Ending Physician Overwhelm
By Megan Melo, Physician and Life Coach
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I'm Megan Melo, board-certified Family and Obesity Medicine Physician and Physician Coach. In this podcast we talk about the many ways that burnout shows up in our lives, and what we can do about it. I'm on a mission to help Physicians take steps towards to heal burnout by unlearning the habits of perfectionism, people-pleasing and limiting beliefs so that we can lead healthier, happier lives.
The healthcare system is broken; but you don't have to wait until it's fixed to feel better. I'm here to help.
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Changing Your Job Won't Teach You To Rest
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Oct 20, 2026 |
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What Is YOUR Zone of Genius?
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Oct 13, 2026 |
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Negotiate Like a Business, Not an Employee
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Oct 06, 2026 |
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Negotiating Like a Boss with Special Guest, Dr. Weili Gray
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Sep 29, 2026 |
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What If Your Career Were a Business? (but not in the way you think)
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Sep 22, 2026 |
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This Was Not The Break I Needed
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Sep 15, 2026 |
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The Decision Won't Make You Feel That Way
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Sep 08, 2026 |
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What Do You Want Your Tuesday to Look Like?
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Sep 01, 2026 |
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How to Make It Easier (Not More Organized)
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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The Words You Use About Yourself
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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The Decision You're Sitting On
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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"How Am I Supposed To _________?!?"
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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Reimagining The 3rd Place
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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How Your Values Help When Chaos Strikes
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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What Area Needs YOUR Attention Now?
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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Avoid End-of-Year CME Panic
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Jul 07, 2026 |
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Mid-Year Check-In (Don't Skip!!!)
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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10 Things I Would Tell You If I Was Your Doctor
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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The Costs of (Misplaced) Guilt
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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10 Things to Stop Apologizing For Now
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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They Let You Go. Now What? Part 2
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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They Let You Go. Now What? Part 1
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May 26, 2026 |
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The Hassle Factor
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May 19, 2026 |
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The Three Words That Might Change Your Entire Week
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May 12, 2026 |
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When You Have Nothing Left for the People You Love (including you…)
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May 05, 2026 |
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Changing Seasons
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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3 Tools to Use NOW for Better Days
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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Traveling With Kids — A Recovering Perfectionist Story
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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Why Your Brain Turns a Bad Tech Day Into an Identity Crisis
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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Why You Suck at Sick Days (And What to Do About It)
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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The One Where I Quit My "Dream" Job
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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So Tired…And So Excited?!?
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Reset, Refresh, or Recharge?
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Work Is The Devil You Know
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Stop Waiting to Feel Better
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Letting Go of Vicarious Shame
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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You’re Not Doing It Wrong—You’re Doing It Alone
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Your Emotions Aren’t the Problem
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Get More Out of Your Tools
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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The ONE Skill to Practice For a Better 2026
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Tweaks for 2026
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Rewriting the “New Year, New You” Narrative
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Ask Yourself Better Questions (Recharge Challenge Week 10)
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Connect (Recharge Challenge Week 9)
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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Grateful Much?
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Stress Less, Move More
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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The Sweetest Stress Reducer (Recharge Challenge Week 6)
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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The Radical Power of Full-Body Laughter (Recharge Challenge Week 5)
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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The Radical Act of Going to Sleep (Recharge Challenge Week 4)
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Breathe It Out (Recharge Challenge Week 3)
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Eat Your Damn Greens (Recharge Challenge Week 2)
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Stress, Telomeres, and Taking Back Your Health (Challenge Week 1)
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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10 Things I've Learned in 4 Years of Coaching Physicians
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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The "What If" Game
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Cynicism vs Clear-Eyed Realism
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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If I Had More Help, I'd...
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Petty Pity Party
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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The Permission You're Waiting For (Spoiler: It's Not Coming)
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Tackling Those Nagging Tasks Dragging You Down
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Why Learning to Set Boundaries Feels Hard
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Who Will You Learn From?
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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When Things Fall Apart, Do THIS Instead
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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When Everything Falls Apart: Why Your Default Thinking Might Be Making It Worse
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Friction Management in Modern Medicine
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Remember THIS When You Need It
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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What IS Possible?
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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It's Not Possible!
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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The We Do Not Care Club for Perimenopausal Physicians (Part 2)
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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The We Do Not Care Club for Perimenopausal Physicians (Part 1)
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Self-Compassionate Compromise When You Are Deep In It
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Your AI Employee: How to Boss Around Technology That Actually Helps
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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10 Ways to Deal in Tough Times
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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What Am I No Longer Willing To Do?
