Both programs begin Sunday, January 10
76 days 08 hrs 26 min
Hold my seat for January 10

Begins Sunday, January 10, 2027

On Sunday we Regulate. On Monday we Integrate.

Join me for one hour every Sunday, your workout and your coaching in the same hour, because an overloaded nervous system does not need more.

Hold my seat for January 10
  • Transform®: begins January 10
  • IMPACT: begins January 10, once a year, by application
  • 12-week Transform®: 12 CME credits · Full-year Transform®: 48 CME credits · Full-year IMPACT: 96 CME credits
  • Moving your body because you want to
  • Coming home with something left
  • Eating without a rulebook
  • Saying no without the paragraph
You at the center, surrounded by Transform, a room built to help you regulate, with four outcomes around the edge.
  • Moving your body because you want to
  • Coming home with something left
  • Eating without a rulebook
  • Saying no without the paragraph

Stress score

Start with your number.

On a scale of one to ten, how much stress are you carrying right now? Tap it. Nobody sees this but you.

These are personal reference points, not clinical cutoffs.

The problem

You're very good at looking fine.

  • You can talk a patient down in ninety seconds and still lie awake at 2am replaying a chart note.
  • You know exactly what to tell your patients about sleep, strength, and stress. You're just not doing any of it.
  • Sunday night already feels like Monday.
  • You've bought the program, the planner, and the app. You were great at the first two weeks.
  • Everyone at work and everyone at home thinks you've got it handled. You're the one person who knows how much it costs.

This was never a willpower problem. You’re very capable. That was never the question. Capable is what got you through training. Capacity is what’s left at 7pm.

You’re the backup plan. At work you stay until it’s finished. At home you remember the appointment and make plan B. The better you get at filling gaps, the easier the gaps are to ignore.

The ask

One hour a week. That's the whole ask.

Every Sunday you train with me, and the workout carries a regulation theme you work through while you lift. You leave with one thing to do this week and nothing else to keep up with. The signature sessions, the community, and Ask Ali are there whenever you want them, and none of them are homework.

10,000+women physicians coached since 2018

200,000+hours of accredited education delivered

84%When I reviewed our coaching topics, 84% were about work and home colliding. That’s why regulation sits underneath everything we coach.

When your nervous system has somewhere to land, the rest gets easier.

Moving your body because you want to

Coming home with something left

Eating without a rulebook

Saying no without the paragraph

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Member stories

In their words

Member stories shared with permission.

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A letter from a member since 2021

“I spent years telling patients how to take care of themselves. Ali is the reason I started doing it too.”

I’m an obesity medicine physician and I run a practice. Most days my patients and my business get all of me, and I get whatever is left at the end. For a long time that was close to nothing.

I was burned out when I found Ali’s work. I didn’t need another talk about habits. I know the research. I explain it to patients all day. What I needed was someone who understood why I wasn’t doing any of it myself.

Ali understands because she’s lived it. She’s a physician. She knows what a full clinic day takes out of you, and she builds her programs for women who are holding it together for everyone else.

I believe in myself and have made bold moves that I would not have done otherwise.

The habits I rebuilt with her have stuck.

Ali, thank you for making a place where we can say out loud that we’re struggling, and for giving us something to do about it.

If you’re a physician running on empty and not telling anyone, start here.

Dr. Diana PallinObesity Medicine Physician · Founder, New Start Medical

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Dr. Ali Novitsky

About Ali

I'm a physician. I built this for you.

I'm Ali Novitsky, MD. I'm triple board-certified in pediatrics, neonatology, and obesity medicine, and a Master Certified Coach. I spent more than a decade caring for the smallest patients in the NICU, and I've spent the last ten years coaching women physicians.

I built The FIT Collective around the evidence and my experience as a physician. Our CME is now delivered under our own ACCME accreditation. Over 10,000 women physicians have trusted the community I've built with the part of their lives nobody else sees.

Transform®

I built Transform® as a weekly rhythm for our work together, one that fits the life you actually have.

