Doctor Me First with Errin Weisman DO

2022 is here! Can you believe it? In some ways I'm excited to see a new year and in others I'm wary. The past few years have given us more and more adversity, and I don't know about you, but I don't necessarily feel ready.  But we're here regardless and no matter how much we may or may not like change, it happens. All the time! For instance, my Burnout to Badass Course? Remember that? The course p...

Let's take a walk on the dark side! Just kidding. Dr. Nerissa Kreher is a pediatric endocrinologist who left her practice to check out the world of pharma. She's gone from treating patients to creating therapies and realized that pharma really isn't the dark side.  Listen as she shares her story and why it's so important to have the confidence to fail.  Early in her medical career, Dr. Nerissa fou...

This year has been a little amazing, a little shitty, and a whole lot of learning to lean into what makes me happy and fulfilled. This is the last episode of 2021 and I'm sharing this year's celebrations, changes, and how I'm planning to come back better.  Of course we're starting everything off with celebrations! There were so many things that happened this year to celebrate but I just picked a f...

Sometimes it's nice to sit down and chat about your experiences without really having to deep dive into them and find solutions. Sharing your story is just as powerful as healing from your past. Listen as Dr. Matthea Rentea and I sit down for another Badass Spotlight! Dr. Matthea is a mom and a physician who found herself facing down the dark pit of burnout and didn't like who she was becoming. Mu...

Weisman Child 3.0, also known as the alpha female wolf-pup, saw me leaving the other day and asked me which personality I was going to be that day, a doctor or a business woman. I loved how observant she was at that moment.  You see, she has seen the shifts and changes I've been making, and I love that I'm able to model these different personalities. She gets to learn that you don't have to be jus...

I love it when I get to catch up with my wonderful doctor friends. Dr. Tracey O'Connell joins me to chat about all the things that have changed and shifted for her since our last discussion on episode 105. Tune in as we catch up! When you're in medical culture, you don't believe there is any other way. It's a trap! You have the autonomy to speak up for yourself out of fierce self-compassion. Don't...

Super quick episode to encourage you if you're starting to feel crispy around the edges. Each month I do a masterclass. Last Sunday of the month, 1 hour, get your butt there! This month we were chatting all about burnout relapse, because it does happen, and that's okay.  If you've been following along, you know that I recently re-entered the clinical medicine world. I have LOVED it, but things hav...

If you've been following me for any amount of time you've seen my Badass Spotlight posts. I recently reached out in my Badass Slack group and let them know that I wanted to talk with them for real. Christina Gramith heard the call and reached out and I'm so excited to share this conversation with you.  Christina started listening to the podcast before Covid as she was re-entering the workforce aft...

Let's normalize sabbatical healing.  Sometimes the bravest thing is the scariest thing to do and that is to say stop. I'm done. Sometimes the most loving and kind thing you can do for yourself is to take time away.  You see, when we try to keep pushing through rather than taking a break, we hurt more than ourselves. We hurt the organizations we work for and we do a disservice to our patients when...

As physicians we pride ourselves on being the leader in stressful situations. We are calm, cool, collected, and confident that we are making the right decisions to help our patients. Dr. Rachel Miller joins me to talk about why we need to get comfortable with being uncomfortable.  You see growth and development doesn't happen when you're perfectly comfortable with your life and circumstances. We n...

What is good enough?  As I've started back into clinical practice, I find that my perfectionism keeps creeping back in. I get frustrated with myself when notes aren't perfect and things don't go just so. But, I've been working on my burnout triggers, so when I notice these things, I give myself grace and move on. But this is also bringing up something that I still need to deal with. What is behind...

Dr. Susan Landers is a former neonatologist who experienced burnout late in her career. Once she realized what she was dealing with, she also figured out that it was preventable. She now helps doctors and organizations prevent physician burnout and she's sharing her story in her new book, So Many Babies . To say that Dr. Susan loved her career would be an understatement. It was so fulfilling and e...

