From Optometry To Authorship: Purpose, Patients, And Personal Courage

About this episode

The episode explores how a 30-year optometrist reconnected with purpose and transformed her clinic culture through vulnerability and gratitude.

Send us Fan Mail We explore how a 30‑year optometrist reconnected with purpose, found her voice through vulnerability, and turned a clinic into a culture powered by gratitude and action. The story spans a viral poem, practice reinvestment, children’s books, and the simple habits that keep leaders on fire. • patients as purpose and the post‑COVID awakening • staying in your lane vs stepping into courage • vulnerability on LinkedIn and the unifying poem • private messages, shared trauma and dr...

People in this episode

Host: Mike Lyons

Guest: 30‑year optometrist

Topics covered

• optometry
• authorship
• vulnerability
• leadership
• gratitude
• post-COVID awakening

Keywords

• optometry
• authorship
• vulnerability
• leadership
• gratitude
• post-COVID
• poem
• children's books
• courage

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: viral poem, children’s books

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