You’re Successful So Why Does Everything Feel Like Too Much? With Bridget Flickinger

About this episode

Dr. Bridget Flickinger discusses the challenges of feeling overwhelmed despite outward success and the transition from operator to CEO.

On the outside, everything looked like success. Dr. Bridget Flickinger is an ER physician, a business owner, and a mom of three—building a thriving aesthetics practice while still working in emergency medicine. But behind the scenes? She was exhausted, overwhelmed, and stuck in what Andrea Liebross calls “decision debt.” In this episode, we go inside the moment where “doing it all” stops working—and what it actually takes to shift from operator to CEO. If you’ve ever felt like you’re winning ...

People in this episode

Host: Andrea Liebross

Guest: Dr. Bridget Flickinger

Topics covered

• success
• overwhelm
• decision debt
• entrepreneurship
• work-life balance

Keywords

• success
• overwhelm
• decision debt
• entrepreneurship
• work-life balance
• aesthetics practice
• emergency medicine

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: emergency medicine, aesthetics practice

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