Antonia and special guest Kristi Angevine explore how physicians can rethink habits beyond routines to include default thoughts, feelings, and reactions, and how that shift relieves burnout and restores purpose. Practical micro-habits, internal validation, and redefining productivity help us lead better and live better.

• habits as automatic thoughts, feelings, reactions
• perfectionism, people pleasing, catastrophizing as learned solutions
• survival seasons and low‑friction wins
• two micro‑habits: emotional check‑ins and box breathing
• escaping all‑or‑nothing with iterative learning
• redefining productivity around alignment, not to‑do lists
• internal validation and making yourself make sense
• training culture, criticism, and choosing supportive mentors
• identity beyond “doctor first” to include rest and health
• coaching options: group community and private work

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0:01 Setting The Stage: Habits In Medicine

0:32 Introducing Dr. Kristi Angevine

2:05 Redefining What A Habit Really Is

4:20 Perfectionism, People Pleasing, Catastrophizing

7:12 Coping Gone Sideways And Burnout Risk

11:21 Unrealistic Standards And The Inner Critic

15:54 When Work Ethic Becomes Self-Neglect

19:30 Why Simple Routines Aren’t Easy

23:12 Survival Seasons And Low-Hanging Fruit

26:12 Two Five-Minute Habits That Stick

30:45 Escaping All-Or-Nothing Thinking

36:05 Internal Validation As A Mental Habit

41:05 Success Beyond The To-Do List

48:39 Burnout’s Roots And Moral Injury

52:42 Training Culture, Criticism, And Resilience

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