Why Doctors Are Leaving Medicine — And What It Means for You - EP114

Physician, Heal Thyself The Podcast · Aug 13, 2026 · 38m

54% of physicians report frequent burnout. 57% experienced significant emotional distress in the past year. And a growing number of doctors — many of them under 40, many of them excellent — are walking away from medicine entirely. This is not a personal failure. It is a systemic crisis. And it is coming for your access to care.

Dr. Ana Lara opens this episode with something personal — a week of compounding loss, including the sudden death of a close friend, that stopped her in her tracks and forced her to do exactly what she teaches: slow down, cancel, and take care of herself first. It was…