Gratitude is a SuperPower you carry with you all the time In the Battle with Physician Burnout .... Gratitude is an energy shield that provides faith and fuel to keep going, especially in tough times. WATCH this 3 minute video to activate your own gratitude superpower abilities.   ..read more

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Today and every day in the USA, over 50% of American Physicians are suffering from at least one symptom of burnout. What word would you use to describe this situation to someone who doesn't work in healthcare? Sad <> Tragic <> Criminal <> Crazy <> Unfortunate?? How about this ... ABSURD. How can you take an entire generation of the best and brightest and grind half of them down to the point where their performance is impaired and their lives at risk - every single day - and carry on as if this is normal. There's only one conclusion we can make ...   There must be ..read more

As an employee physician, your relationship with your job begins when you sign your contract. Your contract is a legal arrangement known in Latin as a quid pro quo. It's an agreement that each party is going to do something for the other. Everyday expressions for quid pro quo include tit for tat, you scratch my back I'll scratch yours, give and take. NOTICE: For all humans who participate in any kind of barter or other give-and-take transactions ... what is the first thing you wonder as you compare the two sides of the deal? Is this a FAIR EXCHANGE? Does it pass the sniff test ... or is it a ..read more

I have a confession to make. 14 years ago I launched my physician coaching website here at TheHappyMD.com. Since that time I've devoted every hour of my professional life to helping my fellow Lightworkers avoid my fate. FULL DISCLOSURE: I crashed and burned out of my family practice at the age of 40 and wandered in the wilderness for a decade before becoming certified as a coach and finding this path back to being a helper and healer to my physician brothers and sisters. 40,000 doctors later, its time to let you know a key to our success.   In all of my work as a physician coach, we r ..read more

Most people believe that your medical education sets you up to be a successful practicing physician. Unfortunately that is not true. Today's 63% physician burnout rate should give us some clue, that our traditional medical education does not guarantee a successful practicing physician. Investing your 20's to complete the slog through medical school, residency and fellowship does produce two consistent outcomes. 1) You learn the bare minimum to practice in your specialty. I say bare minimum because no one graduates from the education process completely capable of practicing independently - es ..read more

Listening to doctors on the internet, there's so much doubt, second-guessing and escapism - dreaming of side gigs and non-clinical jobs and more. Some even go as far as questioning their choice to go into medicine in the first place. For most, giving up your medical career would be a classic error in judgment you will always regret. The core reason for wanting to escape your current reality is our shared loss of autonomy as practicing Physicians. Over the last 25 years we've seen a generational loss of control over all aspects of your practice - the structure of your team and the contents of ..read more

The key to building a more Ideal Practice is a clear target for your efforts. Think of it as a Bullseye in an archery range where you aim yourself at the heart of a new and better on-the-job reality. In this short physician video training lesson, let me show you a two-step process to get crystal clear on your Ideal Practice "target" and take the steps to build a better Job, Practice and Career. Along the way I will show you how to completely eliminate any fear of failure ..read more

Are you feeling it too? The best way to define this shift is - something is definitely different now ..read more

Stop Physician Burnout: 3 Things Men Must Stop Doing to Decrease Unconscious Gender Bias in the Healthcare Workplace Two surveys in the last three years show a remarkable transformation of the US physician population.  In 2019 the majority of US medical students are women for the first time. (1) Athena health surveyed 3500 of their client practices in 2017 and found 60% of physicians 35 or younger are women. (2) In 2022 53.8% of medical students are women (3) With this gender shift in full swing, you would think unconscious gender bias against women would be rolling towards extinction ..read more