  • Signature sessions, at your own pace. Between cases, after bedtime, or on a Sunday morning.
  • Regulation Sundays. A weekly workout and workshop with me.
  • Monday Reflections. An interactive space to put the week's work into practice, without requiring a live call.
  • Unlimited on-call access with Ask Ali.
  • One app holds it all. Your workouts, your nutrition management, your emotional regulation, your coaching, your replays, your community, and your connection to your room.
Full year
48 CME credits
12-week January–March option
12 CME credits

Understand Me

  • The Chart You Never Wrote on Yourself. You've taken thousands of histories. This time, it's yours.
  • Your Stress Has a Type. Learn your DistressRx™ Stress Type and stop fixing the wrong problem.
  • The Good Doctor Rules. Name the rules training handed you, and decide which ones still get a vote.

Become Me

  • The Permission Slip Nobody Signed. Stop waiting for someone else to approve the life you want.
  • The Woman Before the White Coat. She's still in there, and she has opinions.
  • Stronger, Not Smaller. Trade the goal of shrinking for proof of what your body can do.

Build Me

  • The Minimum Effective Dose. A routine that survives a 14-hour day and a sick kid.
  • Systems Over Willpower. You already spent your discipline at work. Let structure do the heavy lifting.
  • Eat Like You Plan to Lift at 80. Food for strength and longevity, not punishment.

Protect Me

  • The No That Doesn't Need a Paragraph. Boundaries without the 400-word apology email.
  • Off Call. Give your nervous system the handoff it never gets.
  • Still Here at 80. The habits that keep you in medicine and in your own life.

Inside Transform® · All included

Workshops with workouts.
Room to get curious.

I bring coaching, conversation, and movement together around the questions you want space to explore. You don't have to arrive with answers. This is a place to understand yourself, not another place to fix yourself.

SundayMove. Explore. Choose one thing.
In Regulation Sundays, I pair strength training with a regulation theme. We explore it together, and you leave with one thing to put into practice.
Monday & throughout the weekReflect. Share. Make it yours.
Monday Reflections open in the Implementation Room. Bring what you're noticing to the community, and add to the conversation all week, on your own time. No live call required.
Understand MeGet curious about your own patterns
  • What Have I Been Too Busy to Notice?

    Hunger, energy, excitement, tension. What becomes possible when you approach your body's signals with curiosity instead of another instruction?

  • Fine Is Not the Whole Story.

    You're fluent in everyone else's feelings. What might you discover if you gave your own a little more room?

  • Is This a Stretch, or Is It Too Much?

    Explore the difference between a challenge you want and a demand you've simply gotten used to carrying.

  • When Quiet Doesn't Feel Restful.

    The calendar is clear, but you still feel on call. Get curious about what helps you feel at ease, not just unoccupied.

  • The Body Keeps the Call Schedule.

    Which rhythms did medicine choose for you? Which would you like to choose for yourself now?

  • Rush, Brace, or Check Out.

    Meet your familiar responses to pressure without making any of them a character flaw. What are they trying to tell you?

Become MeMake room for who you want to be
  • Who Am I When Nobody Needs Me?

    Beyond the roles you do so well, there are interests, preferences, and possibilities that belong just to you.

  • Is That Still My Story?

    Some descriptions of yourself have been around for years. Explore which still fit and which deserve another look.

  • My Body and I, on the Same Side.

    What would caring for your body feel like if it began with appreciation rather than a list of things to change?

  • What If I Trusted My Own Yes?

    Separate what you genuinely want from what looks impressive, feels expected, or earns someone else's approval.

  • Can This Count as Enough?

    When the finish line keeps moving, satisfaction can feel out of reach. What would it mean to recognize a win while you're living it?

  • A Year That Feels Like Mine.

    Not a more impressive version of your current calendar. What do you want more time to experience, enjoy, and become?

Build MeCreate a rhythm you want to return to
  • What If Care Had a Place on My Calendar?

