Musings on a Question: Who Do You Think You Are?

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In this episode of Ending Physician Overwhelm, we explore a question that can feel deeply uncomfortable—maybe even confrontational: Who do you think you are?

For so many of us, this question has been used to silence us. To keep us in line. To make us doubt ourselves. Whether it was a parent, a mentor, a patient, or the healthcare system itself, we’ve been conditioned to second-guess our worth and our right to take up space.

But what if we asked this question differently?

Together, we reflect on this in three ways:

1. How this question has been used against us – The ways we've internalized the idea that speaking up, setting boundaries, or advocating for ourselves is somehow wrong.
2. How we define ourselves – The negative self-concept so many of us carry, blaming ourselves for struggling in a system that demands the impossible.
3. Who we are at our core – The version of us outside of exhaustion, outside of survival mode—the person we are when we’re truly aligned with what we need and value.

The reality is this: we are not the problem. The system was never designed to care for us as human beings. But if we can step back and see the truth, we can begin to make different choices.

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