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Healthier For Good PLLC, Seattle, WA (2025)

10/07/2025

Feeling cynical about medicine lately? You’re not broken.

You’re burned—and your brain is trying to protect you.

What’s inside this episode:�Cynicism says, “The system is broken, and nothing I do matters.”�Clear-eyed realism says, “The system is broken—and I still get to choose how I show up.”

This week, I’m unpacking:
1️⃣ Why cynicism is a protective response (and why it backfires).
2️⃣ How to shift toward realism that keeps you grounded without toxic positivity.
3️⃣ What real boundaries look like when you’re short-staffed, underpaid, and out of bandwidth.

Because you don’t need more motivation. You need relief, clarity, and care.

🎧 Listen now: Ending Physician Overwhelm, Ep. 197 — Cynicism vs. Clear-Eyed Realism
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👩‍⚕️ Let’s stop drowning in cynicism—and start leading with truth.
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Let’s Stay Connected:

This work is challenging, but it’s worth it. If you’re ready to explore how you can reclaim your energy and redefine your path in medicine, I’d love to help.

📨Reach me at megan@healthierforgood.com
🌐 Visit www.healthierforgood.com to learn about my coaching programs

10/04/2025

Sometimes the loudest barrier to receiving help isn’t other people, it’s the story we’re telling ourselves.

“If I accept help, I’ll just have to work harder.”
“No one can do it the way I can.”
“I should be able to handle this.”

Sound familiar?

Here’s the truth: You are not broken. You’re carrying too much with too little care.�The story can change—and you get to rewrite it.

🎧 Tune in now: Ending Physician Overwhelm, Ep. 196: “If I Had More Help, I’d…”
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1957629/episodes/17922120

If this helps, subscribe & support the show so more physicians find it:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1957629/support

Reminder: You don’t have to do it all. 💚
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Let’s Stay Connected:

This work is challenging, but it’s worth it. If you’re ready to explore how you can reclaim your energy and redefine your path in medicine, I’d love to help.

📨Reach me at megan@healthierforgood.com
🌐 Visit www.healthierforgood.com to learn about my coaching programs

10/03/2025

Unblock your Mind, Reducing Cognitive Load-Cover

🎧 Tune in now: Ending Physician Overwhelm, Ep. 196: “If I Had More Help, I’d…”
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1957629/episodes/17922120

If this helps, subscribe & support the show so more physicians find it:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1957629/support

Reminder: You don’t have to do it all. 💚
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Let’s Stay Connected:

This work is challenging, but it’s worth it. If you’re ready to explore how you can reclaim your energy and redefine your path in medicine, I’d love to help.

📨Reach me at megan@healthierforgood.com
🌐 Visit www.healthierforgood.com to learn about my coaching programs

10/02/2025

Rethinking Help: Why It’s Hard to Ask (and How to Make It Easier)
You don’t need to earn support. You need to define it.

If asking for help feels harder than doing it all yourself—you’re not alone. These quotes will remind you that you’re not broken, you’re just carrying too much.

🎧 Tune in now: Ending Physician Overwhelm, Ep. 196: “If I Had More Help, I’d…”
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1957629/episodes/17922120

If this helps, subscribe & support the show so more physicians find it:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1957629/support

Reminder: You don’t have to do it all. 💚
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Let’s Stay Connected:

This work is challenging, but it’s worth it. If you’re ready to explore how you can reclaim your energy and redefine your path in medicine, I’d love to help.

📨Reach me at megan@healthierforgood.com
🌐 Visit www.healthierforgood.com to learn about my coaching programs

09/30/2025

“If I had more help, I’d…”
How would YOU finish that sentence? 💭

What this episode unpacks:
As women physicians, we’re often praised for “managing it all” while silently drowning. In this week’s Ending Physician Overwhelm episode, I explore the stories we tell ourselves about help—and why accepting support feels so complicated.

3 reasons to listen:
1️⃣ Discover the hidden stories that make us resist help, even when we desperately need it.
2️⃣ Learn how to distinguish between tasks you want off your plate vs. cognitive load you want lifted.
3️⃣ Walk away with practical tools to reduce overwhelm—whether at work, at home, or both.

🎧 Tune in now: Ending Physician Overwhelm, Ep. 196: “If I Had More Help, I’d…”
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1957629/episodes/17922120

💌 If this helps, subscribe & support the show so more physicians find it:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1957629/support

Reminder: You don’t have to do it all. 💚

Let’s Stay Connected:

This work is challenging, but it’s worth it. If you’re ready to explore how you can reclaim your energy and redefine your path in medicine, I’d love to help.

📨Reach me at megan@healthierforgood.com
🌐 Visit www.healthierforgood.com to learn about my coaching programs

09/27/2025

Sometimes the most powerful medicine is listening to yourself.

No fixing. No justifying. No rushing past it.
Just hearing your own truth and letting that be enough. 💚

For every physician who feels unseen: start here.

