Ending Physician Overwhelm

Send us Fan Mail We might think that burnout is a one-and-done phenomenon. But sadly, it just isn't so. Burnout and overwhelm can strike us multiple times, though we may learn to respond to it quite differently, and understand it better. Such is the case of my friend and special guest, Dr. Kirin Palmer. She'll share how burnout cropped up in different settings, and how she has been able...

Send us Fan Mail Do you find yourself frustrated by how other people live their lives? Like showing up late for their appointment for example? In today's episode, I'll share how we often find ourselves at odds with others over the "hows" of what we do and don't do, and how we can let go of the frustrations and feelings that often accompany these scenarios. It's a shor...

Send us Fan Mail Residency is tough enough. But what happens when your position is threatened, and you don't know why? Dr Tea Nguyen is my guest today, and she shares her story of a difficult time during her training, and how she was able to persevere, and eventually open her own Direct Specialty Care Podiatry Practice. Dr Tea Nguyen completed her Podiatry Residency Training in Michigan, as w...

Send us Fan Mail Are you an Empath? Do you connect easily with the feelings of others? Do you find your mood transformed, for better or for worse by those around you? Empaths make great Physicians, but we tend to struggle under the weight of not only our own emotions, but also carrying, and sometimes even feeling responsible for the feelings of others. In this episode we'll drill in a bit mor...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when you love the work, but not the practice? This comes up frequently for Physicians who want to spend more time with their patient, but struggle with the requirements of the insurance companies and the churn of traditional outpatient practices. Today my guest is Dr Katrice Brooks, and she shares how she decided to walk away from her employed position to build a Dire...

Send us Fan Mail Do you struggle to sit still? How many notebooks do you have filled with half-done to-do lists? Why is it so hard to relax when you finally have the time? In today's episode, we're tackling toxic productivity. That compulsion we so often feel to do more, check boxes and keep busy, even though we also complain that we are overwhelmed and too busy. I'll unpack how we...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is Dr Cindy Croy, a  fellow Family Medicine Physician, who has the perspective of working as a PCP in an employed position, as a small Private Practice owner, as well as forays into Direct Primary Care models. She talks today about her experience of not only shaping her career to fit her life, but also choosing to transition out of medicine when it was no longer a g...

Send us Fan Mail My kids *should* be in school. The park *should* be open. I *should* be working. Should, should, should. As someone who is trying to build her anti-shoulding muscles, this week has been a challenge! In today's episode, I talk about shoulding on yourself and other people and how this blocks us from being present and having the bandwidth to navigate challenges. Oh, and also, I...

Send us Fan Mail So many of us have fantasized about quitting medicine, or leaving our current position, convinced that we will feel better. My guest today, Dr Mary Leung is an employed Hematology/Oncology Physician who believed this too for many years, but didn't want to leave the life she had outside of medicine, and so felt stuck. Until she found coaching that is. Through coaching, she was...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are talking about a term that started on TikTok, called "Quiet Quitting." And yes, I had to look up what it meant, and who started it, and no, I'm not on TikTok, but I digress. I want to approach the conversation though from the perspective of "is it quiet quitting, or is it setting boundaries and valuing yourself?" Because these two things are di...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is Dr Jia Ng, who is a board-certified nephrologist and a clinical researcher at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ Northwell. She is also the founder of PublishedMD, where she helps clinicians publish research papers by up-leveling their research and academic writing skills through digital products, so that they can build authority and achieve their academic...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode is all about 1 little sentence: "I just can't." There are times when this rolls off of the tongue easily, but much of the time, this sentence is pinging around in our brains, and it is contributing to how you feel. We'll dive into the impact it may be having for you, and how you can change your relationship with it. Support the show To lear...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Myrdalis Díaz-Ramírez is a dual Board-Certified Anesthesiologist and Interventional Pain Management Physician, Medical Expert, Professor, Author, Speaker, Podcaster, Entrepreneur, and Mastermind Facilitator. In her maxAllure Mastermind, she helps physicians who feel overwhelmed regain and retain control of their lives through entrepreneurship. She is a born and self-made entre...

