Just listened to #68. It was EXACTLY what I needed to hear! I have been mulling over becoming a patient advocate and this gives concrete advice not only on doing that but pursuing other directions from clinical practice. THANK YOU

Yes I just found today as I linked to Dike Drummond’s retirement session. So many great insights. Browsing though the broad topics looks like hours of great audio.

I’ve been listening to this podcast for 2-3 years. I’ve never heard a bad interview here. Guests are always interesting and willing to share good information. It has helped me tremendously in thinking about career options/transitions. Now the retirement series is helping me navigate slowing down and formulating a retirement plan. Thank you so much Dr. Fork!

I loved Heather’s episode on procrastination! I particularly loved the phrase “hemorrhaging happiness” as it pertains to waiting, procrastinating, and not moving forward! This is a great podcast with many applicable concepts and suggestions for physicians.

The information in Healthers podcasts are real, raw and realizing-after practicing ER medicine for 27 years, I’m ready to pivot to a more consistent and comfortable, non-clinical position that allows me to have creativity, consistency, and calm. Thank you Heather for guiding us to discuss in a safe and positive light our concerns and curiosities. We CAN pivot and thrive and make a difference in a career in non-clinical Medicine. Grateful that Heather gives us the platform to do so.

I love the clear information provided by Heather Fork and her guest. I am in transition and this topic was perfect to help with decision making about my license renewal. What the options are and what to think about in this situation. Thank you very much.

Yes physicians struggle now days and it is widespread - we are not defective - it is related to the system and this show gives hope and discusses numerous ways to contribute to healthcare without simply being a cog in someone else’s system - very warm and approachable

Dr. Randall’s experience and feelings mirror my own 100%. I have felt myself at a crossroad this past year and developed physical symptoms from what I believe was all of the stress I was trying to push through/ suppress/ tell to “be quiet”. After 31 years of being a pediatrician, I feel lost, overwhelmed, burned out… all of the things you and Dr Randall discussed. Thank you to you and to Dr Randall for sharing her journey.

I am a Family Physician by training who had grown stagnant in the search for non-clinical jobs and this podcast is exactly what I needed to relight the fire and provide direction to me for noving forward! I met Dr. Fork back at a SEAK conference in 2019 and she is insightful, honest and simply the best out there. So appreciative of her and the advice she pours out in these episodes every week! Definitely worth a listen… or 200! Thanks Dr. Fork!

I am about to start a Senior Director of Medical Affairs position in a biotech company and have been struggling explaining my new position. This was so helpful and will definitely help demystify the role. Dr. Ponder-Schenck is well-spoken and clearly passionate about her job. Thank you so much for sharing.

This is a great resource, Dr Fork is a fantastic interviewer. Her guests are very knowledgeable and cover a wide range of non clinical career options, many of them I did not even know existed. Every episode touches on important topics like ways to get into a particular field, long term fit, what the day to day involves and compensation. It was very reassuring and empowering to hear other doctors’ stories. Thank you Dr Fork and all your guests for so generously providing all this information and advice!

What I love about this show is how it touches on relevant struggles that physicians face and provides them with actionable strategies for success. 💘

Heather is so real and compassionate and overflowing with valuable information to guide burned out doctors. I started my journey out of clinical medicine with her in 2017 and her encouragement and support have been a shining light in what was once darkness. These podcasts are concise sound bites of incredible pearls.

Each episode holds a gem of information and thought provoking nugget which is helping me untangle this burnout feeling. Thanks, Heather, for the guidance and resources!

He persevered and followed his dream. His faith in God and in himself, supportive relationships, his integrity and a medical champion helped him survive the injustice he endured. It encouraged me to hear his story. Thank you so much.

When I started getting burnt out, I have been overwhelmed with anxiety. As the bread earner I don’t have the flexibility of taking time off. I heard about Heather Fork on fb and now I am addicted to the podcast. Now I have hope and am excited for the next chapter of my life! Highly recommend!

Just listened to Episode #26 as I am interested in coaching - huge thanks to Heather and Aime for this informative and helpful episode!

Heather is awesome and she chooses a wide range of guests to have on her show. I’m staying in medicine (just 10hrs/wk now!) but I’ve also branched out and tried a lot of things her guests have done or discussed. I like how she encourages me to think about things without my doctor brain always getting in the way! Between her and the guests this is an excellent resource!!

Heather is a fantastic interviewer, and the range of guests is inspiring. Highly recommend.

I have listened to nearly all of Dr. Fork’s podcasts and love them. I look forward each week to the new podcast. I have found inspiration, meaning, and connection in every podcast and greatly appreciate how each podcast provides meaningful, actionable steps and strategies to making changes in your life and career. The podcasts are so spot on for any physician who is questioning their career or who is interested in exploring how to make their career better. I cannot recommend Dr. Fork’s podcast highly enough.

Wow! Fantastic content and advice. Dr Fork speaks to the myriad of concerns for the physician searching for career meaning and/or career change. I have learned about dozens of new opportunities and the steps to make it happen. Or how make my current job work for me!

