For physician families, by physician families
Honest conversations about what actually supports physicians and the families behind them — financial stress, mental health, life at home, and the systems medicine is practiced in. Hosted by Dr. Anders Apgar, MD, FACOG.
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Episode 14.
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“The breaking point isn’t failure. It’s awareness. It’s the beginning.”
A podcast for every physician who deserves more than burnout, debt, exhaustion, and endless sacrifice — because the life you’ve worked this hard to build deserves to feel like a life.
▶ Listen to the teaserDirect Well-Being is a trusted, peer-driven space for honest conversations about what actually supports physicians — beyond resilience training and surface-level wellness. Each week, Dr. Apgar sits down with physician leaders, partner organizations, and frontline clinicians to talk about the real drivers of distress. Never promotional, always physician-first.
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