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December 10th, 2025

Letting Go Of Titles To Find Your True Values

  1. Letting Go Of Titles To Find Your True Values Dr. Sapna Shah-Haque MD 40:12

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We explore how chasing titles and external approval can erode Health, Relationships, and self-worth, and how to realign work with core values. Jillian shares a candid story of leaving surgery, surviving an eating disorder, and rebuilding a life by borrowing hope, setting boundaries, and reclaiming identity.

• arrival fallacy and the myth of enough
• moral injury in medicine and corporatization
• identifying core values through friction and ease
Grief, regret, and the cost of Sleep deprivation
• sensitivity as strength when paired with boundaries
• comparison traps and self-compassion practices
Therapy, EMDR, somatic tools, and spiritual grounding
• agency versus learned helplessness in career pivots
• practical steps to reset, rest, and redesign roles
• redefining success as connection, presence, and joy

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Though I am a physician, this is not medical advice. This is only a tool that physicians can use to get ideas on how to deal with Burnout and/or know they are not alone. If you are in need of medical assistance talk to your physician.

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Sapna Shah-Haque Internal Medicine Physician

Dr. Sapna Shah-Haque, MD is a board certified Internal Medicine physician. She was born and raised in Kansas, and attended medical school at the University of Kansas [KU] School of Medicine. She completed her Internal Medicine residency at KU-Wichita as well. After experiencing burnout herself, and watching other physician colleagues burn out, it became a passion of hers to look into different aspects of burnout. While the system does need to change, as it is broken, this podcast is a way to reach physicians and possibly shed light on what is not an isolated situation.