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HCTL #006: Self-Sacrifice Won't Make You a Better Doctor with Dr. Susie Muir
Monday, 14 September, 2026
In this episode of the Healthcare Thought Leaders' Show, Megan is joined by Dr Susie Muir, palliative care physician, coach, speaker and advocate, to explore what happens when a clinician spends 20 years watching her profession quietly break itself, and finally decides she has something to say about it. Susie is redefining what high performance in healthcare really means, challenging the deep-rooted culture of self-sacrifice in medicine and helping clinicians build sustainable, fulfilling careers by putting humanity, recovery and purpose back at the centre of care. At the heart of this conversation is a simple but rare reframe: caring for yourself isn't selfish, it's essential to caring for anyone else. Susie has spent nine years in palliative care being reminded daily that we only get one life, and she's watching too many of her colleagues quietly hand theirs over to a system that never asked them to. Her message is that high performance in medicine isn't the result of superhuman sacrifice, it's an intentional strategy, and one clinicians can learn. In this conversation, you'll discover: Why the culture of self-sacrifice and endurance in medicine is finally being challenged, and what's replacing it How working in palliative care becomes a daily reminder that this is not a dress rehearsal Why most drivers of burnout are system factors, not individual failings, and what that means for you How Susie went from full-time clinical work to building a thought leadership platform in her evenings, and what kept her energised The two pieces of advice she gives every clinician who wants to step out but doesn't know how: connect with others, and get the right team around you Why bringing humanity back starts with how we treat each other as staff, before it ever reaches the patient The identity shift that happens when clinicians step back from being "doctor" and reconnect with being human Susie also shares how she went from Googling "what is LinkedIn" late last year to meeting healthcare leaders around the world, why every human is a patient at some point in their life, and what her workshop is doing to help clinicians step out of the endurance model and back into their own lives. This episode is a powerful reminder that changing healthcare culture doesn't require a revolution, it requires clinicians willing to model something different. Susie's next intake of her two-day workshop, High Performance Redesigned, is running later this year with just 16 participants. Details on her website. Links: Website: https://drsusiemuir.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drsusiemuir/
