146: Double your PTO & $25K Exit bonus: secrets your Chair doesn’t want you to have | Paid Time Off series #2

True story: when I had my C-section, I only got two weeks off.  That experience taught me the most important lesson of my career: if you don’t know the policies in writing, you’ll lose benefits you already earned.   In this podcast episode, I break down exactly how physicians can stop leaving benefits on the table and design maternity leave that actually works. Here’s what you’ll hear: ➡️The GOLDEN RULE that keeps you from losing weeks of paid time off ➡️How to EXTEND maternity to 6 months without breaking policy ➡️PTO stacking, CME days, and flexible options for additional MONTHS of recovery ➡️Phased returns, flex schedule, and call considerations you MUST know about ➡️Simple scripts for telling your boss AND extending your approved maternity leave ➡️How to handle the guilt, the gossip, and the complaints that always come up Maternity leave isn’t a luxury—it’s a built-in expectation of the system. You are SUPPOSED to use it. In this episode find out how to maximize your paid time off while protecting your career and strengthening your work relationships. Listen now to get the Maternity Leave you've already earned. 💗Reply back and tell me everything! Christina ➡️PS. If this is the work you want to do, you can get started in my coaching program THIS WEEK. We can even show you how to get your boss to pay! Get your free 1:1 sales call HERE. https://app.squarespacescheduling.com/schedule/bd3b6a3c/appointment/33598962/calendar/5849920

Medicine will do you dirty UNLESS you have this PTO Playbook: 10 Hacks Every Physician Needs to Know. Ask me how I know… I worked through a GI bug to not burden colleagues by taking a sick day. I didn’t know I could take paid time off for my 8 year old daughter’s surgery. My Chair threatened to not let me use my PTO.   Here’s what you get in this week’s Paid Time Off Series podcast episode 🔥 The $25K mistake and how to turn it into your 5-Figure Exit Bonus 🔥 How to take 2 PTO days and turn it into a full WEEK off 🔥 How to take bougie paid family vacations without using PTO 🔥 How to double your vacations this year without losing RVUs 🔥 How to MULTIPLY your PTO with CME combos, holiday stacking, & shift trading 🔥  PTO Sprints and Expert Accrual Strategies 🔥 How my boss did me dirty and how you’ll never get played like that   🎯Your Chair isn’t going to tell you this. HR doesn’t want you to know. It’s all in this one episode!   💗Reply back and tell me everything! Christina ➡️PS. If this is the work you want to do, you can get started in my coaching program THIS WEEK. We can even show you how to get your boss to pay! Get your free 1:1 sales call HERE. https://app.squarespacescheduling.com/schedule/bd3b6a3c/appointment/33598962/calendar/5849920

📅Welcome to our new series on how to get Paid Time Off.  👀I'm revealing everything you’ve never heard about how to get work-life balance WITHOUT having to ask your boss, change a hospital policy, or sneak out. 💥With today’s podcast episode, you can get up to 25 hours back THIS WEEK. That’s 1,200 bonus hours THIS YEAR. More family dinners.  EIGHT MONTHS of paid vacation over a decade. 18.5 YEARS over your career.   Here’s what you get in this week’s episode: ➡️How I made $100/hour as a college student in the 1990s with no training or expertise—and how the same principle applies to physicians right now. ➡️The 6 key strategies I used to cut back to part time hours at all three of my fulltime physician jobs. This has helped countless women physicians. ➡️5 journal prompts that open up your schedule TODAY   🎯Pick ONE strategy today. See results TODAY. You don’t need to be a senior leader, admin, teacher to finally have work-life balance. You don’t need your boss’ permission. You JUST need this podcast episode.   💎Can I please ask you for a favor? Could you please share this podcast with your 5 favorite women in your life who'd love to be working less, too?    Try one strategy and tell me everything! Christina   PS. If this is the work you want to do, you can get started in my coaching program THIS WEEK. We can even show you how to get your boss to pay! Get your free 1:1 sales call HERE. https://app.squarespacescheduling.com/schedule/bd3b6a3c/appointment/33598962/calendar/5849920

