#66: Spotlight on Physician Suicide with Michelle Chestovich, MD

We are honored to host a special guest who is so brave to advocate for such a special topic.  In this episode, Dr Michelle Chestovich shares her beautiful and heartbreaking story of how she lost her sister to suicide She has become a voice and an advocate for not only awareness but "normalizing" this conversation. She is bringing it out of the darkness that is usually hides it and illuminating it with the amazing tools she learned by certifying as a physician coach. We are so glad she is with us on this episode and join her as allies in the quest to bring physician mental health to the forefront of every wellbeing initiative.

Favorite moments from Dr Chestovich: 

• The work that you are doing is certainly helping people because I think it begins, number one, raising awareness, and number two, normalizing that we too are human and we can have problems with our brain. Just like we can have kidney stones and back problems, our brains can get sick too, and in fact, we're at higher risk for such things.

• And again, this is like my town cry. Not only are we all at risk, but number two, children aren't gonna save us.
• I mean, I get it that it's part of our culture that we so identify with our profession, particularly physicians, but maybe we can realize like we are amazing humans outside of that. When we take that hat off, we're still pretty badass.

Where to find Dr. Chestovich:

Re-Mind Yourself Podcast

#11 Exhaustion

https://www.mamadoclifecoach.com

Instagram: @Mamadoclifecoach

988 - Physician Support Line

Medscape Article - https://www.medscape.com/slideshow/2023-lifestyle-burnout-6016058?icd=login_success_email_match_norm

 

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