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.
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Ending Physician Overwhelm
The Sweetest Stress Reducer (Recharge Challenge Week 6)
Berry Good Medicine
Ending Physician Overwhelm – Episode 205
This 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.
No, they won’t fix the existential dread of your overflowing inbox, but they will equip your brain and body to handle the demands of physician life with more ease, more resilience, and more energy.
In Week 6 of our 10-Week Recharge Challenge we’re focusing on how berries help reduce oxidative stress, improve endothelial function, support cognitive performance, lower LDL, reduce inflammation, and literally protect your telomeres. (Translation: they help you age well despite the dumpster fire of modern medicine.)
Inside this episode we explore:
- Why berries outperform apples, bananas, and mangoes on anti-inflammatory scales (by a landslide)
- The surprisingly robust research on berries and heart health, cognition, joint inflammation, and blood pressure
- How berries can support metabolic health when chronic stress, cortisol, and irregular schedules work against us
- Why separating dairy from your antioxidants helps you get the full benefit (no shame—just physiology)
- Easy ways to get more berries into your day, no perfectionism required
- How this week fits into the broader arc of yoga nidra → greens → breath → sleep → laughter → berries
We’re not aiming for perfect. We’re aiming for better—one small intentional practice at a time.
You deserve a body and brain that feel supported, not just squeezed for output.
✨ Browse the books mentioned in this challenge:
How Not to Age and The Telomere Effect on my Bookshop page:
👉 https://bookshop.org/shop/meganmelo
✨ If you’re joining us mid-challenge, start at Episode 200 (Oct 28th)—no behind, no guilt.
Let’s eat some berries, protect this incredible physician body of yours, and keep going.
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To learn more about my coaching practice and group offerings, head over to www.healthierforgood.com. I help Physicians and Allied Health Professional women to let go of toxic perfectionist and people-pleasing habits that leave them frustrated and exhausted. If you are ready to learn skills that help you set boundaries and prioritize yourself, without becoming a cynical a-hole, come work with me.
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