Can physicians—perfectionist people-pleasers with high exposure to human suffering and “burnout”—ever achieve true wellness?
Why does physician wellness feel like a contradiction?
Here are five reasons why it often is:
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Physician Wellness: An Oxymoron? →
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Keynote: Finding your bliss—beating physician “burnout” →
Wildest keynote! Singing and dancing across stage with 4000 doctors in Las Vegas. (Published 2/5/19, updated 6/19/25) Rowdiest audience ever (at a medical conference at least). Read transcript and/or download & listen to MP3 below:
Physician burnout—symptom of a broken system
“Burnout”
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Did your wounded child choose your career? →
I often say I was “born to be a healer.” Now I know why I attract so many wounded people.
I was nine when my family disintegrated. After she lost custody in the divorce, Mom kidnapped me. “Get in the car,” she said as I walked home from school in fourth grade.
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Doctor revived after suicide. Here's what he says.
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Heroic doctor's heart-wrenching letter
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