Stimulus. Podcast
1) Why You Might Be Chasing the Wrong Dream
So many of our choices are shaped less by desire and more by expectation. We chase prestige, status, or recognition, only to arrive and realize we were climbing the wrong ladder. Beneath burnout and t...Show More
2) Dan Millman on How to Practice Life
What if the true test of strength is focusing less on what we feel and more on what we do? In this episode, we explore a practical philosophy of action, presence, and personal agency with Dan Millman,...Show More
3) Supranormal
Your work world is built on endurance, intensity, and mastery. The culture is 'always on,' and you were trained to perform in conditions no one would call normal. The work is supranormal. It sits at t...Show More
4) How To Not Overthink Simple Decisions
What if the best decision is to not decide at all? We waste valuable mental energy overthinking simple choices, especially when the outcomes are nearly identical. That kind of cognitive drain reduces ...Show More
5) What Every Premed Parent Needs to Know
As students navigate an increasingly complex, competitive, and costly path to medical school, parents often find themselves uncertain about how to help without hindering growth. Meanwhile, institution...Show More
6) Why You Have More Power Than You Think to Change Healthcare
A broken system won’t fix itself, and no one is coming to the rescue. Medicine is fraying under the weight of burnout, misaligned incentives, and systemic inertia. Yet, hope isn’t lost. Change is stil...Show More
7) Do You Know the Difference Between Competence and Capacity?
How can a person who’s clearly lucid still be deemed incapable of making their own medical decisions? The answer lies in the misunderstood yet critical distinction between competence and decision-maki...Show More
8) Boundary Rituals: How to Keep Work from Following You Home
Ever walk out of a shift and feel like the hospital came home with you? In medicine, the mental residue can cling long after the work day is done. One way to address this is boundary rituals, delibera...Show More
9) Crystal-Clear and Error-Free | Three Essential Tools for High-Stakes Communication
The best communication in high-stakes environments isn’t complicated. Quite the opposite - it’s structured, clear, and consistent. Small, deliberate shifts in how we transfer information can dramatica...Show More
Crystal-Clear and Error-Free | Three Essential Tools for High-Stakes Communication
14:12 | Jul 28th, 2025
10) How to Stop Spiralling When Massively Stressed with Scott Weingart
Stressful events can hijack cognition, cloud judgment, and leave emotional residue that can fuel long-term burnout. For acute care clinicians, those moments of emotional overwhelm, when heart rate spi...Show More