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I founded Brave Enough after a successful career climb as a clinical scientist and national expert. Despite my professional success, I found myself empty and deeply lonely. So... I started a community! Women need each other and we're at our best when we are showing up for ourselves and each other.
Through my book, talks, courses, coaching, membership site, and in-person events, I have inspired tens of thousands of women to believe in themselves and their innate value. I have taught women in medicine to take control of their time and, in doing so, take back control of their life.
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I am a tenured and endowed Professor and the Vice Chair of Strategy in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. For nearly two decades, I have practiced anesthesiology and am doubled boarded in both cardiac anesthesiology and advanced perioperative transesophageal echocardiography.
I have been an NIH-funded researcher through the National Institute of Aging and I serve as a Board Examiner for the American Board of Anesthesiology. I have held national leadership positions in the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists and currently serve on the National Board of Echocardiography Advanced PTeEXAM Writing Board, where I have the honor of crafting board exams for the next generation of cardiac anesthesiologists.
And because of these experiences…
After my first decade in academia, I became increasingly focused on the challenges facing women working in male-dominated fields.
In 2016, I created Brave Enough.


What is now a successful company all started with me writing a blog where I shared my own struggles in being a working mom. I knew I was supposed to help other women overcome setbacks, bias, burnout and being chronically overwhelmed. Now Brave Enough has grown to be a successful organization that includes an annual CME conference, luxury retreats for professional women, and a place where I get to coach women professionals, leaders and physicians.
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