"I've been blessed to be at so many people's deathbeds. I just run toward death. I really enjoy those sacred moments with patients and their families, and I felt very sad I could not be there for him."

Dr. Red Hoffman @redmdnd is destigmatizing and humanizing the reality of witnessing death and how to cope with disability as a physician.

The physician suicide hotline that reports to NO ONE is 888.409.0141.
The national suicide hotline is 988.

You can find Dr. Hoffman on her website.

When Dr. Kristin Yates, an OBGYN, started listening to her intuition, a skill that was definitely not taught in medical school, she began to rebel against the life she had worked so hard to create.  A pivotal question spurred her forward, "What if I only had six months to live, what would I choose?"

She defines What it means to be a Rebel Physician: practicing medicine on your own terms in a way makes you happy - no matter what anyone else thinks - and that is very rebellious in today's society and culture.

You can find Dr. Yates on Instagram, her website, and on her Rebel Physician Podcast.

Dr. Christine Gibson's identity and career was forever changed as a survivor of the 2015 Nepal earthquake. Who do you become when being a physician is not enough?  In addition to being a family medicine physician, educator, and advocate, she focuses her work and research on post-traumatic growth.

You can find Dr. Gibson on her website, TIkTok, her Ted Talk, or read her book, The Modern Trauma Toolkit: Nurture Your Post-Traumatic Growth with Personalized Solutions. 

"We have to stop giving advice to young moms.  It shouldn't be *Do this.* It should be *How are you?* A true *How are you?* and *How can I support you?*

Dr. Amna Shabbir shares her coming out story - disclosing her shame around post-partum depression and how she was able to move through it with support that surprised her.  

You can read Dr. Shabbir's article and find her on LinkedIn, Instagram, and her website. 

"To the point of obsessively counting everything. And the fear that accompanied that was really difficult for me to cope with. Everything just felt out of control."

Dr. Brittany Busse describes her experience as a patient that provoked post-partum obsessive compulsive disorder.

Healthcare trauma is real, and the gap between physicians (who are trying to keep patients safe) and patients (who do not experience safety) is wide.

As a result of her experience, Dr. Busse now helps primary care physicians healing build practices for clinicians and their patients.  You can find Dr. Busse on LinkedIn and ViTel's website. 

What lights your soul on fire or breaks your heart?  For Dr. Tonya Caylor, a family medicine physician in Alaska, witnessing the suffering of early career physicians was the heartbreak that brought purpose to this season of her career.  Dr. Caylor supports family medicine residency programs, their faculty, and trainees, in building sustainable wellness. 

You can find Dr. Caylor on her website. 

Residents and fellows can register for free monthly coaching with me here. 

This week, Dr. Jill Wener and I discuss her transition from practicing physician to meditation teacher, tapping practitioner, and anti-racism work.  She describes the ugly underbelly of wellness industry - its cultural appropriation, gatekeeping, and bias - and how folks can recognize bias in their healing practices, especially if you are facilitating healing. 

You can find Jill on her:

Website

Instagram

If you remove the labels of what you do for a living and who you are relationally to other people, how would you introduce yourself?  Who are you outside of what you do and who you care for?  This week, Dr. Rachel Miller describes how her physician identity began to displace what mattered most and how she was able to find her way out of that cycle.  

You can find Dr. Miller on her website, read her bestselling book, "How to Succeed as a Healthcare Leader," or listen to her podcasts, Life, Love, and Leadership for Physicians and OB/GYN Business Institute.

We are taught how to have difficult conversations in our training.  Often, the toll of these conversations can be depleting and we create distance with our patients as a means of self protection.  This week, Dr. Jeff Cohn discusses how we maintain what matters most - our human connection.  

You can find Dr. Cohn on his website. 

It's not IF, but WHEN we experience unanticipated loss in healthcare.  Everyone has a story - the details may vary, but our responses are predictable.  We experience some of these losses as trauma that shape the trajectory of our career.  Peer and organizational support are critical for recovery.  On this episode, I share a story from residency that followed me well into my career - until I was able to process this loss in safe space with a physician colleague.