Episode 110: It Is Never Too Late To Find Yourself with Jennifer JL Lycette
Get an education, become a professional, and have a thriving career. Form a family, be a mom. Now that you've ticked every item from your to-do list, do you feel you found yourself throughout that journey?
In this episode, I'm so excited to be joined by the amazing Jennifer JL Lycette, Author, Physician, and Humanist. She is the Author of the 2023 Screencraft Cinematic Book Competition Finalist, "The Algorithm Will See You Now," and a Medical Director of the Cancer Center at the Providence Seaside Hospital.
Throughout this episode, we talk about Jennifer's first book, which took her over six years to write and a lifetime to develop. We also discuss purpose, boundaries, burnout, and the joy of finding ourselves. Jennifer reveals the stages she went through to become a novelist, how her vast experience as an essayist helped her, the influence of her medical career as a writer, and much more.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
A bit about Jennifer's background and her first steps as a physician (3:20)
Jennifer talks about experiencing physician burnout "before it was cool" (11:00)
What can you do to avoid losing your agency (16:30)
Jennifer talks a bit about her book "The Algorithm Will See You Now" (20:30)
What it takes (and what do you need) to publish a book (25:10)