Solving For Joy

By Chrissie Ott, MD

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Through in depth conversations with a wide range of guests, Solving for Joy explores the idea that we are always trying to solve life's equation for maximal joy. We'll discover what constants are actually variables we can change and have a lot of laughs along the way. Dr. Chrissie Ott brings a coaching lens, experience in healthcare, entrepreneurship and creativity to the table. We hope this podcast is a tool for many to reclaim delight in their own personal and professional lives!

Episode Date
Girl Reimagined: Raising Confident Girls and Protecting Joy in a Culture of Burnout and Comparison
May 19, 2026
How Physicians Can Feel Human Again Before Burnout Leads to Peer Review
May 12, 2026
Why Your Voice as a Doctor Matters Beyond the Exam Room
May 05, 2026
Find Your Why: The Thread Between Purpose and Joy
May 01, 2026
What Joy Actually Looks Like: Dance, Pivoting, Entrepreneurship, and Feeling It All
Apr 23, 2026
The Gift You're There to Give: Rethinking Credibility for Speakers
Apr 14, 2026
No Script for This: Loving Through Anticipatory Grief and Finding the Capacity for Joy
Apr 07, 2026
Unlock Calm and Joy in Autism Parenting for High-Achieving Moms
Mar 17, 2026
Charting With Ease: The Truth About Charting After Hours (and How to Reclaim Your Life)
Mar 14, 2026
Who Are You Becoming? Reclaiming Direction and Joy in Academic Medicine with Dr. Stacey Ishman
Feb 03, 2026
How Language Shapes the Nervous System: NLP, Self-Concept, and Identity
Jan 13, 2026
Why Goal-Setting Isn’t Bringing You Joy and What to Do Instead
Dec 30, 2025
Cultivating Pride: Queer and Trans Joy as Collective Healing with Dr. Anna Larson
Dec 23, 2025
Menopause, Musculoskeletal Pain, and Running: What You Haven’t Been Told About Joyful Movement with Dr. Michelle Quirk
Dec 09, 2025
The Midlife (W)reckoning: Burnout, Perimenopause, and Perfectionism — and the Case for Joy with Dr. Zarya Rubin
Dec 03, 2025
Life After Medicine: Dr. Anne Pendo on Purpose, Presence and The Four Questions Every Physician Should Consider
Nov 25, 2025
From Burnout to Pure Joy: How Dr. Kirin Palmer Found Sustenance Through Presence and Coaching
Nov 19, 2025
Dr. Ardeshir Mehran on The Emotional Rights Framework: Rethinking Depression, Anxiety, and Joy
Oct 28, 2025
The Nourished Child: Jill Castle on Reframing Care and Rediscovering Joy in How We Help Families Thrive
Oct 22, 2025
Dr. Sheri Rosenthal on The Four Agreements, Flow, and The Serendipity of What’s Next
Oct 14, 2025
The Science of Leadership, Joy, and the Well-Being Coaching Inventory with Coach Meg Margaret Moore
Oct 07, 2025
How to Follow Your Feel Good: Dr. Sarah Seidelmann on Animal Allies, Art, and the Absurd
Sep 30, 2025
Default to Your Humanity: The Neuroscience of Story, Dialogue, and Trauma-Informed Coaching with Dr. Kemia Sarraf
Sep 23, 2025
Listen to The Song in My Heart: Children, Connection, and Joyful Medicine with Dr. Meena Julapalli
Sep 17, 2025
High-Vibe Sundays for Physician Coaches: Dr. Shideh Shafie on Community, Non-Dual Joy, and Right-Dose Medicine
Sep 10, 2025
Service Over Status: Dr. Mel Thacker on Fiduciary Ethics, Patient Power, and Real Joy
Sep 03, 2025
A Love Note to Courageous Children: Dr. Bob Macauley on Grief, Faith, and Ethics in Pediatric Palliative Care
Aug 27, 2025
A Joyful Conversation About Relating — With Teacher, Facilitator, and Inquisitive Human, James-Olivia Chu Hillman
Aug 20, 2025
Death, Healing, and The Practice of Joy: A Conversation with Dr. Red Hoffman on Grief and Resilience
Aug 12, 2025
Resilience in Practice: Dr. Becca Kennedy on Listening Differently, Healing Deeply, and The New Science of Symptoms
Aug 05, 2025
Inner Peace and Power: Dr. Rashmi Schramm on Yoga Nidra, Expanded Consciousness, and the Nervous System
Jul 29, 2025
Your Life Is the Medicine: Dr. Sonny Miles on Healing with Intention and Reclaiming Joy
Jul 22, 2025
Joy Unfiltered: Dr. MaryCatherine McDonald on Awe, Healing, and the Science of The Joy Reset
Jul 15, 2025
The Path of Infinite Healing: Dr. Stacy Cisneros on Energy, Alignment, and the Return to Joy
Jul 08, 2025
The Power of Being Seen: Rachel Castillo on Joyful Visibility and the Physician Coaching Summit
Jul 01, 2025
Unsubscribing from the Status Quo: Dr. Una on Joy, Power & Building Profitable Physician-Owned Businesses
Jun 24, 2025