    You schedule what matters to everyone else. Explore what happens when time for yourself becomes something to anticipate, not squeeze in.

  • The Week That Didn't Go to Plan.

    What if a change of plans didn't mean starting over? Explore a more flexible definition of consistency.

  • One Less Thing to Decide.

    Where could a familiar rhythm make your day feel easier? Consider the choices you'd be happy not to make again tomorrow.

  • Rest Without Earning It.

    The list isn't finished. It might never be. Can there still be room for something restorative today?

  • What Would Feeling Nourished Look Like?

    Beyond knowing what to eat, explore what makes nourishment feel possible and enjoyable in your actual day.

  • From Another Task to My Favorite Ritual.

    What makes a practice something you look forward to? Explore the difference between a rule you follow and a rhythm that feels like yours.

Protect MeStay connected without losing yourself
  • Exhale Before You Answer.

    Not every request needs an immediate yes. What might you notice if you gave yourself a moment before responding?

  • Can I Care Without Carrying It All?

    Caring deeply doesn't have to mean taking responsibility for everything. Explore where connection ends and over-responsibility begins.

  • The People I Can Exhale Around.

    Who lets you be a person instead of the capable one? Get curious about the relationships where you feel most like yourself.

  • A Boundary Without the Apology Tour.

    What if you could be clear and kind without explaining yourself into exhaustion?

  • The Handoff.

    Who gets to leave work when you do? Explore the transition from being needed all day to being present for the evening you want.

  • A Room I Can Return To.

    What helps you feel welcome, supported, and free to be yourself? Consider how to make more of that a fixture in your everyday life.

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IMPACT

You've done the work on your stress. Now I want to help you find out what you're made for. I keep IMPACT small and intimate so we can explore self-discovery together.

  • Everything in Transform®.
  • A full year of themes built on the science of self-discovery.
  • Movement woven through the year.
  • A Zone of Genius ritual to help you name your gifts and put them into the world.
Application only
One small cohort
Full year
96 CME credits total

January · Tell the Truth

The Woman You Were Told to Be.

Before you can choose what's next, you have to see what's here. We stop polishing the chart and look honestly at the life you built, including the parts you built for someone else's expectations.

The science: Self-Discrepancy Theory (Higgins, 1987)

February · Know Your Type

It's Not the Call Night, It's the Story.

Same call night, two different doctors, two different outcomes. You learn how you read pressure, and why your stress is a pattern you can work with, not a flaw to hide.

The science: Transactional Model of Stress and Coping (Lazarus and Folkman, 1984)

March · Read the Signals

Your Gut Went to Medical School Too.

Your body casts its vote long before your brain admits it. You learn to listen to the tight jaw, the Sunday dread, and the rare moments you feel wide awake.

The science: Somatic Marker Hypothesis (Damasio, 1994)

April · Claim It

Meet the Woman Who Already Said Yes.

There's a version of you waiting on the other side of permission. You meet her, name her, and say out loud what comes next.

The science: Possible Selves (Markus and Nurius, 1986)

May · Lift Heavy

Proof Over Pep Talks.

Confidence doesn't come from pep talks. It comes from proof. We pick up heavy things, in the gym and in life, and let the evidence pile up.

The science: Self-Efficacy Theory (Bandura, 1977)

June · Take Up Space

Nobody's Looking as Hard as You Think.

You've been shrinking in rooms you earned. We look at why you feel watched, how little anyone is actually watching, and what you'd say if you stopped editing yourself.

The science: Impostor Phenomenon (Clance and Imes, 1978) and the Spotlight Effect (Gilovich, Medvec, and Savitsky, 2000)

July · Build the Floor

The Three Things You're Starving For.

Burnout is often a hunger for something specific. You find what your life is starving for and build the smallest routine that feeds it, even on your worst day.

The science: Self-Determination Theory (Deci and Ryan, 1985)

August · Systems, Not Strain

Where Time Disappears.

Somewhere in your week, time disappears in the best way. We find those moments, map what makes them happen, and build your life to get more of them.