🎧 Listen now to Ending Physician Overwhelm (Ep. 195) https://www.buzzsprout.com/1957629/episodes/17890284
💌 If this helps, subscribe & support the show so more physicians find it: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1957629/support

Tag a friend who needs permission to feel it—and then feel better. 💚

Let’s Stay Connected:
This work is challenging, but it’s worth it. If you’re ready to explore how you can reclaim your energy and redefine your path in medicine, I’d love to help.

📨Reach me at megan@healthierforgood.com
🌐 Visit www.healthierforgood.com to learn about my coaching programs

09/25/2025

How to Exit a Petty Pity Party (Without Gaslighting Yourself)

A 4-step reset you can do in ten minutes—between call, kids, and chaos.

Feeling irritable, overwhelmed, or snappy? These quotes + quick shifts will help you validate what’s real, drop what’s not helpful, and re-enter your life lighter.

🎧 Listen now to Ending Physician Overwhelm (Ep. 195) https://www.buzzsprout.com/1957629/episodes/17890284
💌 If this helps, subscribe & support the show so more physicians find it: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1957629/support

Tag a friend who needs permission to feel it—and then feel better. 💚

Let’s Stay Connected:
This work is challenging, but it’s worth it. If you’re ready to explore how you can reclaim your energy and redefine your path in medicine, I’d love to help.

📨Reach me at megan@healthierforgood.com
🌐 Visit www.healthierforgood.com to learn about my coaching programs

09/24/2025

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09/23/2025

Ever spiral into a grumpy, task-to-task trance and snap “I’ve got it—just move” at the people who love you?

Same. Let’s talk about the physician’s Petty Pity Party… and how to leave early.

This week I share the 4-step micro-reset I used on a very real, very human Sunday meltdown—no journaling perfection, no toxic positivity, just tools that work in clinic life.

3 reasons to listen:
🔹 Learn the fastest way to get unstuck: name the emotion → dump the thoughts → decide what stays → anchor in gratitude.
🔹 Spot the sneaky “comfort” habits (phone, food, wine, chart-scrolling) and swap them for choices that actually feel good later.
🔹 Practice self-validation without self-judgment—so you can protect your evenings, your relationships, and your energy for Monday.

🎧 Listen now to Ending Physician Overwhelm (Ep. 195) https://www.buzzsprout.com/1957629/episodes/17890284
💌 If this helps, subscribe & support the show so more physicians find it: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1957629/support

Tag a friend who needs permission to feel it—and then feel better. 💚

Let’s Stay Connected:
This work is challenging, but it’s worth it. If you’re ready to explore how you can reclaim your energy and redefine your path in medicine, I’d love to help.

📨Reach me at megan@healthierforgood.com
🌐 Visit www.healthierforgood.com to learn about my coaching programs

09/20/2025

Every boundary you set, every “no” you say, every moment you choose rest over relentless productivity—it matters.

The discomfort doesn’t mean you’re failing. It means you’re growing.

We don’t wait for the system to clap for us. We clap for ourselves, because every small win is proof that you’re rewriting the story.

✨ Today, I want you to celebrate one win—no matter how small—that shows you’re choosing YOU.

Drop it below. Let’s celebrate together. 💙

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09/18/2025

How to Give Yourself Permission in a System That Won’t

We were socialized to overgive and under-ask.

These five takeaways are your starting kit to stop pre-rejecting yourself, state your boundaries clearly, and build the courage to act—messy, human, and powerful. Save for your next hard conversation.

🎧 Listen to Episode 194 now and share it with a colleague who needs the nudge: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1957629/episodes/17851022

If this podcast helps you, please subscribe & support here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1957629/support

🔔 Follow for more real medicine, real rest, and radical self-permission.

09/16/2025

What are you waiting to give yourself permission to do? 🧐
Because—spoiler—it’s not coming from them… it’s coming from you.

Medicine trained us to follow steps, ask for approval, and “be a team player.”

But in real life, no committee is arriving with a gold star that says, “You’re allowed to rest now.” In this episode of Ending Physician Overwhelm, I walk you through why we keep waiting, how the system benefits from our self-sacrifice, and exactly how to start giving yourself permission—today.

3 reasons to listen now:
🔹 End the permission trap: Understand why “external validation” keeps you stuck—and why “my friends, it is not coming.”
🔹 Name your needs (without apologizing): Practical scripts to state instead of ask—“I’m not available that weekend.”
🔹 Build boundary stamina: Learn to allow the discomfort and celebrate the small wins as proof you’re changing.

🎧 Listen to Episode 194 now and share it with a colleague who needs the nudge: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1957629/episodes/17851022

If this podcast helps you, please subscribe & support here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1957629/support

🔔 Follow for more real medicine, real rest, and radical self-permission.

Healthier For Good PLLC