Finding peace by unhooking from ego and achieving a loving presence in medicine

<p>Pediatric hematology-oncology physician and co-founder of Pink Coat, MD Tammie Chang discusses the article "<a href= "https://kevinmd.com/2025/10/unhooking-from-the-ego-in-medicine.html">Unhooking from the ego in medicine</a>." Tammie shares her personal journey through depression and clinical burnout, explaining how these challenges forced her to disconnect from a professional identity rooted in ego and achievement. She describes the neurological shift from a left-brain focus on analysis to a right-brain focus on intuition and interconnectedness. By choosing to show up as a loving presence in the exam …