Happy In Medicine with Dr. Christina Arnold
Welcome to the Happy In Medicine podcast. I’m your host, Dr. Christina Arnold. I am an expert-certified coach & physician Mom. I help women physicians go from Burnout to HAPPY in Medicine.
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- Sep 21, 2026
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206: 10 Things I Wish Someone Told Me About Investing | My $16M Strategy: (opens the original)
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I used to think the stock market was scary. Risky. Dangerous. Plus, my money ptsd convinced me I was bad with money. Hated math. Avoided my finances. I really could have used the financial literacy version of the birds and the bees talk. 😂 So this week on the podcast, I’m giving it. 10 Things I Wish Someone Told Me About Investing in the Stock Market. Including: 💎The ridiculously simple calculation I used to determine exactly how much we need invested to leave Medicine WITHOUT leaving our physic
205: How I made $289,000 from one decision as a resident | My Unhinged Path to Be on Track for a $16 Million Retirement (opens the original)
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She told me she can’t afford to retire. She took out $120,000 in student loans, did everything to pay them back aggressively, and didn’t prioritize retirement. Her plan is to work until she can’t. Because there is no retirement. This breaks my heart. And I’ve heard this story many times. From many extraordinary physicians. Because we aren’t taught about how to have an exit plan from Medicine. We’re taught to work forever. In this week’s episode, I walk you through how one decision I made in resi
204: Living like an Attending in Residency: My Unhinged Path to Be on Track for a $16 Million Retirement (opens the original)
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When we graduated college, our friends got gorgeous salaries, condos, nice cars, and started having babies. We didn’t. It was four years of med school, four years of residency, three years of fellowship. We scoured campus for free meals, made a 20 year old car go a little further, shared a one bathroom apartment with four other med students. That’s 11+ years of being told: have the baby later, buy the house later, live your life later. What I did looked reckless from the outside. I got married i
203: Replace your physician paycheck so your lifestyle doesn’t depend on RVUs (opens the original)
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Because we physicians are high earners, it’s easy to think “I’m going to be financially okay forever.” But there’s one gigantic problem with a physician salary: It only pays us while we can keep working. Unless your retirement plan is to work forever, never get sick, hope no one you love ever dies or gets sick…we NEED a better plan. A physician salary made us high earners. In this episode, we talk how to be replace your physician paycheck so your lifestyle doesn’t depend on hospital shifts or RV
202: On Track for a $16 Million Retirement Despite Not Contributing Since I Left Medicine 3 Years Ago (opens the original)
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I haven’t contributed one penny to my retirement account since leaving medicine three years ago. And we’re still on track for $16 million. Trust fund baby? Nope. I inherited debt, not wealth. Huge physician salary? I was an academic pathologist. In physician terms: BROKE. Perfect financial plan? Absolutely not. I forgot the 529. Saved nothing for son’s college. And yet...$16 million. Welcome to my Unhinged $16 Million Retirement Series. I’m opening the books and sharing the unconventional, unpop
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