MY FIRST 24 Coaching Scholarship
with a $2,000 Scholarship
It is that time of year again! Time to nominate family, a friend or colleague for the $2,000 MY FIRST 24 Scholarship!
I'm just seeing an alarming rate of wonderful, amazing, caring lady physicians either unsure of themselves in a new role, at a career crossroads, or full on just suffering in silence.
There is $2,000 left in 2025 scholarship money to cover part of the tuition for my 12 week flagship CME coaching program, MY FIRST 24, which begins Aug 28th.
So have conversations with people you care about. See if they're interested and ready to do some transformative work. And submit a nomination! (Or a few if appropriate)
Confidential Application Process
*** NOTE: You cannot nominate yourself because the point of this is to open up a dialogue among docs and encourage a shift in our culture of medicine. ***
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:
Any physician or APC can nominate a family member, a friend, a colleague, your boss, anyone you care about (as long as they're a female-identifying physician who cares deeply about the communities they serve).
PROCESS:
- Answer 3 questions
- Have a conversation about this with the person you're nominating (to make sure it's a good idea)
- Submit prior to the deadline (Friday, August 22nd)
How To Apply
*** NOTE: there is no limit to the number of physicians you can nominate per cycle but THEY MUST BE READY TO DO THE WORK ***
Open up your e-mail and send to me ([email protected]) an e-mail with:
The name, MD/DO credentials & e-mail address of the female physician you are nominating.
And the CONCISE answers to the following:
1. Tell me a little bit about the person you are nominating and why you think they will benefit from coaching with me, and specifically, from the MY FIRST 24 program.
Visit here for specifics about MY FIRST 24
2. Coaching is only transformative for those who are ready to do the work and who are engaged in the process. AND, the group component is a big part of the MY FIRST 24 experience. Do you think the person you’re nominating is ready to do the work? Do you think she’ll be engaged in the process for herself and with the group? What evidence do you have that she wants change in her life and that she can put in the work to get there?
3. The whole point of the MY FIRST 24 scholarship is to encourage dialogue, connection, and real, honest, safe sharing between physicians...colleagues, friends, mentors and mentees within the medical community. It’s not easy to open up, to allow ourselves to be vulnerable, and trust another person with a part of ourselves. How do you plan on initiating a conversation like that with the person you’re nominating? Asking them about how they’re doing. And asking them permission or telling them that you’ve nominated them for this? What do you see as potential obstacles for you or for her in opening up? How might you help yourself or her overcome these potential obstacles you've identified?
DEADLINE for scholarship application submission for the MY FIRST 24 Fall (August) 2025 Program is Friday, August 22nd, 2025. Submit the answers to the question prompts above in a simple e-mail to [email protected].
The winning application(s) will be chosen and both the nominating person AND the nominated physician will be notified by e-mail. The program starts with our first group session on August 28th, the group is from 9am - 10 am Pacific Time every Thursday, ending November 20th. Schedules can be blocked and participating physicians can use their PTO, CME time, Sick time, ALD, or unpaid time off if needed. We have never had any problems getting the time approved by an employer.
And now...go have the conversation! You can figure it out.
Channel love. And optimism. And you won’t go wrong.