Still Practicing with Sue Daniels, MD https://stillpracticingpod.com/ en © 2026 Susan Daniels, MD. All rights reserved. If I've learned one thing from a career in healthcare, it's that colleagues train hard, show up, do the work, and quietly burn out. I saw it happen to others, but I didn't really understand the struggle until it happened to me. I'm Dr. Sue Daniels, a pediatrician and survivor of what happens when a healthcare professional blinks and finds herself lost in a career she once loved. I'm also proud to say I found my way back, and if I can do it, so can you. Every other week, I invite you to join me on Still Practicing as we explore what happens AFTER burnout prevention has run its course and you're left wondering what's next. Spoiler alert: it's not about coping better. It's about realistically answering one essential question: What kind of life and career are actually worth coming back to? Through honest conversations and lived stories, my guests share how they've reclaimed meaning, ambition, and agency in their work and lives. Pediatricians are the center of gravity here, but this is an inclusive space for fellow healthcare workers who have drifted from center, still care deeply, and know something has to change. Optimistic, thoughtful, and grounded in real experience, Still Practicing is for anyone who knows the journey back might not be easy, but it's time to begin. A Human Content Production https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/6fe1d1e4-8624-11f1-859d-13aaaa844355/image/39d421e8cca47e20850030dc5789bff9.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress Still Practicing with Sue Daniels, MD https://stillpracticingpod.com/ episodic Stories of Finding Your Way Back in Medicine and Life Susan Daniels If I've learned one thing from a career in healthcare, it's that colleagues train hard, show up, do the work, and quietly burn out. I saw it happen to others, but I didn't really understand the struggle until it happened to me. I'm Dr. Sue Daniels, a pediatrician and survivor of what happens when a healthcare professional blinks and finds herself lost in a career she once loved. I'm also proud to say I found my way back, and if I can do it, so can you. Every other week, I invite you to join me on Still Practicing as we explore what happens AFTER burnout prevention has run its course and you're left wondering what's next. Spoiler alert: it's not about coping better. It's about realistically answering one essential question: What kind of life and career are actually worth coming back to? Through honest conversations and lived stories, my guests share how they've reclaimed meaning, ambition, and agency in their work and lives. Pediatricians are the center of gravity here, but this is an inclusive space for fellow healthcare workers who have drifted from center, still care deeply, and know something has to change. Optimistic, thoughtful, and grounded in real experience, Still Practicing is for anyone who knows the journey back might not be easy, but it's time to begin. A Human Content Production If I've learned one thing from a career in healthcare, it's that colleagues train hard, show up, do the work, and quietly burn out. I saw it happen to others, but I didn't really understand the struggle until it happened to me.

I'm Dr. Sue Daniels, a pediatrician and survivor of what happens when a healthcare professional blinks and finds herself lost in a career she once loved. I'm also proud to say I found my way back, and if I can do it, so can you.

Every other week, I invite you to join me on Still Practicing as we explore what happens AFTER burnout prevention has run its course and you're left wondering what's next. Spoiler alert: it's not about coping better. It's about realistically answering one essential question:

What kind of life and career are actually worth coming back to?

Through honest conversations and lived stories, my guests share how they've reclaimed meaning, ambition, and agency in their work and lives. Pediatricians are the center of gravity here, but this is an inclusive space for fellow healthcare workers who have drifted from center, still care deeply, and know something has to change.

Optimistic, thoughtful, and grounded in real experience, Still Practicing is for anyone who knows the journey back might not be easy, but it's time to begin.


