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The Stagnant Mirror: Knowing When to Leave Medicine Roles with Dr. Santina Wheat
Deciding whether to pivot away from a healthcare institution is a massive, unquantified hidden load. In medicine, a profession built on longevity and institutional loyalty, walking away isn't just a logistical change—it can feel like a profound identity crisis. In this solo episode, Dr. Santina Wheat unpacks the invisible forces that keep mid-career physician leaders trapped in professional paralysis: the staggering operational friction of the Inertia Tax, the fear of the Greener Grass Mirage, and the frustrating phenomenon of the Stagnant Mirror.
Dr. Wheat exposes how institutions often…
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