You can't make already highly resilient people more resilient. Resiliency training is not the way to decrease pandemic burnout. Instead we need to discuss systemic and organizational changes to help support the doctors and nurses who make the medical system go round.  Listen as I share various studies and data which reveal a clear path for decreasing pandemic burnout today.  One of the most import...

Our outward appearance directly influences and impacts our internal sense of self and worth. I'm not saying that your outer beauty eclipses your inner beauty, but it does play a part in your internal monologue. Listen as Dr. Olga Lemberg shares her story and why she's helping female physicians show off their bold and unique style with beautifully designed scrubs.  Dr. Olga immigrated to the United...

I love sharing my monthly masterclass and mastermind calls on the podcast. We have such a good time in these calls discussing various aspects of the medical field and ways we can overcome burnout and fatigue.  This past month was no different. I fully believe that our jobs in the medical profession are 100% our drug of choice. I recently did an entire series on this topic, but in this discussion I...

Money. It's a scary, wonderful word that we are all looking to be better with. Dr. Brent Lacey has been teaching financial literacy and management for years, but he's extremely passionate about working with physicians. Listen in to hear his story and learn why you need to get better with your money today.  It's interesting to note that the person who makes $14k per year and the person who makes $1...

Have you ever dealt with mom guilt? I know that I have. My mom guilt started before I was even officially a mom. I was pregnant and in residency and I couldn't shake the feeling that all of my late nights and crazy schedule was messing up my unborn child.  Since mom guilt is so prevalent, I wanted to talk about ways we can deal with it. Because mom guilt never goes away, we just figure out better...

Something the healthcare industry as a whole needs is growth. We need to evolve in the way we speak to our patients, how we approach diagnostics, and the way we label conditions. Wendy Schofer is a pediatrician who specializes in working with overweight children and she is at the forefront of that need.  Our kids are not broken. But when we label them as overweight and obese, we are sending them t...

I have been struggling with the emotion of resentment lately. If you've been following along, you know that I returned to full on clinical medicine recently and it has brought some things up for me. Listen as I share a bit more and then give my tips for approaching your own resentment.  This is something I've been working through with my therapist, and it struck me one day when she said, "Man. You...

Your ability to negotiate impacts so much more than just your pocketbook. We negotiate in all aspects of our lives, so being able to master the steps and stages of a negotiation is vitally important. Listen as Dr. Linda Street shares those steps and how you should approach them.    The first thing you need to remember is that you have to know what you want. So many times we find that women focus s...

It's time to get a little personal (... because that's different how? 🤣)  Not too long ago, I saw the light fade from my son's eyes as it pertains to a sport that he genuinely loves. I watched him get dimmer and dimmer until one day he looked at me and said he just didn't want to play anymore.  After trying to talk to him about it, he simply said that it just didn't feel good anymore.  Then I wen...

You're having the trip of a lifetime, hiking in Australia, and loving every minute of it. Until all of a sudden, you fall down a waterfall. After sustaining a TBI and quickly realizing that something's just not right, you embark on a quest that spans more than a decade to get your life back.  This is what happened to Jill Griffin. After falling down a waterfall and sustaining a concussion, she cou...

I'm wrapping it all up. This whole series came about as a way to dig into the research of work addiction as I began stepping back into an employed role. So much of what I talk about on this podcast has roots grounded in what's happening in my own life and it's been fun digging in.  So first, I shared all about definitions and where work addiction starts. Then I moved into the actual research that...

Mid-career crisis, mid-life crisis, burnout… they're all real things! They're all DIFFERENT things. Dr. Hala Sabry is a woman physician, mom, trailblazer and thought-leader focused on woman equity. Listen as she chats about mid-career crisis versus burnout in the lives of women physicians.  Women and men are different in so many ways and those differences speak to how we live and view our lives. T...

If your workplace culture is filled with workaholics, it's time to take a look at the top. Workaholic leaders beget workaholic employees and cause more harm than good in all companies and hospitals. Listen as I chat about the four groups of workaholic employees and how they contribute to a burned-out workplace.    Group one are the folks who have lost their mojo and are leaving the company. They c...