The Doctor Whisperer

07/02/2025

* 2025 Update *
Thank you for following my journey through Doctor Whisperer, The Broken Road to Mental Health In Life and in Business , or 13th Ave Media. Today, everything I do lives under my personal brand, Sharon Fekete, and it’s all rooted in lived experience, 30 years of sobriety, and a career spanning healthcare leadership, entrepreneurship, media, and mental health advocacy.

Here’s how we can work together now:

Business and Life Coaching Package – $1500
Six one-hour sessions, available in Clearwater office or via ZOOM, designed for professionals ready to evolve & expand.
I have worked with doctors, therapists, executives, & healers to:

Leave corporate and launch purpose-driven businesses

Write and market the book they were meant to write

Build a personal brand and become confident speakers

Lead and grow a team, including hiring and letting go with clarity and compassion ..... AND SO MUCH MORE!!!

As a sober woman of 30 years and a business owner for decades, I know that in order to run a successful business, we must first remove the personal roadblocks we haven’t yet faced. I bring years of lived experience running medical practices, founding a consulting firm, leading a media company, and holding certifications in stepfamily coaching, adult and youth mental health first aid, and mental health and wellness in the workplace through USF. Sessions include referrals to trusted resources when needed.

Lived Experience Coaching – $150/hr
For those just struggling in life, whether it’s addiction, depression, or the pain of loving someone in crisis, who want support from someone who understands. 30 years of sobriety after surviving trauma as a young adult & depression-free for decades. Today, I live with intention & prioritize mental wellness every single day.
This is a space to speak freely, feel seen, and begin again. I support adults and young people ages 16 and up, and throughout our sessions, I’ll connect you with trusted professionals and practical, modern resources to support your healing journey.

Keynotes and Book Talks
I speak across the country on topics rooted in lived experience, leadership, and workplace culture, including:

Mental Health in the Workplace

An EAP Saved My Life (and Could Save Yours)

Caring for the Caregivers

Hospitality in Healthcare

Hiring a Dream Team: Culture First, Résumés Second

Hiring and Firing with Integrity: Leading People with Clarity and Compassion

Ending Performative Wellness: Real Conversations That Change Culture

Branding Through Adversity: How to Tell Your Story with Purpose

Social Media with Soul: Grow Your Brand Without Losing Yourself

Each session is tailored as a keynote, breakout, or facilitated workshop.

📚 Author of The Broken Road to Mental Health in Life and in Business and The Broken OPEN Road to Mental Health It IS My Business

Purchase Books: https://amzn.to/4igcNKI

Schedule Session: https://calendly.com/coachingwithsharontime/new-meeting

References upon references so don't be shy to ask!

07/31/2024

Excited to be speaking about mental health in the workplace tomorrow in one of my favorite places, Savannah, Georgia, for the American Association of Medical Executives.

This moment is especially meaningful to me as it comes just 10 days before my 30th anniversary in sobriety.

AAMSE is dedicated to advancing the profession of medical society management and supporting the leaders who work tirelessly to improve healthcare. This opportunity is particularly significant to me, as I have worked in the medical field for over 20 years. My father's employer, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, played a crucial role in saving my life with their EAP (Employee Assistance Program) over 30 years ago and now I get to give back to the industry.

Can you say divine intervention? 😱

This full-circle moment allows me to share how the conversation about mental health in the workplace can save a life ...it saved mine.

02/12/2024

(9) business days left before my next event at The Ring.

Ever suffer from burnout in life & in business?
Are you currently struggling?
Do you want to prevent burnout?
Are you seeking more balance?
Do you struggle setting healthy boundaries in life & in business?
Do you simply want to meet awesome people supporting others in life and in business?

Then THIS event is for you!

Register at link below and bring someone that could use a great group of people rooting for their success in life AND in business!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/815639789567?aff=oddtdtcreator

Many thanks to Latitudes714 for sponsoring and Clean Eatz Belleair Bluffs, Florida for catering our HEALTHY lunch!



PS- last one sold out so please don't wait to register

01/03/2024

Thank you for watching, listening, and sharing The Doctor Whisperer podcast show.

I have hosted this show since 2018 and interviewed some of the greatest people that reside within the business of medicine.

To honor my 10 years in business I am taking a thoughtful pause with the show and will consider what the future has in store. Stay tuned and stay intentional.

The standout moments of the year. Shout out to all the fans on Spotify.

12/18/2023

Tune in on Monday, 12/18/23, for a brand new episode of The Doctor Whisperer Show featuring Peter Dawson of 831b Foundation.

