About us
We understand because we’ve been there.
We’re Juliette and Tracy, physicians who became coaches.
We understand this life from the inside, and we know the tools that actually help.
We know how much women physicians carry: the work, the people counting on you, and the voice that says you should be handling it all better.
We want you to feel good in your own skin, trust your own judgment, and actually enjoy your life, not just get through it.
That’s why we created Physician Life Booster.
We run every group ourselves. We get to know you, and you get to know us, and in this connected setting you grow and change.
It’s our deep privilege to do this work with you.
Our story
We’re two physicians who found our way to coaching by different roads.
Juliette was a psychiatrist and academic leader at Penn who knew something needed to change. Instead of running to a new job, she worked with a coach to figure out what she really wanted, and rediscovered an interest in coaching she’d had back in training. After pathology training, Tracy chose to stay home with her three daughters, and while that felt fulfilling and aligned, she still heard a critical internal voice about her choices. Coaching is what changed that, and it’s why she became a coach.
We each work with physicians individually, and in that work we kept hearing the same things: the same thought patterns, the same struggles, and the same quiet worry that something was wrong with them, because no one else seemed to feel this way.
We could tell them, truthfully, that we help women physicians with exactly this all day long. It helped a little. But it wasn’t the same as sitting with other women physicians and hearing it from them. We also knew how much they could learn from hearing each other work through it together.
And so many women told us they felt increasingly isolated. They talked about how hard it was to connect with other women, even other moms, who didn’t live this life, especially after COVID.
Many also wanted a way to keep coaching a regular part of their lives.
Some had already done intensive coaching programs or packages and wanted to keep going once those ended, without the big price tag or the packed schedule. Others had done one-on-one work with us and were ready for a less demanding, more affordable way to keep growing.
There wasn’t really a place for that.
So we built it.
Two small groups a month, exclusively run by us. A Monthly Community Workshop we both facilitate. Deep dives with guest experts.
I spent 15 years on the faculty of Penn’s Department of Psychiatry, in roles that ranged from directing the crisis center to Vice Chair for Clinical Operations.
I also became a mom to my two daughters during my training and early career, so I know firsthand what it’s like to build a career in medicine while raising a family.
Despite outward “success,” I was feeling stuck and on autopilot and knew I needed a change. I decided to dip my skeptical physician toe into coaching because I knew I wanted to make the decision about what came next clearly. I rediscovered an interest in coaching I’d had back in training, and realized it was a way to use my experience and skills that fit who I am much better.
So, I started my own coaching practice for women physicians. I’m also certified as a group psychotherapist, which is a big part of why I’m passionate about the power of groups.
I live outside Philadelphia with my husband, our daughters and our three cats. I love a good book, hot tea, comfort TV on repeat and live music, and I bag groceries with a level of precision my daughters find hilarious.
Juliette Galbraith, MD
I’m a master at major life changes.
I went from pathologist to full-time stay-at-home mom to life coach.
After pathology training, I decided to stay home and raise my three daughters. I chose that life intentionally, and it was the right choice for me and my family at that time. But I kept criticizing myself for it, with an inner voice telling me I had failed. I went from trying to prove myself as a doctor to trying to prove myself as a mother.
What finally helped was coaching. I didn’t need a different life. I needed to learn how to embrace the one I had created.
So I combined my two loves, personal growth and medicine. I trained as a life coach and started a practice for women physicians and other professionals. My approach is empathic, judgment-free, and direct enough to actually move things forward.
I live in Philadelphia with my three girls, two dogs and two cats, so home is a bit of a Philadelphia zoo. I love reading fiction and nonfiction, and I’m always dabbling in a new hobby, from perfume making to tarot reading to flower arranging. When I’m not in Philadelphia, I’m exploring the world underwater, scuba diving with my daughters.
Tracy Levitt, MD
Our approach
Most of us move through the day on autopilot. Thousands of thoughts run in the background, quietly shaping how we feel and what we do. A physician’s mind is busier than most, which means there’s a lot of unintentional thinking running the show.
Our work starts there. We help each woman notice how she’s seeing her life, so she can choose more intentionally and follow her own compass.
Two women can bring almost the same problem and leave in very different directions. Once each one sees the thoughts driving how she feels, she has real choices. One realizes nothing on the outside needs to change. Seeing it differently is enough, and she feels much better. The other finds that same clarity gives her the freedom to make big changes. We don’t decide which way you go. We help you see clearly enough to choose.
You can want more for your life without believing your current life is a failure.
The idea is simple. How you see a situation shapes how you feel, and how you feel shapes what you do and don’t do. Your thoughts aren’t facts, so you have more choice than it seems.
But you can’t talk yourself into a “better” thought that doesn’t feel true. That just feels like gaslighting, or toxic positivity. What actually opens the door is self-compassion: accepting your thoughts and feelings as they are, and being kind to yourself about them. That acceptance is what frees you to choose new, intentional thoughts and actions, the ones that build the life you want.
Many physicians believe being hard on themselves is what got them here. You got here in spite of that inner critic, not because of it. A kinder inner voice is what finally breaks the cycle.
So what does this actually look like inside PLB?
From the women we coach
“PLB has been such a game changer for me! Getting coached by Tracy and Juliette, two seriously badass, inspirational, and also down to earth physician women, alongside learning from and with the PLB community of women is just unparalleled. I’ve never felt so seen and understood as being a part of PLB!”
Suzi B., MD Emergency Medicine
“As an overwhelmed physician and mother of 3, I cannot recommend PLB enough; it is truly one of the best coaching programs there is! Tracy and Juliette are not only incredibly skilled coaches, they are compassionate, relatable physician moms who just get it.”
Rachel H., MD Sleep Medicine and Psychiatry
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