Why Burnout Isn’t Failure and What We Can Do About It with Patrick Riecke

In this episode of This Clinical Life, we welcome Patrick Riecke, a burnout survivor, healthcare leader, author, and coach dedicated to helping clinicians and leaders prevent, understand, and recover from burnout with research-based, practical tools.

Patrick draws on personal experience and years of leading teams through high-stress environments to explore how burnout develops, what it really feels like, and what individuals and systems can do to foster resilience, well-being, and meaning in demanding clinical settings. If you’re feeling depleted, questioning your career, or leading others through stress, this conversation brings both hope and actionable direction.

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