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17: When the System Asks You to Carry More Than Is Sustainable
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Across the United States, rural obstetric units are closing and the number of physicians providing maternity care continues to decline. When physicians retire, move, or leave clinical medicine,...
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16: Call Anxiety: The Fear You Won’t Be Able to Handle It
Call anxiety is one of the most common – and least discussed – experiences in medicine.
For physicians who take call, especially those in high-acuity specialties like obstetrics, emergency medicine, surgery, and...
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15:We Do Not Work for Free: Why Physicians Must Stop Donating Their Labor
Women physicians are often expected to take on unpaid leadership roles—department chair, quality work, committees—in exchange for “influence” or visibility. In this episode, we explore the hidden cost of unpaid...
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14: Breaking the Cycle: Healing the Culture of Medicine from the Inside Out
Breaking the Cycle: Healing the Culture of Medicine from the Inside Out
Why does toxic culture persist in medicine—even among compassionate, dedicated physicians?
In this episode of Navigating Possibility, we explore...
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13: What To Do When Your Job Leaves You: Grieving, Grounding, and Moving Forward with Intention
What To Do When Your Job Leaves You: Grieving, Grounding, and Moving Forward with Intention (For Women Physicians Navigating Job Loss, Burnout, or Career Transition)
What happens when the job you gave everything to…...
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12: Fierce Self Compassion - Why Being Kind to Yourself Sometimes Means Drawing a Line
In this episode we discuss Fierce Self Compassion - based on Kristin Neff's book by the same name.
Navigating Possibility — A Podcast for Women Physicians Ready to Reclaim Their Power
Navigating Possibility is...
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11: Burnout Isn't About Stress - It's About the Stress Cycle
In this episode, I talk about insights about burnout from the book "Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle" by Emily and Amelia Nagasaki. This book frames stress as a chronic condition that comes from not...
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10:What to Do When You Feel Completely Done — and Can’t See a Way Forward
In this episode, I talk about what to do when you tell yourself "I'm just done" and start to try to figure out how to make a change as a woman in medicine. And we talk about why the first thing to do is NOT dust off...
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Episode 9: Advocacy as a Means to Mitigate Physician Burnout
In this episode, I discuss how getting involved in changing the system through advocacy can help build community, increase agency, and increase personal confidence to help heal from burnout and prevent future...
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Episode 8: Lessons from the book “Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away” by Annie Duke
In this episode, I discuss how reading the book "Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away" by Annie Duke can help you reframe the idea of "quitting" something that is no longer serving you and start to look at it...
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Episode 7: Why I Named this Podcast "Navigating Possibility"
In this episode, I discuss why I named this podcast "Navigating Possibility" and three different categories of possibilities I help women physicians navigate.
Navigating Possibility — A Podcast for Women Physicians...
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Episode 6: Don't Go Shopping for Pain: Online Physician Reviews
In this episode, we discuss why reading your online reviews as a physician is just "shopping for pain", and how to set boundaries if you can't avoid reading them.
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