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We are 3 Board Certified Emergency Medicine Physicians who survived burnout and now help other doctors learn to survive, and even thrive, in the dumpster fire of medicine.

10/09/2026

Your no doesn’t need an M&M presentation. The more you justify, the more you invite negotiation. Try this: “Thanks for thinking of me. I don’t have capacity for that right now.” Then stop talking.

📬 Sign up for the Weekly Well Check for more. Link in bio.

10/08/2026

No gets easier when you know what you’re saying yes to. Without clear priorities, every request feels urgent. Write down your top three for this season and let them do the deciding.

🎧 Check out episode #111 with Dr Sasha Shilcutt on the podcast. Link in bio.

10/08/2026

Told the story to six people and still feel stuck? Processing moves you through. Ruminating keeps you at the start.

Ep. 239: Venting

🎧 Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/nLSHxSqshuQ
Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify

10/08/2026

You’d never book a patient into a slot that doesn’t exist. Your energy works the same way. Every yes spends something, and someone pays the bill. Before your next yes, ask what it will cost.

🎓 Save your seat in the masterclass. Link in bio.

10/06/2026

Guilt after a boundary doesn’t mean you were wrong. It means you’re breaking a pattern you were rewarded for. Call it what it is: the feeling of change. Then hold the boundary anyway.

📬 Get the Weekly Well Check in your inbox. Link in bio.

10/05/2026

Ever notice “I don’t have capacity” feels like admitting failure? That’s training. Medicine taught you that being endlessly available equals being good. This week, just notice the yes you didn’t want to say.

🎧 Full conversation on the podcast. Link in bio.

10/05/2026

If you start dreading a shift days before it happens, this one’s for you. Tap more 👇

Dread isn’t something broken in you. It’s a predictable pattern, and it tends to get strong stronger the closer the dreaded thing gets. That’s why the day before a stretch of shifts can feel worse than the shifts themselves.

In a 2006 study at Emory, researchers looked at the brains of people waiting for an electric shock. In the strongest dreaders, the activity showed up in regions tied to attention, not just fear. Dread is partly fueled by where your attention goes, which means you have more influence over it than it feels like you do.

Swipe through for what dread cost you, why it feels like preparation (it isn’t), and three reframes to use the next time it starts building on your day off.

Save this for the night before your next stretch, and send it to a colleague who’s already dreading next week. 💙

10/04/2026

Talking about someone can feel like progress. Sometimes it replaces the talk we need to have with them.

Ep. 238: Triangulation. Watch or listen to the full episode.

🎧 https://youtu.be/AC8mnuq_fDg | Also on Apple Podcasts & Spotify

10/04/2026

So much stress. On my day off. ☕️

Thomas Jefferson wrote this quote I mentioned to John Adams in 1816, when both men were in their 70s. Two founding fathers, still worrying about things that never happened.

What’s the first thing your brain does on a day off? 👇

10/03/2026

“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.“ – Seneca, Letter 13

And the dread is not neutral. Penn State researchers followed 240 adults for two weeks. On mornings when people woke up expecting a stressful day, their working memory was worse later that day, even beyond the stress they actually ran into. Dread doesn’t get you ready. It takes attention you’ll want later.

If dread is showing up days before every shift, that deserves a real conversation. Book a free Physician Wellness Triage session by going to our website: www.thewholephysician.com

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