Carrie Atcheson is a board-certified anesthesiologist, co-founder of Business Mindset MD, and a working mother practicing in Birmingham, Alabama. She has spent her career working with physician leaders and hospital systems across the U.S. to create positive change in their organizations and lives, and developing an anesthesiology practice in which patients are encouraged and empowered to have their best surgical experience. She has - occasionally with grace, often with tenacity - navigated the challenges of multiple cross-country moves, job loss during the pandemic, her husband's professional burnout, and some toxic workplace environments. These challenges highlighted what really matters to her: building a rich community, upholding the dignity of all human beings, and leaving a legacy for the next generation. She earned her master of public health in health policy and management from the #1 public health school and health care administration program in the country, and she did so eight years after starting her coursework, proving to herself that the path to something great is sometimes a long one. She began her life wandering the woods of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina and the aisles of Pack Memorial Public Library. She continues to thrive most when she is spending time in nature, among people she loves, and with good books.