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🎬 Physician Burnout Recovery: How Dr. Charmaine Gregory, MD Escaped Burnout and Built a Life of Freedom

Oct 3, 2025

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📝 Physician burnout recovery isn’t just possible—it’s powerful. In this eye-opening episode, we sit down with Dr. Charmaine Gregory, MD, an emergency medicine physician who transformed her life from chronic burnout to personal and financial freedom.

Dr. Gregory shares how she faced burnout head-on, overcame a fear of public speaking, and transitioned into doctor entrepreneurship with multiple physician side hustles—including launching a top podcast and building a successful coaching business.

If you’ve ever searched for:

“how to recover from physician burnout”
“doctor burnout symptoms and solutions”
“can physicians start businesses?”
“how to escape night shift burnout”
—then this episode is for YOU.

🔎 Dr. Gregory’s expertise is your roadmap to reclaiming your time, energy, confidence, and income. She breaks down how mindset, financial freedom for physicians, and leaning into creativity helped her build a life beyond the hospital—and how you can too.

Whether you're a doctor, nurse, or healthcare worker asking “what’s next?” or “how do I regain purpose?”, this episode answers those questions with real-world insights, personal stories, and a dose of tough love from someone who’s been in your shoes.

✨ What You’ll Learn:

The hidden signs of burnout in healthcare 👩‍⚕️
How to overcome fear & reclaim confidence 🎤
Why podcasting for doctors is powerful and healing 🎧
The first steps to launching a physician side hustle 💼
Living, working, and thriving abroad as a doctor 🌴
Why failure is fuel in doctor entrepreneurship 🔥

⏱️ Timestamps (39:01 total)

00:00 – Intro + Guest Bio
01:30 – From ER shifts to burnout crash
06:00 – Closet breakdown: the turning point
10:00 – How mindset and fitness helped her heal
12:30 – Facing her fear of public speaking
15:00 – Discovering business as a creative outlet
19:00 – Why every doctor needs multiple income streams
25:00 – How she moved her family to Guam
30:00 – Freedom of location, time, and self
36:00 – Advice to physicians afraid to pivot
38:30 – How to connect with Dr. Gregory

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