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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Life (and career) is not linear. Having ups, downs, pivots, or falls doesn’t equal winning or losing. If staying on the same path is burning you out or sucking the life out of you, why not give yourself permission to try another way? #PedsICU #MedSky #WomeninMedicine

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

It's graduation season in #MedEd! But here’s the thing about achieving a goal like graduating or any other big milestone… You will not arrive at happiness simply because it has happened. Happiness is not a destination that you reach. Happiness comes from embracing your life as it is now. #MedSky

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Happiness is Not a Destination

How to stop future-tripping to enjoy your life as it is now

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

My dad died unexpectedly 10 days before Christmas last year, and grief has been a wild ride. If you’re experiencing grief (big or small) this holiday season or are just feeling rattled by the state of the world, I hope these lessons that I have learned this year help you feel seen and comforted.

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35 Lessons I’ve Learned from the Hardest Year of My Life

Aka… things to help you if you’re grieving or having a hard time human-ing right now

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

How do you care for yourself in the winter? If you aren’t sure what works for you, my 6 ingredients for wellbeing and a pile of links can help you get started. humansleading.substack.com/p/6-essentia...

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6 Essential Ingredients for Winter Wellness

Aka... how I care for myself during the dark season and a ton of ideas/links to help you do the same

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

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6 Essential Ingredients for Winter Wellness

Aka... how I care for myself during the dark season and a ton of ideas/links to help you do the same

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

This post is a short reminder for all of the recovering perfectionists out there (*raises hand*). If you find your perfectionism rearing its head as we approach the holidays, this one is for you. humansleading.substack.com/p/you-dont-h... #PedsICU #MedSky #Perfectionism

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You Don't Have to Be the Best

A reminder to give yourself a break this season

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

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You Don't Have to Be the Best

A reminder to give yourself a break this season

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Happy to have just made my first donation after a long day in the #PedsICU. Let’s go #KidVengers! #HCWvsHunger

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Joy is a key ingredient for a satisfying life. And cultivating it allows us to resist and persist through difficult times. You can learn how to create more joy in your life in this week’s post. #PedsICU #MedSky open.substack.com/pub/humansle...

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Joy is Necessary

You can't have a satisfying life without it. Discover how to create more... no burying your head in the sand required.

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Our phones can be helpful tools. But they can also be a barrier between us and our real lives. This week, I explore my own relationship with my phone and my desire to spend less time on it. If you’re looking to do the same, the reflection questions I provide can help you get started.

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You Won't Save the World via Your Phone

Reflections on an increasingly screen-filled life

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DrJaimeFriedman @drjaimefriedman.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

I miss the days of the tweetiatrician. We built so much community under the shared purpose of sharing evidence based child health information. The methods and platforms may have changed but that doesn’t mean we can’t keep going. Follow pediatricians. Share our messages. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMjGmB2j/

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Where are my pediatricians at?! We need to get every single one of us sharing accurate medical information. Even if it just means sharing each other’s content. It’s easy and it helps. The solution to...

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The House of Pod @kavehmd.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

One of the new ACIP goons is advocating for randomized, placebo controlled trials of the MMR vaccine. This would be like now randomizing seat belts for kids or car seats for infants. It’s so laughable that people this stupid are in charge of our health.

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Rheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

By decreasing vaccine access and encouraging vaccine mistrust, they drive down vaccine uptake. And then point towards low vaccine uptake as a reason to not have the vaccines anymore.

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

What do you need for your wellbeing this Fall? I’ve learned that knowing your essentials helps you take care of yourself even when times are busy or stressful. Today, I’m sharing a few tips to help you get started. #PedsICU #MedSky open.substack.com/pub/humansle...

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Protecting Your Energy This Fall

My 5 essential ingredients for wellbeing (including 3 favorite Fall recipes!)

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Today I delivered my favorite career talk of the year during the Business of Medicine rotation at Corewell Health West. It's my favorite because it brings me joy to have the opportunity to encourage the trainees to think broadly about what their careers and lives will look like in the future.

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Having a toolkit won’t save us from hard times, but it will make it a lot easier to navigate them. Learn to build yours with the 7 strategies in this podcast. #PedsICU #MedSky open.substack.com/pub/humansle...

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Build Your Resilience Toolkit: 7 Strategies to Navigate Hard Days

Because we all have hard days

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

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Build Your Resilience Toolkit: 7 Strategies to Navigate Hard Days

Because we all have hard days

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Doing too much? Feel like you can’t stop because the world will fall apart? Try doing just 1% less. #PedsICU #Womeninmedicine #MedSky humansleading.substack.com/p/the-world-...

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The World Won't End if You Do 1% Less

Learn how to start doing less to live more.

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Doing too much? Feel like you can’t stop because the world will fall apart? Try doing just 1% less. #PedsICU #Womeninmedicine #MedSky humansleading.substack.com/p/the-world-...

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The World Won't End if You Do 1% Less

Learn how to start doing less to live more.

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Resilience doesn’t mean not being affected by adversity. It means knowing that there will be times that we need help and giving ourselves permission to seek and accept that help. No one who experiences adversity is truly unaffected by it. #PedsICU #MedSky

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What We Get Wrong About Resilience

How broadening your understanding can help you and your team.

