The Year After Leaving Medicine | What Travel Taught Me About "Wellness"
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The Year After Leaving Medicine | What Travel Taught Me About "Wellness"
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One year after leaving the hospital, Frances Mei reflects on what actually changes when you step away from medicine, and what doesn’t.
After a month-long Europe trip spanning Cambridge, London, Copenhagen, Paris, Rome, Naples, and the Amalfi Coast, Frances and Colin unpack identity, burnout, healing, neurodivergence, perfectionism, and the uncomfortable reality of personal growth after medicine.
They talk about:
- Why “wellness” often isn’t enough for doctors
- The trap of outsourcing your rational brain
- Learning how to enjoy life again after survival mode
- Why high achievers struggle to dream outside of medicine
- How travel, art, museums, and creativity changed Frances Mei's life
- The surprising grief of realizing you actually can change
- Letting go of the version of yourself built entirely around achievement
This episode is about what happens when the career you sacrificed everything for is no longer the center of your life — and how difficult, disorienting, and beautiful rebuilding can be.
Host: Frances Mei Hardin, MD
Presented by: The Hippocratic Collective
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