{"podcast":{"title":"Flourishing in Medicine: From Surviving to Thriving","slug":"flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving-6711532","podcast_index_feed_id":6711532,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving/20240126_090110_7e5ffb5ac296d289b50f416b3ea3877b.jpg","author":"EmPRO Insurance","episode_count":43,"summary":"Flourishing in Medicine: From Surviving to Thriving explores ways that health professionals- physicians, nurses and nurse practitioners, physician assistants, mental health providers, therapists, and others- can truly flourish in the complex and challenging world of health care. The ability for physicians and other health professionals to practice high quality care and attain professional satisfaction and meaning in their work has been under continued challenge. These critically important members of our communities experience ongoing threats to their well-being and hence to the quality of care they deliver. The recent pandemic has only exacerbated changes that have occurred over the preceding years in the practice of medicine, exposing even further the fragility of our imperfect health care systems. This podcast explores the many ways that physicians can and do flourish, including a deeper exploration of what it means to work at the frontier of human frailty and suffering, while applying biomedical science and compassionate care to address the complexities of the human condition. It is the hope that this podcast can help support these health professionals and ultimately translate…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T20:18:43.222306+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving-6711532"},"episode":{"title":"Building a Physician Wellness Coalition with Colleen Camenisch | Flourishing in Medicine: From Surviving to Thriving #27","slug":"building-a-physician-wellness-coalition-with-colleen-camenisch-flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving-27","published_at":"2025-09-10T09:30:16+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving-6711532/building-a-physician-wellness-coalition-with-colleen-camenisch-flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving-27","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving-6711532","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving/2195778","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/240596/2195778/flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving/2025_09_02_19_09_49_8a51b189-0928-46f8-b9bd-ecb4212f08b0.mp3","summary":"Today, we are joined by Colleen Camenisch, MBA, Executive Director of the Nevada Physician Wellness Coalition. Colleen Camenisch, MBA, is an experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working with leaders in the mindfulness industry and in the higher education industry and Medicine. She has a wide range of skills that include Management, Strategic Planning, Marketing Strategy, Mindfulness Based Interventions, and Public Speaking. Her strong business development experience with a post graduate training in International Business and Trade Law from United Nations' International Labour Organization (ILO) in conjunction with the University Institute of European Studies adds depth and a worldview rarely found in leaders of a community organization like the NPWC. She is a certified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher and Teacher Trainer who regular teaches programs for the University of Massachusetts and Brown University. In the conversation, Colleen shares the deeply personal story of how losing her father to a likely medical error led her on a healing journey through mindfulness and eventually into transformative work supporting healthcare professionals. We also cover: The grassroots evolution of the Nevada Physician Wellness Coalition from responding to physician suicides to a dynamic statewide organization How mindfulness practice informs her leadership in navigating uncertainty and holding space for difficult conversations The coalition's innovative programs including peer support networks, hospital leadership collaboratives, and medical student mentorship Colleen concludes by envisioning a future where healthcare professionals feel safe, valued, and have time for meaningful patient care, while sharing her hope to replicate the coalition mo…","meta_description":"Today, we are joined by Colleen Camenisch, MBA, Executive Director of the Nevada Physician Wellness Coalition. 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