Ep 06 Are You Willing to Die for Your Job? A Conversation with Dr. Michelle Cho

Chiara Woods

Join me for a deeply inspiring and insightful conversation with Dr. Michelle Choi, a board certified Internal Medicine Doctor who left her traditional career to become a podcaster. For most of her career, Dr. Michelle worked in the inpatient setting as a hospital-based specialist and in the primary care setting for the last four years, when she decided she didn’t want to lie anymore. She believes that the way in which healthcare is structured in the United States, the primary focus of healthcare is not health, but the business our health creates. 

Dr. Michelle feels we are not doing enough to get to the underlying causes of what is causing illness.  And after years of frustration, she decided to leave the career she’s worked her whole life for, in search of what contributes to our feeling whole.  Dr. Michelle is the host of Lost or Found Podcast.  You can find her at doctorlostorfound.com.

In this episode we discuss:

What led Michelle to ask herself if she was willing to die for her job Michelle’s career transition journey and what she’s learned Telling comfortable lies and uncomfortable truths with your life Michelle’s most excellent mantra that got her through How she processed her anger and her grief after leaving her career Michelle’s advice for people thinking about making a career transition Near death experiences, what we can learn from them, and her beliefs about dying

Books mentioned in the episode:

Many Lives Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past-Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives by Brian Weiss.

Dying to Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing by Anita Moorjani.

To Heaven and Back: A Doctor’s Extraordinary Account of Her Death, Heaven, Angels, and Life Again: A True Story by Mary Neal.

Dodging Energy Vampires: An Empath’s Guide to Evading Relationships That Drain You and Restoring Your Health and Power by Christiane Northrup.

The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz.

Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing by Bronnie Ware.

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