.S. If you’re wanting help making the perfect life decision, I can help you. You can get started in my program this week by first booking a free sales here → https://app.squarespacescheduling.com/schedule/bd3b6a3c/appointment/33598962/calendar/5849920

156: how Not to Catch Your Colleague’s Burnout

A new client came to me worried she was catching her colleagues’ burnout.She said, “Everywhere I look, people are miserable — complaining about coworkers, staying until 8p and coming back on the weekends, sending terse emails. I DON’T want to end up burnout.”
Here’s what I told her: you can guarantee to never be burned out.
In this week’s episode you get the burnout prevention plan I built for her.
It’s what I created me, my private clients, and my dearest friends:
 
Step 1: Fixer Filter:  Instead of spending more time with burnt-out colleagues trying to help them feel better — or picking up their work — use the Fixer Filter to protect you AND them
Step 2: Redefine Rule: Burnout isn’t an accident. This decision making tool prevents burnout every time.
Step 3: Data Dashboard. Burnout is data, not destiny. Your workplace is showing you what works and what doesn’t. I show you HOW to build guardrails for a job you love.
Step 4: Limit exposure to burnout energy without alienating your colleagues. You don’t have to change them — you just have to structure your time and interactions to protect your focus. Checkout my 4 favorite tips!
Step 5: Recovery Reserve:  Schedule compensatory recovery time after draining meetings, shifts, or calls.
Try one step today and notice how quickly your work feels lighter — even if everyone around you is struggling.Burnout never has to be part of your story.This episode shows you how.
 
Give it a try and tell me everything! Christina💗
P.S. If you’re already in burnout, it’s not your fault — and it’s completely solvable. Don’t try to solve it alone. Hire a therapist or book a free sales call with me. We’ll get you out of burnout right away. Book your free call here → https://app.squarespacescheduling.com/schedule/bd3b6a3c/appointment/33598962/calendar/5849920

155: How to Manage a Micromanaging Boss Without Derailing Your Career

One of my first bosses was a total micromanager.She emailed at 10 p.m. on Friday nights.She called while I was on vacation.She even showed my cases to the clinical team without me.
And still—I built a great career and a strong relationship with her.
If your boss watches every move, this week’s episode gives you 5 new strategies to shift the dynamic without having to generate any more RVUs.
✅ Structured boundary scripts that stop last-minute panic emails ✅ The power of scheduled check-ins that buy back your time ✅ Exactly how to clarify deliverables so they stop hovering
With these new strategic leadership moves, micromanagers don’t have to drain your energy anymore.
[Listen to Episode 155 Here]
Give it a try and tell me everything! Christina
➡️PS. We can help you overcome your micro-managing boss in under 30 days inside of Next Level Freedom. You can join us as soon as this week by booking your free 1:1 sales call here: https://app.squarespacescheduling.com/schedule/bd3b6a3c/appointment/33598962/calendar/5849920
 

154: How to fix an unfair schedule

How to fix an Unfair Schedule
 
If your schedule feels unfair, you’re not imagining it. It is.
It shows up as us staying later, coming in on weekends, dragging work home, and missing our own doctor’s appointments.
You might even find yourself spending hours counting up the call shifts, case load, and RVUs in the department– only to find what you already knew….
Your schedule isn’t fair.
Here’s the good news — unfair schedules aren’t a life sentence.
They're data.
And you can fix them starting today using any one of these brand new strategies from this week's new podcast episode:
 
✅ The Anchor Method — how one client got to part-time hours in ONE WEEK
✅ Boundary Rehab — the exact "no" scripts that protect your time without making you look difficult
✅ The Out-of-Office Operating System– A system to make your unfair schedule fair
✅ Joy Injection Method — small rebellious acts that make staying in your job actually bearable 
✅ 10 Idea Sprints — quick experiments you can test this week to make your unfair schedule fair
 
This isn't about tolerating more unbearable schedules. 
It’s about making your unfair schedule FAIR.
Get started today and tell me everything! Christina❤️
 
➡️PS. If this podcast helped you, would you please consider sharing with 5 of your closest colleagues? This is how we heal the planet TOGETHER.
➡️PPS. If you want personalized support overcoming your threatening boss, book your free 1:1 sales call now. On the call, you’ll get 3 life-changing strategies customized to your career. If you love the call, you can be immediately onboarded. Book here: https://app.squarespacescheduling.com/schedule/bd3b6a3c/appointment/33598962/calendar/5849920
 

153: How to handle a threatening boss without losing your job

Threatening bosses are a fixture in medicine.If you don’t know how to handle them…
…work becomes unbearable. 
…you’ll dread every shift, feel anxious at work, and make more mistakes.
…your career and marriage will become unstable. 
.. you’ll overeat (or stop eating well), lose sleep, and fight more with your kids.
This episode breaks the cycle. 
You’ll learn how to manage a threatening boss with 4 new strategies I’ve never shared before.
Here’s what’s inside:✅The one non-negotiable move when a boss crosses the line (this protects your job long-term)✅How to control the temperature in the room — and instantly lowers conflict✅What to exactly to say and do when you’re frozen, blamed, or being yelled at✅The shift that shaves 6 hours from your day starting today– stop thinking about work 24/7, in the shower, and at 3:15AM✅The exact strategy I used to rebuild safety, respect, and freedom at work — even with multiple threatening bosses
 
This isn't about accepting an unbearable boss.
It’s about overcoming your threatening boss with STRATEGY.
You deserve a career you feel safe in — no matter who's in charge.
 
