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Inspired Mom MDs

Cindy Van Praag, MD

Inspired Mom MDs is hosted by Cindy Van Praag, MD, wellness advocate for physician moms and proud mom of two teenagers. Episodes will cover how to identify and take back autonomy at work and home to find time for activities that invigorate you. The show will also delve into how to prioritize your own wellbeing without guilt and thrive at work and home. Cindy has over 20 years of experience in medicine and 17 years as a mom. She has extensive training in the integrative mindset and a holistic

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All Episodes

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83: A Little Breathing Room: What’s Ahead for...

Inspired Mom MDs ·

2025/10/28

Hey friends, a quick update from me. Starting now, Inspired Mom MDs will release new episodes every other Tuesday instead of weekly.This change gives me the space to bring you more interviews – conversations that go deeper into the themes you care about: balance, belonging, feeling more energetic and feeling more inspired. I’ll still share solo reflections here and there, but I want to create room for fresh voices and practical wisdom from different perspectives.I’d actually love your input. Do you

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82: Physician Moms and the Hidden Hazing of Medicine

Inspired Mom MDs ·

2025/10/21

Find the full transcript and more resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/82.Have you ever noticed how often belonging comes with a price tag? Sometimes it’s subtle, sometimes it’s glaring. For our kids, it might look like pledging a sorority or fraternity, where the message is clear: prove yourself through suffering, or risk being excluded. But if I’m being honest, it’s not just a college thing. As adults, especially for those physician moms navigating burnout culture, you face your own

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81: Who Am I Under All These Roles? Dr. Valentina...

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2025/10/14

Find the full transcript and bonus resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/81.“All those things are just roles,” says Dr. Valentina Serna – physician, mother of three, entrepreneur and podcaster. “I’ve been working a lot lately to not attach myself to those identities. Because I’m just me.”When I heard her say that I thought about how easy it is to tie yourself to a role in life. I thought of every mom in medicine that also feels the weight of titles. The surgeon. The pediatrician. The

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80: Doctor Moms: Stop Losing Time on Busy Work –...

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2025/10/07

Find the full transcript and bonus resources at inspiredmommds.com/80.I suddenly knew what drove me, right there on the treadmill. I busy myself with small wins, thinking they’ll move me forward, and quietly avoid the big wins, that honestly scared me a little. What woke me up is realizing what I lose when I don’t act. The weeks slip by, opportunities are wasted, and I feel potential sliding through my fingers. Walking in place that day, and getting nowhere physically, I did move closer to clarity –

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79: Am I Hurting My Kids by Doing It All? Lessons for...

Inspired Mom MDs ·

2025/09/30

Find the full transcript and bonus resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/79.What if chasing your dreams doesn’t harm your kids … but quietly shapes them into thriving adults?Dr. Rita Fisler has lived that question. She had two babies while a medical student at Harvard. She then rose to chief resident in dermatology and built a 20-year career, all while navigating the fears and worries of the impact a medical career has on raising children.In this episode, she shares her missteps and the

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78: Saving Our Colleagues: Suicide Awareness,...

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2025/09/23

Trigger Warning: This episode discusses suicide and mental health (For immediate help, text or dial 988 in the U.S. for The National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline). Find the full transcript and bonus resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/78.Every year, it is as if an entire hospital ward, filled with doctors, nurses, and colleagues, vanishes without a trace, lost to suicide. Behind each of these lives is a story, a family, a friend, a community forever changed.I’m inspired by the Lorna

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77: How to Slow Down Time: 3 Simple Shifts for Busy Moms

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2025/09/16

Find the full transcript and bonus resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/77.Life can feel like it takes place on a racetrack.Do you ever notice how the days go by so fast you barely have time to catch your breath? It’s too fast to fit in things that keep you healthy, like exercise and sleep. And then, it goes too fast to actually enjoy them when you do!And sometimes, so fast that it leaves you with guilt over missing family moments like meeting your child at the bus stop, waking them up

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76: The Sandwich Generation Doctor Mom: 5 Shifts to...

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2025/09/09

Find the full transcript and bonus resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/76.What if you could honor your kids, care for your parents, and still keep a piece of yourself intact? If you’re a sandwich generation mom, you know the struggle is real. Days start before the sun even rises and end long after it sets – you’re still carrying the weight of kids, parents, and patients.Some days it feels like there’s no breathing room. But here’s the thing: the weight doesn’t have to crush

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75: How to Find Balance as a Doctor Mom with guest,...

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2025/09/02

Find the full transcript and bonus resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/75.Balance takes effort, plain and simple. It’s something you build, one choice at a time. And for many women in medicine, the blueprint they were handed never included room for school drop-offs, sick days, or space to breathe.Today, I’m talking with Dr. Sarah Slater, a pediatric nurse practitioner and founder of Balanced Kids, who has reimagined her career so she can show up fully for her patients and her

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74: Proof: How Gender Bias Fuels the "Inefficient"...

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2025/08/26

Find the full transcript and bonus resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/74.You’re working in a system built for men Where speed is prized over listening, and “efficiency” means cutting patients short.The burden of extra work, the unpaid hours, the impossible expectations—they’re not in your head. They’re backed by data.Today, we get to the root of a pattern many women physicians feel but rarely discuss, gender bias for female physicians. I am joined by Dr. Noemi Adame, who will share

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73: This Isn’t the Episode I Planned (Doctor Mom...

