WOMEN PHYSICIANS COLLECTIVE
Real community, collective wisdom, + women’s-health CME – all in one place. Designed for your busiest clinic days, call weeks, + every moment in between.
My Call Room Burnout Story: When Your Soul Cup Is Empty
I didn’t know it was burnout. At least, not the kind they talk about in grand rounds with bullet points and bar graphs. I just knew I was sitting on a twin bed in the dark PICU call room, heart pumping with adrenaline still... and I couldn’t remember the last time I felt like a person instead of a problem-solver. I had spent the whole night tending to other people’s crises. Now mine was quietly unfolding in the form of my first panic attack. My badge said “resident physician.” My CV said...
Holidays can be rough.
The holidays can be beautiful. But they can also feel really freaking hard. I still remember one December. I was rounding on a newborn.The bassinet alone broke me. We had just gone through another failed IVF cycle.Everything felt so raw — and the holiday cheer all around me felt miles away from where I actually was. So if this season feels heavy for you, too — I want you to know: You’re not the only one. What Women Physician Really Want I recently asked women on Instagram what they most...
Burnout, Ego Cups, and Soul Cups: A Guide for Women Physicians Who Are “Fine” but Not Okay
Burnout, Ego Cups, and Soul Cups: A Guide for Women Physicians Who Are “Fine” but Not Okay You're doing everything "right." You’re showing up. Your charts are done. Your patients like you. You say you’re fine — and part of you means it.But also? You feel numb. Detached. Like your life is happening to someone else. This post is for the women physicians who are outwardly high-functioning… and quietly falling apart inside. It’s not just burnout.It’s the quiet erosion of your soul cup — and...
Why I Build Women’s Circles (Not Wellness Committees) for Women Physicians
Why I Build Women’s Circles (Not Wellness Committees) for Women Physicians That PICU story I shared in my last blog post? Where I retreated to the call room after intubating a baby? I was physically steady — trained, focused, capable. But inside? I was unraveling. The silence was deafening. My heart was racing. I didn’t know it at the time, but I was having my first panic attack. That moment cracked open something I couldn’t unsee: I didn’t know who I was beyond the chart, the badge, the...
Feel Like You Again in 10 Minutes a Day
You don't need a free weekend to feel like you again. You need a simple framework you can incorporate into even the busiest of clinic days. Meet The Vitality Loop 5Ps—five intentional practices to reverse disconnect, settle your nervous system, return your time, and rebuild momentum. All in about 10 minutes. This isn’t another massive overhaul. It’s a repeatable rhythm: Pause → Protect → Play → Purpose → Power. Use one per day, or run the full loop when you have a 10-minute pocket. The 5Ps,...
Find Your #1 Disconnection Driver
If "trying harder" keeps ending in feeling worse, chances are you're dealing with disconnection. Most women physicians carry one primary Disconnection Driver that quietly runs the show. Name it and the path back to yourself gets clearer (and lighter). Below are the five drivers we see most often, plus a 2-minute quiz to find your top one and a tiny practice to get traction today. Keep it honest; there’s no grade—only guidance. The 5 Disconnection Drivers 1) Pressure Constant rushing....
Disconnection Drivers + The Vitality Loop 5Ps
The Vitality Loop 5Ps: A Simple Way Back to Yourself The main mission of Women Physicians Collective is to reverse disconnection. In order to reverse disconnect, we first have to understand it's main drivers. Inside WPC, you’ll hear us talk about The Vitality Loop 5Ps, a simple framework for micro-reconnection that works even on the busiest of clinic days or call shifts. Each Vitality P addresses a driver of disconnection. Pressure → Pause Pointless → Purpose Perfectionism → Play...
How a PICU Call Room Sparked Women Physicians Collective
I didn't set out to start a community. I set out to remember myself. It happened in the middle of a 28-hour PICU shift. I had just intubated a baby. The adrenaline was making me sick and I slipped into the call room. I sat on that twin bed, staring at the blank wall in the pitch black. I felt hollow in a way I couldn’t name. In that moment, it hit me that I was finally a doctor. I thought about who I was when I wasn’t charting, rounding, and calling consults. The unsettling truth rolled in: I...
Real community, collective wisdom, + women’s-health CME – all in one place. Designed for your busiest clinic days, call weeks, + every moment in between.