➡️PS. If this podcast helped you, would you please consider sharing with 5 of your closest colleagues? This is how we heal the planet TOGETHER.
➡️PPS. If you want personalized support overcoming your threatening boss, book your free 1:1 sales call now. On the call, you’ll get 3 life-changing strategies customized to your career. If you love the call, you can be immediately onboarded. Book here: https://app.squarespacescheduling.com/schedule/bd3b6a3c/appointment/33598962/calendar/5849920

152: From 8.0 FTE to Loving Your Job: The 10% Delegation Strategy That Buys Back Your Time

You don’t need to reinvent your career to make it work better. You just need to stop doing everyone else’s job.
In this week’s episode I show you exactly how to do JUST your job. When you do, you’ll love your job again. Here’s what you get in this week’s episode:
➡️The 10% Expansion Strategy- save 20 hours THIS week 
➡️The Delegation Trading System- every year your job gets easier with THIS
➡️Task Retirement- simplify your schedule by releasing outdated tasks without pissing off your boss 
➡️Multiply your value & respect through creating more thought leaders
 
These new strategies take you from 8.0FTE to 1.0FTE this week WHILE getting along better with your boss, staff, & patients.
 
Give it a try and tell me everything! Christina💗
 
➡️PS. If this podcast helped you, would you please consider giving this podcast a 5-star review with a comment? This helps your favorite podcast platform promote our podcast to more brilliant humans just like yourself. It would mean the world to me.

151: Listening Partnerships: The Cure for “Always On” Physicians

When was the last time someone just listened to you? Not to fix, not to advise, not to tell you to calm down—just to witness you.
 
It doesn’t happen. We love our spouses, but they’ll just try to solve the problem. Your boss’ll tell you what to do. Your sister will interrupt to tell you her gripe. Nothing wrong with our spouses, boss, and sister AND ALSO….
 
When we’re not heard, the stress compounds and the anxiety heightens. Our bodies carry the weight in our jaws, shoulders, and chest. 
 
Over time, this constant “always on” mode costs us mental clarity, sleep, energy, our health, and before we know it we’ve gained 30 pounds from emotional eating.
 
In this week’s episode I introduce the radical concept of listening partnerships. Here’s what they give you:
Release the crushing weight of endless charts, family logistics, and the demands of a relentless job in UNDER 5 minutes.
Focus at work to quickly move through your day and leave by 4 p.m. without taking the stress home.
Show up at dinner fully present, not replaying patient cases in your head.
 
In this episode, I walk you step-by-step through setting up a 5-minute listening partnership this week. 
No cost, no training, no therapy degree required. 
Just two people and a timer.
 
Try it this week and tell me everything! Christina
 
➡️PS. If this podcast helped you, would you please consider giving this podcast a 5-star review with a comment? This helps your favorite podcast platform promote our podcast to more brilliant humans just like yourself. It would mean the world to  me.

150: girlfriend project: the productivity hack no one’s talking about

Right now, many of us are running on empty. Work doesn’t slow down, kids’ schedules are chaotic, and the holidays are closing in. When reserves run this low, everything feels sharp and hard. Small things turn into big crises. I'm sure feeling it.
 
Doing it all alone is what we’re used to—but it makes everything worse.
 
In this week’s podcast, I share a strategy I’ve never talked about before: Girlfriend Project—your hidden productivity hack to supercharge your energy right now. Here’s what you get:
Fewer fights with husband and kids because you have your energy back
Better sleep tonight because you’re not fighting with your boss in your head all night long
Ability to move through a chaotic day and to-do list without coming home feeling totally spent
Refueled reserves so hard days don’t wound you
A stronger marriage and more connection with your kids because you’re not running on fumes
Project Friendship doesn’t take more time—it multiplies your time, energy, and capacity.
Running on empty? Listen now to discover the productivity hack no one’s talking about. 
Reply back and tell me all about your Girlfriend Project! Christina💗
 
➡️PS. If this podcast helped you, could you please share it with 5 women physicians who’d love to recharge? Let’s change the world together.
 
➡️PPS. If this is the work you want to do, you can get started in my coaching program THIS WEEK. We can even show you how to get your boss to pay! Get your free 1:1 sales call HERE. https://app.squarespacescheduling.com/schedule/bd3b6a3c/appointment/33598962/calendar/5849920