The Happy Gynecologist Podcast

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One of the leading causes of burnout is the lack of respect from admin, staff and colleagues. The problem is, respect is a feeling, and feelings come from our thoughts. When we are burnt-out, our brain is in survival mode and primarily is run by the primitive part of our brain, which views most interactions …

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One of the leading causes of burnout is the lack of respect from admin, staff and colleagues. The problem is, respect is a feeling, and feelings come from our thoughts. When we are burnt-out, our brain is in survival mode and primarily is run by the primitive part of our brain, which views most interactions …

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Beliefs are thoughts that we have thought over and over again. They are thoughts that we believe to be true. When we have beliefs about work, sometimes they can lead to burnout, as I quickly learned. By examining these beliefs, you can start to question whether your beliefs about work are really serving you or …

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Beliefs are thoughts that we have thought over and over again. They are thoughts that we believe to be true. When we have beliefs about work, sometimes they can lead to burnout, as I quickly learned. By examining these beliefs, you can start to question whether your beliefs about work are really serving you or …

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In medicine and on the road to get here, we have been taught many things about failure.  Mostly that it is bad. And that to be good, we must avoid it at all costs. After a recent event at work, I decided to dig deeper into failure and what we make it mean about us …

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In medicine and on the road to get here, we have been taught many things about failure.  Mostly that it is bad. And that to be good, we must avoid it at all costs. After a recent event at work, I decided to dig deeper into failure and what we make it mean about us …

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Sunday Scaries. I’m pretty sure they should have their own ICD-10 code. And they suck. That’s what I’ve decided. I used to struggle with this regularly, even on non-Sundays… Sometimes it was a mini-version of the Sunday Scaries, where I didn’t want to get out of the car when I get to work. But I’ve …

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Sunday Scaries. I’m pretty sure they should have their own ICD-10 code. And they suck. That’s what I’ve decided. I used to struggle with this regularly, even on non-Sundays… Sometimes it was a mini-version of the Sunday Scaries, where I didn’t want to get out of the car when I get to work. But I’ve …

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Doctor’s day is next week, and with “feeling unappreciated or disrespected” as a top cause of physician burnout, I want to talk about how to celebrate YOU so that you don’t fall into this category! Because it doesn’t matter what kind of Doctor’s Day celebration is held–it’s your thinking about it that matters. So if …

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Doctor’s day is next week, and with “feeling unappreciated or disrespected” as a top cause of physician burnout, I want to talk about how to celebrate YOU so that you don’t fall into this category! Because it doesn’t matter what kind of Doctor’s Day celebration is held–it’s your thinking about it that matters. So if …

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So many of us in medicine have perfectionistic tendencies, and to a point it has served us well. Come listen to today’s episode to find out if perfectionistic thinking is still serving you or if it is leading to negative results in your life at home, at work and with your relationships. I will also …

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So many of us in medicine have perfectionistic tendencies, and to a point it has served us well. Come listen to today’s episode to find out if perfectionistic thinking is still serving you or if it is leading to negative results in your life at home, at work and with your relationships. I will also …

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I’ll admit it, I have had kind of a love/hate relationship with social media in the past. I have definitely used it as a source of buffering in the past. Especially while waiting on a delivery or on a surgery to start.  The negative consequences included me not doing my charts and orders in a …

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I’ll admit it, I have had kind of a love/hate relationship with social media in the past. I have definitely used it as a source of buffering in the past. Especially while waiting on a delivery or on a surgery to start.  The negative consequences included me not doing my charts and orders in a …

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So often our Burnout story is a rough one. It is a painful one. It can be full of negative emotions and terrible details. In today’s episode, we talk about how I rewrote my burnout story, and how you can too. Tune in to hear my original burn out story and how I changed it. …