Episodes

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. What does it truly mean to lead from the inside out? In this inspiring conversation, psychiatrist, critical care physician, retired Army Colonel, executive coach, and leadership expert, Dr. Jess Bunin, shares her remarkable journey through multiple career reinventions, leading healthcare teams, and navigating life's greatest challenges. From experiencing cancer three times to rebuilding after the ...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. Life doesn't always go as planned, and disappointment, resentment, or regret can leave us feeling stuck. In this episode, Dr. Robyn Tiger explores how to shift from feeling bitter to better by changing your perspective, focusing on what you can control, and taking meaningful action. You'll learn practical strategies to reduce stress, build resilience, and move forward with greater purpose and peac...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. What if the greatest gift you leave behind isn't only money or possessions but the wisdom, kindness, and impact you share with others? In this inspiring episode, Dr. Robyn Tiger explores how intentionally creating a legacy can decrease stress, increase purpose, and bring tremendous peace because your life doesn't end with you. The wisdom you've gained, the lessons you've learned, and the love you'...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. Who are you becoming with each thought, choice, and commitment you make? In this episode, Dr. Robyn Tiger explores one simple but powerful question that can transform the way you live: "Is this bringing me toward or away from the real me?" Learn how your thoughts, habits, relationships, responsibilities, and daily decisions shape your authentic self, and discover practical action steps to help you...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. Dr. Jarret Patton’s story is a powerful reminder that our greatest detours can become our greatest purpose. In this conversation, this inspiring board-certified pediatrician, physician leader, author, coach and speaker shares his journey into medicine, his passion for transforming healthcare, and the unimaginable stress of being wrongly accused and arrested. Together, we explore how to move...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. What if one of the greatest sources of stress isn't what you lack, but believing you always need more? In this episode, Dr. Robyn Tiger explores the powerful difference between needs and wants, how the constant pursuit of "more" pulls us out of the present moment, and simple ways to cultivate gratitude, reduce stress, and find peace in the now. Discover practical action steps to help you let...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. Have you ever felt like your creativity has disappeared? What if it hasn't gone anywhere, but it's simply been buried beneath stress? In this podcast episode Dr. Robyn Tiger explores the powerful connection between stress and creativity and why calming your nervous system is one of the most effective ways to unlock fresh ideas, innovation, and problem-solving. You'll discover why creativity isn't ...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. Have you ever felt like you're simply along for the ride in your own life? Over time, repeated setbacks, stress, other people's opinions, self-doubt, and limiting beliefs can quietly lead to learned helplessness which is the feeling that you have little control over your circumstances. In this episode, Dr. Robyn Tiger explores how learned helplessness develops, why it keeps us stuck and stressed, ...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. In this inspiring episode, Dr. Robyn Tiger sits down with Dr. Kara Wada, a quadruple board-certified physician in pediatric and adult allergy & immunology, functional medicine, and lifestyle medicine. Dr. Wada shares her deeply personal journey of being diagnosed with Sjögren's syndrome and how that experience transformed the way she cares for herself and her patients. Together, they explore t...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. What if one of the most powerful prescription for better health isn't found in a pharmacy? In this episode of The StressFreeMD Podcast, Dr. Robyn Tiger explores the science behind social health and why strong relationships are essential for reducing stress, cultivating resilience, and enhancing both lifespan and healthspan. Learn about the growing epidemic of loneliness and isolation, discover the...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. How much time do you spend trapped in "what if" thoughts? Rumination, blame, shame, worry, and fear can keep us stuck in the past feeling heavy, overwhelmed, and like a helpless passenger in the back seat of our own lives. In this episode, Dr. Robyn Tiger shares her simple yet powerful four-step framework to break free from the "What If" cycle and move forward with greater clarity, resilience, and...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. Are you paying attention to what fuels you and what drains you? In this episode, Dr. Robyn Tiger invites you to explore your personal energy landscape by identifying what leaves you feeling depleted and what helps you feel energized, fulfilled, and alive. Learn how energy shows up in your body, your work, your relationships, and your daily life, and why honoring your energy is one of the most powe...