Diane W. Shannon | Physician Coach, Burnout Consultant, Speaker, Author, & Health Care Writer
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How to Grow through Life’s Transitions

by Diane W. Shannon | Sep 4, 2020 | Coaching, Identity, Thriving

When my first child was born and I stepped over the mighty threshold to “parent,” I felt elated, awed, and grateful—and at the same time as if my life had completely fallen apart. Meditation had been a daily sanity-saving practice for me. Have you ever tried to...

The Power of Words: Avoiding the Trap of the Physician Identity

by Diane W. Shannon | Jun 19, 2018 | Identity

When I left clinical practice, I thought I was prepared for the change in my identity. Wrong. I was shocked by the degree to which my sense of myself and my value in the world were rocked by leaving the profession. After all, I left practice less than seven years...
Are We Really Expected to be Superhuman?

Are We Really Expected to be Superhuman?

by Diane W. Shannon | Oct 21, 2016 | Coaching, Identity, Understanding Burnout

Physicians have long been seen as superhuman—able to jump the academic hurdles required to gain entrance to medical school, willingly delaying many of the gratifications associated with young adulthood, surviving long hours during training and later when in practice,...

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