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]]> Susan Daniels hello@stillpracticingpod.com I Went from Burned Out Pediatrician to AAP President | Dr. Sue Kressley From the outside, our guest, Dr. Sue Kressly has an impressive career arc. she is the immediate past president of the American Academy of Pediatrics and led the organization during one of it's most politically turbulent moments in pediatric medicine with grace and clarity. Many of us found her to be incredibly grounding during that time, and appreciate the calm she brought during a tenuous time. Sue Kressly is a tour de force and in this episode she opens up what people didn't see was happening in the background in her life. From feeling trapped 10 years into her career, losing both parents far too young, and the intense risk she took starting her own practice from scratch. She has a way with her words and shares a metaphor about her calendar being like a closet that needs periodic purging. It's practical, it's useful, it's poetic, and it's honestly a good piece of advice when it comes to protecting one's own energy. Enjoy the double Sue episode! We've both come far and we're still works in progress. Takeaways: Dread is the early warning sign. Feeling trapped is real, and it's not weakness. Ask what's the risk of not changing, not just the risk of changing. Awareness of self-compassion comes before mastery of it. When there's no white space, it's time to clean the calendar closet. ----- Want your burnout story featured on the show? Email us at it hello@stillpracticingpod.com for a chance to be read on an upcoming episode. Want more Dr. Sue Kressley? LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/susan-kressly Follow the show: Instagram @suedaniels.md and @stillpracticingpod Learn more and get transcripts for EVERY episode at www.stillpracticingpod.com For Sales Inquiries & Ad Rates, Please Contact: Sales@Human-Content.Com Connect with Human Content on Socials: @humancontentpods Produced by: Human Content Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:36 - Why Pediatrics? 7:25 - Leading the AAP Through Firestorm 9:25 - Burning Out 10 Years In 25:27 - Becoming an Accidental Informaticist 46:38 - Advice to Her Burned-Out Self Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 03 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0000 full Susan Daniels From the outside, our guest, Dr. Sue Kressly has an impressive career arc. she is the immediate past president of the American Academy of Pediatrics and led the organization during one of it's most politically turbulent moments in pediatric medicine with grace and clarity. Many of us found her to be incredibly grounding during that time, and appreciate the calm she brought during a tenuous time. Sue Kressly is a tour de force and in this episode she opens up what people didn't see was happening in the background in her life. From feeling trapped 10 years into her career, losing both parents far too young, and the intense risk she took starting her own practice from scratch. She has a way with her words and shares a metaphor about her calendar being like a closet that needs periodic purging. It's practical, it's useful, it's poetic, and it's honestly a good piece of advice when it comes to protecting one's own energy. Enjoy the double Sue episode! We've both come far and we're still works in progress. Takeaways: Dread is the early warning sign. Feeling trapped is real, and it's not weakness. Ask what's the risk of not changing, not just the risk of changing. Awareness of self-compassion comes before mastery of it. When there's no white space, it's time to clean the calendar closet. ----- Want your burnout story featured on the show? Email us at it hello@stillpracticingpod.com for a chance to be read on an upcoming episode. Want more Dr. Sue Kressley? LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/susan-kressly Follow the show: Instagram @suedaniels.md and @stillpracticingpod Learn more and get transcripts for EVERY episode at www.stillpracticingpod.com For Sales Inquiries & Ad Rates, Please Contact: Sales@Human-Content.Com Connect with Human Content on Socials: @humancontentpods Produced by: Human Content Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:36 - Why Pediatrics? 7:25 - Leading the AAP Through Firestorm 9:25 - Burning Out 10 Years In 25:27 - Becoming an Accidental Informaticist 46:38 - Advice to Her Burned-Out Self Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices From the outside, our guest, Dr. Sue Kressly has an impressive career arc. she is the immediate past president of the American Academy of Pediatrics and led the organization during one of it's most politically turbulent moments in pediatric medicine with grace and clarity. Many of us found her to be incredibly grounding during that time, and appreciate the calm she brought during a tenuous time.

Sue Kressly is a tour de force and in this episode she opens up what people didn't see was happening in the background in her life. From feeling trapped 10 years into her career, losing both parents far too young, and the intense risk she took starting her own practice from scratch. She has a way with her words and shares a metaphor about her calendar being like a closet that needs periodic purging. It's practical, it's useful, it's poetic, and it's honestly a good piece of advice when it comes to protecting one's own energy.


Enjoy the double Sue episode! We've both come far and we're still works in progress. Takeaways:

  • Dread is the early warning sign.
  • Feeling trapped is real, and it's not weakness.
  • Ask what's the risk of not changing, not just the risk of changing.
  • Awareness of self-compassion comes before mastery of it.
  • When there's no white space, it's time to clean the calendar closet.

-----

Want your burnout story featured on the show? Email us at it hello@stillpracticingpod.com for a chance to be read on an upcoming episode. Want more Dr. Sue Kressley?