🚨LISTEN RIGHT NOW FOR THE SPECIAL 48 HOUR BONUS | $100K PRIVATE CALL!🚨 Women docs-- When my Chair threatened to fire me, I didn’t spin out – I negotiated. I kept my job, dropped call & frozen sections (worsts part of my job ever), eliminated RVU pressure, got a new leadership title, extra funding, and full support. I turned this crisis into the best physician job that’s every existed AND built a stronger relationship with my boss in the process. You don’t need to wait 10 years until you're promoted. You don’t need a nicer boss. You don’t need to “do your time.” 📢The only thing between you and your dream job is expert negotiation skills developed exclusively for women physicians. Get everything you need to protect your career, income, and family's financial future on this free podcast episode: 6 figure raise, 5 figure bonus, 4 day workweek: Top negotiations strategies exclusively for women physicians—no matter your practice setting, specialty, or zip code. You'll leave with all this.... ✅The Top 10 negotiation mistakes women physicians make—and exactly how to prevent them ✅How to get the Yes without jeopardizing your physician contract ✅Steal my script– get my 5-part Negotiations script that makes your boss excited to say YES ✅Negotiate like a Pro-Athlete by leveraging counteroffers   🎟️Listen NOW to keep your career safe in ANY economy, with ANY boss, no matter your specialty, zip code, or experience level (plus you can unlock a special 48-hour $100k bonus!).   💎Can I please ask you for a favor? Could you please share this podcast with your 5 favorite women physicians? THIS is how we solve the gender pay gap in our lifetimes. Check out this week’s podcast to get your 6-figure raise before 2026! Enjoy! Christina   PS. Prefer to watch the video? Check it out here: https://youtu.be/psguUOf-xy4   PPS. DOORS ARE OPEN TO NEXT LEVEL FREEDOM FOR THE NEXT 7 DAYS. This is the last chance to join until 2026. Join today to ethically cut back to part time hours at your full time job WITHOUT a pay cut. We can even show you how to get your boss to pay! Full access starts immediately and you'll be on our next group call just a few days away! Join HERE: https://christinaarnoldcoaching.com/next-level-freedom. 

Every hospital has a salary ceiling.  It doesn’t matter if you’re the department workhorse, the highest RVU generator, your boss’s favorite, the national expert, or the one with all the papers… EVEN IF you invented one pill that cures cancer, dementia, obesity, and depression, you won’t get paid 1 penny more… At some point, you’ll hit the salary ceiling and the job won’t even keep up with inflation. Your schedule will erode. Your job will deteriorate. Not because of you or your boss. But because every system has built-in limits. In this week’s podcast you get the playbook to override any institutional limits PLUS my behind the scenes story of how I created THREE dream job offers in a couple of conversations without formally applying.  This week you learn how to negotiate like a pro-athelete. Pro athletes don’t wait around hoping for better contracts. They CREATE better contracts.  When following this process, the wins are pro-athlete level too– MILLIONS of dollars, dream schedules, no call, 6-figure raises and signing bonuses. BUT, this process done wrong can backfire bigtime. Don’t DYI this. Here’s what you get in this week’s podcast  episode: 💸When to use this strategy and when to NOT use this strategy 💸How to maximize rewards and eliminate risks 💸How to break through your institution’s ceiling without more RVUs 💸Use competing offers to ethically create unprecedented raises and better schedules 💸How I created 3 DREAM  offers without formally applying anywhere   📝 JOURNAL PROMPTS Am I willing to move from my center? If no—don’t proceed on this strategy (and we still have so many negotiating options!).. If yes—keep going… How can I make this a win-win no matter what? What outcome would feel good whether I stay or go? What are my priority goals and values? What would my dream day look like—hour by hour? Be specific: salary, schedule, clinical time, admin time, team support, leadership roles, coaching opportunities, location, commute, childcare, anything else that deeply matters to you. What are three jobs that could meet these needs today?   What would make you excited to stay at your current job? Write it all down—salary, schedule, office setup, protected time, promotion, support, title, role clarity.   💎Can I please ask you for a favor? Could you please share this podcast with your 5 favorite women physicians? THIS is how we solve the gender pay gap in our lifetimes. Your career will either grow on purpose…Or it will decline by default. Let’s make sure it grows. Check out this week’s podcast to Negotiate like a pro-athlete.   Enjoy! Christina   PS. Prefer the video version of this podcast? Check it out HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sYXR4OYing PPS. We have a brand new Negotiations Masterclass coming on how to get a 6-figure raises, 5-figure bonuses, 4-day weeks- SIGNUP HERE NOW! https://yourpathinfocus.showit.site/ PPPS. If this is the work you want to do, you can get started in my coaching program THIS WEEK. We can even show you how to get your boss to pay! Get your free 1:1 sales call HERE. https://app.squarespacescheduling.com/schedule/bd3b6a3c/appointment/33598962/calendar/5849920

