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S2, Episode 37: 3 Ways To Combat Physician Burnout

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Have you ever struggled with the idea of being burned out? Maybe you’re not sure even what it is.

After all, you are working hard and going through the day doing your thing. It’s just part of the job, right?

Maybe you’re sitting here, listening to this podcast and reading these words & you’re feeling like you’re starting to feel disconnected at work and disconnected at home.

As I’ve been meeting with different physicians across the country, I’ve been shocked at the number of physicians that say that they wouldn’t go back into medicine.

I believe that’s why we need to make a paradigm shift.

The goal of this podcast my friends is to help you slash your debt, slash your taxes, and live a liberated lifestyle. However, to live a liberated lifestyle, we need to feel free and feel great about ourselves.

That’s why today we are going to tackle and empower you with 3 tools to combat physician burnout.

In this podcast, you will discover:

• How one physician turned burnout coach defines the differences between stress and burnout
• Learn about the concept of ‘anchoring’ and listen to an entry from one of my private journals that I use to ‘anchor’ a moment of my past
• Discover how professional speakers and salesfolks use anchoring in their pitches
• How one cardiologist’s love of skiing caused him to take a paycut, but saved him from burnout and kept him in medicine
• Why one physician believes that most doctors are too linear in their thinking and what you can do about it
• The 3 ways a physician marriage counselor has identified that can prevent you from recharging your batteries at home
• One of the best ways you can get happy again (Hint: It only needs to take 5 minutes a day)

Resources Mentioned In This Podcast:

How to Prevent Burnout with Dr. Dike Drummond

When Physician Mindfulness Training Is More Tempting Than a Cinnabon with Dr. Kim Aikens

5 Big Keys To Unlock Happiness In Physician Marriages with Julia Sotile Orlando

3 Steps to Financial Freedom For Burned Out Physicians

The Laws of Success by Napoleon Hill

 

For all the show notes, transcription, and more, check out the podcast website at http://doctorfreedompodcast.com/

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S2, Episode 36- Shades of Gray- A Physician Fireside Chat with Dr. Ryan Gray

Have you ever wondered….

 

What would I do if I could never practice medicine again?

This physician did. Find out how he overcame personal challenges and found a whole new passion in the process.

 

 

Welcome back to our monthly fireside chat with a physician to get to know their journey, their joys, and their struggles with finances and outside of finances.

 

This show is not always about actionable content. It is however a chance for you to see behind the curtains, to walk in another person’s shoes and experience their lives.

 

Our next guest has not only been a physician and is married to a physician, but is also a fellow podcaster.

As a matter of fact, he recently received his second nomination for a top podcast in the science & medicine category, which is awesome and fantastic.

 

A little bio on him… He is a former Flight Surgeon in the United States Air Force. He graduated from the University of Florida with a B.S. in Exercise and Sports Sciences, and received his M.D. from New York Medical College.

However, he had a shift and I believe that he is no longer a practicing physician. He became the publisher of MedicalSchoolHQ.net and OldPreMeds.org.

 

What’s cool about his new gig- his podcasts are focused on helping medical students and pre-med students. I think there’s a lot we can learn about this transition and I’m looking forward to talking to him about it.

 

He says, “first, [I] found my calling as a physician. Now I’m an educator of future docs.”

Please help me welcome Dr. Ryan Gray.

 

In this podcast, you will discover:

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• How this physician started a side hustle & eventually transitioned out of medicine to be a full-time podcaster

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• - Learn how he overcame his financial past to become debt-free (and had medical school completely paid for)

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• - The top 2 actions that physician’s kids should think about before applying to medical school

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• - Why he doesn’t think physician burnout is a problem

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• - How a change in his health changed his future

 

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S2, Episode 35-Kevin Pho- 3 Vital Tips To Managing Your Social Reputation (& Increase Your Income)

Have you ever been concerned with a negative review? Are you wondering how you can protect your reputation and build your practice?

Then, on top of that...

Are you unsure of where to start with all these crazy websites to choose from? Should you use Facebook or Yelp or LinkedIn or Doximity?

You may feel like tearing out your hair in frustration! How the heck are you going to find the time to do all this?

If you feel like this, then you'll love our next guest...

In this podcast with Kevin Pho, MD you will discover...

• Learn the 2 actions that you need to take on social media

• Discover the 6 vital tools that Kevin recommends

• 3 tips on how to respond to a bad review & get a plethora of reviews instead

• Why Yelp won't take down negative reviews (& what you can do about it)

• How physicians can create a new stream of income from blogging like Kevin has (& what inspired him to create the site)

 

For all the show notes, transcription, and more, check out the podcast website at http://doctorfreedompodcast.com/

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S2, Episode 34-[Confession] Why Credit Card Rewards Never Work Out The Way You Plan

Have you ever wondered if you are getting screwed by your credit cards?

Could there be a better deal available?

How can you compare one card versus another?

What happened to me recently is that I was forced to think more about this when a regular listener sent me an e-mail. I was intrigued by the question and dug into some research.

I was really happy with the resources I found in the process. Plus... it forced me to look at my own spending habits and made me question if I am going about money the right way.

Have you ever felt that way?

In this podcast, you will discover...