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/susan-kressly

Follow the show: Instagram @suedaniels.md and @stillpracticingpod

Learn more and get transcripts for EVERY episode at www.stillpracticingpod.com

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Connect with Human Content on Socials: @humancontentpods Produced by: Human Content Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:36 - Why Pediatrics? 7:25 - Leading the AAP Through Firestorm 9:25 - Burning Out 10 Years In 25:27 - Becoming an Accidental Informaticist 46:38 - Advice to Her Burned-Out Self

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]]> 3335 Nobody Knew I Was Drowning | Dr. Corey Fish This episode, I have on Dr. Corey Fish, who I've known since he his training day at the University of Texas. I've watched him grow from a baby doctor (not literally) into owning his own practice. From rural pediatrics in Montana , to starting an urgent care clinic in Portland, to putting his house up as collateral, working 70-hour week alone, and landing in the space of venture-backed start-ups, Corey doesn't shares it all. He offers immense insight on the bold moves it took to make his career fulfilling, with and despite all the obstacles he faced. The shame and isolation that comes with struggling is something that resonates with so many of us clinicians, but we rarely say it out loud. That's why I'm so grateful Corey came on, between the minutiae of daily medical labor to the kismet encounter he had with a stranger in Austin music festival, it's refreshing how he's embraced the storm. Now that he's on the other side, self-compassion and protecting one's own energy play the most vital part in his life. Takeaways: Burnout in pediatrics carries a particular stigma. The depth of physician suffering is frequently invisible to those closest to them. Financial risk amplifies burnout to a dangerous degree. Entering a venture-backed startup relieved immediate financial pressure but did not address the underlying drivers of burnout. Self-compassion and boundary-setting are the most durable protections against burnout. ----- Want your burnout story featured on the show? Email us at it hello@stillpracticingpod.com for a chance to be read on an upcoming episode. Want more Dr. Corey Fish? Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/corey-fish-405b00132/ Follow the show: Instagram @suedaniels.md and @stillpracticingpod Learn more and get transcripts for EVERY episode at www.stillpracticingpod.com For Sales Inquiries & Ad Rates, Please Contact: Sales@Human-Content.Com Connect with Human Content on Socials: @humancontentpods Produced by: Human Content Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:40 - Why Pediatrics? 6:27 - The Dark Days of Running a Startup13:47 - Lessons from Venture Capital 26:43 - Setting Boundaries & Finding Balance38:21 - Japan, Music Snacks & Ski Patrol Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0000 full Susan Daniels This episode, I have on Dr. Corey Fish, who I've known since he his training day at the University of Texas. I've watched him grow from a baby doctor (not literally) into owning his own practice. From rural pediatrics in Montana , to starting an urgent care clinic in Portland, to putting his house up as collateral, working 70-hour week alone, and landing in the space of venture-backed start-ups, Corey doesn't shares it all. He offers immense insight on the bold moves it took to make his career fulfilling, with and despite all the obstacles he faced. The shame and isolation that comes with struggling is something that resonates with so many of us clinicians, but we rarely say it out loud. That's why I'm so grateful Corey came on, between the minutiae of daily medical labor to the kismet encounter he had with a stranger in Austin music festival, it's refreshing how he's embraced the storm. Now that he's on the other side, self-compassion and protecting one's own energy play the most vital part in his life. Takeaways: Burnout in pediatrics carries a particular stigma. The depth of physician suffering is frequently invisible to those closest to them. Financial risk amplifies burnout to a dangerous degree. Entering a venture-backed startup relieved immediate financial pressure but did not address the underlying drivers of burnout. Self-compassion and boundary-setting are the most durable protections against burnout. ----- Want your burnout story featured on the show? Email us at it hello@stillpracticingpod.com for a chance to be read on an upcoming episode. Want more Dr. Corey Fish? Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/corey-fish-405b00132/ Follow the show: Instagram @suedaniels.md and @stillpracticingpod Learn more and get transcripts for EVERY episode at www.stillpracticingpod.com For Sales Inquiries & Ad Rates, Please Contact: Sales@Human-Content.Com Connect with Human Content on Socials: @humancontentpods Produced by: Human Content Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:40 - Why Pediatrics? 6:27 - The Dark Days of Running a Startup13:47 - Lessons from Venture Capital 26:43 - Setting Boundaries & Finding Balance38:21 - Japan, Music Snacks & Ski Patrol Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This episode, I have on Dr. Corey Fish, who I've known since he his training day at the University of Texas. I've watched him grow from a baby doctor (not literally) into owning his own practice.

From rural pediatrics in Montana , to starting an urgent care clinic in Portland, to putting his house up as collateral, working 70-hour week alone, and landing in the space of venture-backed start-ups, Corey doesn't shares it all.

He offers immense insight on the bold moves it took to make his career fulfilling, with and despite all the obstacles he faced. The shame and isolation that comes with struggling is something that resonates with so many of us clinicians, but we rarely say it out loud. That's why I'm so grateful Corey came on, between the minutiae of daily medical labor to the kismet encounter he had with a stranger in Austin music festival, it's refreshing how he's embraced the storm. Now that he's on the other side, self-compassion and protecting one's own energy play the most vital part in his life. Takeaways:

  • Burnout in pediatrics carries a particular stigma. The depth of physician suffering is frequently invisible to those closest to them.
  • Financial risk amplifies burnout to a dangerous degree.
  • Entering a venture-backed startup relieved immediate financial pressure but did not address the underlying drivers of burnout.
  • Self-compassion and boundary-setting are the most durable protections against burnout.

