For women in public health: Get more done in less time, without hustling, with Marissa McKool
08/02/23 • 18 min
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In this episode, Sujani shares a bit about how much she’s invested in herself, followed by a conversation with Marissa about why she built the 5-week course “Not Your Average Productivity Course”.
Enrolment closes August 3, 2023
What You’ll Learn from this Episode:
- How much Sujani has invested personally in her personal/professional development ($9000!), and why she continues to do so
- Why Marissa McKool built this course
- What people get within the course
- How to get support from your employer for this course
Today’s Guest:
Marissa McKool, MPH, is a former public health leader turned career and life coach who helps public health professionals eliminate their burnout without quitting their job. Marissa received her MPH from Emory University and held several leadership roles in government and academia working on sexual violence prevention and reproductive health, before finding herself burning out. Through coaching, she was able to eliminate her stress without anything outside of her changing and now helps others do the same. She is also the host of the Redefining Rest Podcast for Public Health Professionals, where she helps listeners reduce their workload, create more time, get more rest, and feel better.
Featured on the Show:
- Not Your Average Productivity Course: Get more done in less time, without hustling
A 5-week course for women in public health - Contact Marissa: [email protected]
- Marissa’s Social Media Pages:
- Episode #76 with Marissa – Redefining Rest For Public Health Professionals, With Marissa McKool
Join The Public Health Career Club: A global membership community where public health professionals connect, learn, and support each other in building meaningful and impactful careers.
Go from feeling confused, alone and overwhelmed, to feeling confident and in control of your life and career!
Tell us what you thought of this episode - send us a text!
In this episode, Sujani shares a bit about how much she’s invested in herself, followed by a conversation with Marissa about why she built the 5-week course “Not Your Average Productivity Course”.
Enrolment closes August 3, 2023
What You’ll Learn from this Episode:
- How much Sujani has invested personally in her personal/professional development ($9000!), and why she continues to do so
- Why Marissa McKool built this course
- What people get within the course
- How to get support from your employer for this course
Today’s Guest:
Marissa McKool, MPH, is a former public health leader turned career and life coach who helps public health professionals eliminate their burnout without quitting their job. Marissa received her MPH from Emory University and held several leadership roles in government and academia working on sexual violence prevention and reproductive health, before finding herself burning out. Through coaching, she was able to eliminate her stress without anything outside of her changing and now helps others do the same. She is also the host of the Redefining Rest Podcast for Public Health Professionals, where she helps listeners reduce their workload, create more time, get more rest, and feel better.
Featured on the Show:
- Not Your Average Productivity Course: Get more done in less time, without hustling
A 5-week course for women in public health - Contact Marissa: [email protected]
- Marissa’s Social Media Pages:
- Episode #76 with Marissa – Redefining Rest For Public Health Professionals, With Marissa McKool
Join The Public Health Career Club: A global membership community where public health professionals connect, learn, and support each other in building meaningful and impactful careers.
Go from feeling confused, alone and overwhelmed, to feeling confident and in control of your life and career!
Previous Episode
My First 10 Years In Public Health, With Sujani
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This episode walks through Sujani’s first 10 years of her public health career, as well as the highs and lows. This episode is inspired by a LinkedIn post that Sujani wrote that crossed 14,000+ views.
Thank you to McKool Coaching for sponsoring this episode. Marissa McKool helps women in public health stop overworking and get more REST.What You’ll Learn from this Episode:
- Sujani walks through her public health career (education, jobs, side projects, etc.) starting from 2011 to 2021!
- She talks about her MPH degree, public health jobs she had, interviews she failed, launch of her not-for-profit organization (the Tamil Health Association) and the birth of this company (PH SPOT).
- The ups and downs of these 10 years. What she did and didn’t do through these 10 years (for example, no formal education or certification, 55% increase in salary, the HUGE community she’s built around her, and more!)
- About The Public Health Career Club, PH SPOT’s membership community.
Today’s Guest:
Sujani Sivanantharajah is the founder and CEO of PH SPOT.
Sujani Sivanantharajah is a public health professional trained in Epidemiology. Her gift and passion lie in building relationships and using these relationships to create and cultivate spaces for people to find meaningful partnerships that can serve their communities. In 2017, this passion led her to build PHSPOT.org, a platform and community for public health professionals around the world to build their dream careers.
Sujani holds a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree from the University of Saskatchewan and an Honours Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto.
Featured on the Show:
- Sujani’s LinkedIn Page
- Tamil Health Association
- The Public Health Career Club
- Not Your Average Productivity Course: Get more done in less time, without hustling - A 5-week course for women in public health
Join The Public Health Career Club: A global membership community where public health professionals connect, learn, and support each other in building meaningful and impactful careers.
Go from feeling confused, alone and overwhelmed, to feeling confident and in control of your life and career!
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From the White House to a career in Public Health, with Bernard Toney Jr.
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In this episode, Sujani sits down with Bernard Toney Jr., a former White House Medical Officer and US Army Veteran. They talk about Bernard’s time in the military and the White House and what led him to pursuing a career in population health.
You’ll Learn
- How an event in Bernard’s early years led to an interest in medical sciences and how his experiences serving in the military later on cemented his passion for population health
- How Bernard was able to gain experience in the medical field while not officially in a healthcare position
- What to consider if you are thinking of pursuing a new degree
- How Bernard got his role as a White House Medical Officer and what duties and responsibilities it involved
- How the COVID pandemic changed these roles and his interests
- Bernard’s experiences with racial discrimination and other hardships throughout his career and how he has dealt with these issues
Today’s Guest
Bernard Toney Jr. is a Former White House Medical Officer and US Army Veteran.
He is currently completing his Master of Public Health Degree at The George Washington University in May and currently works at the National Institutes of Health.
While serving in the White House Medical Unit during the COVID-19 pandemic, he decided to transition into the field of public health after seeing the inquiries that led to significant morbidity and mortality for marginalized populations while traveling in support of the President, Vice President, and First Lady.
Resources
- Follow Bernard on LinkedIn
Join The Public Health Career Club: A global membership community where public health professionals connect, learn, and support each other in building meaningful and impactful careers.
Go from feeling confused, alone and overwhelmed, to feeling confident and in control of your life and career!
Public Health SPOTlight Podcast - For women in public health: Get more done in less time, without hustling, with Marissa McKool
Transcript
Welcome to PH SPOTlight, a community for you to build your public health career with. Join Us Weekly right here. And I'll be here too, your host, Sujani Siva from PH SPOT.
SujaniHey there, it's Sujani here with another episode on the PH SPOT podcast, welcome. And today I have a very short conversation with Marissa McKool, and you've been hearing me tell you about this productivity course specifically desi
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