Physician Wholeness Episodes

In this episode, I speak to Dr. Diana Mercado, a family medicine physician in Texas. Dr. Mercado graduated from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Chemistry, earned her medical degr...

Dr. Jennifer McKenney is a family physician in her hometown of Fredonia Kansas, a town of approximately 2500 people in southeast Kansas. She has owned and managed an independent practice for the last eleven years. Nine years ...

Twenty years ago, Dr. Catherine Toomer, a Family Medicine physician had a 50% chance of living for five more years due to obesity complicated by heart failure. With young babies that she desperately wanted to see grow, she kn...

​​A new study from Jackson Physician Search reveals that 69% of employed physicians are disengaged from their employers or thinking of seeking employment elsewhere. This number is quite alarming! No wonder many hospitals have...

Backlogs are terrible, aren’t they? When was the last time you went home with all your work done? A lot of times, we as physicians find ourselves sneaking some work home and instead of spending time bonding with our families,...

Why is burnout so common among physicians? Is it because we are taught to work pretty much until we drop? Last year alone, 42% of hospital physicians reported burnout! This number is surprisingly high, given that we as physic...