----- Want your burnout story featured on the show? Email us at it hello@stillpracticingpod.com for a chance to be read on an upcoming episode.

Want more Dr. Corey Fish? Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/corey-fish-405b00132/ Follow the show: Instagram @suedaniels.md and @stillpracticingpod Learn more and get transcripts for EVERY episode at www.stillpracticingpod.com For Sales Inquiries & Ad Rates, Please Contact: Sales@Human-Content.Com Connect with Human Content on Socials: @humancontentpods Produced by: Human Content

Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:40 - Why Pediatrics? 6:27 - The Dark Days of Running a Startup
13:47 - Lessons from Venture Capital
26:43 - Setting Boundaries & Finding Balance
38:21 - Japan, Music Snacks & Ski Patrol

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]]> 3118 I Thought the Pandemic Would Break Me | Dr. Karen Dorn We're ringing in the first episode of this podcast with my good friend, Dr. Karen Dorn! We've known each other for over 30 years, since our first year at the University of Minnesota Medical School and we've witness each other grow over the years. Karen is an adult hospitalist in Minneapolis and during the pandemic, she was in ICU watching critically ill patient pass away in record numbers, with a single week reaching 70% mortality rate. Uniquely, the exhaustion didn't break Karen, rather it was patient distrust. When people started coming in sick, refusing vaccines, demanding invermectin and other things they saw online, doubting everything she had to offer, that's when the burnout settled in. It dug deep into her work and into other aspects of her life. In this episode, we explore Karen's burnout, and I also share parts of my story, including the loss of my brother Bill, who was tragically murdered weeks before I began the podcast. This episode is more personal than others, but I hope this episode offer people some reprise in their lives. Takeaways: Burnout doesn't always stay at work. It was the loss of patient trust, not the brutal hours, that finally broke her. Not every burnout recovery has to look like a formal intervention. When you're deep enough in burnout, the tools you've built can become inaccessible. Want your burnout story featured on the show? Email us at it hello@stillpracticingpod.com for a chance to be read on an upcoming episode. Follow the show: Instagram @suedaniels.md and @stillpracticingpodLearn more and get transcripts for EVERY episode at www.stillpracticingpod.comFor Sales Inquiries & Ad Rates, Please Contact: Sales@Human-Content.ComConnect with Human Content on Socials: @humancontentpodsProduced by: Human Content Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 3:04 - Early Careers in Medicine 9:47 - Pandemic Impacts 26:40 - Hitting Rock Bottom & Seeking Help 38:33 - Rediscovering Joy in Medicine 43:29 - What Fortifies Us Outside of Work Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0000 full Susan Daniels We're ringing in the first episode of this podcast with my good friend, Dr. Karen Dorn! We've known each other for over 30 years, since our first year at the University of Minnesota Medical School and we've witness each other grow over the years. Karen is an adult hospitalist in Minneapolis and during the pandemic, she was in ICU watching critically ill patient pass away in record numbers, with a single week reaching 70% mortality rate. Uniquely, the exhaustion didn't break Karen, rather it was patient distrust. When people started coming in sick, refusing vaccines, demanding invermectin and other things they saw online, doubting everything she had to offer, that's when the burnout settled in. It dug deep into her work and into other aspects of her life. In this episode, we explore Karen's burnout, and I also share parts of my story, including the loss of my brother Bill, who was tragically murdered weeks before I began the podcast. This episode is more personal than others, but I hope this episode offer people some reprise in their lives. Takeaways: Burnout doesn't always stay at work. It was the loss of patient trust, not the brutal hours, that finally broke her. Not every burnout recovery has to look like a formal intervention. When you're deep enough in burnout, the tools you've built can become inaccessible. Want your burnout story featured on the show? Email us at it hello@stillpracticingpod.com for a chance to be read on an upcoming episode. Follow the show: Instagram @suedaniels.md and @stillpracticingpodLearn more and get transcripts for EVERY episode at www.stillpracticingpod.comFor Sales Inquiries & Ad Rates, Please Contact: Sales@Human-Content.ComConnect with Human Content on Socials: @humancontentpodsProduced by: Human Content Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 3:04 - Early Careers in Medicine 9:47 - Pandemic Impacts 26:40 - Hitting Rock Bottom & Seeking Help 38:33 - Rediscovering Joy in Medicine 43:29 - What Fortifies Us Outside of Work Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices We're ringing in the first episode of this podcast with my good friend, Dr. Karen Dorn! We've known each other for over 30 years, since our first year at the University of Minnesota Medical School and we've witness each other grow over the years.

