28. The Lightworker's Fork in the Road: Burnout's Origin Story

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A career in medicine is one of the most respected and fulfilling professions, but it also comes with life-changing consequences.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In your early years when you’ve reached the fork in the road and decided to be a helper and a healer, you have chosen a life of service and putting others before yourself.  You’ve decided to be a doctor, a lightworker.  All your focus, your energy, your time is centered in your career.  Along the way, extreme stress kicks in and eventually leading to burnout.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Dike Drummond, a Mayo-trained family physician and the Founder of <a href= "http://www.TheHappyMD.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">TheHappyMD.com</a> has helped thousands of doctors by addressing the epidemic of burnout.  He and his team of physician coaches provide actionable tips and strategies as well as personal support to build a better work-life balance.</span></p> <p> </p> <blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Part of our mission is to be able to sit in the heat with our patients, to be able to recognize hopefully</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">when we are wounded by the work that we do, and take the time and put the energy into our own self-care and our own recovery.” - Dike Drummond MD</span></p> </blockquote> <p> </p> <p><strong>Highlights:</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">(00:41)  Choosing the road of medical profession/choosing a life of service</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">(02:01)  Physicians are a specific kind of lightworker</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">(02:49) The risks of overextending and suicide</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">(04:05) The ultimate challenge of burnout</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">(05:30) The two-fold challenge of the medical training process</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">(08:15) Tips and resources for burnout preventi