Ever feel like you’re carrying the weight of everyone else’s happiness and success on your shoulders? You’re not alone. In this episode, the docs dive into the internal control fallacy, a sneaky thought distortion that convinces you you’re responsible for outcomes that are completely beyond your control.

From patient choices to workplace dynamics and even personal relationships, this fallacy fuels guilt, burnout, and emotional exhaustion. The docs get real about why this happens, how it’s impacting you, and what you can do to finally let go of the impossible.

✅ What is the internal control fallacy?

✅ Why you CAN’T control everything (and shouldn’t)

✅ How this fallacy shows up in medicine

✅ The consequences of over-functioning

✅ Breaking free from the fallacy

✨ “If you’re feeling resentment, that’s your signal. You’ve got a boundary that needs to be enforced.”
✨ “The wheels sometimes have to fall off for the system to get upgraded wheels.”
✨ “When we overfunction, the system underfunctions. You’re making it more broken by trying to fix it all.”

👉 You’re a physician, not a magician.
You provide care, not guarantees. When you find yourself carrying emotional responsibility for what you can’t control, pause and remind yourself: you’re in charge of your effort, not the outcome.

🎙️ Whether you’re a physician battling burnout, a perfectionist constantly over-functioning, or simply someone who needs permission to let go, this episode will hit home. Listen in and learn how to break free from the internal control fallacy—because you can only carry what’s truly yours. 💙

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Free Video: “How to Crush Physician Burnout (for Good) without Cutting Back Hours, Quitting Medicine, or ‘Sucking It Up’ in Silence”

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