Blog - Coaching for Doctors

June 24, 2025 3:35 pm

Doctors should show no weakness

by Sharee Johnson

Doctors are tending to their human weaknesses in coaching and therapy, they just can’t tell anyone. There is a very strong cultural message in medicine which says – show no weakness. This story means that doctors who work with a coach or a therapist are reluctant to tell anyone about what they are doing, for […]

May 28, 2025 11:30 am

Is there a High Performance Doctor in the house who is thriving?

by Sharee Johnson

Every doctor I have coached has been a high achiever to be practicing medicine. Many would not describe themselves that way when they arrive at coaching, despite the evidence on their CV. Blame imposter phenomenon, perfectionism, burnout, the system. They are demoralised or conflicted, lacking clarity about their future in medicine. Even those who are […]

March 31, 2025 2:34 pm

Change the human condition, or the conditions humans work in?

by Sharee Johnson

If we can’t change the human condition, but we can change the conditions they work in …what should we do? Specifically, what should we do to improve healthcare for those who work in it and for those who as patients and clients need our help? Last week I attended the Human Factors and Patient Safety […]

February 26, 2025 1:57 pm

Healthcare workers can we make hope contagious

by Sharee Johnson

Hope signals optimism, a forward stance, attitude and empowerment. For doctors and healthcare workers, hope is not wishful thinking, it’s a conscious choice to focus on what might be possible.

January 29, 2025 5:29 pm

Scale deep. 9 lessons for transformational change

by Sharee Johnson

The goal of our work Coaching and with Recalibrate© is to create insight and behaviour change that is long lasting for doctors and their patients. We are looking to create ripples that impact wider and deeper, leading to better medicine individually and systemically. For patients we want to see better health outcomes and positive interactions […]

November 28, 2024 7:00 am

Reflecting on the research and practice of coaching doctors

by Sharee Johnson

Academic Research seeks evidence by asking very specific questions that reduce the variables in a situation. In order to get at specific evidence, we can begin with a general enquiry like- Does coaching help doctors improve their performance? Does coaching reduce doctor burnout? And gradually we can think our way to something specific that we can […]

October 30, 2024 11:07 am

It’s the Combination of Trust and Tension that Creates Value in Coaching.

by Sharee Johnson

The process of coaching is a delicate balance between trust and tension. It is not the same as other conversations and it is not meant to be. Coaching relies on a trusting relationship so the Coachee can get to the core of the issue, get under the waterline. And the Coach has been given permission […]

October 1, 2024 11:00 am

The Doctor Cannot Fix Everything, believing they can limits, hurts, us all

by Sharee Johnson

The Doctor Cannot Fix Everything, believing they can limits, hurts, us all Mostly doctors are used to being the brightest star in the sky. I mean that with absolute admiration, there is no ‘tone’ when I say that. Since their inception most medical schools have selected doctors primarily for their academic smarts in STEM. When […]

August 28, 2024 12:01 pm

To be a patient is to be rendered vulnerable.

by Sharee Johnson

To be To be a patient is to be rendered vulnerable.The trust required to give consent to anaesthesia, surgery, pharmacological treatment on someone’s, a stranger’s, advice might be an act of desperationBlind faith… To be a medical student is to live up to expectation.The persistent commitment to academic learning, to sacrificing a social life, to […]

July 26, 2024 9:45 am

Prevention is so much better than a cure

by Sharee Johnson

Prevention is so much better than a cure every day of the week. Proactive action can help you be well, no matter where you work or what you do. Including working in healthcare. Healthcare workers have so much opportunity to shift the focus to prevention, to generate more health and wellbeing in our communities. When […]

June 25, 2024 2:17 pm

Retreat fosters a tender heart and a stable mind.

by Sharee Johnson

What a tender act it is to be on retreat. To tend to one’s self gently…. What just happened when you read that first sentence, that word tender? What belief did you automatically invoke without even trying, as truth? To tend to something means to pay attention to it and take action to care for […]

May 21, 2024 2:07 pm

Self improvement creates wellbeing

by Sharee Johnson

There is a tension between accepting yourself as you are and the notion of self improvement. As high achievers, doctors often describe themselves as life long learners. Some even seem addicted to academic achievement, but is this the same as self improvement, or something else? The language of self improvement is out of vogue. Now […]