If you don’t know how to Negotiate, you’ll soon see the male fellow you trained hired at a higher salary than you. Ask me how I know…. He had no experience. No leadership positions. He showed every hard case to me. I was his attending with lots of papers, books, leadership, experience. And he got hired at a higher base salary than me. PS. I don’t fault him– GOOD FOR HIM! The solution isn’t to underpay fellows (of course not!), the solution is we must NOT stop negotiating as you progress to senior faculty.   Don’t assume because you’re working hard that you’re paid well. Don’t assume because your boss is nice that she’s paying you fairly. Don’t assume because your boss is a women that she’s looking out for you. None of this was true for me.    I learned that excellent work doesn’t mean top pay UNLESS you know how to negotiate. I learned “nice” bosses can do you dirty UNLESS you know how to negotiate. I also know “mean” bosses can work with you to create the best jobs…because an amazing job has everything to do with your Negotiation skills and nothing to do with your boss’ mood.   In this week’s training you get the behind the scenes story no one is talking about: 3-tools to protect your salary so this never happens to you How to find out what others earn—even if you’re not at a public university How to ask for a raise using data—not drama What to do when your nice boss does you dirty Why being a top performer is irrelevant unless you know how to Negotiate 📝 JOURNAL PROMPTS Where am I assuming that hard work equals high pay? What data or salary info have I avoided looking at—and why? What would I do differently if I believed my job’s fairness was my responsibility? Who in my circle supports negotiation? Who undermines it? If someone else’s raise raised the standard, how can I use that momentum for myself?   Can I please ask you for a favor? Could you please share this podcast with your 5 favorite women physicians? THIS is how we solve the gender pay gap in our lifetimes.   Click below to listen to the podcast now. Enjoy! Christina   PS. Prefer the video version of this podcast? Check it out HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF1RjO2yxO8&t=142s PPS. We have a brand new Negotiations Masterclass coming on how to get a 6-figure raises, 5-figure bonuses, 4-day weeks- SIGNUP HERE NOW! https://yourpathinfocus.showit.site/  PPPS. If this is the work you want to do, you can get started in my coaching program THIS WEEK. We can even show you how to get your boss to pay! Get your free 1:1 sales call HERE. https://app.squarespacescheduling.com/schedule/bd3b6a3c/appointment/33598962/calendar/5849920  

In this episode, I tell the behind the scenes story of how my Chair came after my job and (never shared before) the 4steps I took to save my job. The Chair accused me of hiding my coaching business—threatened legal action, job loss, and financial penalties—and how I used negotiation to turn the entire situation around. Instead of losing everything, I gained protected time, a leadership title, and full control of my business. This story isn’t just about me. It’s a case study in what becomes possible when you stop spiraling into blame or fear, get on your own side, and learn how to negotiate. Your boss will eventually threaten your job if you're practicing Medicine in 2025. It's actually not a problem. IF you know how to Negotiate. This episode is proof: You can keep your job. You can make it better. And you can walk away for something better—on your terms. 📝 Journaling Prompts Where have I been blaming myself (or others) lately? What would shift if I chose to focus on solving instead of shaming? What part of my job feels unsafe, unpredictable, or outside my control—If I fully believed I’m allowed to negotiate anything… what would I ask for right now? Where have  I turned a near-disaster into something better? What helped me do that? What conversations have I been avoiding because I’m afraid of the outcome? What could I gain by having them skillfully? Click the button below to listen to the podcast now. PS. Prefer the video version of this podcast? Check it out HERE: https://youtu.be/C5kcOZASrCA PPS. We have a brand new Negotiations Masterclass coming on how to get a 6-figure raises, 5-figure bonuses, 4-day weeks- SIGNUP HERE NOW! https://yourpathinfocus.showit.site/  PPPS. If this is the work you want to do, you can get started in my coaching program THIS WEEK. We can even show you how to get your boss to pay! Get your free 1:1 sales call HERE. https://app.squarespacescheduling.com/schedule/bd3b6a3c/appointment/33598962/calendar/5849920

