The Happy Gynecologist

As an OB/GYN, we expect to lose sleep to deliveries and call and getting paged. However, many times, we aren't taking advantage of time off to actually catch up and get the right amount of sleep that we require! We often want to stay up late to take advantage of our time off, but this leaves us feeling chronically tired. With studies showing sleep deprivation leads to build up of beta-amyloid, and...

Medicine is full of achievers. Most of us identify as one. But what this sometimes looks like is postponing our happiness until we achieve the next great thing. It sometimes looks like striving for more and more to find our happiness. But often when we achieve the next great thing, the happiness is short lived or absent. This is known as Arrival Fallacy, and many of us fall into this in medicine....

This is part 2 of the 3 steps, so go back and listen to Episode #8 for the first step. Episode 9 goes into detail on the last 2 steps, including Being Kind To Your Body and Nurturing Positive Relationships. I've got several ideas of how to do both of these, so tune in for all the details! As always, you can find me on Instagram (@ coachmildmd ) or learn more on my website coach-miles.com !

What if beating your burnout could be easy??  Today, we will talk about the science behind burnout and will start to discuss how to beat it.  I have simplified the process that will allow you to emerge from your burnout, just as I did, in 3 easy steps. This week we will discuss the first of these steps in details and give you ideas to start beating your burnout today. Next week, with Par...

Our primitive brain can be an asshole sometimes. This is the part of our brain that keeps us safe and alive. It is constantly scanning the horizon for danger. You know, lions and tigers and bears and stuff. It doesn't know we live in a world of Whole Foods and WiFi now....so it can get a little confused. It's also the part of our brain that gives us the urge to do things.... Like punch someone in...

When most physicians think about charting, it is definitely a negative thought process. The problem with this is, when you have negative thoughts, you get negative results. Come join me to learn about my favorite charting solutions to make your work day easier and to help you emerge from burnout.  Find me on Instagram at Coachmilesmd or visit my website: coach-miles.com if you have questions,...

The most common cause of physician burnout is bureaucratic tasks, or our thoughts about these tasks. The way we tackle these tasks matters to our overall well being. So come listen and learn some tools so you can tackle them like the Bad-A that you are.

Lesson one of medical school was How To Stuff Your Feelings 101. We have to be Feeling Stuffers to some extent to do our job well, but doing it too much can lead to burnout.  Today we will define what a feeling is and I will teach you how I started processing my negative feelings associated with work to become a Recovering Feeling Stuffer. 

In Episode #3, we will start to look at the first steps to getting out of the "deep dark hole" of burnout by defining the problem and discussing the first steps to addressing it. 

Patient complaints are a major stressor for many OB/GYN's, but how we handle them matters. In this episode, I will teach you the tools you need to never be blindsided by a complaint again. 

Welcome to The Happy Gynecologist!  Today we are diving in to the world of burnout as it exists amongst practicing OB/GYN's. I will teach you some basic tools to get started on tackling your own burnout and help you on your way to loving your time at work again.