The leadership part
was never taught.
This is where you learn it.
A confidential, structured space to develop as a leader — from the inside out. Whether you hold a formal title or not. Whether you're newly titled, mid-career, or quietly burning out at the senior level.
Not another program
to perform.
Most leadership development in medicine treats physicians like patients — something to fix, something to make more resilient. Or it treats them like students — loading them with frameworks that don't survive contact with a real shift.
This work starts somewhere different: with you as the agent of your own development. Not me. Not a framework. You. I hold the container — the thinking, the structure, the questions. The change is yours to make, and it belongs entirely to you.
- A wellness program or burnout recovery track
- A life coach helping you optimize everything
- Someone to rescue or fix you
- A framework to perform under pressure
- Generic leadership training that doesn't know medicine
- Leadership development — internal first, then outward
- Values clarity, self-awareness, orientation under pressure
- Evidence-based tools translated for the clinical environment
- A confidential space that belongs entirely to you
- Work that ripples into your team and department
You don't need a title
to do this work.
Physicians at every stage of leadership come to this work. What they share isn't a role — it's a gap between the clinician they were trained to be and the leader they're now being asked to become.
You have a title you didn't fully ask for. The clinical part you know. The leading people part — the culture, the conflict, the conversations — nobody prepared you for that.
You've been leading for a few years. Something isn't working and you can't quite name it. You're effective on paper and exhausted underneath. You need a different kind of thinking partner.
You've led well for a long time. But the weight has accumulated. You want to lead from a place of clarity again — not just from habit, hierarchy, and the expectation that you have it figured out.
Simple structure.
Serious work.
Every engagement starts with a chemistry conversation — 45 minutes, no pitch, no commitment. We figure out whether this is the right fit before anything else happens.
Choose your
engagement.
Two structures — subscription for ongoing accountability, or pre-paid packages for flexibility. Both include the same quality of work. All live engagements begin with a complimentary chemistry conversation.
Two 60-minute sessions per month with session rollover and light async support. Designed for physicians navigating leadership growth, career recalibration, work-life integration, or burnout recovery within demanding systems.
- Two 60-minute coaching sessions per month
- Session rollover while subscription is active
- Light email support between sessions
- Access to all Root & Rise courses and tools
Up to four 60-minute sessions per month with priority scheduling and responsive async support. For physicians navigating layered transitions, expanded leadership roles, institutional complexity, or significant career decisions.
- Up to four 60-minute coaching sessions per month
- Session rollover while subscription is active
- Priority scheduling
- Ongoing asynchronous support
- Full access to all current and future Root & Rise resources
Six 60-minute sessions scheduled on your terms — monthly, quarterly, or in response to evolving needs. For physicians who value sustained development without committing to a monthly cadence.
- Six 60-minute coaching sessions
- Light asynchronous support
- Sessions valid for 18 months
Small-group physician leadership cohorts — structured peer learning alongside colleagues who understand the weight of the work. Shared language, real accountability, and the particular kind of clarity that comes from not being alone in the room.
- Small cohort of physician leaders
- Structured curriculum with live sessions
- Confidential peer learning environment
- Facilitated by Coral Edwards, MS, PCC
Coaching engagements may qualify for CME reimbursement or professional development funding depending on your institution's policy. Most Root & Rise clients across Penn Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Jefferson Health, and other academic medical centers have successfully used CME funds to cover their coaching. Ask your GME office or faculty development coordinator.
Self-paced, CME-accredited leadership education built from the live cohort curriculum. Physician-specific frameworks, tools, and structured reflection — on your schedule, without a coaching commitment.
- Async, self-paced format
- CME-accredited through Penn Medicine
- Evidence-based physician leadership curriculum
- Access to Root & Rise tools and frameworks
An outside perspective
that sees what's inside.
I'm not a physician. That's not a gap — it's part of what makes this work. I've spent years embedded in the physician world, beginning with my husband's medical school, residency, and fellowship training — and the toll that journey took on both of us.
I understand the culture, the hierarchy, the moral weight, and the identity complexity from the inside — without being shaped by the training that produces it. That outside perspective is what lets me see what physicians often can't see about themselves, and reflect it back without flinching.
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No pitch. No pressure.
Every engagement begins with a complimentary chemistry conversation — 45 minutes to figure out whether this work makes sense for you right now.
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