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. In this inspiring episode, Dr. Robyn Tiger welcomes Dr. Wendy Schofer, a dual board-certified pediatrician and lifestyle medicine physician, retired Navy physician, certified coach, improv comedian, and founder of Family in Focus®. Discover how the principles of improv can be used for stress relief not only on stage, but in everyday life including communication, relationships, parenting, and even ...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. Complaining may feel like communication, but they're not the same thing. In this episode, Dr. Robyn Tiger explores the powerful difference between complaining and communicating. Learn how complaints often keep us stuck, create defensiveness, and increase stress while thoughtful communication can foster understanding, connection, and meaningful change. Discover how this applies not only to co...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. Are you feeling overwhelmed, overcommitted, or stretched too thin? The solution may not be doing more. Instead it may be creating better boundaries. In this episode, Dr. Robyn Tiger explores how healthy boundaries can reduce stress, protect your time and energy, and support your physical, emotional, and mental well-being. Learn how boundaries can improve your relationships, work-life balance, tech...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. We are surrounded by constant noise—our own thoughts, other people’s opinions, social media, news, politics, and endless distractions. In this episode, Dr. Robyn Tiger explores how all of this noise can increase stress, overwhelm your nervous system, and disconnect you from your inner wisdom. Learn how to create space, protect your peace, and rise above the mental clutter through simple, practical...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. In this episode Dr. Robyn Tiger explores how getting stuck in microscopic thinking and repetitive thought loops can increase stress, overwhelm, and emotional exhaustion. Learn how widening your perspective and viewing life through a more macroscopic lens can help you feel calmer, clearer, and more grounded. This episode offers practical tools to shift your mindset, interrupt rumination, and reconn...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. In this inspiring episode, Dr. Robyn Tiger sits down with Dr. Melinda Rathkopf, a board-certified Allergist/Immunologist, Pediatrician, Air Force veteran, and founder of Declutter Docs. They explore how creating space in your home, office, digital life, and mind can decrease overwhelm and increase productivity, peace, and purpose. Together, they discuss the root causes of clutter buildup, practica...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. In this episode, Dr. Robyn Tiger explores how judgmental thoughts—toward yourself and others—can increase stress and keep you feeling stuck. She shares how shifting into a place of compassionate curiosity can open the door to growth, clarity, and calm. You’ll learn how to reframe common limiting thoughts into empowering questions, understand how curiosity supports your brain and nervous syst...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. In this episode we explore the powerful distinction between a team and a crew. A team may work together, but a crew is “inescapably, beautifully, dutifully linked" as shared by astronaut Christina Koch. In this episode, you’ll discover: The key differences between a team vs a crew Why misalignment is a hidden source of stress and burnout Two powerful reflection questions to assess ...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. In this deeply meaningful episode, I’m joined by Dr. Jonathan Fisher—Harvard-trained cardiologist, author of Just One Heart, and Physician Executive for Well-Being and Resiliency at Novant Health. We share the extraordinary story of how we met during the pandemic—through his sister, decades after her passing—and the powerful lessons she left us both rooted in self-compassion and kindness. Together...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. In this powerful and inspiring episode, we’re joined by Dr. Tracy Asamoah, child and adolescent psychiatrist, coach, and coach trainer, for a deeply meaningful conversation on leadership, identity, and growth in medicine and beyond. Dr. Asamoah shares her personal journey from psychiatry into coaching. Together, we explore the often-overlooked gap in leadership training during medical education an...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. Today’s episode is truly out of this world! Inspired by key takeaways from the Artemis II astronauts—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen—you’ll discover how perspective, trust, lightness, and connection can transform your stress into calm. This episode includes a simple, step-by-step action plan to help you integrate these powerful lessons into your daily life. In...

The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits. Not all relationships are meant to last forever, and know that’s okay. In this episode, Dr. Robyn Tiger invites you to gently explore which relationships in your life serve your greatest good, and which you may be better served by completing. Through a compassionate 5-step process, you’ll learn how to create space, set boundaries, and release what no longer aligns without guilt or harsh endi...