Karen is an adult hospitalist in Minneapolis and during the pandemic, she was in ICU watching critically ill patient pass away in record numbers, with a single week reaching 70% mortality rate. Uniquely, the exhaustion didn't break Karen, rather it was patient distrust. When people started coming in sick, refusing vaccines, demanding invermectin and other things they saw online, doubting everything she had to offer, that's when the burnout settled in. It dug deep into her work and into other aspects of her life.

In this episode, we explore Karen's burnout, and I also share parts of my story, including the loss of my brother Bill, who was tragically murdered weeks before I began the podcast. This episode is more personal than others, but I hope this episode offer people some reprise in their lives.

Takeaways:

  • Burnout doesn't always stay at work.
  • It was the loss of patient trust, not the brutal hours, that finally broke her.
  • Not every burnout recovery has to look like a formal intervention.
  • When you're deep enough in burnout, the tools you've built can become inaccessible.

Want your burnout story featured on the show? Email us at it hello@stillpracticingpod.com for a chance to be read on an upcoming episode.

Follow the show: Instagram @suedaniels.md and @stillpracticingpod
Learn more and get transcripts for EVERY episode at www.stillpracticingpod.com
For Sales Inquiries & Ad Rates, Please Contact: Sales@Human-Content.Com
Connect with Human Content on Socials: @humancontentpods
Produced by: Human Content

Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 3:04 - Early Careers in Medicine 9:47 - Pandemic Impacts 26:40 - Hitting Rock Bottom & Seeking Help 38:33 - Rediscovering Joy in Medicine 43:29 - What Fortifies Us Outside of Work

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]]> 4060 How I Found My Way Back I said yes to everything, trained hard, showed up for everyone, and then one day woke up running on empty. I've been there, and I found my way back. Still Practicing is my biweekly show for those of us who are past the burnout prevention stage and sitting with the harder question: now what? Every episode, I pull up a chair with a fellow clinician who hit that same wall and rebuilt, and we talk honestly about the moments and choices that changed everything. No toxic positivity, no generic coping tips, just real stories shared with warmth and care. If you still love medicine but know something has to change, come sit with us. You're among friends here. Come say hi on Instagram! @suedaniels.md and @stillpracticingpod Or visit www.stillpracticingpod.com to drop me a line or learn more about Still Practicing For all other inquiries, please email hello@stillpracticingpod.com Connect with Human Content on Socials: @humancontentpods Produced by: https://human-content.com/https://human-content.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 Jul 2026 23:37:00 -0000 trailer Susan Daniels I said yes to everything, trained hard, showed up for everyone, and then one day woke up running on empty. I've been there, and I found my way back. Still Practicing is my biweekly show for those of us who are past the burnout prevention stage and sitting with the harder question: now what? Every episode, I pull up a chair with a fellow clinician who hit that same wall and rebuilt, and we talk honestly about the moments and choices that changed everything. No toxic positivity, no generic coping tips, just real stories shared with warmth and care. If you still love medicine but know something has to change, come sit with us. You're among friends here. Come say hi on Instagram! @suedaniels.md and @stillpracticingpod Or visit www.stillpracticingpod.com to drop me a line or learn more about Still Practicing For all other inquiries, please email hello@stillpracticingpod.com Connect with Human Content on Socials: @humancontentpods Produced by: https://human-content.com/https://human-content.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices I said yes to everything, trained hard, showed up for everyone, and then one day woke up running on empty. I've been there, and I found my way back. Still Practicing is my biweekly show for those of us who are past the burnout prevention stage and sitting with the harder question: now what? Every episode, I pull up a chair with a fellow clinician who hit that same wall and rebuilt, and we talk honestly about the moments and choices that changed everything. No toxic positivity, no generic coping tips, just real stories shared with warmth and care. If you still love medicine but know something has to change, come sit with us. You're among friends here.


Come say hi on Instagram! @suedaniels.md and @stillpracticingpod

Or visit www.stillpracticingpod.com to drop me a line or learn more about Still Practicing

For all other inquiries, please email hello@stillpracticingpod.com

Connect with Human Content on Socials: @humancontentpods


Produced by: https://human-content.com/https://human-content.com/

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