Send us a textThe Wearable Device That Could Change Everything for PhysiciansWhat if there was a way to get objective, real-time data about how your lifestyle choices are actually affecting your health? Not just a random cortisol test that tells you nothing actionable, but continuous monitoring that could force you to confront the truth about how you're treating your body?In this special car edition episode, we dive into my million-dollar idea: a continuous cortisol monitor that could revolutionize how physicians...
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The Wearable Device That Could Change Everything for Physicians
What if there was a way to get objective, real-time data about how your lifestyle choices are actually affecting your health? Not just a random cortisol test that tells you nothing actionable, but continuous monitoring that could force you to confront the truth about how you're treating your body?
In this special car edition episode, we dive into my million-dollar idea: a continuous cortisol monitor that could revolutionize how physicians approach self-care.
What We Talk About
- Why random cortisol tests are basically useless (and what question I always ask patients who request them)
- How a continuous cortisol monitor could provide the objective data your scientist brain needs to finally prioritize self-care
- The institutionalized sacrifice of women physicians—and why the system profits from your overwork without compensating you
- Why the self-care strategies that worked at 24 won't work at 44 (and what you need to do differently)
- The uncomfortable truth about why you've been conditioned to ignore your body's needs
The Million Dollar Question
If you could see in real-time how your cortisol levels spike when you're running on four hours of sleep, grabbing donuts from the break room, and charting until midnight—what would you do with that data?
More importantly: What will you do right now, without that monitor, knowing that your current patterns are harming your health?
Your Homework
Put on your imaginary continuous cortisol monitor this week. What would it be showing you? If you were tasked with reducing those levels, what one change would you make first?
Remember: You can't continue to sacrifice your health for a system that profits from your overwork. The future of healthcare depends on you figuring out how to set limits so you can stay in the game without breaking yourself.
Key Takeaway
Being a woman physician doesn't have to be bad for your health—but only if you stop living into that narrative and start making choices that honor the fact that your body at this stage of life needs different care than it did 20 years ago.
This week, choose self-compassion over self-sacrifice. Your patients, your family, and your future self will thank you.
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- Email: megan@healthierforgood.com
- Instagram: @meganmelomd
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