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Moving Medicine Podcast

Moving Medicine Podcast

Written by: Zoe Taylor
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The Moving Medicine Podcast is a trusted resource for physicians and medical families navigating one of the most significant transitions of their careers: relocation. Hosted by Zoe Taylor, Founder of Moving Medicine Partners, the podcast explores what medical families truly need to know before they move—beyond contracts and compensation. Each episode offers insight into hospital culture, city lifestyles, real estate considerations, cost of living, and the emotional realities of uprooting a family. Through expert interviews, real relocation stories, and solo guidance episodes, the show reduces overwhelm and decision fatigue by delivering clear, honest, and experience-based perspectives. Whether you’re preparing for residency, fellowship, or an attending role—or reassessing lifestyle and burnout—the Moving Medicine Podcast helps families make confident, informed decisions about where (and how) to build their next chapter.©2025 Moving Medicine Partners Careers Economics Hygiene & Healthy Living Personal Success Physical Illness & Disease Social Sciences Travel Writing & Commentary
Episodes
  • What Physicians Don’t Expect About Moving to Hawaii with Nathalie Champion – Ep20

    What Physicians Don’t Expect About Moving to Hawaii with Nathalie Champion – Ep20
    May 18 2026

    Relocating to Hawaii as a physician family comes with far more than beautiful scenery and ocean views.

    In this episode, Zoe Taylor talks with Honolulu-based real estate professional Nathalie Champion about the emotional realities of starting over in Hawaii during medical career transitions. From rebuilding community and adjusting expectations to navigating physician life in Hawaii, this conversation explores the human side of relocation that often gets overlooked.

    Nathalie also shares her journey from running a successful art gallery in Santa Fe to helping physician and military families create stability through real estate and relocation support.

    Nathalie Champion is a Honolulu-based real estate professional with Compass who specializes in helping physician, military, and relocating families navigate major life transitions through thoughtful, relationship-driven real estate guidance.

    Before transitioning into real estate, Nathalie ran a large art gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her move into the housing industry was inspired by a difficult personal experience with a sales agent, which reinforced the importance of trust, competence, advocacy, and service during life-changing decisions.

    As the spouse of a forensic psychiatrist, Nathalie understands firsthand the unique emotional and logistical challenges medical families face while relocating, rebuilding community, and creating stability in unfamiliar environments.

    Her work is deeply rooted in appreciation, service, and helping people feel at home during seasons of transition.

    Connect with Nathalie Champion

    🌐 Website: https://nathaliechampion.com
    📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/youdeserveachampion/
    📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YourOahuHome/
    💼 LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/youdeserveachampion

    About the Show

    The Moving Medicine Podcast is a space for physicians and physician spouses navigating relocation — not as a transaction, but as a life transition. Hosted by Zoe Taylor, founder of Moving Medicine Partners, the show centers the human side of medical moves and offers clarity, grounding, and shared understanding for families at every stage of the journey.

    Connect & Follow

    🌐 Website: movingmedicinepartners.com

    📸 Instagram: @movingmedicinepartners

    📘 Facebook: Moving Medicine Partners

    💼 LinkedIn: Moving Medicine Partners

    ✉️ Email: hello@movingmedicinepartners.com
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    43 mins
  • Smart Money Decisions During Medical Transitions with James Nutter — Ep19

    Smart Money Decisions During Medical Transitions with James Nutter — Ep19
    May 11 2026
    Physicians spend years mastering medicine — but very little time learning how to navigate money, home buying, debt, and long-term financial planning during major life transitions. In this episode, Zoe Taylor sits down with fiduciary advisor James Nutter for a grounded conversation about the financial side of moving through medicine. Together, they unpack physician loans, home buying during training and attending transitions, how to evaluate financial advisors, and why so many physicians end up overwhelmed by financial decisions despite being highly educated professionals. Rather than focusing on “getting rich,” this episode centers on building a life that actually aligns with your goals, values, relationships, and long-term vision. Episode Sponsor This episode is sponsored by Bob Hall at Truist. Bob works closely with physicians and medical families navigating relocation, home buying, physician loans, and major financial decisions during career transitions. Whether you're relocating for residency, fellowship, or an attending position, Bob helps physicians think strategically about financing decisions so they can build stability without becoming financially overextended. 🌐 Truist.com/Bob.Hall Episode Summary James Nutter is a fiduciary financial advisor and partner at IM Wealth, where he helps physicians navigate the often-overwhelming world of money, investing, debt, and long-term financial planning. In this conversation, James and Zoe explore how financial decisions intersect with physician life transitions — especially during residency, fellowship, relocation, and early attending years. They discuss the realities of physician loans, why getting approved for a large mortgage doesn’t necessarily mean you should take it, and how physicians can reverse engineer home-buying decisions around lifestyle goals instead of external expectations. The conversation also dives into the financial advising industry itself — including fiduciary standards, commissions, hidden conflicts of interest, and how physicians can better protect themselves from poor financial guidance. This episode is practical, honest, and deeply relevant for physicians trying to create financial clarity during some of the busiest and most transitional years of their lives. In This Episode, We Cover Physician loans and common misconceptionsHome buying during residency and attending transitionsHow to determine what house you can realistically affordWhy physicians are often targeted by commission-based financial productsThe difference between fiduciary and suitability standardsQuestions physicians should ask before hiring a financial advisorDual registration and hidden conflicts of interestBudgeting and understanding cash flow during life transitionsEmergency funds and financial peace of mindLifestyle creep in medicineFinancial conversations inside relationships and marriageAligning financial decisions with personal valuesBuilding wealth without sacrificing quality of life What Makes This Episode Different A physician-focused financial conversation through the lens of medical transitions and relocationHonest insight into how the financial advising industry actually worksPractical guidance around physician loans and home buyingTransparent discussion around fiduciaries, commissions, and financial conflictsA realistic conversation about balancing financial goals with real lifeAdvice physicians can immediately apply during training or attending transitions About the Guest James Nutter is a fiduciary financial advisor and partner at IM Wealth, a physician-focused financial planning firm helping medical professionals make more intentional financial decisions. After beginning his career inside a large Fortune 100 financial firm, James transitioned into boutique financial planning to better serve physicians through transparent, relationship-driven guidance. Today, he helps physicians navigate investing, student loans, home buying, cash flow systems, retirement planning, and long-term wealth strategy. James is also the host of A Physician’s Guide to Wealth podcast. Connect with James Nutter 🌐 https://www.imwealth.com 📸Follow James on Instagram. 🎙 Podcast: A Life Well Lived: A Physician’s Guide to Wealth
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • From San Francisco to LA, with a Toddler and a Moving Truck — A Physician Spouse's System for Sane Relocations — Ep18

