The Symptom Media Podcast
The Symptom Media podcast brings together mental health experts and individuals with lived experience to foster empathy, understanding, and positive change for healthcare providers and patients. Each episode blends expert knowledge with personal narratives to offer a holistic perspective on mental health.
Season 1 explores the mental health challenges of healthcare providers: burnout, substance use, suicide, grief, moral injury, and more through honest conversations as we seek real-world solutions.
Featured Episode
Episode 7:
From Burnout to Belonging: Creating Flourishing Healthcare CulturesÂ
In this inspiring season finale of The Symptom Media Podcast: Bridging the Divide in Mental Health, host Dr. Lindi van Niekerk sits down with Dr. Kim Garver, Dr. Jared Christensen, and Dr. Amy Young to explore how healthcare organizations can move beyond burnout toward cultures of genuine flourishing.
Drawing from their work at the University of Michigan and the Center for Positive Organizations, the trio shares how small, intentional acts of leadership such as listening with compassion, flattening hierarchies, and cultivating “relational energy”, can transform even the most toxic of workplaces. Together, they unpack what it means to build systems that care for the caregivers, translating research on positive organizational scholarship into real-world change.
Through deeply personal stories of loss, renewal, and courage, Kim, Jared, and Amy reveal how connection, transparency, and accountability can rebuild trust and meaning in medicine. This conversation is both a testament and a roadmap: that by starting human and ending human, we can create environments where clinicians don’t just survive the system —they change it.
Overcoming Burnout
Tune into Symptom Media’s podcast on overcoming burnout. Gain practical tips, expert insights, and strategies to restore balance and improve mental well-being.
Systemic Causes of Burnout
This episode explores the emotional toll of Dr. Ami Doshi’s work, and how the overwhelming demand for services and lack of resources can contribute to burnout.
Recognizing Burnout in Healthcare Providers
A detailed reflection on the experiences and symptoms of burnout, which included a shift in energy levels, dread of work, and other signs.
Identity and Burnout
Dr. Ami Doshi discusses her personal journey of self-reflection and redefining her identity beyond a professional title, showing that anyone can do the same.
The Evolution of Burnout
Explore the evolution of burnout, its rise among healthcare workers, and how perfectionism, overload, and poor balance impact mental health and well-being.
The Symptom Media Podcast Episode 1: The Burnout Over Burnout
In this podcast episode preview, Dr. Julie Celebi and Dr. Ami Doshi discuss the complex issue of burnout, its impact on mental health, and strategies for coping.
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