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Doctor Nobody: The Quest For Purpose

Doctor Nobody is a reflective, purpose-driven podcast from mid-career medical professionals who feel the weight of burnout and the longing for something more. Hosted anonymously by a physician known only as Doctor Nobody, each 15 to 20 minute episode explores questions of identity, wellness, and meaning through personal stories, practical tools, and quiet moments of insight. With short form episodes sprinkled in to provoke thought, this podcast is both a sanctuary and a master class — a place to

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John 7: The Power of Reflection

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2025/08/21

We close the series with a practice that’s become core to Dr. John’s life: reflection. He talks about journaling, stillness, and the surprising strength that comes from listening to your own inner voice.

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Episode 16: Reclaiming Creativity

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2025/08/18

Creativity isn’t frivolous—it’s oxygen. Dr. John reflects on how stepping back into music, art, writing, and imagination helped him reawaken a part of himself long buried beneath responsibility. This is a call to reclaim your creative spark.

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John 6: Reclaiming Creativity

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2025/08/14

This conversation is about more than hobbies—it’s about rediscovering the parts of yourself that burnout tried to erase. Dr. John reflects on music, movement, and the quiet rebellion of choosing joy.

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Episode 15: Burnout Is Boring

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2025/08/11

We've dissected burnout to death, but Dr. John argues that maybe it’s time to stop talking about the problem and start focusing on what brings us back to life. This episode reclaims the conversation, pointing toward vitality and joy rather than exhaustion and depletion.

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John 5: The 80% Shift

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2025/08/07

Changing your workload isn’t just a logistical move—it’s a philosophical one. Dr. John shares what happened when he dropped to 80% time, what he feared, what he gained, and how it changed his connection with patients, family, and himself.

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Episode 14: The 80% Shift

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2025/08/04

What if the biggest changes come from smaller, more sustainable pivots? In this episode, Dr. John shares his thoughts on the “80% shift”—the art of changing just enough to make life livable again, without tearing everything down.

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Word-Smithing: a Meditation by Dr. John

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2025/08/02

Take a seat on the porch with me, friend. In this meditation, we’ll look at the words we use, especially the ones we turn against ourselves, and learn to forge them into something kinder, truer, and stronger. Together, we’ll hammer out the sharp edges of self-criticism and craft a language that can hold us steady, even on the hardest days.

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John 4: When the Work No Longer Fits

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2025/07/31

Sometimes, the roles we’ve grown into no longer reflect who we are becoming. Dr. John talks about the slow recognition that parts of his medical identity no longer fit—and how he navigated the tension between purpose and profession.

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Episode 13: When the Work No Longer Fits

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2025/07/28

The discomfort of staying in a role that’s outgrown you can feel like failure. Dr. John reflects on the quiet pain of misalignment, and how that tension can actually be an invitation—to listen, to pivot, and to move closer to what fits now.

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John 3: Returning to the Work

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2025/07/24

What does it look like to come back to medicine after being broken by it? In this episode, Dr. John shares how he re-entered clinical life with new priorities, new boundaries, and a deeper understanding of what really matters.

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Episode 12: Purpose Isn't a Job Title

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2025/07/21

Is your job your purpose—or just a vessel for something deeper? In this episode, Dr. John examines the myths we carry about meaning, work, and worth, and offers a gentler, more grounded path toward rediscovering what truly drives us.

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John 2: Love and Loss

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2025/07/17

Dr. John opens up about his late wife Angela June—their love story, her illness, and how losing her reshaped his life as a physician and father. It’s a raw, tender reflection on grief, memory, and the long road of healing.

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Episode 11: More Than Your Lab Coat

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2025/07/14

Dr. John takes the mic to explore the deep connection between personal identity and professional roles. What happens when who you are becomes tangled in what you do? This episode begins the journey of disentangling—and rediscovering—the self beneath the white coat.

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John 1: A Voice at the Bedside

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2025/07/10

In this opening conversation, Dr. Benjamin John shares the path that brought him to rural medicine—and to the sacred, often silent moments at the end of life. This episode explores what it means to be present, to listen, and to offer more than medicine at the bedside.

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Episode 10: The Medicine We Forgot to Take

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2025/07/07

We give so much to others — but often forget to take the very medicine we prescribe. This episode is a compassionate call to remember your own healing. You are not a machine. You’re a person. And that matters.

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9mini1: A Different Voice, A Different Story

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2025/07/03

Next week, we’re joined by someone new: Dr. Benjamin John, a rural family physician and widowed father of twins, who carries the quiet wisdom of a life lived close to others. You’ll hear his voice in upcoming Monday episodes — and join him on Thursdays for an intimate 7-part interview arc. You won’t want to miss this.

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Episode 9: More Than Your Lab Coat

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2025/06/30

Who are you without the white coat? Without the pager, the title, the schedule? In this episode, we explore what happens when identity outgrows profession — and how the path to rediscovery often begins by taking the coat off and looking in the mirror.

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Episode 8: Learning To Want Something Again

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2025/06/23

After years of self-denial in service of the job, rediscovering desire can feel awkward — even scary. This episode asks: What if wanting something new isn’t selfish? What if it’s sacred?

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7mini2: What Did I Learn?

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2025/06/19

At the end of the day, what did you learn about yourself? About your capacity? This evening reflection guides you to reflect gently and grow honestly.

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7mini1: Today, I Experiment

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2025/06/19

Before the week takes off, pause to ask: How do I want to feel in my life this week? This reflection will help you root your goals in how you want to be, not just what you want to do.

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