Life After Medicine Chelsea Turgeon

Are you chained to the idea of not wasting your expensive medical degree?Imagine feeling liberated from the pressure to use your medical education in traditional, constrictive ways.In this episode, we explore why finding fulfillment in your career might mean stepping away from clinical practice and redefining what success means to you.Don’t let your degree define your future!If you're tired of ticking boxes and ready to craft a career that brings you joy and fulfillment every day, this episod...

Are you feeling burnt out and struggling to muster the energy to even meet basic needs?Feeling like you're just treading water in your career, drained by the demands yet unable to pinpoint why?Many in our field experience chronic burnout, often without recognizing the subtle signs until it's overwhelming.Join us in this energetic episode, where we sit down with Carol Jean Whittington, a late-identified autistic ADHD adult who suffered from chronic burnout for nearly 40 years. Now she speciali...

Do you feel stuck when trying to figure out your next career steps?You don’t want to make the “wrong choice” (again)and end up wasting another 10+ yearsand $100,000 going down the “wrong path”.But then you feel so worried about making the wrong choicethat you end up paralyzeddoing nothing and remaining stuck in your current career switch.In this episode, I break down why you don’t have to be scared of making the wrong moveand how you can experiment with different career options with very mini...

Have you ever thought about making a change in your career, only to be paralyzed by fear?Questions like,What if I fail?What if I'm not good enough?What if I can’t make enough money in my next career?The fear of the unknown can be paralyzing.Back in residency, I was considering making a change, and that terrified me.I was filled with fear of the unknown.I had this huge list of what-ifs.But I realized,This huge list of fears could have kept me stuck forever.In this episode, I am going to share ...

Did you grow up hearing clichés like "Nobody likes their job" or "Work is just supposed to suck"? From a young age, we are conditioned to believe that adulthood means doing things you don’t want to do.But does that have to be true?In this episode, I interview Paul Millerd, thought leader and author of "The Pathless Path,”. He left a career in strategy consulting to find a life of joy and creativity outside the conventional ladder of achievement.In this episode, we explore what happens when yo...

Ever found yourself daydreaming about ditching your job to travel and visit and these exotic places around the world?I was fully immersed in this fantasy.But then the reality of all my responsibilities would hit me.I've got over $100,000 in student loans.I've got a dog.And I would think, ugh, I can't just quit my job to go gallivanting around the world.Maybe YOU are dealing with this right now too.You're unhappy in your career,but you can't just quit your job and travel the world.You have too...