The science: Flow Theory (Csikszentmihalyi, 1990)

September · Keep Going

Fire the Mean Coach in Your Head.

The voice that says "you should have done better" isn't making you better. We fire it and find out how far kindness takes you.

The science: Self-Compassion (Neff, 2003)

October · Guard the Gate

Stop Making Withdrawals You Can't Afford.

Your energy is a bank account, and someone has been making withdrawals. You see where it's going and protect what you're building.

The science: Conservation of Resources Theory (Hobfoll, 1989)

November · Off Call

You Were Never Actually Off.

Being away from work isn't the same as being off. You learn what real recovery takes, and you rest without earning it first.

The science: Effort-Recovery Model (Meijman and Mulder, 1998) and Psychological Detachment (Sonnentag and Fritz, 2007)

December · Still Here

What Outlives You.

Another year, and you're still here. We celebrate the women in this room and ask the biggest question of all: what do you want to outlive you?

The science: Generativity (Erikson, 1950, and McAdams and de St. Aubin, 1992)

Also inside IMPACT

More room for you.
More ways to go deeper.

I want this year to give you space to explore, connect, and bring more of yourself into the room.

Twice a month
Mini retreats.
Not just another call.

Join me twice a month for calls designed as mini retreats. A place to step out of the demands of your day and give yourself room.

Included in your year
Your ideas deserve room, too.

My mini business mastermind is part of your IMPACT year. Bring the questions and ideas you want space to explore.

Four special-topic sessions
Stay curious.
There’s more to come.

Four Special Topics sessions are included. I’ll share what we’ll be exploring soon.

Connection between calls
A conversation you can come back to.

The close community connection forum gives you a place to share, ask questions, and stay connected to your room.

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This replaces things

This replaces things on your list.

I've brought your workout, your coaching, and your reset into the same hour on Sunday. I don't want you adding a gym, a coach, and a CME course to a week that has no room. You get one hour that does all three, and you earn CME credits for it.

Ali's story

I paid someone to watch my baby so I could take care of someone else’s.

In 2015, my second daughter was eight weeks old when I went back to 24-hour shifts in the NICU. We hired a night nurse so my husband could sleep. I remember thinking it, privately: I’m paying someone to watch my baby so I can get paid to take care of someone else’s.

I decided to be a doctor at five, building a medical kit in my dad’s office, which was in our house. I loved medicine. I also wanted to be home. Holding both felt harder than I thought it should, and I was ashamed of how hard it felt.

I knew what it looked like to give everything to your patients. What nobody taught me was how to stay a whole person while you do it.

So I refused to believe the hospital was the only place I could be a doctor. In 2018 I started The FIT Collective to give women physicians what I needed back then: a method that works for a body under real stress, and a room full of women who understand without an explanation.

You’ll still snap. I did, at my own daughter, in city traffic. The apology came fast. That’s the skill.

Every program, same four pillars, same order. Starts Sunday, January 10, 2027

  1. Understand Me
  2. Become Me
  3. Build Me
  4. Protect Me

Underneath every pillar is ARCC: Awareness, Regulation, Communication, Connection. Notice what’s happening, create room to choose, say what you need, and come back to each other.

What changes is how close you work with me

Transform®

Big group

Time with meLess time with me

Start here

IMPACT

Small and intimate

Time with meMuch more time with me

Go deeper, by application

Dots show group size. Bar shows time with me.

Two programs · one method

Choose where you begin

IMPACT includes everything in Transform®.

The weekly rhythm

Transform®

You’ve spent years being the one everyone leans on. Transform® is a full year for women physicians who are done running on adrenaline and willpower. We start with DistressRx™, so you learn your Stress Type and what your body does when the hospital and the house need you at the same time.

From there we move through Understand Me, Become Me, Build Me, and Protect Me. You don’t sit around talking about stress. You train with me while you regulate it, process it, and put it to work in your real week. Physician-led. Built on strength and nervous system physiology. Designed to last long after the year ends.

