Cherisa Sandrow
I am a board-certified Family Medicine physician licensed in 30 states, a telemedicine clinician, coach, and digital health consultant. After years of full-spectrum practice, personal trauma, and professional upheaval, I found myself reckoning with burnout, identity loss, and a healthcare system that no longer reflected why I entered medicine.
My work now sits at the intersection of healing, leadership, spirituality, and healthcare transformation. Through writing, coaching, and collaboration, I support physicians in reclaiming themselves, their expertise, and their sense of purpose — while continuing to practice medicine in ways that are humane, sustainable, and aligned.
This blog is a reflection on that journey.
Latest Posts
Hampuy — Calling My Soul Back Home
At one point, most of us knew our why. We wrote it into our personal statements. Before the pager. Before the metrics. Before the slow erosion of meaning that gets disguised as professionalism.
The Overwhelm No One Sees
The overwhelm is almost impossible to explain. Most physicians are so overwhelmed that even describing it feels inadequate, like trying to explain color to someone who has never seen it. It isn’t just being busy or tired. It’s a sustained level of pressure that, over time, starts to feel irrational.
What I’m Practicing While I Find My Way Back to Myself
From the outside, it may look like I’m holding it all together. And in many ways, I am.
But for a long time, on the inside, it felt chaotic. Overwhelming. Unsustainable. I used to think I was falling apart.
Now I understand it differently. My nervous system didn’t feel safe. And when your system is dysregulated—especially if you’re someone who naturally feels deeply—you don’t just notice other people’s emotions, you absorb them. No one teaches us this.
So instead of trying to fix everything at once, I’ve been learning to practice something new.
These aren’t things I’ve mastered. They’re things I’m practicing.
Living day by day, moment by moment.