• Listen to the frightening e-mail I received from a regular listener

• How you should think about credit cards & compare rewards

• The website I use to analyze credit cards & discover why I think it is so awesome

• Why I believe credit is better than debit (Hint: It's due to an 8 letter word)

• Why we don't need to budget & how to work around it

• What I learned about my money habits in a quiz

For all the show notes, transcription, and more, check out the podcast website at http://doctorfreedompodcast.com/

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S2, Episode 33-The Tax Reduction Prescription With Josh Mettle

Are you frustrated with the taxes that you are paying?

Are you sick and tired of losing half your paycheck to Uncle Sam?

In my podcasts over the last year, I have been talking about debt, debt…. and well, more debt.

But this podcast is about slashing your debt AND slashing your taxes to live a liberated lifestyle.

I’m taking a step back in the past to bring you more info on how to slash your taxes. After all, it’s something that comes up time and time again when I speak to physicians. They are frustrated by the taxes you pay. Can you relate to that?

I am bringing this podcast out of the vault. This is an interview that my friend, Josh Mettle, did with me all the way back in 2014.

The content is just as relevant today as it was then…

In this podcast, you will discover:

• Why contributing to your employer-sponsored retirement plan is essential and how much that will save you in taxes

• What overlooked strategy many hospital-employed docs miss out on

• Why utilizing your HSA plan is a no brainer

• How having 1099 income in addition to your employment income can result in great tax deductions

 

For all the show notes, and more, check out the podcast website at www.doctorfreedompodcast.com

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S2, Episode 32-The Livingstons- How Low Can You Go?

For the whole podcast, the resources, and all the show notes, make sure to visit www.DoctorFreedomPodcast.com.

 

One of my obsessions has been helping physicians grow their practice. I’ve been hunting down various guests and resources to empower physicians to do grow their practice.

Our next guests are a couple of PhDs. As a matter of fact, they are the first couple that I have had the pleasure of interviewing together.

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The male half is of this power couple is a veteran psychologist and long-time CEO of a multi-million dollar consulting firm that has serviced several Fortune 500 clients in the food industry. His work, theories, and research have been published in major periodicals.

The better half and of course I mean…. The female half of this power couple has helped scores of people make a difference in people’s lives while making a living doing it. She is the President of the International Coach Certification Alliance as well as an author, hypnotist, and hypnosis trainer, therapist, and business coach. She has supervised hundreds of coaching students, helping them develop their coaching skills, choose a niche, and build their practice from scratch.

I can’t wait to hear about their journey!

Please help me welcome Dr. Glen Livingston and Dr. Sharon Livingston. Welcome, Glen & Sharon!

In this podcast, you will discover...

• How guilt shaped Sharon's viewpoints on money

• What Glen would advise physician parents to learn from their own mistakes

• The horrific financial mistake that cost them millions of dollars (& what they did to overcome it)

• The 3 golden nuggets Sharon learned in the interview over 25,000 physicians

• How one physician developed a side hustle that matched his income from the practice

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S2, Episode 30-The ‘Orbitz’ Of Student Loans

Are you sick and tired of seeing an incredibly high student loan balance?

Does it feel like you are on a hamster wheel, making practically no progress on your debts while working your tail off?

Have you been wishing to slash that interest rate?

Then my friends, check out this podcast...

In this podcast, you will...

• Discover the 3 companies that allow you to refinance while in residency

• Learn about the "Orbitz" of student loan refinancing

• Discover the 2 current most competitive companies for practicing physicians that I could find

 

For all the show notes, transcription, and more, check out the podcast website at http://doctorfreedompodcast.com/

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S2, Episode 29-Stand Out From the Crowd [A Physician Fireside Chat with Michele Colon, MD]

Our next guest is a physician, surgeon, yoga health coach, author, and overall health & wellness, expert. She is known as The Holistic Podiatrist of Southern California and has been interviewed and quoted in many prominent publications. One of her greatest strengths is her ability to combine the best of Eastern and Western medicine to treat the whole patient and create individualized treatment plans, yoga sequences, and meal plans for her clients and patients.

 

In this podcast, you will discover:

• Why a tremendous influence on money led to her choice of medicine when she was barely double digits

• What Michele is doing to have higher revenue & more time freedom while many of her colleagues are struggling

• Learn what she did to pay off her student loans (Hint: She sold something without paying a capital gain and celebrated a whole year afterward!)

• How she balances her podiatry practice with her healthcare coaching biz

 

For all the show notes, transcription, and more, check out the podcast website at http://doctorfreedompodcast.com/

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S2, Episode 29-Randy Bauman- How To Make Acquisitions Stick Like Glue

  For the full podcast (and bonus extra material) and all the shows notes, make sure to visit www.DoctorFreedomPodcast.com. Have you been considering going into private practice, maybe buying a practice… or maybe selling your private practice? Are you feeling … Continue reading →

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S2, Episode 28-The Evolution of 3 Financial Stages of Physicians

For all the show notes, resources, and loads of free stuff, make sure to click here to visit www.DoctorFreedomPodcast.com. As a young medical student, you cannot wait to graduate and get to residency. A huge paycheck awaits. Maybe you are … Continue reading →

 

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