When healthcare burnout reaches its peak, the fantasy of walking away from clinical practice entirely is a common coping mechanism. Many physicians find themselves entertaining wildly irrational escape plans—such as quitting medicine altogether to s…
Discover how the calendar closet cleaning method can help burnt-out physicians systematically evaluate their daily commitments, eliminate energy drains, and create essential white space. By treating your schedule like a cluttered wardrobe, you can s…
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…
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…
Hello, friends, and welcome to the very first installment of the Still Practicing blog. If you are reading these words, chances are you are someone who carries a heavy load. Perhaps you are a healthcare professional, an educator, an entrepreneur, an…