Ending Physician Overwhelm
I'm Megan Melo, board-certified Family and Obesity Medicine Physician and Physician Coach. In this podcast we talk about the many ways that burnout shows up in our lives, and what we can do about it. I'm on a mission to help Physicians take steps towards to heal burnout by unlearning the habits of perfectionism, people-pleasing and limiting beliefs so that we can lead healthier, happier lives.
The healthcare system is broken; but you don't have to wait until it's fixed to feel better. I'm here to help.
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Episodes
225 episodes
3 Tools to Use NOW for Better Days
What if one sentence could pull you out of a spiral? What if a five-second pause could change the entire tone of your day?In this episode, I'm sharing three simple tools I actually use — the ones that have quietly transformed how I move ...
Traveling With Kids — A Recovering Perfectionist Story
You know that feeling when you're in the middle of something completely outside your comfort zone and you realize — wait, I'm actually handling this? That's exactly where I'm recording from today: a hotel room in Osaka, Japan, chaperoning my so...
Why Your Brain Turns a Bad Tech Day Into an Identity Crisis
Has your AI scribe ever produced garbage notes for days on end? Has Epic ever crashed mid-clinic and sent you into a spiral? And did a little voice in your head whisper, "Maybe I shouldn't have been relying on that in the first place"?Ye...
Why You Suck at Sick Days (And What to Do About It)
Let's be honest — have you ever fantasized about calling in sick? Not because you're actually sick, but because it feels like the only way to justify taking a break? Maybe you picture finally cleaning out that closet, taking a nap in t...
The One Where I Quit My "Dream" Job
What's your number one work fantasy?For so many of us, it's walking out the door and never looking back. But what does it actually look like to quit — not in the dramatic, table-flipping way we imagine, but in the real, messy, meaningful...
So Tired…And So Excited?!?
There's a kind of tired that drains you to the bone — and then there's a kind of tired that feels almost like a gift.In this episode, I'm coming to you fresh off a red-eye from our twice-yearly EntreMD Business School conference, messy h...
Reset, Refresh, or Recharge?
Sometimes you feel off… but you can’t quite name why.You’re tired.Maybe a little cranky.Maybe a little stuck.And the instinct is often to change something big.Quit the job.Overhaul your schedule.Throw...
Work Is The Devil You Know
What happens when you get an unexpected pocket of free time?Be honest.Do you rest?Or does your brain immediately start scanning for something productive to do?Laundry.Inbox.Charts.Research.That Spanish p...
Stop Waiting to Feel Better
How many times have you held your own happiness hostage?“I’ll feel better when my notes are closed.” “I can rest when the work is done.” “I’ll finally feel confident when I’m an attending.”We’ve all done it. We t...
Letting Go of Vicarious Shame
Raise your hand if the last couple of weeks have felt… heavy.Not just busy. Not just frustrating.Heavy.As more information comes out about the Epstein files and the physicians connected to them, many of us are noticing somethi...
You’re Not Doing It Wrong—You’re Doing It Alone
You listen.You nod.You try to apply what you’re learning.And still—something isn’t quite moving.If that’s you, pause with me for a moment, because here’s the truth we don’t say out loud enough:You are not doing a...
Your Emotions Aren’t the Problem
Without overthinking it (yes, I know—that’s a tall order), I asked you to name one difficult emotion you’ve felt in the last few days. Anger. Frustration. Disgust. Resentment.If your immediate instinct was to judge yourself for it—or to ...
Get More Out of Your Tools
You already work hard. The question is: why are you still making it harder than it needs to be?In this episode, we’re talking about tools—and not just scalpels and stethoscopes. We’re talking about AI scribes, su...
The ONE Skill to Practice For a Better 2026
January has a very specific way of messing with people-pleasing perfectionists.We start the year with big intentions—this will be the year we exercise, sleep, get our notes done, take better care of ourselves. And then… reality ...
Tweaks for 2026
You don’t need a brand-new personality this year.You don’t need kale, CrossFit, or a personality transplant on January 1st.What you do need are a few small, intentional tweaks—decisions that actually respect the life you’re ...
Rewriting the “New Year, New You” Narrative
Rewriting the “New Year, New You” NarrativeNew Year’s can be a surprisingly difficult time, especially for women physicians who already carry a heavy load of responsibility, perfectionism, and self-judgment.In this ep...
Ask Yourself Better Questions (Recharge Challenge Week 10)
You get asked questions all day long.By patients. By staff. By your family. By the system.But when was the last time you asked yourself a question that actually helped?In this final week of our 10-week Recharge Cha...
Connect (Recharge Challenge Week 9)
What do you need more of right now?Your brain will say: time, sleep, money, peace on earth, a functioning Epic inbox. Fair.But this week, we’re naming the thing that quietly drives everything else: connection.<...
Grateful Much?
Let’s be honest: when you’re exhausted, under-resourced, and working in a system that keeps asking for more… gratitude can feel like a stretch.In this episode, we’re talking about gratitude—but not the fluffy, bypass-y kind that t...
Stress Less, Move More
What if the best medicine you take this week doesn’t come in a bottle, a supplement, a perfectly periodized strength program, or a color-coded workout app… but from simply moving your body the way it was designed to move?...
The Sweetest Stress Reducer (Recharge Challenge Week 6)
Berry Good MedicineEnding Physician Overwhelm – Episode 205This week we’re diving into one of the easiest, most delicious ways to lower stress and protect your health as a women physician: berries. Yes… berries...
The Radical Power of Full-Body Laughter (Recharge Challenge Week 5)
When was the last time you laughed so hard you lost control?Not the polite workplace chuckle. Not the “ha-ha-that’s-funny” text response.I mean full-body, shoulders-shaking, snort-laughing, tears-in-your-eyes, I-might-pee-a-littl...
The Radical Act of Going to Sleep (Recharge Challenge Week 4)
You don’t have “insomnia.”You have too much on your mind, too much on your plate, and a healthcare system that treats your sleep like an optional hobby.In this episode of Ending Physician Overwhelm, we’re diving into sleep a...
Breathe It Out (Recharge Challenge Week 3)
You’ve been told to “just take a deep breath” more times than you can count.Usually by someone who doesn’t realize you’ve been holding your breath since pre-med.This week on Ending Physician Overwhelm, we’re talking about something d...
Eat Your Damn Greens (Recharge Challenge Week 2)
This week, we’re getting a little leafy. In Week 2 of our 10-Week Recharge Challenge, we’re focusing on feeding your cells from the inside out. No, you don’t need to become a kale evangelist — but yes, your mitochondria are begging you for some...