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Sabbatical Coaching for Physicians
Have you been dreaming about taking a break from medicine?
Not just a vacation. A real pause. Time to remember who you are outside the white coat.
You've thought about it at 2am, Googling "sabbatical" or "mini-retirement" on your phone when you should be sleeping. You've done the mental math — what would it cost, what would people think, what would you even do with yourself. You've closed the tab. Told yourself it's not realistic. Gone back to work.
But the thought keeps coming back.
I'm on a mission to help 7 doctors take a sabbatical in 2027.
Will you be one of them?
​Let's move you from dreaming to planning, starting today—the founding client spots are now open.
A sabbatical isn't an escape. It's an act of reclamation.
The physicians I work with aren't lazy or ungrateful. They're exhausted — not just physically, but in a deeper way. The meaning that brought them to medicine has been slowly eroded by a system that keeps taking more than it gives.
A sabbatical is an intentional pause. Time to rest. Time to reflect. Time to get back in touch with the person that existed before medical school, before residency, before you became the role. It's not giving up on medicine. It's giving more to the other parts of yourself that sustain you.
I took a sabbatical after my department said no.
When I asked for a sabbatical, my department said no. So I took one anyway.
I used that time to get married in Hawaii, become a dog parent, retreat to a cabin in the Catskills, and launch Reclaim Physician Coaching. I came back to medicine part-time — on my own terms. And I've never looked back.
This wasn't my first intentional career break. At 24, I spent nine months in South America — teaching English, doing freelance translation for Argentinian tango instructors, and backpacking by bus across the continent. During my summer off in medical school — while my classmates were doing research — I couch-surfed and camped solo across the country. Between graduating fellowship and joining faculty, I took two months to cruise around the Greek Islands, and I led a collective bargaining effort with my fellow new hires to stay on our trainee health insurance while we all took our breaks.
Taking intentional pauses is something I've practiced my whole life. I'm a palliative care physician and Associate Professor at Mount Sinai's Icahn School of Medicine. And I built the coaching programs I wish had existed.
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I've spoken about physician sabbaticals on the KevinMD Podcast, the Retire Often Podcast, and the Lean Out Podcast.
Two programs designed to meet you where you are.
Whether you're still figuring out if a sabbatical is right for you, or you're ready to build the roadmap — there's a program for where you are right now.
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Sabbatical Clarity Intensive (2 months) — for physicians who are curious but not yet clear. $1,200 founding client pricing / $1,600 regular.
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Plan Your Sabbatical (6 months) — for physicians ready to make it happen. $3,750 founding client pricing / $5,000 regular.​​
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Payment plans available. Founding pricing closes when the 7 spots are filled.
"But isn't a sabbatical unrealistic?"
You got into medical school. You passed your boards. You matched into your specialty. You have saved lives under conditions most people can't imagine.
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How? You made up your mind to do it, found the right support, and made it happen.
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It's true that at many institutions, sabbaticals only exist on paper, if at all. But plenty of doctors find a way to take a career break - whether or not they've gotten formal approval. What separates the ones that take sabbaticals from the ones that never do? They believe they can, and they've got support and a plan. That's where my coaching programs come in.
You have never let "unrealistic" stop you before. Don't let it stop you now.
Questions?
Questions? christie@reclaimphysiciancoaching.com
Ready to talk? Book a free Sabbatical Readiness Call.