Aug 27, 2019
This week's episode of the PNC Podcast is the last interview in our series of physician coaches, with Dr. Jattu Senesie, who offers a systematic approach to achieving life and career success.
A native of Washington, D.C., Jattu attended the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, for her pre-med before going on to medical school and her OBGYN residency at Emory University. Upon completing her residency, Jattu returned to D.C. to begin her private practice.
But, like many doctors before her, she experienced burnout without really recognizing it for what it was, as the pressures of full time medical practice mounted. After passing her oral boards, she felt that something was missing, but could not fully articulate it. She realized that she was not happy, and opted to take a 100-day sabbatical to reevaluate her situation.
After the sabbatical, Jattu reorganized her life in every way possible to alleviate her stress. "I made all the external changes that you would think would make things better." For a little while, it worked. However, it was not long before the burnout returned and she made the difficult decision to quit practicing, without her next job lined up, an approach she does not recommend to others.
She tried work as a personal trainer, then found a coach to help her. Then she fell in love with coaching. She started her own coaching service after completing training, and developed her own 5-step system for overcoming burnout.
She tells her story, and describes her 5-step process in detail, in this week's interview.
For links to the resources mentioned in the episode, and a tanscript of our conversation, go to vitalpe.net/episode104.