Begins Sunday, January 10, 2027.

Full year

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$10,000

About $192 a week. $1,000 holds your seat, and you choose how to pay the balance at checkout. The $1,000 deposit is nonrefundable.

Your support starts the day you place your deposit, not January 10. You get unlimited access to OnCall For You, my digital coaching brain, right away.

Included in the full year of Transform®

  • Signature sessions across all four pillars, at your own pace
  • Stress Type Signature Analysis
  • Unlimited on-call access with Ask Ali
  • One app for the year: your workouts, nutrition management, emotional regulation, coaching, replays, community, and your connection to your room
  • Regulation Sundays: a weekly workout and workshop
  • Monday Reflections in the Implementation Room
  • 48 CME credits

Use your CME allowance. Many physicians apply their annual CME funds toward Transform®. Check with your employer.

See the VIP Day bonus and availability.

Place my $1,000 deposit

Have questions first? Talk with Mazzy

Not ready for a full year? Start here.January–March only

$3,000

Start with Understand Me, January 10 through March 2027. You get Regulation Sundays, Monday Reflections, your Stress Type Signature Analysis, and 12 CME credits.

$1,000 holds your seat. The remaining $2,000 is due January 1, 2027. The $1,000 deposit is nonrefundable.

Start with January–March

Paying with HSA/FSA? See if you qualify through Truemed

By application

IMPACT

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Private retreat · April 9–11
Cruise to the Bahamas
Cruise to Alaska

Begins Sunday, January 10. One cohort a year. Application only.

$25,000

About $481 a week.

  • Everything in Transform®
  • Transform® VIP Day on April 8, 2027, leading into the private IMPACT retreat in Philadelphia, April 9–11
  • Twice-monthly calls designed as mini retreats
  • A mini business mastermind
  • Four guests joining us during the year
  • 12 monthly themes built on the science of self-discovery
  • Zone of Genius ritual
  • A small, intimate cohort
  • 96 CME credits

Apply in about 5 minutes. I read every application personally and reply within 2 business days. No payment until you decide.

Apply for IMPACT

Paying with HSA/FSA? See if you qualify through Truemed

Transform® is for you if

  • You're a woman physician who's very good at looking fine
  • You know what to tell your patients about sleep, strength, and stress, and you want to start doing it yourself
  • You can give one hour on Sunday, and you want that hour to replace things on your list, not add to them
  • You want a room full of women who understand without an explanation

It isn't the right fit if

  • You're looking for a quick fix or a plan to follow perfectly for two weeks
  • You're in an active crisis and need clinical care as your main support right now. Please reach out to your physician or a mental health professional first. I'll be here when you're ready.

You may be able to use part of your CME allowance, so check with your employer. HSA/FSA eligibility through Truemed is based on individual circumstances and is not guaranteed.

My invitation to you · VIP Day bonus

One day. In person. Together.

A full in-person VIP day Philadelphia, PA Thursday, April 8, 2027

Join me for a full day in the room together. I don't want this to be another thing you squeeze into your day. I want it to be a day for you.

Who it's for
The first 50 members who place a full-year Transform® deposit.
IMPACT members
Already included.
Not included
The January–March-only option. This bonus is for full-year enrollment.
Place my deposit and hold my VIP seat

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Going deeper: IMPACT

You've done the work on your stress. Now you get to find out what you're made for.

I keep IMPACT small and intimate on purpose. I'll guide you through a deep exploration of self-discovery alongside a handful of women who will know you by the end of the year. Leaving leadership could be your IMPACT. So could becoming CEO, writing the book, or working three days a week. I'm here to help you discover what matters to you. The scale is yours.

Your year

  • Everything in Transform®
  • Transform® VIP Day on April 8, 2027, leading into the private IMPACT retreat in Philadelphia, April 9–11
  • Twice-monthly calls designed as mini retreats
  • A mini business mastermind
  • Four guests joining us during the year
  • The Embodied Year Guide, written by Ali, yours forever
  • Custom IMPACT Workbook, one theme per month
  • 96 CME credits

Your room

  • Private sisterhood WhatsApp group

Who it's not for

I'm not offering a quick fix, a curriculum to check off, or a guru to follow. If you're in an active crisis and need clinical support as your primary care, this program isn't the right support for you.