Today’s episode is something you won’t find in a CME training but your body has been begging for: A way to feel calm, even in the middle of a crazy bananas workday, a terrible schedule, and a worse boss. If you’re tense at the nurses' station, clenching your jaw in meetings, or collapsing at home after holding it together all day… You’re not too sensitive. You're in survival mode in a high-pressure job that hasn’t given you any safety mechanisms. Of course, you can barely breathe sometimes. AND you need a way back to safety. Calm. Grounding. You need a Safety Next.  This week on the podcast, I’ll show you how to change all of it:  – How to build a Safety Nest that calms your body in minutes – Grounding tools that work anywhere—OR, Zoom, exam room when you're running 2hours behind and have 250 open clinic notes – What to do in the moment when you feel like you’re about to lose it – How I stayed grounded during trauma-informed equine therapy—while my mind was screaming at me that I was about to die (everyone is fine!) You’ll walk away with: ✔ A strategy to feel calm fast ✔ A system to stop living in fight-or-flight ✔ Tools you can use at work, home, or on the go (you can give these to your spouse, kids, and patients!) This works whether you’re dealing with a toxic boss, a tense patient encounter, or just a day that won’t quit. You’re NOT too sensitive. You just need a Safety Nest. Click the button below to listen to the podcast now. PS. Prefer the video version of this podcast? Check it out HERE: https://youtu.be/8YT_mPbFhP0 PPS. We have a brand new Negotiations Masterclass coming on how to get a 6-figure raises, 5-figure bonuses, 4-day weeks- SIGNUP HERE NOW! https://yourpathinfocus.showit.site/  PPPS. If this is the work you want to do, you can get started in my coaching program THIS WEEK. We can even show you how to get your boss to pay! Get your free 1:1 sales call HERE. https://app.squarespacescheduling.com/schedule/bd3b6a3c/appointment/33598962/calendar/5849920  

Welcome to our brand new MINISODES series. Each podcast is under 2 minutes and packed with a BIG transformation designed to help you cut back to part-time hours & keep your full-time doctor salary WITHOUT a paycut.   Today you get this minisode!: How to leave your job when your boss tries to sabotage you   Ready to join my coaching program to customize this to YOUR exact physician job, family, and boss? Book your free 1:1 sales call here TODAY!:    https://app.squarespacescheduling.com/schedule/bd3b6a3c/appointment/33598962/calendar/5849920 podcast music credit to https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/rock-montage/classic/   

If you see me wildly productive, it’s probably because I’m trying to avoid one boring task on my to-do list. This week’s episode breaks down how I got a six-month procrastination done in under 2hours WHILE closing the loop on literally 100 other procrastination projects. It’s a brand new concept I call riding the procrastination productivity wave. It’s the OPPOSITE of what every other productivity coach has told you. Thank goodness, because their approach never worked for me ever. Inside, you’ll hear: – The behind-the-scenes reason I dropped the podcast for 6 months – How I got back on track in one focused sprint while checking social media as much as I wanted to – How I used the same method to close 100 open loops– I blew my own mind! – A new way to replace dread, shame, and guilt with MASSIVE productivity and confidence Productivity and efficiency have never been your problem. You’re NOT lazy. You just need a way that WORKS FOR YOU. Not AGAINST you. You get everything you need to get your to-do list done AND feel amazing before, during, and after. Can I ask a favor? Can you share this with 5 of your besties? Check out the podcast below! Xoxo, Christina   PS. Prefer the video version of this podcast? Check it out here (and make sure to subscribe to my youtube channel!)  https://youtu.be/zYdHJ5o_I7o PPS. We have a brand new Negotiations Masterclass coming on how to get a 6-figure raises, 5-figure bonuses, 4-day weeks- it goes to the email list first. Get on the email list today HERE. https://www.yourpathinfocus.com/email PPPS. If this is the work you want to do, you can get started in my coaching program THIS WEEK. We can even show you how to get your boss to pay! Get your free 1:1 sales call HERE.https://app.squarespacescheduling.com/schedule/bd3b6a3c/appointment/33598962/calendar/5849920