About Vital Signs: Thriving as a Woman in Medicine
In healthcare, burnout rates are higher in women. In fact, forty percent of women physicians have cut back or left medicine within 6 years of completing training. Why? Is it added responsibilities at home? Gender bias at work? Invisible work at work? Mom guilt? Too much self-sacrifice and inability to say no? Poor boundaries, lack of time management skills, lack of self-care? In this podcast, we’ll explore the reasons why women in medicine are struggling—and more importantly, what to do about it. We can banish burnout and thrive as women in medicine.
Episode 163: Boosting Relational Energy with Dr. Amy Young
Stress and burnout are at epidemic levels in healthcare environments these days. Organizational and systemic changes are essential to reduce the drivers that cause them, but healthcare professionals need a way to cope today. In this episode, my guest, Amy Young, PhD, shares evidence-based practices that all of us can use to boost our happiness and job satisfaction, based on her research on relational energy.
Dr. Amy Young is a professor of Business Communication at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Her expertise is leadership communication, positive organizational culture, and workplace well-being. She’s also my sister. Our professional passions have converged, and I’m excited to have her back on Vital Signs to continue exploring what positive organizational scholarship can teach all of us in healthcare.
Connect with Dr. Young at LinkedIn or baldwin@umich.edu. There’s information about the book she mentioned here.
Check out my TEDx talk! If you’d like time to talk about the specific challenges you’re facing, connect with me here or at www.dianeshannon.com.
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Diane W. Shannon, MD, MPH, PCC is an internal medicine physician, award-winning writer, and certified coach. She understands the stresses inherent in the practice of medicine and the additional challenges that women face in the profession. Her passion is helping women in medicine create lives where they can thrive.
Share your experience and continue the conversation with Diane at www.dianeshannon.com or www.linkedin.com/in/dianewshannon
29 Sept 2026
Episode 162: Maintaining Joy Over the Span of Your Career with Dr. Sarah Grudberg
Many of us fall into our careers in medicine without a plan for how to maintain our health and our careers over the long haul. As an internist for more than 30 years, Sarah Grudberg, MD, has found some elements to be essential to her career sustainability, including job fit, boundary-setting, and creating community at work. Join us as we examine these and other strategies to “stay in the game.”
Dr. Sarah Grudberg is an internist who works as a hospitalist and palliative care consultant at the VA Boston Healthcare System.
Connect with me on LinkedIn . If you have a question for Dr. Grudberg, I’ll pass it along.
Check out my TEDx talk! If you’d like time to talk about the specific challenges you’re facing, connect with me here or at www.dianeshannon.com.
Like what you heard? Help spread the word by sharing this episode with a friend.
Reviews are greatly appreciated.
Diane W. Shannon, MD, MPH, PCC is an internal medicine physician, award-winning writer, and certified coach. She understands the stresses inherent in the practice of medicine and the additional challenges that women face in the profession. Her passion is helping women in medicine create lives where they can thrive.
Share your experience and continue the conversation with Diane at www.dianeshannon.com or www.linkedin.com/in/dianewshannon
10 Sept 2026
Episode 161: Seeking Fair Pay with Dr. Amy Gottlieb
Much has been written about the persistent gender pay disparity in medicine. It’s important for academic centers and health systems to address if they want to recruit and retain talented employees. Join me and my guest, Amy Gottlieb, MD, as we delve into the underlying causes of unfairness in pay and what to do about it.
Dr. Amy Gottlieb is an internal medicine physician and principal and founder of Grays West Advisors, a boutique advisory firm specializing in strategies that drive fair pay and professional opportunity. She has played a leadership role at the Association of American Medical Colleges for several years, including chair of the AAMC compensation equity advisory committee, which released a report earlier this year with recommendations for attaining and sustaining fair pay in academic medicine.
Connect with Dr. Gottlieb at www.grayswestadvisorsllc.com.
Check out my TEDx talk! If you’d like time to talk about the specific challenges you’re facing, connect with me here or at www.dianeshannon.com.
Like what you heard? Help spread the word by sharing this episode with a friend.
Reviews are greatly appreciated.
Diane W. Shannon, MD, MPH, PCC is an internal medicine physician, award-winning writer, and certified coach. She understands the stresses inherent in the practice of medicine and the additional challenges that women face in the profession. Her passion is helping women in medicine create lives where they can thrive.
Share your experience and continue the conversation with Diane at www.dianeshannon.com or www.linkedin.com/in/dianewshannon
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