Your world gets bigger

  1. Bahamas CruiseJanuary 18, 2027
  2. Private Philadelphia retreatApril 9 to 11, 2027
  3. Alaska CruiseJuly 30, 2027

CME registration included. Cruise fare separate. Come to all of them or none of them.

What happens next: Apply in about 5 minutes. I read every application personally and reply within 2 business days. No payment until you decide.

Apply for IMPACT

Paying with HSA/FSA? See if IMPACT qualifies through Truemed

FAQ

Questions physicians ask me

Can I start smaller?

Yes. Start with January–March for $3,000. You get Regulation Sundays, Monday Reflections, your Stress Type Signature Analysis, and 12 CME credits.

When can I join?

Both of my programs begin Sunday, January 10. I open IMPACT once a year by application. Tell Mazzy about yourself below, and she'll help you with enrollment.

Which program is right for me?

In Transform®, I bring together the method, Regulation Sundays, and Monday Reflections. Monday Reflections is interactive and doesn't require a live call. If you've done the foundational work and want to explore self-discovery more deeply with me in a small, intimate cohort, apply for IMPACT. I've included everything in Transform®. Not sure? Tell Mazzy about yourself below, and she'll help you choose.

I don't have time for this.

I built these programs around a physician's schedule because I know what that schedule asks of you. My signature sessions are self-paced, and Monday Reflections in the Implementation Room are asynchronous, so you add to them whenever you have five minutes during the week. I'll share the full schedule before January 10.

Is this therapy or medical care?

No. The FIT Collective provides education, coaching, strength guidance, and stress regulation support. It is not individualized medical or mental health care. If you are in crisis, please contact your physician or a mental health professional, or call or text 988.

If you’re struggling right now, please reach out. In the United States, call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, any time. The Physician Support Line, 1-888-409-0141, offers free, confidential peer support from volunteer psychiatrists. Check physiciansupportline.com for current hours.

How do the CME credits work?

The 12-week January–March Transform® option includes 12 CME credits. The full year of Transform® includes 48 CME credits, and the full year of IMPACT includes 96 CME credits total.

Can I use CME or HSA/FSA funds?

You may be able to use part of your CME allowance, so check with your employer. Every program may also qualify as an HSA/FSA expense through Truemed, depending on your individual circumstances. See if you qualify.

What if I have an injury or health condition?

Every workout can be modified, and you move at your own pace. Please check with your own physician before starting any new exercise program, especially if you are pregnant, postpartum, recovering from an injury, or managing a medical condition.

What if I start with Transform® and want more?

IMPACT includes everything in Transform® plus a small, intimate cohort for deeper self-discovery. Ask Mazzy about the application process and whether it's the right next step for you.

What it looks like at my house.

Our mornings used to be the worst part of my day. I’d be up two hours early with everything ready, then watch the rest of the house rush and yell. So the four of us changed it together. Earlier bedtimes, everything set out the night before, and on the drive to school each of us names one goal and whether we need support.

Now we laugh in the car. The goodbyes at the curb are the best part of my morning.

Next Sunday is coming either way. Spend one hour of it in a room built for you.

Keep doing it alone

  • Sunday-night dread that starts at 4pm
  • Telling patients what you can't do yourself
  • Another program you're great at for two weeks
  • Fine, from the outside

Join me in the room

  • Regulation Sundays and Monday Reflections that set the tone for your week
  • A Monday plan for when the week actually hits
  • Strength that's yours, on your schedule
  • CME credits for the work you're doing on yourself
Hold my seat for January 10

Remember your number from the top of the page? If it's a seven or above, talk with Mazzy before you decide. Let's make sure this is the right support for where you are right now.

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