Send us Fan Mail I don't care how smart you are, sometimes your thoughts are not correct, not helpful, and/or not kind. Sometimes our brains are jerks. In this episode, we talk about why this happens, and a simple practice that helps you to start being more aware of your thoughts, so that you can decide whether or not you, the driver of your body and higher level thinking, will choose to beli...

Send us Fan Mail Many Physicians are familiar with the idea of the "golden handcuffs," even if they haven't heard the term. It's the belief that we are trapped in THIS job, or THIS career and we can't move/leave/change/innovate because we have loans to repay, mortgages, etc. In this episode, I'm joined by Dr Jimmy Turner, aka the Physician Philosopher, and we dig into...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are talking about play and playfulness, and the role of fun in our lives. The nature of our work, the high level of responsibility we carry, and the time we spend working can all contribute to NOT prioritizing fun. We may rationalize that we don't have time for fun, we have to work. And yet, Dr Stuart Brown, Psychiatrist and the founder of the National Institute of P...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I am so honored to speak with my guest, Dr La Toya Luces-Sampson about her experiences with burnout. We talked about the pressure many of us feel to erase our authentic selves from our professional identities, and the work to both reconnect with our identities as well as to understand our inherit value. Dr. La Toya Luces-Sampson, also known as Dr. Toya, is a wife,...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are talking about acceptance vs resistance. Recent news events, as well as conversations with my clients about what is happening in medicine has me thinking how easy it is to live in resistance to things going on. It's easy, but feels horrible. If you find yourself frequently gritting your teeth, going off on "shoulds" and "shouldn'ts" in you...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I spoke with Dr Leslie Golden, and we talk about the reality many physicians experience of changing jobs and bringing burnout with you, and how to prevent this from happening to you. Dr Leslie Golden is a Family and Obesity Medicine Physician in Watertown Wisconsin. She received her MD at Ross University, and also holds a Masters in Public Health from Florida Inte...

Send us Fan Mail What would your experience of criticism be like if you were kinder to yourself?  Today we are talking about Self-Compassion, as defined by Dr Kristin Neff, PhD, who is a researcher and professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr Neff has devoted her career to the study of self-compassion, and has a number of wonderful talks about books available, as well as a self-compassio...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is the amazing Dr Lara Hochman, aka The Medical Matchmaker. Dr Hochman is a Family Medicine Physician and Physician Advocate. After experiencing burnout and a hospital buy-out of her outpatient clinic, complete with a tight non-compete, she left medicine for a period, before returning to work in a private practice setting and finding joy in medicine again. She now i...

Send us Fan Mail What happens for you the night before work after a break (weekend, day off, vacation, etc)? Do you check your schedule or the hospital census? Do you find yourself craving sugar or staying up to late binging on a show? For me, I had an intense urge to treat myself to a Target run, often with a mocha. I was aware of the urge, and I gave into it nearly every time, but for a long tim...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is Dr. Alexia Gillen. Dr. Gillen is a board-certified Family Physician in South Dakota, currently working as the Ambulatory Medical Information Officer at Monument Health. She is also the CEO of Rise Coaching, where she coaches Female Physicians on getting today’s work done today to create more time for self and family. She loves spending time outdoors with her fami...

Send us Fan Mail Deep breath. We're talking today about what happens when you have been labeled "toxic" at work. And we start right off with my true confessions. I personally think it's easy to pick up the label (I might be biased here!), but it's also important to note that there is a solution that doesn't involve burning all your bridges. In the show, I reference Br...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is Dr. Rashmi Schramm. Dr Schramm is a Family Medicine Physician as well as a a Nationally Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach, Integrative Wellness Coach and Meditation Instructor. She trained at University of Virginia School of Medicine before completing residency at St Vincent’s FM Residency. She lives in Florida with her family, and is the CEO of Optimal W...