Life After Medicine: How To Make a Career Change, Beat Burnout & Find Your Purpose For Doctors
Are you exhausted by the daily grind of the healthcare system and questioning if your career in medicine is truly the right path for you?
This show helps millennial health professionals leave the system, find their purpose, and turn it into their paycheck.
Listen to discover tangible methods to identify your true purpose. Hear success stories of other health professionals who have pivoted- to gain the inspiration and motivation needed to take your first steps. Join a community of like-minded health professionals seeking something more.
Hosted by Chelsea Turgeon, an MD who left her OBGYN residency in 2019 and has built an online business generating over $300,000 while living and working in 40+ countries.
Every Tuesday, Chelsea shares actionable steps and insights to help health professionals navigate career transitions and avoid burnout.
Every Thursday, tune in for “pivot profiles,” bite-sized interviews of health professionals making the transition and turning their purpose into their paycheck.
If you’re ready to find a fulfilling career that doesn’t drain you, start by listening to the fan-favorite audio series, starting at Season 2, Episode 7: Let’s Diagnose Your Career Unhappiness.
Episodes
251 episodes
What Happens When You Stop Living the Script and Start Living Your Truth with Dr. Letizia Alto
Have you ever felt like the life you are living isn't actually yours- but a script you’ve been following?This episode is your permission slip to stop settling for the life you were told to want—and start rewriting it in a way that feels ...
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Everything I’ve Never Shared About My First Year In Business As a Doctor Turned Aspiring Entrepreneur
Ever wonder what it really looks like to start a business after leaving medicine—like behind the highlight reel?It can feel daunting to leave behind the rigid structure of medicine and venture into the wild west of entrepreneurs...
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I Don’t Want to Be A Career Coach For Doctors Anymore—The Truth I Can't Keep Avoiding
Have you ever known something deep down… but avoided saying it out loud because it might change everything?In this vulnerable episode, I open up about the massive shift I’ve been quietly making behind the scenes and what I need ...
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How Doctors Can Use ChatGPT to Finally Get Unstuck in Their Career Change
Do you feel totally stuck in your career search—unsure what jobs to even look for, convinced you're unqualified, and terrified of ending up in something meaningless? If you're spending hours scrolling job boards and Googling “noncli...
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20:49
Doctors Who Stay Stuck In Unfulfilling Careers Are Failing To Ask This Question
Are you still stuck in a career that drains you more than it fulfills you? You say you "don't know what you want", but the truth is... you are dismissing the things that you want.You think your desires are silly, childish or unrealistic....
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Confused About What’s Next? 3 Somatic Tools Doctors Can Use to Create Clarity During a Career Change.
Feel like you’re going through the motions in your career — uninspired, unfulfilled, and wondering if you're ever going to feel lit up by anything again?On paper you have it all- but on the inside you feel disconnected, numb, an...
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How to Know If You’ve Reached the End of the Road in Medicine Before You Burn Out Completely | 🔥 A millennials hot take on common career change advice for doctors
What if you didn’t have to hit rock bottom before realizing it’s time to walk away from medicine?So many doctors stay in medicine long past the point of alignment—trying to “fix” themselves, change jobs, adjust schedules, or force a bett...
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You Don’t Have to Keep Trying Harder: How Doctors Can Reduce Burnout by Trying Differently Instead
If trying harder hasn’t helped you escape burnout, maybe it’s time to stop pushing—and start trying a different way.Most doctors are wired for effort. When things feel off, we go into fix-it mode—work more, study harder, push through. Bu...
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The Hidden Cost of "Put Your Head Down and Power Through" | 🔥 A millennials hot take on common career advice for doctors
Have you ever been told to "just push through" a toxic work situation? What if that advice is costing you more than you realize?Through medical training- we condition ourselves (and eachother) to tolerate being overworked and mistreated....
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Why Searching for Passion Keeps Doctors Stuck in Burnout—And What to Do Instead
Do you ever find yourself wishing you had something you were truly passionate about—only to come up empty every time? You’re not alone. So many healthcare professionals I talk to feel disconnected, uninspired and unsure how to find something th...
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What If ‘Being Realistic’ Is The Very Thing Keeping You Trapped? | 🔥 A millennials hot take on common career change advice for doctors
How many times have you shut down a dream job or career idea because it didn’t seem “realistic” enough? But what if trying to be realistic- is actually the very thing keeping you stuck in a career you don’t love?The people wh...
