My Story...

I first started my professional career as a Board-Certified General Pediatrician in 2005 after completing my medical education at University of Rochester School of Medicine and my pediatric residency at University of California Davis Medical Center. I’m also a proud Obie--ie a graduate of Oberlin College!

So wait, how did I end up here, talking to you as a professional life coach?!

I formally discovered the world of coaching a few years ago and was immediately fascinated. After listening to various podcasts and reading many books on the topic, I decided to hire a physician coach to work with directly. I was dealing with various challenging life circumstances, including some serious health issues of my own, and was seeking clarity on how I wanted to go forward in my professional as well as personal life.

While I only met with that coach a handful of times, that experience along with everything I had been exposed to around coaching prior to that eventually led me to the realization that I wanted to become a coach myself! I had loved helping others through the practice of medicine but was now feeling pulled toward helping people in this whole other way.

In 2020, I began my training in a Life-Coaching Certification program and knew I was on the right path. During the same time period I also went through the University of Washington's Certificate in Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership course. I graduated from both programs in the Spring of 2021.

From there I pitched a proposal to my clinic to develop an in-house coaching program that would provide much-needed coaching for our physicians and ACP’s (advanced clinical practitioners) who had been going through such a difficult time with the Covid pandemic, on top of the long-standing challenges of being a clinician. The proposal was ultimately approved and I led the initial coaching cohort of 10 clinicians over the Summer of 2021.

Since then, I have coached over 150 clinicians (including physicians, ARNP's, PA's, mental health therapists, pharmacists, and PT's) through this Clinician Coaching  Program and the feedback from participants has been phenomenal!

That same year I also founded this business, Sara Tamarin, MD Coaching LLC.  Here I have the privilege of coaching a wide variety of professionals, including both those who work inside as well as outside of the healthcare space.

Finally, as if 2021 wasn’t already exciting enough, it was then that I was asked to return to the classroom of the UW Certificate in Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership, but this time as an assistant instructor and leadership coach. The 2023-2024 Winter-Spring session of this course will mark my 3rd round of teaching and coaching there, where I get to help support brilliant, creative women making their mark in the entrepreneurial and intrapraneurial landscape.

On a personal note, I live in Seattle, WA with my two amazing kids and my sweet golden retriever, Sunny (pictured above as a pup). I enjoy many things, including being silly with my kids, playing with and snuggling Sunny, being with friends and family, listening to music, watching TV/movies, walking, being in nature, and consuming all things involving personal development, habit-change, time management, leadership, entrepreneurship, and the like. Much of the time you'll find me with my AirPods in, listening to a podcast, Audible, or workshop within that realm. I can't get enough of it!

I look forward to learning more about you!