Rediscover Joy in your Career
Reconnecting family medicine residents and faculty to joy in their chosen careers.
Schedule a Strategy CallProfessional Physician Coaching Empowers
Joy in Family Medicine Coaching Services® partners with residency programs (and individuals) to foster thriving learning environments. We offer resident coaching, faculty development, and systemic team coaching to support well-being, leadership growth, and long-term sustainability in family medicine. Our work helps physicians at every level reconnect to purpose, grow as leaders, and build a healthier future for the field.
Gain Control
Do you ever feel like you're no longer in control of your day or your schedule? That you have no choice but to work after-hours? Are you feeling as if there is so much chaos that you can't complete anything to your standards? You are not alone. Loss of agency takes a mental, emotional, and physical toll on primary care physicians. Through coaching, I give you the tools to get you back in the driver's seat of your life and your career.
Grow Confidence
Do you often second-guess yourself? Ever get a sinking feeling that someone else would do better? Does fearing what others think of you interfere with your plans or hold you back? The medical education process often strips away confidence even as you grow in expertise. I help you identify your saboteurs and overcome them. Begin tackling tasks and filling roles confidently.
Maximize Joy
Do your multiple job responsibilities spill into your personal life? Do you dread going to work some days? Has patient care become a burden? Through coaching, I help you discover personalized methods to decrease stress, improve energy, and engage with patients and responsibilities afresh. Envision looking forward to work each day (and leaving it behind at the end of the day). Enhance your relationships and start embracing the fullness of your life and career with joy.
You have worked too hard to settle
I use my experience as a busy family medicine residency faculty and a certified professional coach to help you not only avoid the burnout I experienced but also to flourish in your chosen career and enjoy the fullness of life.
Course Options
Family Medicine Residency
Programs
- Enhance the overall culture of your program
- Create an environment your residents and faculty enjoy
- Foster faculty and resident well-being
- Improve job satisfaction
- Earn CME
Individual Physicians
- Decrease unnecessary suffering
- Ease the pain of transitions
- Improve self-empowerment
- Grow in confidence
- Thrive in your career
- Cultivate and enjoy free time
- Foster the future you desire
- Earn CME
Testimonials
Leslie Waldman, MD - APD
Northwest Washington Family Medicine Residency
All of us are keenly aware of the toll our profession can take on wellness. As an APD, I have felt ineffective in finding ways to positively and enduringly impact resident wellness. Based on our universally positive resident feedback, I think Joy in Family Medicine coaching is definitely one of the ways to address this concern. I really appreciate not having program faculty directly involved in this experience, it truly gives residents a safe space to be open and honest.
R3 then Attending
R3, MD
I was a mess when we met. I have never felt so comfortable and focused as I do now. This could not have been possible without your timely coaching
Casey Gokey, MD
A career in medicine can be challenging. Sometimes we are burnt out and we do not even recognize the symptoms. Tonya’s program is refined into manageable sections anyone can find time for. Even if you think you have it all together, she is able to help clarify goals and give an outside physician perspective on how to prioritize and problem solve. Tonya can help you figure out how to improve work-life balance and align your goals with what is most important to you. I highly recommend physician coaching in general, and I definitely recommend working with Tonya.
The Plan
Step 1. Schedule a Strategy Call
- Talk through challenges and goals
- Develop a strategy in which coaching will help you meet your goals
- Low-pressure zoom or phone conversation
Step 2. Toolbox Talks
- Topics for professional fulfillment, development, and wellbeing
- Minimal time investment
- Brief live or video modules
Step 3. Coaching Sessions
- Personalized to your needs
- Safe and Confidential
- Gain clarity, confidence, and thrive
- Effective Partnership
