“No One Has it All Together” Navigating Your Early Career with Dr. Amna Shabbir

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In this episode, Dr. Bybee talks to Dr. Amna Shabbir, a fellow Substack writer, physician, and coach.

**As a content warning, there is a brief mention of suicide and depression in this episode. If you are struggling with your own mental health, you can always reach the national suicide and crisis line by calling or texting 988.**

Episode details: They discuss...

• The importance of having supportive people in your life while in medical training and the loneliness of being an early career physician
• Dr. Shabbir’s experience with burnout as an early career physician including how she finally recognized that she was struggling
• The importance of pausing to recognize that our time on this earth is finite and the need to ask ourselves what we really want to be doing with our time 
• The link between imposter syndrome and overwork
• The importance of slowing down
• The “arrival fallacy”
• The both/and of individual and systemic change
• How to begin to recover from burnout
• The importance of asking for and accepting help
• The crisis of physician suicide and how this impacts the general public
• The importance of self-compassion
• ...Much more!

Things mentioned in this episode:

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Quotes by Sean Covey | Goodreads

Dr. Erinn Weisman’s Podcast | Burntout to Badass

The arrival fallacy: “Happiness is not waiting for the future you”

Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes Foundation

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline - Call. Text. Chat. (988lifeline.org) 

The Physician Support Line

Where to find Dr. Shabbir

Instagram: Amna Shabbir, MD, NBC-HWC, CPC-Coach (@dr.amnashabbir)

LinkedIn: Amna Shabbir, MD, NBC-HWC, CPC | LinkedIn

Early Career Physicians Institute: Early Career Physicians Institute

Substack: Early Career Physician Wellness | Amna Shabbir, MD, NBC-HWC, CPC 

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• LinkedIn: Jillian Bybee, MD | LinkedIn
• Threads: @LifeandPICU
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If you’re ready to kickstart your journey (or your team's journey) to a less stressed life, I’m ready to help you! You can get in touch about 1:1 coaching or inviting me to facilitate a workshop for your group, get in touch via my website.