Dr. Aditi Nerurkar

Really, I kind of understood like, wow, this is a universal problem that people are facing across ages and genders and types of jobs people have and where they live.

So when I started speaking to audiences of like a thousand, 10,000, 20,000, 50,000, then I noticed like, oh my God, this stress paradox and the stress and burnout that people are feeling that I would see one-on-one in the waiting room when you see patients.

It was happening on like this huge scale.

Really, I kind of understood like, wow, this is a universal problem that people are facing across ages and genders and types of jobs people have and where they live.

I never really thought about this as a career path.

I know that early, early on people would, you know, read my long emails and say, you're a great writer.

And I thought, okay, cool.

Like, what am I going to do with that?

It just, I'm a doctor, you know?

And what was interesting is that my journey now, so I was a...

That's a great question.

I never really thought about this as a career path.

regular doctor.

I never wanted to go into stress and burnout.

I just was a internal medicine resident, you know, taking care of patients in the hospital, diabetes, strokes, heart disease, that sort of stuff.

I know that early, early on people would, you know, read my long emails and say, you're a great writer.

And I thought, okay, cool.

Like, what am I going to do with that?

And my personal experience changed the trajectory of my life.

It just, I'm a doctor, you know?