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

We know that free food isn’t the solution to physician burnout. And yet creating intentional spaces where people can connect and feel valued is part of creating a culture of wellbeing. Happy to have done a little of this for our residents and fellows this morning. #MedEd #MedSky

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

I’m officially “conference mom.” (Read: old 😂) If you are a resident at a conference, I will come ask you about your project, cheer you on, and ask if you need a picture to send to your actual parent or support system. We can all take actions to create a culture of support in medicine. #MedSky

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Being resilient doesn’t mean not being affected by adversity. It means that you seek and accept help when you need it. And it means building organizational resilience by creating a systemic culture that supports people instead of shaming them for being human. #MedSky #PedsICU #MedEd

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What We Get Wrong About Resilience

How broadening your understanding can help you and your team.

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

As with most things that matter, my career as the Medical Director of Wellness for GME didn’t happen overnight. In this short ep, I share a story of how confronting toxic culture in medicine pushed me to become a fierce advocate by changing the systems in which we work one small step at a time.

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You Don’t Have to Get Used to It: My Journey to Well-being Leadership

Small steps are the only way to build a career you love.

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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 14/07/2025

Today at 4pm ET!

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

As a #PedsICU physician, I’m reminded every day that life can change in an instant. Don’t take it for granted.

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Tip for trainees writing personal statements: we can tell when you've been using ChatGPT. While AI can be a useful tool for getting started, we want to hear what makes you a human being. We don't want robots. The same goes for mentors writing recommendation letters. #MedEd #PedsICU #MedSky

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

You don’t have limited access to e-mail when you’re out of office. You have a hard time setting boundaries when you’re away because the culture teaches us that we need to be available 24/7. You can learn how to prioritize your time away with the 3 steps I outline below in this week's post.

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If You Say You're Out of Office, Be Out of Office

3 tips for setting an out-of-office (and boundaries) in order to enjoy your time away

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

This is good and important www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

It was a great morning to welcome over 100 new residents to Corewell Health West! I loved sharing the programming we have available to support their individual wellbeing and how we are changing the system to make medicine a better place to work. #wellness is about doing both. #MedEd #MedSky

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Joy is a practice. It doesn’t require the absence of difficult experiences in order to feel it. But it does require being intentional about noticing it. You can get started here 👇 #PedsICU #MedSky #Selfcare substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Joy Doesn't Mean the Absence of Sorrow

You can find them together if you take the time to look

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

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Joy Doesn't Mean the Absence of Sorrow

You can find them together if you take the time to look

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

When I realized that I didn’t feel up to carrying out my original plan for this week, I decided to listen to my need for rest and settled on this short post instead. If you’re feeling tired or overwhelmed right now, you can find links here to help you get the rest you need👇 #MedSky #PedsICU

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Are You Tired, too?

Learn to rest when you need it

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Scott Krugman @drscottk.medsky.social · 28/05/2025

There are thousands of residents who are supposed to start in less than a month in hospitals across the US who cannot enter the country. There is going to be a major staffing crisis across the country but especially in rural and urban hospitals than rely on international medical graduates. #MedSky

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Having a leadership title doesn’t make you a good leader. So much of my job as “wellness” director is working with leaders to help them understand how their level of wellbeing and their behavior directly impacts their team members’ performance and wellbeing. #PedsICU #MedSky

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Today I was pleased to share my “Toolkit for hard days” during our Wellness Wednesday session at work. I created this toolkit originally for my newsletter, which you can find 👇 humansleading.substack.com/p/you-cant-t... #PedsICU #MedSky

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You Can't Think Your Way Out of Your Feelings

7 ways to navigate difficult emotions when life is life-y

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

The inner critic gets loud when life feels uncertain or when you don’t do something you feel you’re “supposed” to do. But shame isn’t the way to quiet them. Kindness is. You can learn how to handle your inner critic without trying to destroy it 👇 #PedsICU #MedSky #Womeninmedicine

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Trying to Destroy Your Inner Critic is Useless

...and other lessons from Week 4 of the "Gifts of Imperfection" re-read and listen-along

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

3/3 It isn’t our job to “fix” these conditions for anyone. But it is our job to work to create a supportive healthcare environment. Know the signs. Know the resources. Refer people to the resources. And use the resources for yourself when you need them. #PedsICU #MedSky

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

2/3 As leaders and teachers, it is important for us to recognize the symptoms of mental illness, burnout, and other forms of distress in order to help our trainees. #PedsICU #MedSky

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

1/3 Mental illness and occupational distress is common among physicians-in-training (and beyond!). When I was a #PedsICU fellow, I informally diagnosed myself with depression before seeking therapy and medication. No one around me noticed. #MedSky

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Jillian Bybee, MD @lifeandpicu.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 24/04/2025

Breaking news: The United States faces millions of measles cases over the next 25 years if vaccination rates for the disease drop 10 percent, according to new research published Thursday.

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Millions of U.S. measles cases forecast over 25 years if shots decline

Measles, once virtually wiped out in the United States, could become commonplace again if declining vaccination rates continue, a new model shows.

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