Still Practicing with Sue Daniels, MD
Still Practicing with Sue Daniels, MD
If I've learned one thing from a career in healthcare, it's that colleagues train hard, show up, do the work, and quietly burn out. I saw it happen to others, but I didn't really understand the struggle until it happened to me. I'm Dr. Sue Daniels, a pediatrician and survivor of what happens when a healthcare professional blinks and finds herself lost in a career she once loved. I'm also proud to say I found my way back, and if I can do it, so can you. Every other week, I invite you to join me on Still Practicing as we explore what happens AFTER burnout prevention has run its course and you're left wondering what's next. Spoiler alert: it's not about coping better. It's about realistically answering one essential question: What kind of life and career are actually worth coming back to?
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Still Practicing with Sue Daniels, MD
A podcast on healing from burnout in healthcare

If I've learned one thing from a career in healthcare...

it's that colleagues train hard, show up, do the work, and quietly burn out. I saw it happen to others, but I didn't really understand the struggle until it happened to me.

Every other week, I invite you to join me and my guests as we explore what happens AFTER burnout prevention has run its course and you're left wondering what's next. Together, let's answer one essential question:

What kind of life and career are actually worth coming back to?

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Aug. 20, 2026

Nobody Knew I Was Drowning | Dr. Corey Fish

I've known Corey Fish since he was a trainee in residency at the University of Texas, and getting to have this conversation with him was a real gift. In this episode, he walks me through a career full of bold moves, from rural pediatrics in Montana to starting his own urgent care clinic in Portland, putting his house up as collateral, working 70-hour weeks alone, and eventually landing in the world of venture-backed start-ups. He doesn't sugar-coat how dark it got, and I so appreciate that. What
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Aug. 20, 2026

I Thought the Pandemic Would Break Me | Dr. Karen Dorn

I couldn't have imagined launching this podcast with anyone other than Dr. Karen Dorn. We've been friends for over 30 years, all the way back to our first year at the University of Minnesota Medical School, and having her here for the first episode felt exactly right. Karen is an adult hospitalist in suburban Minneapolis who went through the pandemic differently than I did, she was in the ICU watching critically ill patients die in waves, with a 70% mortality rate in a single week. What I did
July 22, 2026

How I Found My Way Back

I said yes to everything, trained hard, showed up for everyone, and then one day woke up running on empty. I've been there, and I found my way back. Still Practicing is my biweekly show for those of us who are past the burnout prevention stage and sitting with the harder question: now what? Every episode, I pull up a chair with a fellow clinician who hit that same wall and rebuilt, and we talk honestly about the moments and choices that changed everything. No toxic positivity, no generic coping

Recent Blog Posts

Aug. 20, 2026

Why High-Achieving Pediatricians Hide Their Burnout (And How to Spot the Signs)

High-achieving pediatricians are exceptionally skilled at masking severe psychological distress, often suffering in complete silence behind a veneer of professional competence. Discover why pediatric burnout carries a unique, crushing stigma, how ph…
Aug. 20, 2026

When Patients Stop Trusting: How Medical Skepticism Drives Doctor Burnout

When medical professionals experience burnout, the usual suspects are always the same: grueling 80-hour workweeks, impossible administrative burdens, and chronic sleep deprivation. But for many hospitalists and frontline clinicians, the true breakin…

About the Host

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Dr. Sue Daniels, MD

Dr. Sue Daniels is a pediatrician who grew up in Fargo, North Dakota and knew she wanted to be a doctor from age six, when her father was diagnosed with brain cancer and cutting edge care gave the family fourteen more years with him. She trained at the University of Minnesota for college, medical school, and pediatric residency, then spent most of her career owning her own practice, first in Minnesota and now in Bozeman, Montana, built with real attention to her community and her staff. A longtime teacher of medical students and residents, she is founding president of The Montana Mindfulness Project and serves on the Executive Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, the Academy's largest section. She also knows firsthand what it feels like to lose your footing in a career you once loved, and what it takes to find your way back. That experience is the heart of Still Practicing.