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Surgeons with Purpose

Hippocratic Collective

A podcast for surgeons who feel like they are languishing in a career that didn"t turn out to be as fulfilling or as prestigious as they expected. Dr. Mel Thacker, an ENT surgeon and coach, takes you on a journey to help you understand why you are feeling dissatisfied, burnt out, and stuck. With this newfound insight, you"ll be able to reframe how you see your experience, rediscover who you are underneath your surgeon identity, and create a life that aligns with your authentic self. Find more info

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01:01:03

Webinar: Your Best Career Insurance Policy-Know,...

Surgeons with Purpose ·

2025/05/07

The best way to protect yourself in the profession of surgery is to build real connection with your patients.People don’t retaliate against physicians they know, like, and trust.This webinar will teach you how to cultivate know, like, and trust with every human you encounter.You can take this work deeper by joining Empowered Surgeons Group. Learn more about what's included in the group here. Have questions? Feel free to email me at mel@melthackercoaching.com.

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#44 Sex and Surgery with Master Coach Danielle Savory

Surgeons with Purpose ·

2025/05/05

"A pleasured woman is an empowered woman" - Danielle SavoryIn this rich and layered conversation, we explore how sex coaching becomes a powerful *pleasure* portal to self-compassion, nervous system regulation, and healing from burnout. Danielle shares how experiencing debilitating physical symptoms in her twenties—and recognizing the abusive dynamics in her own mind—led her to a deeper understanding of the mind-body connection.We talk about the bridges between neuroscience, pleasure, and human

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52:18

#43 Finding the Middle Way in Medicine with Dr. Joan...

Surgeons with Purpose ·

2025/04/28

In today’s episode, we dive deep into how the systems around us—medicine, culture, even religion—can deplete our humanity when we’re not paying attention.I’m joined by Dr. Joan Chan, who brings her unique perspective of growing up in a fundamentalist Christian household, deconstructing black-and-white thinking, and navigating her career as a family physician through boundary-setting, and rehumanization.Together, we explore how deindoctrination—whether from dogma or systemic norms—can actually bring

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01:06:06

Bonus: The ABCs to Get Back in the Current

Surgeons with Purpose ·

2025/04/23

Don't wait to experience the power of coaching. Join the Empowered Surgeons Group today. Sign up by April 25th 11:59 pm EST to get the Empowered Surgeons Workbook delivered straight to your door! If you miss the deadline, that's okay! You still get immediate access to the Empowered Surgeons Workbook in PDF form, no matter when you sign up. Our first group call is April 30th, 2025 at 4 pm EST. See you inside the group.It's normal to fall out of the current in the OR. We know we've fallen out when our

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26:55

#42 Why Your Human Animal Burns Out

Surgeons with Purpose ·

2025/04/21

Sign up for Empowered Surgeons Group here.It's not the prior auths, unfinished charts, or patient messages that are burning you out. While those circumstances need reform, they are merely symptoms of a much bigger problem—a problem that has everything to do with you, which is fantastic news because it means you can do something about it.In this episode, you’ll:Learn how your human animal communicates with youNormalize feeling unfulfilled, even when you’ve achieved everything you ever dreamed

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#41 Failure and Surgery

Surgeons with Purpose ·

2025/04/14

“...it is unsurprising that we surgeons are reluctant to engage the admission—or even contemplation—of failure with the exuberant rapture described by contemporary self-help print and motivational speakers.”—Dr. Eric Henderson, On Surgical Failures: Onward to Objective Evaluation of Our Less Proud MomentsFailure is required for success—but failing in surgery is different. It’s layered. It’s nuanced. It carries weight that most outside the field can’t fully grasp.In this episode, we explore:Why

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#40 Stewarding Change with Dr. Jon Russell

Surgeons with Purpose ·

2025/04/07

Surgeons, text topics you want me to cover here.How do we incentivize surgeons to evolve their techniques? Why hasn’t scarless thyroid surgery taken off in the U.S.?In this episode, we dive into:The disconnect between those who stay stuck in their beliefs and those who have incentive to innovateWhy we often don’t offer techniques we don’t fully understandRethinking patient counseling for thyroid surgeryThe evolution of surgical standardsThe delicate balance between certainty and an open mind in the

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53:12

#39 Giftedness and Neurodivergence with Dr. Colleen...

Surgeons with Purpose ·

2025/03/31

Surgeons, text topics you want me to cover here. Dr. Colleen Plein, an otolaryngologist and coach for gifted adults, joins the podcast to explore the unique challenges of being a gifted or neurodivergent adult—something many of us in medicine and surgery can relate to. Find her on instagram here or email her cpleincoaching@gmail.com. She is resource for all of you gifted docs out there. In this episode, you'll learn: Neurodivergence isn’t something kids "grow out of"Gifted individuals often e...

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54:41

#38 Psychological Challenges and Surgery Culture with...

Surgeons with Purpose ·

2025/03/24

Surgeons, text topics you want me to cover here. Dr. Andrew Brunswick, a neurosurgeon at Kaiser Permanente in LA, joins us on the podcast to discuss the psychological challenges and culture in surgery. In this episode, we cover: The culture Andrew experienced while working on Wall StreetThe problem with getting stuck on the hedonic treadmillThe power of the word "enough"Why satisfaction is a decision available to all of us at every momentParallels between athletes and surgeonsThe psychologica...

