Feeling like your life is being chosen for you? You're not alone. In this episode, we explore why identity, not willpower, drives behavior, how to break out of autopilot, and ways to choose who we're becoming as medicine advances. Press play to build awareness, set values aligned with goals, and make your next step intentional.

Key Takeaways To Listen For

• What changes when you stop living by default and insert a reset
• How identity outperforms motivation and how to write it into habits
• Which better questions break autopilot and open real options
• How to choose who you are before what you do, step by step
• What simple rules and routines cut chaos without extra effort
  
  

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Is AI sharpening care or eroding our humanity? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Susan Shelmerdine to unpack responsible AI in medicine, the mental health risks of overreliance, and the skill of discernment. She shares how improv rebuilt confidence and why connection must stay central. Press play to use AI wisely without losing yourself.

Key Takeaways To Listen For

• What to do when AI is banned in a clinic without losing efficiency or safety
• Why discernment beats raw knowledge in medicine's AI era
• How to use AI without frying your focus
• When loneliness creeps in, what replaces the chatbot habit and restores real connection
• Why risking rejection may be smarter for your career than playing it safe
  

About Susan Shelmerdine, MBBS, PHD
Dr. Susan is a consultant pediatric radiologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital and an honorary associate professor at University College London. A 2025 Roentgen Professor of the Royal College of Radiologists, she leads NIHR-funded AI research in children's imaging and pioneered the INTACT biopsy technique.

Connect with Dr. Susan

• Website: Susan Shelmerdine
• LinkedIn: Susan Shelmerdine
  

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Do you want to hear more from the ladies of the Create Meaning In Medicine podcast? Discover more empowering content when you go to https://www.createmeaninginmedicine.com!

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Why are women physicians praised for teamwork yet penalized when we say no? In this episode, we unpack the hidden curriculum and redefine boundaries as clear rules that protect time, energy, and patient care. Press play to protect your yeses and set limits without apology.

Key Takeaways To Listen For

• What boundaries look like in medicine, set clear rules for time, energy, and workload
• Why self-compassion matters, view boundaries as protection, not rejection
• How to spot overcommitment, pause, reassess roles, and reset before burnout
• The pause script "My schedule is full. I'll review and get back to you."
• When to end after-hours work, set no-charting zones, and finish notes before leaving

Resources Mentioned In This Episode

• 154. Grief, Money, and Time Pressures: Holidays for Women in Medicine
  

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Do you want to hear more from the ladies of the Create Meaning In Medicine podcast? Discover more empowering content when you go to https://www.createmeaninginmedicine.com!

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