The Stories We Don’t Always Tell: Physician and Fertility Coach Dr. Erica Bove on Love, Science, Infertility, and Joy
Jun 17, 2025
I Am Well: Dr. Santi Tanikella on Integrative Medicine, Burnout, and Belonging to Your Body
Jun 10, 2025
A Doctor Rewired: Coaching, Acupuncture, and Dr. Paul Yutan’s Path to Integration
Jun 03, 2025
Joy as a Value, Not a Mood: A Conversation with Dr. Kelly Holder
May 27, 2025
Me Good: Cesar Cervantes on Laughter, Legacy, and Letting the Story Lead
May 20, 2025
Brave Enough to Be Ourselves: Dr. Sasha Shillcutt on Boundaries, Backlash, and Finding Your Own Way Back After Extreme Loss
May 13, 2025
Held Together: Dr. Rebecca Thompson on Motherhood, Medicine, and Making Meaning
May 06, 2025
Amongst the Wildflowers: The Courage to Pause, Prune, and Grow in presence with Dr. Jessie Mahoney
Apr 29, 2025
Unfiltered, Unapologetic, Unstoppable: Sheletta Brundidge on Autism, Advocacy, and Owning Your Joy
Apr 22, 2025
Joy at Work with Dr. Anni Shandera-Ochsner: A Neuropsychologist’s Take on Burnout
Apr 15, 2025
Stand Up for Doctors: Kim Downey on Post-Traumatic Growth, LinkedIn Advocacy, and Reclaiming Joy in Medicine
Apr 08, 2025
Addicted to Perfect: Dr. Amna Shabbir on Burnout, Silence, and the Case for Joy
Apr 01, 2025
Dismantling the Old, Creating A Better Way: Iris Fernandez Valdez on Justice and Joy
Mar 25, 2025
A Life True to You: Dr. Jillian Rigert on Surviving Shame and Finding Joy
Mar 18, 2025
Dr. Kara Pepper on Redefining Medicine and Why She’s Not Asking for Permission
Mar 11, 2025
Dr. Tasha Faruqui and Chasing Joy in the Shadow of Anticipatory Grief
Mar 04, 2025
Tending the Pipeline of Joy in Medicine with Dr. Tonya Caylor
Feb 25, 2025
Born for Joy: Physician Coaching, Presence and the Power of Connection with Dr. Kathy Stepien and Dr. Chrissie Ott
Feb 18, 2025
Healing the Healers: Dr. Jennie Byrne on Moral Injury, Scarcity Mindset and Physician Well-being
Feb 11, 2025
The Intentional Surgeon’s Path: Reclaiming Joy, Leadership, and Humanity with Dr. Sharon Stein
Feb 04, 2025
Sovereign and Joyful: Dr. Vanessa Calderon on Feminine Power, Manifesting Purpose, and Healing Generations
Jan 28, 2025
Dream Big, Sleep Deep: Dr. Andrea Matsumura on Rest as Your Superpower
Jan 21, 2025
Drifty Minds, Grounded Hands: Tony Furtado and Stephanie Schneiderman on Sculpting Joy and Music
Jan 14, 2025
Connection, Neuroception, and the Healing Power of Attunement with Dr. Amy King
Jan 07, 2025
The Joy of Location Freedom: Life, Medicine, and Adventure with Dr. Kristine Goins
Dec 31, 2024
Solving For Joy in Menopause/ Perimenopause with Dr. Aoife O’Sullivan: It Doesn’t Have to Be That Hard!
Dec 24, 2024
Joy, Unscripted: Dr. Wendy Schofer on Connection, Comedy, and Coaching Families
Dec 17, 2024
Finding Joy Through the Lens of Food and Feminism with Founder of Acme Farms and Kitchen, Joy Rubey
Dec 10, 2024
ROAR With Me: Solving for Joy Through Purposeful Action
Dec 06, 2024
Solving for Joy Through Authenticity: Just What the Doctor Ordered with Dr. Jessica Ching
Dec 03, 2024
Grounding Principles and a Fresh Take on Gratitude
Nov 26, 2024
Reckoning and Revelation: Finding Joy Even in the Most Difficult Truths of Our Individual and Collective Histories with Rebecca Clarren, author of The Cost of Free Land
Nov 19, 2024
The Science of Joy: Exploring Bliss Brain with Dawson Church
Nov 12, 2024
Engineering Healthy Relationships: Peter Kahn on the Challenges and Stages of Lasting Connection
Nov 05, 2024
Beyond the Buzzword: The True Impact of Burnout on Physicians and Why Resilience Isn’t the Problem
Oct 29, 2024
From Breaking Bad to Breaking Through: Natural Disasters, Survival, and Post-Traumatic Growth
Oct 22, 2024
Beyond Balance: Finding Wholeness and Joy in Leadership with Dr. Tracy Asamoah
Oct 15, 2024
Solving for Joy in Divisive Times: Navigating the 2024 Election with Connection and Resilience
Oct 08, 2024
Microdosing Joy with Sex Therapist Corey Thompson: The Path to Presence, Connection, and Intimacy
Oct 01, 2024
Joaquin Lopez, Creative Laureate: A Journey to Joy Through Music, Story, and Transformation
Sep 24, 2024
Chance Methods, Creativity, and Joy with Elizabeth Heichelbech
Sep 17, 2024
The Joy-Grief Paradox: Unpacking Sara Harkness Bovitz’s Memoir, The Tricycle
Sep 10, 2024
The Joy Equation
Sep 07, 2024
“Interstate Solo” by Dr. Chrissie Ott
Sep 07, 2024
Welcome to The Solving For Joy Podcast
Aug 12, 2024