Burnout: The Hidden Struggle Of Healers (Part 1 With Dr. Jessi Gold)

Burnout doesn’t always look like collapse. Sometimes it looks like showing up every day with a smile you don’t feel and calling that survival.

 

In this powerful conversation, host Patrick Custer sits down with psychiatrist, educator, and mental health advocate Dr. Jessi Gold to unpack the hidden cost of caring for everyone else. From perfectionism and stigma to the impossible standards of modern medicine, this episode pulls back the curtain on what it really means to be “fine.”

 

You’ll hear Dr. Gold open up about:

- Why so many high-achieving professionals don’t recognize burnout until it’s too late

- The pressure to never show vulnerability and the price we pay for it 

- What happens when your identity and your job become the same thing

- How sharing even a fraction of your truth can change everything

- Why healing requires more than resilience it requires permission to be human

 

If you have ever felt like you are running on empty but still expected to perform, this episode is for you. It is a raw conversation about showing up when you are barely holding it together and learning how to come back to yourself without guilt.

 

Watch the full episode now. Subscribe to Mind Amendment for more conversations that challenge what you think you know about mental health, identity, and healing.

 

This is your mind. This is your moment. What will you do with it?

 

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About Jessi Gold:

Dr. Jessi Gold, MD, MS, is a nationally recognized psychiatrist, writer, and speaker specializing in mental health care for students, faculty, and healthcare professionals. As the inaugural Chief Wellness Officer for the University of Tennessee (UT) System and an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), she brings a unique blend of clinical insight and leadership to her work.

Nationally Recognized Psychiatrist, Writer, and Speaker. In her clinical practice, Dr. Gold focuses on outpatient care with an emphasis on supporting those in high-stress professions—particularly healthcare workers and academics. Her perspective was recently profiled in the Daily Beacon feature, The woman in wellness: Jessi Gold holds bird’s-eye view as chief wellness officer.

A sought-after mental health speaker, Dr. Gold has presented at national and international conferences across academic institutions, healthcare systems, and even within the entertainment industry. Her academic and research publications have appeared in respected journals such as JAMA and the American Journal of Psychiatry. In 2024, Becker’s Hospital Review named her one of the “Top 14 Chief Wellness Officers to Get to Know.“

Beyond academia, Dr. Gold is widely known for her original writing that helps educate the public and reduce mental health stigma. Her work has been featured in The Washington Post, New York Times, Forbes, SELF, InStyle, and other national outlets. She is a frequent expert guest in the media—across television, radio, podcasts, and print—and has cultivated a large, engaged following on social media.

Her debut book, HOW DO YOU FEEL?: One Doctor’s Search for Humanity in Medicine, became a national bestseller and is published by Simon Element. In it, Dr. Gold explores the emotional landscape of modern medicine and the shared humanity between doctors and patients.

Dr. Gold earned both her B.A. and M.S. in Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania, where she was a Benjamin Franklin Scholar and inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. She received her medical degree from Yale School of Medicine and completed her residency in Adult Psychiatry at Stanford University, serving as chief resident in 2017–2018. For her leadership and contributions during the COVID-19 pandemic, she was honored with the Dean’s Impact Award at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine.

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