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Stimulus - Learn Tools to Crush It in Your Medical Career

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Rob Orman, MD

Do you work in medicine and love patient care but feel like parts of the job don’t measure up? Stimulus equips you with tools, mindset shifts, and strategies they didn’t teach you in training—so you can practice medicine like a boss, flourish in your career, and not let it crush your soul. Emergency physician and executive coach Rob Orman, MD, goes in-depth with thought leaders on how to avoid burnout, improve communication, lead without drama, and stay calm amidst the storm. Don’t just suck it up, think differently.

#149

How To Not Overthink Simple Decisions

What if the best decision is to not decide at all? We waste valuable mental energy overthi... more

24 Nov 2025

40 MINS

40:47

24 Nov 2025

#148

What Every Premed Parent Needs to Know

As students navigate an increasingly complex, competitive, and costly path to medical scho... more

27 Oct 2025

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1:07:03

27 Oct 2025

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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 ... more

06 Oct 2025

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56:26

06 Oct 2025

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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... more

22 Sep 2025

32 MINS

32:43

22 Sep 2025

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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 m... more

25 Aug 2025

43 MINS

43:00

25 Aug 2025

#144

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 -... more

28 Jul 2025

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28 Jul 2025

#143

How to Stop Spiralling When Massively Stressed with Scott Weingart

Stressful events can hijack cognition, cloud judgment, and leave emotional residue that ca... more

07 Jul 2025

42 MINS

42:09

07 Jul 2025

#142

How I Coach Doctors With A Performance Improvement Plan

No one enters medicine expecting to land on a performance improvement plan, yet for many p... more

09 Jun 2025

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09 Jun 2025

#141

An Insider’s Look at Addiction Medicine

What if addiction isn’t about drugs, but about pain? Beneath compulsive behaviors often li... more

26 May 2025

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1:09:39

26 May 2025

#140

Are You Still Lit Up by the Core of Your Work?

What is it about your work that still lights you up inside? At the center of every profess... more

12 May 2025

20 MINS

20:57

12 May 2025

#139

The White Coat Investor | Avoiding the Money Mistakes That Sink Physicians

Burnout isn’t just emotional, it’s financial. Many doctors put off financial planning unti... more

28 Apr 2025

1 HR 09 MINS

1:09:13

28 Apr 2025

#138

From Fried to Fired Up | How One Doctor Rebuilt His Career

Making a major career shift is never easy, especially when you've dedicated decades to a p... more

14 Apr 2025

46 MINS

46:50

14 Apr 2025

#137

A Guide to Skillful Death Communication with Alex Jabr, PhD

Delivering the news of death is one of the hardest yet most overlooked skills in emergency... more

24 Mar 2025

43 MINS

43:48

24 Mar 2025

#136

Your First Leadership Role? Start With These 8 Principles

Leadership impacts everyone—whether you're steering an entire organization or simply navig... more

10 Mar 2025

24 MINS

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10 Mar 2025

#135

Active Shooter: Run, Hide, or Fight?

Violence has a cadence, a rhythm that disrupts the normal flow of life. When an act of vio... more

24 Feb 2025

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24 Feb 2025

#134

The Upset Patient Protocol

Dealing with an angry, upset patient can feel like walking into an emotional storm. The fr... more

10 Feb 2025

32 MINS

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10 Feb 2025

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The Emergency Mindset: What Med School Got Wrong

What defines the unique mindset of an emergency clinician? It’s not just the fast pace or ... more

27 Jan 2025

28 MINS

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27 Jan 2025

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Nonverbal Communication | From facial expressions to tonal authority

Mastering nonverbal communication can be an elusive task, but the fact remains: what’s uns... more

13 Jan 2025

33 MINS

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13 Jan 2025

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Why You Can't Be Bad at Meditation

What’s the biggest mistake people make about meditation? Thinking they’re bad at it. Why d... more

30 Dec 2024

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30 Dec 2024

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What's It Like To Be A Transgender Physician?

It started in medical school, when I witnessed the stark reality of the hidden curriculum:... more

16 Dec 2024

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16 Dec 2024

#129

Regression to the Mean Isn’t as Boring as it Sounds

Why do our minds seek explanations for everyday patterns, even attributing a cause where n... more

02 Dec 2024

37 MINS

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02 Dec 2024

#128

Five Ways to Connect With Patients

Being a patient can feel like a lonely experience, especially when you sense your doctor i... more

18 Nov 2024

52 MINS

52:08

18 Nov 2024

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Mel Herbert on Mediocrity, Forgiveness, and the Cost of Holding Grudges

Holding onto a grudge can feel strangely delicious, but that sense of righteousness often ... more

04 Nov 2024

51 MINS

51:33

04 Nov 2024

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The Fine Print of Crushing It | Small actions for big impact

It's often not the big power moves that change our lives; it's the small, intentional acti... more

21 Oct 2024

57 MINS

57:56

21 Oct 2024

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Registration for Awake + Aware 2025 is Now Open!

Ready to reset, recharge, and level up? Join us at our live event - Awake + Aware, a game-... more

18 Oct 2024

04 MINS

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18 Oct 2024

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The Lowest Common Denominator of Communication

How do you handle your authority being challenged under stress? Even minor communication m... more

14 Oct 2024

11 MINS

11:13

14 Oct 2024

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How to be a Good Boss and Navigate a Bad One

It’s hard to be a good boss and even harder to work under a bad one. This episode breaks d... more

07 Oct 2024