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ABOUT OUR GUEST:

Peter’s passion is creating, building and helping businesses run successfully. He has spent his career working with business owners and helping them mitigate the numerous risks confronting them in growing and preserving their wealth. He understands that financial wealth is only one aspect of legacy planning. While money is critical, vision and people are necessary in all organizations to realize success. This is summed up largely in stating that a large part of wealth preservation relates to passing the values of the current generation on to successor generations.

After graduating from Creighton University School of Law with a Certificate in Business and Tax Planning, Peter entered the financial services industry and has been in the industry ever since. While in the industry he has been: a partner at a boutique independent RIA and private equity firm in Kansas City, served as a regional VP for a mid-sized life insurance company in the Midwest, received a certificate in Special-Needs Planning from The American College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and worked with numerous high net worth clients in various industries helping them mitigate tax, financial, and liability risks.

Peter has worked with several different private equity groups to secure funding for projects as diverse as a calcium mine in the Dominican Republic, to investing in a cancer protocol, to housing projects. His philosophy is: if we can understand the risks and know how we will make the project work financially then we will invest the time and resources needed to bring the project to fruition.

Some of his career highlights:
Secured financing for several large multi-family housing projects in the Kansas City Metro.

Helped secure funding for an alternative cancer protocol.
Facilitated the purchase and sale of numerous businesses and medical practices across the United States.

Worked with numerous business owners helping them with asset protection, wealth preservation and growth, avoiding losses and mitigating taxes. Helped increase and protect the wealth of the same business owners exponentially over the practices they were then utilizing.

Prior to entering law school he graduated from Utah State University with a degree in Political Science and worked for lobbying firms in Washington D.C. and Salt Lake City, Utah. He currently resides in Santa Clara, Utah, with his wife and three daughters, and is a partner at the law firm Prospera Legal.

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Thank you to our sponsor, Valley Bank , for supporting the show!

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12/17/2023

Tune in on Monday, 12/18/23, for a brand new episode of The Doctor Whisperer Show featuring Peter Dawson of 831b Foundation.

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ABOUT OUR GUEST:

Peter’s passion is creating, building and helping businesses run successfully. He has spent his career working with business owners and helping them mitigate the numerous risks confronting them in growing and preserving their wealth. He understands that financial wealth is only one aspect of legacy planning. While money is critical, vision and people are necessary in all organizations to realize success. This is summed up largely in stating that a large part of wealth preservation relates to passing the values of the current generation on to successor generations.

After graduating from Creighton University School of Law with a Certificate in Business and Tax Planning, Peter entered the financial services industry and has been in the industry ever since. While in the industry he has been: a partner at a boutique independent RIA and private equity firm in Kansas City, served as a regional VP for a mid-sized life insurance company in the Midwest, received a certificate in Special-Needs Planning from The American College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and worked with numerous high net worth clients in various industries helping them mitigate tax, financial, and liability risks.

Peter has worked with several different private equity groups to secure funding for projects as diverse as a calcium mine in the Dominican Republic, to investing in a cancer protocol, to housing projects. His philosophy is: if we can understand the risks and know how we will make the project work financially then we will invest the time and resources needed to bring the project to fruition.

Some of his career highlights:

Secured financing for several large multi-family housing projects in the Kansas City Metro.

Helped secure funding for an alternative cancer protocol.

Facilitated the purchase and sale of numerous businesses and medical practices across the United States.

Worked with numerous business owners helping them with asset protection, wealth preservation and growth, avoiding losses and mitigating taxes. Helped increase and protect the wealth of the same business owners exponentially over the practices they were then utilizing.

Prior to entering law school he graduated from Utah State University with a degree in Political Science and worked for lobbying firms in Washington D.C. and Salt Lake City, Utah. He currently resides in Santa Clara, Utah, with his wife and three daughters, and is a partner at the law firm Prospera Legal.

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Thank you to our sponsor, Valley Bank, for supporting the show!

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12/11/2023

Tune in on Monday, 12/11/23, for a brand new episode of The Doctor Whisperer Show featuring the author of "Hospitable Healthcare: Just What the Patient Ordered," Stowe Shoemaker, PhD.

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ABOUT OUR GUEST:

Stowe Shoemaker (Ph.D., Cornell University) served as Dean of the William F. Harrah College of Hospitality at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas from 2013 to 2023. He held the Andrew and Peggy Dean’s Chair from 2020-2023. The College of Hospitality is currently ranked the number one hospitality program in the U.S. and number two in the world.

From 1996 – 2020 Shoemaker served as a member of the executive education faculty at the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University where he taught courses in strategy, service operations, strategic pricing, revenue management, strategic marketing, customer loyalty, and consumer behavior.
Shoemaker has published two marketing textbooks: Marketing Leadership in Hospitality and Tourism: Strategies and Tactics for a Competitive Advantage, Marketing Essentials in Hospitality and Tourism: Foundations and Practices, and Hospitable Healthcare: Just What the Patient Ordered! He has published numerous articles and his research has won multiple awards. His Harvard Business School case study on Hilton HHonors has been used by organizations and schools around the world.