You’ll learn a ton and come to realize it’s totally normal to question being a doctor and it’s okay to leave if that’s what’s best for you. Tons of resources here for deciding.

Incredibly helpful podcast! I came across Heather’s site several months ago when I was feeling conflicted

Have listened to this podcast for many months now and find it so helpful in determining when and what the next steps are in my career in medicine! Thank you for a great podcast Heather!

I’ve been listening over the last several weeks, experiencing the gamut of emotions related to the need to overhaul my relationship to this career and calling that I dearly love, but has gone “so wrong” by external forces exerted on the delivery of care. Transformation is a journey and a big puzzle; important to find a way to enjoy it.I am certainly enjoying this part of it!

I discovered this podcast a few months ago and have been listening ever since. Heather Fork is so helpful and knowledgeable! As a fellow physician, she understands what it is like to spend all those years training and practicing Medicine, only to discover that you want something different.

I have listened to every single episode, and I keep it on my to-do list every week to keep up! I’m an early-career physician, but have had my sights on a non-clinical career option for quite awhile. I’m learning all I can while getting the years of experience I need before branching out. Thank you, Heather, for creating this podcast!

In my search for a non-clinical career, I find these podcasts invaluable. Full of practical guidance and lots of encouragement to find the right path for me. Thanks, Heather!!

This episode is informative. And person like me who is IMG get knowledge about the structure of the Agency. And help us to navigate career in it. Thank you so much much for sharing.

Excellent podcast. Very well organized and all quality content. Very informative. Keep up the great work!

I started listening to one of the podcasts and couldn’t stop! Such a great treasure trove of information, guidance and support. Thank you Heather!

As physicians, we go into medicine wanting to help others. If we question this career path, it can be an immensely shame-inducing and isolating experience, as it has been for me. This podcast has enabled me to understand that I am not alone, my feelings are valid, and that, yes, there are other ways to use my gifts to help others, beyond traditional clinical medicine. There is always hope, which is my biggest takeaway from this podcast. I eagerly look forward to listening to this podcast every Thursday. Thank you so much, Heather.

These podcasts are excellent. The topics are very relevant for people exploring non clinical options. As a medical student I enjoy hearing stories, experiences, and lessons from the podcast guests. Dr Heather Fork facilitates these interviews very well in a way that honors each guest’s unique story while addressing important things to consider at a crossroads. I like the simple introspective and mindfulness techniques that she introduces into the podcasts as well, all listeners can use these tools to reflect on their values and goals. Thank you for all the inspiration.

For physicians seeking career change, the best career coach is out with the best podcast! If you’re questioning your medical career as I was, good help is frustratingly hard to find. Heather Fork’s Doctor’s Crossing podcast addresses sensitive topics that are typically off-limits to talk about in the healthcare workplace. With this accessible and high-yield podcast at your fingertips - like me, you will feel validated and you will get so much closer your ideal career without missing a beat on all the realistic nitty gritty.

AMAZING podcast for any physician exploring the possibility of leaving or branching out from clinical medicine. Dr. Heather Fork and her guests “get real” and discuss everything: the heart-wrenching reasons that would grab your attention right off the bat, the struggle of being honest with and listen to yourself, the steps you can do right away, the concrete examples of opportunities to consider, and even compensation ranges. Your time listening to this podcast would be MORE than well-spent! You owe it to yourself to take that first step! Thank you Dr. Fork, for all of your hard work in your calling to help heal the healers!

Wow! I feel like this podcast was made just for me. Today I was catching up on some of the episodes I missed, and the one were Heather shares her own story could have been ME talking! She put into words so many issues I have been struggling with. The podcast episodes have made me realize I am not alone, and doctors have so much to offer outside of clinical medicine. Thanks in part to this podcast, I am looking forward to starting my new job as a medical monitor next month. Thank you Dr. Fork!

I just finished the Feb. 10 podcast and again it was time well spent. The discussion hit on many points that are useful when considering any non-clinical career or even a shift within clinical work. Heather and all of her guests tell good stories, offer good advice and encourage good plans. It's all good!

After listening to even a single podcast, I could tell right away that Heather is knowledgeable about a path to a non-clinical career. She gathers a variety of guests—each offers a unique perspective. Regardless of where you are in the journey from clinical medicine, these podcasts are incredibly useful tools. Even for those who ultimately decide to stay in their clinical careers, Heather’s advice removes the self-doubt and allows for an informed decision. Wish these podcasts existed some twenty years ago!

I came across this podcast when considering what to do with my career. In particular I love the podcast on what to do before leaving your clinical career. It made me think of things I could do to make my own job more enjoyable and it has. Not sure what will happen long term but if I need more advice, I know where to go.

