Interview with Dr. Jessie Benson 

In this week's PNC Podcast episode, Dr. Jessie Benson describes how she became a coach, musician, and professional artist after practicing anesthesiology for 10 years.

Jessie received her medical degree from West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine. She then completed an anesthesia residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a critical care fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic.

Jessie spent the first 3 decades of her life chasing achievement and approval. Her life was marked by perfectionism and a fear of failure and rejection. Through dedicated self-work, she was able to break free from this way of thinking. That is when she really started living.

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A Coach, Musician, and Professional Artist

After practicing anesthesiology and critical care medicine for nearly a decade, Jessie took a leap of faith in 2014. She left medicine to build the life of her dreams. She now lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia on 5 ½ acres of heaven. Jessie’s days are filled with doing what she loves. She works with life coach clients. She creates and sells her beeswax and oil paintings as a professional artist. And since building her house, she now lives the life of a homesteader each day.

I just knew it wasn't the life for me, and so I decided I wanted to have a different life and that's what I do now.

In addition to developing her artistic impulses, she brought music back into her life. She began playing the cello, sometimes performing for others.

Exposure to Life Coaching

Jessie has steadily grown her coaching practice to a vibrant one. In addition to meeting with her one-on-one clients weekly, Jessie leads workshops and retreats. The culmination of this work is Brave Is Beautiful Circle. This is her year-long immersion program helping women connect with their authenticity and creativity and “find their brave.”

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By life coach and professional artist Dr. Jessie Benson.

Jessie's Journey Didn't Stop There

Art and music weren't all that Jessie fell in love with. In preparation for her transition, Jessie completed yoga and meditation training and certification. Then, she traveled around the U.S. in an RV, hiking many state and national parks. This helped her to decide where she wanted to settle down and begin her new life.

After her traveling journey, she started her life coaching practice. In her practice, she focuses on what she calls barrier beliefs. These are the obstacles to moving forward productively. Ultimately, that led her to develop her year-long coaching program. In it, she integrates much of what she has learned over the past several years. Now, she is super excited about her Brave is Beautiful Circle program. 

Summary

In this episode, Dr. Jessie Benson discusses why there is hope that each of us can find a more balanced life. Since leaving medicine, she now spends her time as a life coach, musician, homesteader, and professional artist. And she loves it.

And she encourages all of us to follow our own path to a more balanced and authentic life. Whether in medicine or not. But it requires effort and commitment. And sometimes some coaching.

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