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10:18
The 6 Questions Every Doctor Should Ask Before Making a Career Change (so you don’t end up in burnout again)
You’ve done everything you were “supposed to do” career wise- but you still feel like this isn't what you are meant to be doing. You crave something with more meaning and more purpose.If you’re feeling lost about your next career move, y...
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18:08
Why Most Career Advice Fails You (And the Secret to Getting Real Clarity) | 🔥 A millennial’s hot take on career change advice for doctors
Have you been posting in FB groups asking for advice about what you should do? Are you hoping that if you just ask enough people- someone will give you the right answer. Have you noticed- that the more times you ask for advice- the more confuse...
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10:18
There Are More Career Opportunities Than You Realize—How Doctors Can Explore a Career Change in Health Tech
Do you want to explore some non traditional ways to use your medical degree- but you are unsure where to start? This episode is your ultimate quick start guide to exploring the world of Health Tech.In this interview with Laur...
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How Doctors Can Leverage Their Hidden Strengths for Unlimited Career Change Opportunities
You don’t see a clear path out of medicine and it’s making you feel hopeless.You’ve googled “what else can I do with my medical degree” but none of the options listed feel like the right fitThe reason you are struggling to f...
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16:10
5 Surprising Benefits for Doctors Leaving Medicine: How a Career Change Can Improve Every Aspect of Your Life
Have you ever wondered what life could look like beyond medicine? Maybe you worry about everything you stand to lose when leaving medicine... but have you ever thought about what you stand to gain?What if leaving actually led to signific...
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15:41
Is the Grass Greener on the Other Side? Why Most Doctors Fail at Career Change & How to Do It Right.
Will leaving medicine or changing careers actually make things better? Or will you just end up in a new job with a different kind of burnout?Many healthcare professionals hesitate to make a career change because they worry that the grass...
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14:33
How to Make A Career Change You Won’t Regret: The 5 Part Framework for Doctors in Burnout
Are you trying to figure out what’s next after medicine- but are worried about making (another) career choice that you regret. You’re not alone—many doctors experience burnout and struggle with the fear of making the wrong career move. But what...
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15:28
Why Work-Life Balance Is NOT The Answer To Avoiding Burnout | 🔥 A millennials hot take on career change advice for doctors
Is work-life balance actually making burnout worse? You’ve been told to chase balance, but what if that’s not the real solution?If you’ve been struggling to find that perfect work-life balance and still feel drained, frustrated, or stuck...
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13:49
I QUIT my career as a doctor when I learned these 3 things about MONEY
You’d love to quit your job and never set foot in the hospital again but- you feel trapped because of the money. You’ve got a student loan balance that is growing by the day. You don’t know how to change to something else that pays what you mak...
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13:24
Why being “100% replaceable at work” is actually a red flag |🔥 A millennials hot take on career change advice for doctors
Have you ever been told this piece of career advice- that seems like good advice- but is actually quite strange and harmful.“You’re 100% replaceable at work. you’re not replaceable at home. If you died tomorrow your job would replace you...
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12:14
How to Make a Career Change When Nothing Interests You: A Doctor’s Guide to Finding the Right Path
Are you searching LinkedIn hoping to find an alternative way to use your medical degree? But your eyes glaze over reading the roles and responsibilities of another clinical director position.You’re not alone. Many doctors exploring caree...
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Everything You’ve Been Told About “Following Your Passion” is Wrong |🔥 A millennial’s hot take on career change advice for doctors
Do you feel confused or triggered by the word passion? Either you desperately wish you had a passion to follow…. but keep coming up short.ORYou do have something you are passionate about- but feel like it’s not realistic to follow...
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10:59
The Unexpected Rewards of Embracing the Unknown in your Career Change: What Happens When Doctors Venture off the Beaten Path.
Have you been feeling a dullness glaze over you? Like there’s nothing specifically wrong- but you feel a sense that there’s something missing in your career.In today’s episode, I share an interview with Dr. Sabrina Falquier, founder and ...
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21:13
The 6-Step Checklist Every Doctor Must Follow Before Resigning From Medicine
Thinking about quitting medicine but terrified of making the wrong choice?If you’ve been dreaming of leaving your medical career but are stuck in a loop of fear, guilt, or uncertainty, this episode is what you’ve been looking for....
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Season 2
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