    From San Francisco to LA, with a Toddler and a Moving Truck — A Physician Spouse's System for Sane Relocations — Ep18
    May 4 2026
    Lisa Alemi is a physician spouse, mother of three, and the creator of Move Mama Move — a relocation planning system born out of one too many moves done the hard way. Married to a general surgeon she met in San Francisco, Lisa has lived through the full physician-family relocation arc: a research-year honeymoon period, the brutal pivot back into clinical training, fellowship in Seattle, four years in Kansas City, and a cross-country move to Los Angeles with a six-month-old in tow. That last move, executed on no sleep and full mom brain, was the one that broke her — and built the planner. Now based in LA, Lisa walks host Zoe Taylor through the mechanics most physician families never get briefed on: how to vet a moving company with the right 30-plus questions, why a binding estimate matters more than people realize, what to put in the "do not move" box, how to color-code a household so movers don't need to ask where anything goes, and why mail forwarding will quietly fail you on the documents that matter most. They cover the nervous, expensive, emotionally taxing parts of relocation — and the simple systems that take the guesswork out. They cover: Why the research years of residency can be a false sense of security — and what changes the moment a clinical rotation startsThe first traumatic move (a 26-foot truck, San Francisco, 5 PM rush hour, no plan) that became the catalyst for every checklist afterWhy long-distance moves often involve two different companies — and what that means for accountabilityBinding estimates, hourly traps, long-carry fees, stairs, parking permits, and the fine print physician families missThe "do not move" box: passports, jewelry, electronics, and what should never touch a moving truckWhy air tags in a couple of boxes are now a non-negotiable for cross-country movesThe 60-cents-per-pound reimbursement rule, and why renter's or homeowner's insurance during a move is worth keepingA color-coded labeling system that lets movers place every box and piece of furniture without a single "where does this go?"Why mail forwarding fails for the documents that matter — and which institutions to call directlyHow a planned move protects the energy of the home you're moving into What Makes This Episode Different A physician spouse who has moved through every training stage — residency, fellowship, first attending, and final relocation — and turned the lessons into a working systemPractical, granular logistics most relocation conversations skip: questions to ask movers, contract red flags, two-truck transfers, and the realities of long-distance moving company subcontractingA hosting tip from real life: schedule a birthday party two weeks after move-in and watch every box get unpackedA frank look at how a chaotic move imprints on a home — and why a calm, planned arrival changes the energy of the space you're walking intoA sister-podcast collaboration with The Medcommon and Moving Medicine Partners for matching-season residents who need help relocating, finding housing, and rebuilding community About the Guest Lisa Alemi is the founder of Move Mama Move and a physician spouse who has relocated across San Francisco, Seattle, Kansas City, and Los Angeles over the course of her husband’s general surgery training and attending career. Now done with training and settled in LA, Lisa knows firsthand how long it can take to find community after each move — and how much of that depends on creating a home that actually works for the family living in it. After cross-country moving with a six-month-old and finding nothing online comprehensive enough to actually use, she built the planner she had been searching for. Today, Move Mama Move offers three versions of the planner — a Relocation Planner, a Home Search & Relocation Planner, and a premium gift edition — all designed to take the guesswork, anxiety, and emotional cost out of physician-family moves so families can show up to their next home feeling grounded instead of frayed. Connect with Lisa 🛠 Brand: Move Mama Move 🛒 Shop: shop.movemamamove.com 📸 Instagram: @move_mama_move ✉️ Email: lisa@movemamamove.com About the Show The Moving Medicine Podcast is a space for physicians and physician spouses navigating relocation — not as a transaction, but as a life transition. Hosted by Zoe Taylor, founder of Moving Medicine Partners, the show centers the human side of medical moves and offers clarity, grounding, and shared understanding for families at every stage of the journey. Connect & Follow 🌐 Website: movingmedicinepartners.com 📸 Instagram: @movingmedicinepartners 📘 Facebook: Moving Medicine Partners 💼 LinkedIn: Moving Medicine Partners ✉️ Email: hello@movingmedicinepartners.com About the Host Zoe Taylor is the founder of Moving Medicine Partners and a real estate agent based in St. Louis who has sat at that kitchen table herself. Through her work supporting medical families across the country, Zoe has ...
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    36 mins
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