Shoemaker has served as an advisor to numerous hospitality service providers over the course of his career including IGT, British Airways, Accor, Hilton, Landry’s, and Hyatt. He has helped game developers test market new casino games (both slots and table games), developed pricing strategies for airlines, hotels, and restaurants, developed programs to measure customer satisfaction, modeled the success and failure of marketing programs, and developed segmentation strategies based on consumer motivations in the gaming, lodging, and restaurant industries.

Shoemaker has applied his knowledge of hospitality to help healthcare professionals improve patient satisfaction. He held a joint appointment at MD Anderson Cancer Center from 2010 to 2012 and worked with Memorial Healthcare Systems, Houston. In Las Vegas, Shoemaker has worked with Mountain View Hospital and is currently introducing hospitality principles to the curriculum of the new UNLV College of Medicine. His research in the healthcare field has appeared in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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Thank you to our sponsor, Valley Bank, for supporting the show!

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12/09/2023

Tune in on Monday, 12/11/23, for a brand new episode of The Doctor Whisperer Show featuring the author of "Hospitable Healthcare: Just What the Patient Ordered," Stowe Shoemaker, PhD.

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ABOUT OUR GUEST:

Stowe Shoemaker (Ph.D., Cornell University) served as Dean of the William F. Harrah College of Hospitality at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas from 2013 to 2023. He held the Andrew and Peggy Dean’s Chair from 2020-2023. The College of Hospitality is currently ranked the number one hospitality program in the U.S. and number two in the world.

From 1996 – 2020 Shoemaker served as a member of the executive education faculty at the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University where he taught courses in strategy, service operations, strategic pricing, revenue management, strategic marketing, customer loyalty, and consumer behavior.

Shoemaker has published two marketing textbooks: Marketing Leadership in Hospitality and Tourism: Strategies and Tactics for a Competitive Advantage, Marketing Essentials in Hospitality and Tourism: Foundations and Practices, and Hospitable Healthcare: Just What the Patient Ordered! He has published numerous articles and his research has won multiple awards. His Harvard Business School case study on Hilton HHonors has been used by organizations and schools around the world.

Shoemaker has served as an advisor to numerous hospitality service providers over the course of his career including IGT, British Airways, Accor, Hilton, Landry’s, and Hyatt. He has helped game developers test market new casino games (both slots and table games), developed pricing strategies for airlines, hotels, and restaurants, developed programs to measure customer satisfaction, modeled the success and failure of marketing programs, and developed segmentation strategies based on consumer motivations in the gaming, lodging, and restaurant industries.

Shoemaker has applied his knowledge of hospitality to help healthcare professionals improve patient satisfaction. He held a joint appointment at MD Anderson Cancer Center from 2010 to 2012 and worked with Memorial Healthcare Systems, Houston. In Las Vegas, Shoemaker has worked with Mountain View Hospital and is currently introducing hospitality principles to the curriculum of the new UNLV College of Medicine. His research in the healthcare field has appeared in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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Thank you to our sponsor, Valley Bank, for supporting the show!

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12/04/2023

Tune in on Monday, 12/4/23, for a brand new episode of The Doctor Whisperer Show featuring NursePreneur, Catie Harris PhD, MBA, RN.

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ABOUT OUR GUEST:

Catie Harris is a NursePreneur Mentor who has empowered thousands of nurses in business to monetize their knowledge and skills while inspiring them to change the way healthcare is perceived and delivered. She strives to undo the perception that nursing care is limited to the hospital setting. Through her intensive nurse business coaching program, Catie shows nurses around the world how their hard-earned knowledge and skills can transcend the hospital system into a profitable business.

Website: https://www.nursepreneurs.com/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/nursebusiness
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nurse_preneur/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CatieHarris/videos

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Thank you to our sponsor, Valley Bank, for supporting the show!

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12/03/2023

Tune in on Monday, 12/4/23, for a brand new episode of The Doctor Whisperer Show featuring NursePreneur, Catie Harris PhD, MBA, RN.

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ABOUT OUR GUEST:

Catie Harris is a NursePreneur Mentor who has empowered thousands of nurses in business to monetize their knowledge and skills while inspiring them to change the way healthcare is perceived and delivered. She strives to undo the perception that nursing care is limited to the hospital setting. Through her intensive nurse business coaching program, Catie shows nurses around the world how their hard-earned knowledge and skills can transcend the hospital system into a profitable business.

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Thank you to our sponsor, Valley Bank, for supporting the show!

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