Doctor Podcast Network, Anders Apgar MD FACOG MS

Direct Well-Being Podcast

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Welcome to the Direct Well-Being Podcast, hosted by Dr. Anders Apgar, MD, FACOG, M.S. — an Ob/Gyn physician leader and nationally recognized voice in clinician well-being. This show is a trusted, peer-driven space for honest conversations about what actually supports physicians — beyond resilience training and surface-level wellness. Each week, Dr. Apgar sits down with physician leaders, partner organizations, and frontline clinicians to talk about the real drivers of distress: financial stress, mental and emotional health, family dynamics, and the systems in which physicians practice. Convers...

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Doctor Podcast Network, Anders Apgar MD FACOG MS

Episodes

The Cost of Two Medical Careers | Ep2 08.07.2026 45:03

Physicians often enter medicine as a calling, but what happens when two physicians build a life and family together? In this candid and vulnerable conversation, Dr. Anders Apgar sits down with his wife, Dr. Jacqueline Apgar, a practicing OBGYN of 22 years, to explore the real costs of dual-physician careers. They discuss how medicine dominated their home, the challenges of call schedules and exhau...

How Did We Get Here? | Ep1 01.07.2026 31:38

It hits early, sometimes just two years out of residency, you’re no longer a trainee on paper, but the schedule still feels like one. Five shifts in a row. Nights. Weekends. Young kids at home. A mortgage and six-figure student loans that make you feel like a “negative millionaire.” In this first full episode of Direct Well-Being, Dr. Anders Apgar sits with Dr. Daren Girard, as they unpack the ea...

The Breaking Point Is the Beginning — START HERE 24.06.2026 3:10

It rarely announces itself. It arrives quietly — somewhere between the charting, the call, the prior authorizations, and the exhaustion — the first time the thought becomes words: I can’t do this anymore. For most physicians it isn’t one moment. It’s death by a thousand cuts. A thousand clicks. The missed birthday seen three hours late. The anniversary dinner canceled an hour in. The softball gam...