This podcast is a game changer. Whether you are an early, mid-, or late career physician, Heather hits on topics that matter to all. This podcast is both pragmatic and inspirational, all thanks to Heather’s thoughtfulness to sort through and contemplate a variety of physician concerns. One such concern is how to think of a career outside of the clinical medicine box, with the help of diversified guests and those Heather’s lent a hand. The guests are candid and tremendously helpful in the company and safety of Heather’s warm and compassionate interview space. The common denominator of the physicians she interviews is that they are now satisfied in their career choices, which, lends so much hope to us all! Can’t wait to continue learning from this podcast!

I came across this podcast at a time when I was feeling indecisive and hopeless about what to do with my career. I found that this podcast has a wealth of information presented in a way that’s easy to digest for a busy physician. I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to do one-on-one coaching with Heather and she has completely changed the way I look at my career. It’s given me back hope and joy which is priceless. I am so, so grateful for this podcast. Thanks to her and her team for all they do!

Heather offers practical, compassionate advice and guidance for docs who want some kind of change in their career. That may be transitioning into non-clinical work, adding a side gig, or leaving medicine all together. Whatever your unique path, Heather helps you figure out the one next step to take. I highly recommend her podcast and blog!

Thank you Dr. Fork for providing this service for clinicians interested in finding new options to use their expertise and knowledge. Excellent podcast!

I’m thoroughly enjoying this podcast. These are great interviews across the spectrum of physician careers. Dr Heather Fork does a really good job with pulling out important and insightful comments from her guests

In medicine there is common misconception that direct patient clinical care is the only option and avenue to success. Through residency and into my early career years I had never met or even heard of a physician leaving to pursue an alternate career with their degree. When one of my former resident colleagues had the bravery to make the transition out of clinical medicine I jumped at the chance to find out how she did it. She sent me Heather’s name and I was introduced to a world of opportunity and hope. This podcast is a direct compilation of Heather’s years of wisdom as a physician who made this transition herself many moons ago. With humor and compassion she gracefully helps you navigate the dark unknown that is a NonClinical career as a physician. She interviews a variety of knowledgeable voices from recruiters in various industries to physicians who left clinical medicine to physicians who have successfully revamped their clinical careers to find fulfillment instead of burnout. If you are a physician suffering from burnout or the sense that direct patient care isn’t the right fit for you - you have come to the right place.

Doctors are very special people. They are just like everyone else, and they are unlike anyone else. Using gifts of her own true nature, Dr. Heather Fork serves as a skillful guide and witness on your unique journey towards fulfillment. She holds time and space at “the crossing” as you seek to remember what brings you joy. She then supports you to honor it in a way that no one else could ever satisfy but yourself. I’m so happy to watch Heather’s heartfelt work expand into this rich podcast. Grateful to all those who have shared their stories and their spirit and to Heather for honoring them all!

I have been following Dr. Heather Fork - Doctor’s Crossing blog and subscribed to her weekly emailing list for over four years. Now that she has started her podcast, I have found them accessible and easy to stay informed. I listen to them on my commutes and even while exercising. If you are in a transition phase in your career or as Dr. Fork says at a crossroad you will find listening and hearing the stories of our fellow colleagues insightful. When they are describing their experiences and expressing their sentiments you understand that you are not alone. And that many have shared maybe a similar event or sentiment and it has been helpful to hear the voices of others sharing candidly their story. Also, I found the podcast to be very helpful and informative for example the physician recruiter podcast was really informative on what things to troubleshoot to increase our chances for success with a job application and interview. I do highly recommend the Carpe Diem podcast for any other fellow colleagues. If you just want some information or hear other fellow healthcare professionals describe their experiences or their story give Dr. Heather Fork’s Doctor’s Crossing - the Carpe Diem Podcast a chance.

Where was this podcast when I was a conscientious but exhausted resident who harbored a deep dark shamefuly secret—that I kind of hated practicing medicine? Hearing stories of colleagues who know firsthand what it is to be a physician—the exquisite highs and lows—and who have had the same conflicts as I is extremely therapeutic and even inspiring. It normalizes our feelings of burnout about clinical medicine and attenuates the guilt and doubt. Keep fighting the good fight Heather—you’re helping us all!

I’m totally biased. I have had the incredible opportunity to work with Heather as my career coach over the last 6 months, and I will never be able to say enough about how amazing she is. When I first met with her I estimated my transition would take about 2-2.5 years. I had little confidence, had no idea what I was going to do next, and no idea where to start. But here I am 6 months later rocking interviews, confidant, prepared, and I feel like I have super-sonic jet fuel in my pocket. She feels like mine. But lucky for you—she’s not! You will never regret the decision to talk to her; I guarantee it. You’ve got to try out this podcast. It is having the best physician career transition coach telling you the things you must know—FOR FREE! You’d be crazy not to subscribe. And then (and I swear she doesn’t know I’m saying this) imagine if all this good stuff was personalized to you. Your life, your goals, your worries. You should get on her coaching schedule It’s gold man. It’s the secret sauce.

Great concise information. It’s nice to hear perspectives and ideas on careers in medicine and non clinical options!