Ellie Clarke
Elite Life Strategist
I help high-achieving doctors stop white-knuckling through burnout and build lives that actually fit.
If your career math isn’t adding up, let’s fix it.
I used to believe success meant pushing through exhaustion, stacking achievements—books, travel, mentorship—until my body gave out.
I'd build what looked like a thriving career—publishing sci-fi novels, living the digital nomad life, mentoring entrepreneurs, checking all the big, sparkly boxes—and still, I'd end up flatlined.
Not in a dramatic, glamorous burnout way.
More like a slow dissolve into anxiety, depression, and full-blown adrenal dysregulation.
My body wasn't malfunctioning.
It was staging an intervention.
After cycling through this loop more times than I care to count—create, succeed, collapse—I finally stopped asking, "What else can I build?" and started asking, "What do I need to feel functional again?"
The answer wasn't another productivity system or business strategy.
What do you need to feel like you again?
The answer wasn't another productivity system or business strategy.
It came from unexpected places: quiet moments that actually recharged me instead of depleting me. Songs that made me ridiculously happy.
Dumb cartoons that somehow sparked more joy than any professional win (hello, Rick and Morty!).
Playing piano badly just for me and the dog, who has questionable taste but excellent enthusiasm.
I started feeling like myself again
Here's what I learned: the blocks that keep smart people stuck aren't about lacking skills—they're about emotional patterns that hijack decision-making before you even realize it's happening.
Somewhere in figuring out my own mess, I discovered my actual gift: helping other high-achievers identify what they've been too busy or too defended to see, and clear the invisible barriers that keep them cycling through the same frustrating patterns.
Now, with twenty-plus years of coaching under my belt, multiple successful businesses, energy work training, and a physics degree from Imperial College London (because apparently I like making things complicated), I've learned this: the blocks that keep accomplished people stuck dissolve faster than you'd think when you know where to look.
They can be cleared in moments through straightforward emotional work. And yes, sometimes it really is that quick and life-changing. I know it sounds too good to be true, but so did keyhole surgery until someone proved it worked.
What I do now sits at the intersection of business strategy and psychological clearing.
I call it Strategic Transformation.
It's not therapy.
It's not manifesting.
It's not another framework.
It's the practical application of emotional intelligence to professional decision-making.
I work with doctors who are ready to make strategic career moves — physicians who've mastered one demanding field and want to transition to something more sustainable without losing their minds, their income, or their professional credibility in the process.
People secretly googling "how to open a med spa" or "concierge medicine business model" at 2 AM.
Doctors wondering if they're crazy for wanting something beyond insurance battles and ten-minute appointments.
These professionals don't need another business course.
They need someone who understands both the pressure of high-stakes medical practice AND what it actually takes to build something sustainable.
Someone who gets that being brilliant at medicine doesn't automatically make you brilliant at business—and that's not a character flaw, it's just a different skill set requiring different strategic thinking.
Real transformation doesn't happen in sterile 60-minute Zoom sessions.
That's why I work through Voxer.
The real breakthroughs — the "holy shit, I just figured out what's been stopping me" moments — happen during patient rounds, late-night planning sessions, or Tuesday morning coffee runs when your brain finally has space to think.
My approach?
Think diagnostic precision meets emotional intelligence. Deep questions that surface what's really driving your career dissatisfaction.
Clearing work that removes the decision-making blocks keeping you stuck in "someday I'll..." mode.
And strategic guidance to help you build something real, even if it's just 15 minutes between patients.
This isn't about finding your purpose or following your passion.
It's about leveraging your existing expertise, clearing the mental fog that's been clouding your judgment, and making strategic moves that honor both your training and your desire for something better.
Because the world doesn't need another burned-out doctor who abandoned their calling for a "lifestyle business." It needs physician-entrepreneurs who can maintain their medical excellence while building something that actually works—creating from competence, not desperation.
This is Strategic Transformation. This is business psychology for medical professionals.
And if you're still reading (instead of checking your phone for the third time), you're probably ready to stop researching "someday" and start making moves that actually make sense.
Happy Clients
Read what clients have to say about me
I started exhausted from years of travel nursing, feeling like my life was on pause. By week one I could breathe again. By week three I had a plan to cut back to two shifts a month. By week six I was building my own practice. After 90 days I'm no longer running on adrenaline. I have structure, direction, and real joy. I'm building a practice that lights me up while still nursing on my terms. My life is finally mine again.
Michealla, Hospital RN, AZ
Ellie's programs actually work because they're built around the real challenges we face every day, not generic advice. I felt the shift immediately. My husband noticed I was noticeably calmer, and I get through full client days with real ease now. This isn't about trying harder or doing more. It's about shifts that meet you exactly where you are and actually stick.
Jenn, Clinical Pilates Instructor, NC
I carried the weight of a malpractice incident for years, and it haunted every decision I made. In one session with Ellie, that emotional residue cleared. With my confidence restored, I stepped into Fortune 500 consulting, earning more than I ever did in medicine while using my surgical precision for complex problem-solving.
Dr. George, CA
Med-Spa for Medics is open now.
This is a no-pressure space.
No one’s asking you to leave medicine.
You’re not betraying anyone by exploring something better.
You’re simply giving yourself room to think clearly, for once—
without performance, without pressure.
And that’s where things start to change.
If your career math isn’t adding up, let’s fix it.
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