About The Whole Physician:
The Whole Physician consists of three practicing, board-certified emergency physicians who understand firsthand the intensity, pressure, and emotional toll of modern medicine.
Drawing on decades of frontline clinical experience and evidence-informed coaching, Drs. Cazier, Dinsmore, and Morrison created The Whole Physician to offer practical, real-world support for doctors who want to feel better and practice medicine sustainably.
Their work includes hosting the Drive Time Debrief with The Whole Physician podcast which are honest, practical conversations about burnout, boundaries, resilience, and meaning in medicine. They also contribute regularly to the American Academy of Emergency Medicine’s Common Sense publication through their recurring Wellness 911 column, sharing tools physicians can use immediately in real life.
Wellness 911, their physician-focused coaching program, was built for doctors who don’t need more resilience—they need support, perspective, and skills that work in the middle of real careers and real lives.
The Whole Physician’s mission is simple: to support physicians in building fulfilled and rewarding lives with the same skill and intention they bring to caring for others.
Kendra Morrison, DO
Dr. Morrison is a board-certified emergency medicine physician, medical director, and physician wellness coach who helps high-performing clinicians build sustainable careers without sacrificing their health, values, or families.
After medical school at Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine and completing emergency medicine residency, Dr. Morrison has spent 13 years practicing in a Level I Trauma, Stroke, and Cardiac Center—an environment that rewards competence, speed, and self-sacrifice. Like many physicians, she was outwardly successful and inwardly exhausted. Experiencing burnout firsthand became the turning point that led her to ask a different question: What else is possible?
That question reshaped her career. Today, Dr. Morrison dedicates her work to physician wellness, nervous system regulation, boundary-setting, and identity repair after burnout. Her approach is practical, evidence-informed, and deeply rooted in the realities of modern medical practice—not motivational fluff.
Dr. Morrison has completed national board certification as an Integrative Health and Wellness Coach through the University of Arizona Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine. Her work helps physicians reconnect with clarity, confidence, and agency—so they can practice medicine in a way that is excellent and sustainable.
Amanda Dinsmore, MD
Dr. Dinsmore is a board-certified emergency physician with more than 25 years of clinical experience and a deep understanding of the pressures, pace, and emotional toll of modern medicine. She trained at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, graduating with Alpha Omega Alpha honors, and completed her Emergency Medicine residency at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, where she served as Chief Resident.
After spending over 15 years working in a high-acuity Level I Emergency Department, Dr. Dinsmore experienced firsthand what so many physicians quietly endure: chronic stress, emotional exhaustion, and the slow erosion of joy in work that once felt meaningful. Rather than stepping away from medicine, she leaned in, seeking better tools for sustainable well-being.
She went on to complete a Fellowship in Integrative Medicine through the University of Arizona and additionally became a certified life coach for physicians. Her coaching utilizes evidence-based, practical strategies that help physicians regulate stress, change unhelpful thought patterns, reduce numbing behaviors, and build lives that feel better—not someday, but now.
Known for her warm, direct, and no-nonsense approach, Dr. Dinsmore helps physicians stop white-knuckling their way through life and start caring for themselves with the same skill and intention they bring to caring for others.
Laura Cazier, MD
Dr. Cazier is a board-certified emergency physician with over 20 years of frontline experience and a co-founder of The Whole Physician, a physician-led coaching and consulting practice focused on burnout recovery and long-term sustainability in medical careers. She continues to practice clinically at Huntsville Hospital, primarily in the pediatric emergency department, keeping her closely connected to the realities of modern emergency medicine.
Dr. Cazier earned her medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia and completed her Emergency Medicine residency at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
Early in her career, Dr. Cazier experienced a significant episode of burnout that reshaped both her professional path and personal priorities. Through mindset work, advanced coaching training, and deep study of nervous system regulation, she found sustained relief—and rediscovered her love for practicing medicine. That lived experience now informs her work with physicians who are exhausted, overfunctioning, and quietly wondering if medicine can feel better again.
She has completed advanced training through the Relational Life Institute and is known for translating burnout science, overfunctioning patterns, and nervous system principles into practical, evidence-informed tools that help physicians protect their health, strengthen relationships, and reclaim a sense of purpose.
In addition to her work with The Whole Physician, Dr. Cazier co-founded Valley Leadership Academy in 2019, a hybrid school in Huntsville, Alabama focused on leadership development and mental wellness for students in grades K–12.
Dr. Cazier's mission is simple and personal: to help physicians experience real, lasting relief from burnout and learn to love practicing medicine again.
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