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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My Million Dollar Idea
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May 27, 2025 |
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Alignment vs Burnout
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May 20, 2025 |
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Break Your Own Rules
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May 13, 2025 |
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Tackling Interruptions and Distractions
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May 06, 2025 |
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Get a New Soundtrack
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Energy Management is an Inside Job
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Hitting Unsubscribe
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Times are Changing; Time to Adapt
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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What's Your DOSE?
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Creating Meaning
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Get OUT of Your Default Thoughts
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Trust Your Gut (Literally)
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Why You Don’t Work Less
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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6 Things You Need Right Now
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Ways I am combatting my own Cynicism
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Musings on a Question: Who Do You Think You Are?
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Knowing What I Now Know – A Tool for Self-Compassion and Change
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Difficulty with Employers
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Self-Compassion in Trying Times
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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So Little Control
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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My Word for 2025: Integration
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Closing Out Your Year Well
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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Thought Errors & Your Inbox
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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Wants vs. Needs
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Taming the Inner Critic
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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Why We Struggle
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Breaking Free from Human Giver Syndrome: A Message for Women Physicians
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Connection As An Antidote to Burnout
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Dealing with Disappointment (Perfectionist’s Edition)
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Who Do YOU Want to See?
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Boundaries Around Other People’s Messes
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Control or Freedom? You pick
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Trauma Responses are Not Your Fault
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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The Residency Graduation Speech You Really Needed
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Procrastination is Not a Time Management Issue
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Uncovering Your Unique Talents with Dr Amy Fogelman
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Sep 28, 2024 |
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Stress Isn’t What You Think it Is
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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New Reasons to Move your Body
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Technology Should Help YOU with Special Guest, Dr Michelle Flemmings
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Sep 14, 2024 |
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Food Matters; Fuel Your Body Well
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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The Sleep Talk You REALLY Need
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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"Right Way" Energy
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Navigating Tragedy with special guest, Dr. Crystal Nelson
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Aug 24, 2024 |
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3 Myths of Burnout You MUST Understand
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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The Elements of Anxiety
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Perfectionism Deep Under the Skin with Guest, Dr Mary Alice Mina
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Aug 10, 2024 |
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A Very Familiar Thought...
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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Bliss Point and Worthiness
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Medicine, Burnout and Disordered Eating with Dr. Siobhan Key
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Jul 27, 2024 |
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Papercuts
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Invest in Your Support System
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Brave Decisions with Dr Sara Ionescu
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Jul 13, 2024 |
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10 Things I Wish I Knew As a New Attending
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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What’s Your Infinite Game?
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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The In-Between Emotions
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Reevaluating your Path with Dr Sarah Stombaugh
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Jun 22, 2024 |
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10 Shifts That Make My Life Easier
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Sticky Nuisances
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Is Burnout Really Trauma with Special Guest, Dr Christy Gibson
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Jun 08, 2024 |
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Know Your Triggers
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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Ugh, Patient Care
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May 28, 2024 |
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Ugh, Self-Doubt
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May 21, 2024 |
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Ugh, Procrastination
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May 14, 2024 |
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Ugh, Feedback
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May 07, 2024 |
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What Is The Story In Your Head?
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Healing Through Sleep with Dr. Funke Afolabi-Brown
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Miserable Comfort
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Listening to Your Intuition with Dr. Erica Bove
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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When You Feel Uncoachable
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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The Physician's Journey to Entrepreneurship with Special Guest Nneka Unachukwu aka "Dr Una"
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Introverts in Medicine
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Reclaiming Your Autonomy with Special Guest, Dr. Dike Drummond
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Be Your Own Boss
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Finding Financial and Spiritual Abundance with Special Guest, Dr Johanna B Moore
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Are You a Good Physician?
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Burnout, Motherhood, and Setting the New Precedent with Dr. La Toya Luces-Sampson
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Dealing with Disappointment
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Negotiating Like a Boss with Special Guest, Dr. Weili Gray
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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Just Start
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Learning to Prioritize Yourself with Dr. Sapna Shah-Haque
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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How to Feel Valued
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Heal Thyself First with Guest, Dr. Malathi Acharya
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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10 Thoughts I am Letting Go of Now
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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Simple Tools, Real Change with Special Guest, Dr. Nicole Perrotte
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Choosing Discomfort Over ...
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Straighten Your Mind and Your Finances with Special Guest, Dr. Kevin Mailo
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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Who Are You Saying No To?
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Lessons Learned (Again) with Dr. Bradley Block
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Grieving What Could've Been
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Solo Surgeon, Solo Mom with Dr. Ritha Belizaire
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Name Your Priorities
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Have License, Will Travel with Special Guest, Dr Kristine Goins
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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This One is for You
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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The Answer Is, You Don't
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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When There's Nothing in the Tank
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Why Do I Feel Lonely?
