Better Together Coaching at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

For Participants

The hardest part of medicine is not the workload.

It’s the uncertainty. The hierarchy. The pressure to be competent all the time.
Training teaches clinical mastery.

It rarely teaches how to stay whole inside it.

Over time, that erodes your agency, your clarity, and your connection to why you started.

Better Together is not a just another wellness program.

We partner with institutions, departments, and training programs to provide cognitive and professional capacity training for people across medicine – students, residents, fellows, and practicing clinicians – who want to:
  • Act from internal values instead of external pressure
  • Tolerate distress without resentment
  • Hold authority without self-deprecation
  • Set boundaries without shrinking
  • Navigate conflict without becoming it

The result isn’t just less burnout.

It’s stronger professional identity, greater flexibility under stress, and more sustainable careers in medicine.

Come remember who you are – and build the fortitude to practice medicine without abandoning yourself.

The Program

We partner with institutions for an annual subscription that includes TWO unique, 4-month fully digital programs, both designed to meet the specific needs of busy clinicians, medical learners, and researchers.

Curriculum introduces participants to our coaching concepts and tools.

The program follows a four month format, with each month focusing on one core pillar:

Month 1: Coaching 101

  • Week 1: Introduction to the Thought Model (CBT/ACT based)
  • Week 2: Feelings (emotional agility)
  • Week 3: Goals, Values and Purpose
  • Week 4: Being Your Best at Work

Month 2: Looking Out

  • Week 1: Leveraging a Growth Mindset
  • Week 2: Receiving Feedback
  • Week 3: Dealing with Bias at Work
  • Week 4: Choosing How You Show Up

Month 3: Looking In

  • Week 1: Imposter Syndrome
  • Week 2: Approval Addiction
  • Week 3: Perfectionism
  • Week 4: How to Change Your Thoughts About Yourself

Month 4: The New You

  • Week 1: Confidence
  • Week 2: Navigating Transitions
  • Week 3: Self-Appreciation and Self-Compassion
  • Week 4: Your Future Self

Curriculum builds on the concepts and tools introduced in the BT1 Foundational Curriculum.

The program follows a four month format, with each month focusing on one core pillar:

Month 1: Leadership

  • Week 1: Impossible Goals
  • Week 2: Emotional Intelligence
  • Week 3: Clarifying Your Purpose and Building Your Team
  • Week 4: Radical Acceptance

Month 2: Relationships

  • Week 1: The Cost of Comparison
  • Week 2: The Manual
  • Week 3: Bias at Work
  • Week 4: Emotional Adulthood

Month 3: Boundaries

  • Week 1: Boundary Basics
  • Week 2: Boundaries Without Guilt
  • Week 3: I Set a Boundary, Now What?
  • Week 4: When Boundaries Are Crossed

Month 4: Transitions

  • Week 1: FFTs: Naming and Normalizing Transitions
  • Week 2: Zooming Out
  • Week 3: Defining Success
  • Week 4: Moving Forward

self-study materials

Video modules offering innovative, high-yield didactic teachings complimented by worksheets for reflective metacognition that further supports the teaching materials.

Live Coaching Calls

We host regular pre-scheduled group coaching calls on Zoom led by a professional, certified physician life coach, with replays available inside the member dashboard.

1:1 Coaching

Each member has access to up to eight private sessions with a certified coach each academic year to fundamentally deepen the understanding of and apply the coaching tools.

Written Coaching

Members are able to anonymously ask about any challenge, question or situation they would like coaching on at any time, and receive a reply from a certified coach.

Both online curriculums are self-paced, often asynchronous, and flexible: designed for busy and varied schedules. All live group coaching calls are recorded, with replays available on a private podcast.

View Dr. Michael Hersh’s story of how coaching and vulnerability changed everything for him, and why group coaching is so powerful.

Watch live coaching example

See our coaching in action with Better Together Coaches Tyra Fainstad and Mia Woodward.

Here's How it Works:

1

Submit the form to bring BT to your institution

Fill out this form to connect someone from our team with the appropriate contact from your institution.

2

Join the program during Fall and Spring registration

Enrollment follows the academic calendar, with BT1 starting each Fall and BT2 following each Spring.

3

Start reclaiming your agency in medicine

Rediscover the joy in your chosen field and move towards a more sustainable career with greater fulfillment.