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… leaves you?
Whether you were laid off, non-renewed, pushed out, or quietly edged aside, job loss as a physician hits differently. It’s not just a paycheck. It’s identity. It’s purpose. It’s years of training. It’s the story you thought you were living.
In this episode of Navigating Possibility, we talk directly to women physicians navigating:
- Physician job loss or contract non-renewal
- Burnout leading to leaving clinical medicine
- Career transitions after OB-GYN or other specialties
- The grief that comes with losing a role you worked your whole life for
- Rebuilding identity after medicine shifts
If you’re a woman doctor feeling blindsided, betrayed, ashamed, or secretly relieved, this episode will help you move through the emotional aftermath with intention instead of reactivity.
Inside this episode, you’ll learn:
- Why physician job loss can trigger grief similar to divorce or death
- The nervous system impact of sudden career change
- How to ground yourself before making your next move
- The difference between reactive quitting and intentional transition
- How to begin redefining your identity beyond your white coat
This is not about rushing into the next job. This is about reclaiming your agency. Because losing a position does not mean losing your worth. If you’re navigating burnout, considering a nonclinical career, or trying to figure out what’s next after leaving medicine, this conversation will meet you where you are.
🎧 Related Topics for Women Physicians:
- Career transitions for women doctors
- Leaving clinical practice
- Physician burnout recovery
- Nonclinical jobs for OB-GYNs
- Physician coaching for career pivots
- Identity crisis after medicine
Work With Dr. Christina Adams
If this episode resonates, you don’t have to navigate this alone.
I work 1:1 with women physicians who are:
- Burned out and questioning their future in medicine
- Navigating contract non-renewal or job loss
- Planning an intentional exit from clinical practice
- Exploring advocacy, leadership, or nonclinical career paths
✨ Schedule a free coaching consultation to explore what’s next.
About the Podcast Navigating Possibility — A Podcast for Women Physicians Ready to Reclaim Their Power
Navigating Possibility is the podcast for women physicians experiencing burnout, career dissatisfaction, or major transitions in medicine.
If you're a woman doctor considering leaving clinical practice, exploring nonclinical careers, or seeking a more sustainable and aligned path, this podcast is for you.
I’m Dr. Christina Adams—OB-GYN, physician coach, and former burned-out doctor. I help women physicians move from survival mode to self-trust, clarity, and empowered career decisions.
Each episode includes:
- Physician burnout recovery tools
- Nervous system regulation strategies for high-achieving women
- Conversations about leaving medicine or redesigning your role
- Coaching insight for intentional career transitions
- Advocacy conversations about systemic change in healthcare
- Real stories from women physicians redefining success
This is your space to breathe, reflect, and remember who you are beneath the white coat. You are not alone. There is a growing movement of women physicians reclaiming autonomy, identity, and possibility.
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