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2025/08/19

Find the full transcript and bonus resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/73.I sat down to record this today… and honestly, I didn’t want to. Not because I don’t care, but maybe because I care too much. The truth is some days it feels like I’m pouring that care into a void. My kid’s heading off to college soon, and there’s a sadness hanging in the air that I can’t quite shake. I’ve built something I believe in, but lately, it feels like I’m talking to no one. And the truth is, I almost

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72: A Prescription for Overwhelm: Small Shifts, Big...

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2025/08/12

Find the full transcript and bonus resources at inspiredmommds.com/72.There’s a unique resilience you learn when a toddler has a full-scale meltdown in the grocery store, or when a perfect beach day is derailed by a sudden fever. You learn to pivot. To breathe. To adapt.The field of medicine, however, teaches you to be regimented, precise, and in control. So, what if the secret to thriving was found not in a textbook, but in the nursery? What if the skills you learned as a mom are your greatest

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71: Why Clutter Is Secretly Holding Busy Doctor Moms...

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2025/08/05

Find the full transcript and bonus resources at inspiredmommds.com/71.It wasn’t the piles of paper. Or the random charging cables. Or the stray sock and candy wrapper under the coffee table.It was the feeling. That slow, creeping weight in my chest when I tried to relax—and couldn’t.Because even though my life looks ordered on the outside, inside, it sometimes feels stuffed and chaotic. It’s like I’m visibly organized but privately overwhelmed. That’s when it hit me: Clear your space, clear your

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70: How to Deal with an Empty Nest as a Doctor Mom

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2025/07/29

Find the full transcript and bonus resources at inspiredmommds.com/70.I didn’t cry when we toured the college. I didn’t cry when he picked his dorm. But as I held a new tourniquet, a roll of gauze and box of bandages in my hands, tears came quietly.This was it. It was real.My son is leaving for college in a few weeks. And here I am, pouring all my energy into packing a medical kit. If you’re navigating the empty nest as a doctor mom, you know this transition hits differently.Being a physician adds

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69: No Spa Day Needed: Realistic Self-Care for Moms...

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2025/07/22

For the full transcript plus bonus resources, head to inspiredmommds.com/69.What if the self-care you crave didn’t require a day off, but just thirty seconds?Today I’m busting the myth that you need a spa weekend to feel whole. Instead, replace it with realistic self-care for busy moms that’s backed by science.You can weave tiny, research-supported rituals into your day, even between charting and carpool lanes. Discover why a single mindful sip of tea, a single breath reset before your next patient,

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68: How to Downshift & Rest for Doctor Moms

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2025/07/15

For the full transcript plus bonus resources, head to inspiredmommds.com/68.Picture this: It’s Saturday morning. You’ve carved out a rare two-hour window with no rounds, no emails, no pages. You settle into your favorite armchair with a warm cup of coffee… and immediately, that familiar whisper kicks in: “You should be doing more.”As a physician mom, your default may be full throttle. Even when life pauses, your minds race ahead checking boxes or planning next steps. Sound familiar?Today’s episode

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67: What I Want My Daughter to Know About Medicine: A...

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2025/07/08

Find the full transcript and more resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/67.“Mom…I might want to go to medical school.”Cue the flood of pride. And right behind it? Fear.I know what this career can do to a person. I know how it builds and breaks you, sometimes in the same day.How can I let her go down that path?The good news? There’s a way to guide her, without scaring her, or you.There’s a way to share what you’ve experienced without discouraging her at the same time. What I want my

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66: Transform Grief into Grace for Doctor Moms with...

Inspired Mom MDs ·

2025/07/01

Find the full transcript and more resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/66.“Do I really believe everything happens for good, or do I just say that?” Today, Dr. Tanya English shares her story of deep personal loss. She shares what happens when the unthinkable becomes real, and how to manage navigating grief as a physician mom.Instead of stopping at sorrow, she chooses to look for the good. This episode is an uplifting conversation about how grief can coexist with beauty, how something as

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65: Feeling Stuck? When Hard Work isn’t Working for...

Inspired Mom MDs ·

2025/06/24

Find the full transcript and more resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/65.Productivity is a liar.It pats you on the back for being busy while silently draining your peace.Physician moms have mastered the art of doing.You schedule, solve, serve, repeat.But here’s the uncomfortable truth:Sometimes, doing more is how we avoid facing what’s not working.In this episode, I confess what finally broke my cycle of late-night thinking, second-guessing, and spinning my wheels.I did the thing I

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64: Unlock the Power of Storytelling for Doctor Moms...

Inspired Mom MDs ·

2025/06/17

Find the full transcript and more resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/64.“Doctors don’t need more time – they need better tools to communicate clearly and connect emotionally.” – Dr. Spencer LalkEver felt like you were saying all the right things to a patient, but something just wasn’t landing? You’re not alone. Today’s guest, Dr. Spencer Lalk, a Doctor of Physical Therapy and founder of MedStory Media, knows that gap well. In this inspiring conversation, he explains the power of

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