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Abandoned by Medical Training with Special Guest Dr Brittany Busse
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Episode 81 Unpacking our Experience with Special Guest Dr Joan Chan
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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"I Knew I Had to Do It" with special guest Dr Tolu Olabintan
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Urgent vs Important
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Like a BOSS with Dr Amy Vertrees
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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How to Make Things Easier
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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Mental Health vs Mental Wellbeing with Dr Jeannie Lawrence
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Time Isn't Found; It's Created
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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Called Elsewhere with Special Guest Dr Jill Wener
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Clean Decisions
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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The Skill of Maintenance with Special Guest Dr Tanielle Brew Smith
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Feeling Valued
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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Step Out of your Comfort Zone with Special Guest Dr Sadaf Lodhi
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Stop Delaying Gratification
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Cancer Saved My Life with Special Guest Dr Isabelle Amigues
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Actions Don't Create our Feelings
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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Getting What You Need in Academic Medicine with Special Guest Dr Toyosi Onwuemene
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May 30, 2023 |
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Sitting With Yourself
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May 23, 2023 |
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Do You Know What You Want?
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May 16, 2023 |
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More Life Lessons from a Business Conference
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May 09, 2023 |
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Lessons from a Business Conference
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May 02, 2023 |
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Figuring it Out with Special Guest, Dr Kristi Angevine
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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It Doesn't Work That Way
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Are You Worth It?
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Self-Confidence
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Commit to the Process
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Changing Habits Now
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Emotions Drive Habits
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Solving for the Habit of Procrastination
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Lessons in Compassion Fatigue with Special Guest, Dr Delia Chiaramonte
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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The Extra Doctor in the Room with Special Guest, Dr Karen Leitner
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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The Power of Identity
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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The Thoughts We Borrow
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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When There is No One Right Choice
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Made for More with Dr Lara Hochman
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Just Say No
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Cultivating Rest and Relaxation
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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You Didn't Create This Mess
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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What's Your Gain?
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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Commit to Decide
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Level Up Your Life with special guest, Dr Sherita Gaskins-Tillett
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Dealing with Negative Feedback
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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Create a Practice to Fit You with special guest, Dr Rebecca Berens
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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No More Holiday Overwhelm
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Coaching for the Next Generation, with special guest, Dr Tonya Caylor
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Never Give It Your All
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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Rising Above it to Thrive, with special guest, Dr Kirin Palmer
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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The Operating Manual for Humans
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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Stand Your Ground with special guest Dr Tea Nguyen
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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Empaths in Medicine
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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Trust Yourself with special guest Dr Katrice Brooks
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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Toxic Productivity
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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Let Your Work Fit Your Life with special guest, Dr Cindy Croy
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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Stop Shoulding on Yourself
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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Quitting Doesn't Have to be the Answer with special guest, Dr Mary Leung
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Is it Quiet Quitting?
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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The Power of Support with special guest Dr Jia Ng
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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I Just Can't
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Choosing for Yourself with special guest, Dr Myrdalis Diaz-Ramirez
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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Questioning Your Own Thoughts
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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Money and Mindset with special guest, Dr Jimmy Turner, aka The Physician Philosopher
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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How Do You Play?
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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Reconnect with Your Value, with special guest Dr La Toya Luces-Sampson
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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What Acceptance IS, and is NOT
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Don't Take Burnout With You with Special Guest Dr Leslie Golden
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Self-Compassion in the Face of Criticism
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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A Change of Place with Special Guest, Dr Lara Hochman, aka The Medical Matchmaker
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Sunday Afternoon Scaries Or Why That Trip to Target Won't Really Help
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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Slow Down to get Clear with special guest, Dr Alexia Gillen
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May 31, 2022 |
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How to Become Toxic: A Masterclass
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May 24, 2022 |
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Meditation as Medicine with guest Dr Rashmi Schramm
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May 17, 2022 |
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Residency Drop-out with special guest, Dr Chelsea Turgeon
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May 10, 2022 |
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Belonging to Yourself
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May 03, 2022 |
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On the Front Lines with Dr Tamara Beckford of UR Caring Docs
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Charting Better with special guest, Dr Sarah Smith, the Charting Coach
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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You are Not Your Thoughts, with special guest, Dr. Jillian Rigert, MD, DMD
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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Celebrate yourself for a change
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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Time off is not a cure for burnout
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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Learned helplessness is so unhelpful
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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Nothing is Wrong with You
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Why Thoughts Matter
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Why the Pandemic made things worse for Physicians
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Mar 16, 2022 |