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#37 The Surgeon Essentialist

Surgeons with Purpose ·

2025/03/17

Surgeons, text topics you want me to cover here. Essentialism is the disciplined pursuit of less, and the profession of surgery could use a hefty dose. Surgeon Essentialists do less, but better. This means we focus on the results we are trying to create, and then we reverse engineer the actions required to get us there. The primary goal of a surgeon is to help patients sustainably. In order to do that, we must honor two main essentials: 1. Showing up in service to the patient 2. Protecting th...

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#36 Too Much with Dr. Cindy Lee Neighbors

Surgeons with Purpose ·

2025/03/10

Surgeons, text topics you want me to cover here. Mental health struggles, self-sabotage, rock bottom, psychiatric admissions, having the "wrong" facial expressions and tone of voice, an intra-op assault accusation, grief, discrimination, bad teachers, big emotions, and creativity. In this episode, Dr. Cindy Lee Neighbors shares her experience as a creative, passionate, and vocal presence in a system that couldn’t handle her. Her story highlights the immense emotional toll when training progra...

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32:16

#35 Trainee to Attending Self-Concept

Surgeons with Purpose ·

2025/03/03

Surgeons, text topics you want me to cover here. Going from trainee to attending requires a death and rebirth. One identity dies and another is born. Stepping into the identity of an authority, an expert, an attending IS the first step. If you are studying for oral boards or about to graduate, elevating your self-concept is the best thing you can do. Here are some self-concept qualities to consider for a trainee vs attending: Trainee: - In service to patient first, then program and self - Sur...

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52:41

#34 Courage to Pivot with Dr. Rashida Vassell

Surgeons with Purpose ·

2025/02/24

Surgeons, text topics you want me to cover here. From ambitious and intelligent young woman who fast-tracked through college and medical school to hard-working surgery resident to new mom in her chief year to attending trying to navigate life after training, Dr. Vassell tells us all about how she reinvented herself multiple times to create a career that aligns with her desires and values. Her story is an example of what is possible for all of us. We are NOT stuck. There are paths that allow u...

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#33 Finding Your Attending Identity with Dr. Amina...

Surgeons with Purpose ·

2025/02/17

Surgeons, text topics you want me to cover here. We don't typically end up living the life we imagined we were going to live when we applied to our specialties. Dr. Amina Farooq shares her experience working as an academic interventional radiologist within a dehumanizing system. For many of us, this dehumanization erodes our sense of purpose. Healthcare is the one profession where institutions have normalized dehumanizing doctors and patients. If we want to humanize this profession, we are go...

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54:47

#32 Blake's Story

Surgeons with Purpose ·

2025/02/10

Surgeons, text topics you want me to cover here. ****SENSITIVE CONTENT WARNING******* ****This episode discusses suicide, which can be distressing for some. If this subject is triggering for you, please consider skipping this one. If you are going to listen, make sure to listen carefully and take good care of yourself. If you are feeling hopeless or suicidal, please find support, call the suicide and crisis lifeline 988 or click here**** In this episode, Dr. Blake Palmer's widow, Dr. Andrea P...

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53:10

#31 Solving for a Broken System with Dr. Wendy Dean...

Surgeons with Purpose ·

2025/02/03

Surgeons, text topics you want me to cover here. "I think we need to stay relentlessly curious. And we need to understand what we're working in and recognize there is nobody who comes to work everyday and thinks I'm going to make somebody else miserable." - Dr. Wendy Dean When service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan were not responding to PTSD treatments, it became clear that they were not dealing with the anxiety and experiential avoidance caused by PTSD but instead the shame ass...

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64:17

#30 Your Online Presence Doesn’t Have to Suck with...

Surgeons with Purpose ·

2025/01/27

Surgeons, text topics you want me to cover here. Nobody in your audience, including your patients, wants your CV shoved down their throat. They don't care. They want to know if and how you can help them. Steph Sheldon is a website designer, former architect, and master at helping people reconnect with their creative side. Creativity is the emotion we generate to solve problems. We tell ourselves we don't need to be creative, or we say "I'm just not creative", and that works fine when we onl...

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31:32

#29 Anxiety isn’t Fear

Surgeons with Purpose ·

2025/01/20

Surgeons, text topics you want me to cover here.As a society, we are collectively dealing with an epidemic of anxiety. And no, we can’t just calm down.In today’s episode you will learn 3 important characteristics of anxiety1. Anxiety lives in the left hemisphere, which has been strengthened by cultural messages2. Anxiety is contagious3. Anxiety must be replaced, not erasedWe are all born with a powerful force within us that we can use at any time to melt our anxiety and solve problems: creati...

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54:35

#28 Vulnerability is Strength with Dr. Dan Ward

Surgeons with Purpose ·

2025/01/13

Surgeons, text topics you want me to cover here.Facial plastic surgeon, entrepreneur, and life coach, Dr. Dan Ward, comes on the podcast to share his story. He offers his insights on the struggles of parenting, what makes it difficult for surgeons to show up as our best selves, and the power of understanding our human brain and human emotions.In this episode you'll learn:- Thoughts are real but not true- The two rules of CBT- Why it makes sense that surgeons tend to act like toddlers - D...

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53:24

#27 Self-Worth has Nothing to do with your CV with...

Surgeons with Purpose ·

2025/01/06

Surgeons, text topics you want me to cover here.***SENSITIVE CONTENT WARNING***This episode discusses eating disorders and suicidal ideation. If these topics are triggering for you, please listen carefully or skip this episode all together. Take care of yourselves. And if you are struggling, please seek out professional help.A person I consider my soul sister, Dr. Jillian Rigert, comes on the podcast to talk about how a life-threatening illness led her to leave surgery and shaped the person s...

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