Creating Space
A Restorative Coaching Program for Overworked Healthcare Humans.
Fellow healthcare human,
How often do you feel over capacity?
Whether it’s forgetting the last time you ate or used the bathroom…
… or getting irritable and angry at everyone you talk to …
… or feeling completely disconnected from why you ever went into healthcare to begin with.
You’re not alone, and there’s nothing wrong with you.
Being chronically over capacity is encouraged and rewarded our current disembodied world.
Our system is not designed to protect and support our individual human need for space, rest, and pleasure in and outside of our work.
We have been deeply socialized to work according to external demand instead of our personal internal capacity.
This has come at a great cost to us, as well as our patients.
When we are chronically over capacity, we get burned out.
We start making more mistakes.
Our empathy and compassion drain, as we don’t have space to care and connect.
We start to hate medicine, and we end up leaving - either in spirit through cynicism or in body by literally leaving the profession.
Something has to change - and if we wait for the system to do so, we’ll burn out in the meantime.
What if you are the change you’ve been waiting for?
What if you can get the support you need to create your own space in your life for your humanity?
Imagine…
a clinical workflow that honours your body’s natural pace
a schedule with protected space for rest and pleasure
a life with room to express your full authentic humanity
I have helped clinicians from across the healthcare system create space for their humanity, and I would love to help you too.
Introducing:
Creating Space
A Restorative Coaching Experience for Overworked Healthcare Humans.
It’s one thing to know you want more space in your life for your humanity, and it’s another to actually implement the changes needed to get that space for yourself.
Our socialization runs deep - there’s a reason we are all overworking to begin with!
When you join Creating Space, you will be embarking on a 7 month journey with an intimate group of fellow healthcare humans.
Over the course of the 7 months, you will learn the tools you need to reclaim your humanity, receive both group and individual support to navigate obstacles that come up along the way, and celebrate your efforts with a luxurious in-person spa retreat at the end!
All the juicy details
Overview:
7 months (October - April)
Zoom sessions - group and 1:1
In person celebratory retreat
8-12 healthcare humans
A Spacious Format:
Group Zoom Learning on Mondays 1:30-3:00pm EST
1 workshop intensive per month
2 group coaching & connection calls per month
1 asynchronous co-play session per month
3 x 1:1 zoom coaching session (45 minutes)
Slack group community for mutual asynchronous text & voice memo support
April Celebratory Embodied Retreat:
The opportunity to celebrate what you’ve created and imagine what’s possible
4 day/3 night retreat at the Millcroft Inn in Caledon Ontario Canada
Register by the Co-Creator deadline (July 31) to have your April availability prioritized
Included: accomodation, meals, workshops, access to spa waters
Not included: travel to/from retreat site, additional services/trips
Curriculum Each month focuses on a different topic:
October - Capacity Awareness
November - Embracing Mediocrity
December - Hitting Pause
January - Protecting What Matters
February - Trusting the Team
March - What’s Possible
April - Celebratory Embodied Retreat
Program fee
$7000 CAD
or $1000 per month x 7 months
Fee Includes:
6 months of
immersive workshops
group connection and coaching sessions
asynchronous group and 1:1 Slack support
3 x 45 min 1:1 coaching sessions with Joan
3 night celebratory spa retreat
BONUS: Access to Joan’s two self-study courses & growing workshop library
BONUS: Ongoing quarterly alumni zoom sessions after the program ends
Ready to sign up for this program?
Book a call with Joan
We’ll spend 30 minutes making sure this program is a good fit for your goals and answer all your questions before you take the next big step to creating space for YOU.
Can’t find time that works for you? Complete this application form instead and we can connect via email.
Registration for Creating Space is now closed - but feel free to still complete the application or book a call if you want to connect about joining us in 2025!
“I remember you asking me what my ideal work day or work week would look like, and I had a moment of "what??!". For a moment (maybe a few moments) my brain couldn't quite get around the concept of choice, or intentional design for my professional life.
There were so many unconscious hurdles and deeply ingrained beliefs around what would be 'acceptable' hours and workload. Once I got beyond the 'should's' and the 'but what if's', a whole world of possibilities opened up.
The outcome has been way better than I could have imagined. Based on my untethered view of what happy and manageable work could be, I created a new job for myself which honours my current abilities and limitations. And even if my functional work capacity improves in time, I will unlikely be changing what I do. Or how much I do. This is enough. I am enough.”
Sam - Canadian physician