Career Coaching—Backed by Decision Science
Fully Tailored. For You. In Real Time.
Your burnout is unique, and so is my approach
You work one-on-one with me, no middlemen
Other programs sign you up and then shuffle you off to other "experts" they've hired. I hate that.
In this program, you're working directly with me—surgeon, decision scientist, TEDx speaker, and career burnout expert. I'll personally guide you out of your burnout and into the life your soul has been desperate to live again.
Because real change only comes when you trust the person guiding you.
I stay with you the entire way
Books and online programs are one-size-fits-all. They can't tailor to your values, your skills, and your dreams, in real time. I do.
Online course creators don't know your name, your kids' names, how your career and your identity match. I find that stuff out. On day one.
Just like you walk alongside your patients through their hardest life decisions, I walk alongside you, person-to-person, bringing decades of first-hand career coaching, combined with PhD-level insights, to create the life YOU want to live.
It's not about fixing your burnout. You already tried that! It's about rediscovering clarity and purpose for the next chapter of your career—in or out of medicine
I won't ever tell you to just "fix your mindset"
Your mindset isn't why you're burnt out.
Read that again. You can't "mindset" your way out of a system that's been built on your back, that's used you to extract as much money as possible to make someone else rich.
Yoga won't fix that. Meditation won't either. You know what will?
An actionable plan to create a life you're in love with again. And that's what every single client who completes the Burnout Escape Plan gets—not just a burnout escape plan, but a path to a life and a career they can trust, love, and sustain.
Every. Single. One.
The Burnout Escape Packages
I can get you to a life you're in love with again in just 8 weeks, but my packages are designed to last a lifetime.
My transformative packages all include direct, 1:1 work with me. After your package is done, you’ll understand your why, you'll know the career that will meet your why, and you'll feel confident about stepping into that career—with all the financial uncertainty resolved.
A joyful mind, evenings with your family, and energized Monday mornings will be your new normal. Your kids will see you again. You'll be able to be there for yourself and for them, as the strong, confident, and peaceful healer you were meant to be.
Each package includes
Unlimited Access
Unlimited coaching from Dr. Mark Shrime, including up to weekly 1:1 video calls.
Unique To You
A 100% personalized decision-making framework that you can apply to all your big life decisions—career, personal, and everything in between
Action, Not Wishes
A fully personalized, month-by-month pathway to get you from where you are now to a life you're in love with again
Essential Package
Ideal for people who aren't yet burnt out, but are facing one hard life or career question. Includes:
4 weeks of scheduled calls with me
Access to a limited package of decision-making tools
Unlimited Q&A between calls
Signature Package
Build your personalized Burnout Escape Plan™. Go from the hell of burnout to a clear, directed path into a life you're in love with again. Includes:
8 weeks of scheduled calls with me
Access to the full suite of science-backed decision-making tools
Weekly group roundtables
A private community of others getting out of burnout
Unlimited Q&A between calls
Platinum Package
Work directly with Dr. Mark to implement your new career path. ONLY 5 SPACES PER YEAR. Includes:
Everything in the Signature Package, plus:
10 MORE months of 1:1 work directly with me after the Burnout Escape Plan™ course ends.
Access to my networks, customized introductions, and CV distribution
A bespoke implementation of your personal Burnout Escape Plan™
Unlimited Q&A between calls
What Others Are Saying
Worth the investment! The coaching gave me guidance on the particular aspect of my career that I'm working on, but it went so much further than that! I learned a lot about why I make certain decisions, where my motivation / drive come from, and how to use this information to make better decisions in all aspects of my life
So much clarity! After just a single session, I'm already putting things that Dr. Shrime has taught into practice and seeing a path open up in front of me. It was organized, guided, candid, and practical. I gained clarity about what purpose is
You are a good man...I'm taking the steps I need to find the success I want in my veterinary career.
The coaching was transformative. An open conversation that helped me understand what purpose is, and how to get it in my life.
Dr. Shrime is a genuine and compassionate soul who shepherds his clients through the many challenges that lie in navigating life's journey. He is authentic and attentive. His coaching serves to motivate oneself to more courageously seek out meaning and the realization of value and experience in life.
Don't stay burnt out! I always knew that getting out of burnout was my responsibility, but I now also know HOW. I can't believe I stayed in that toxic place for so long
I wish every professional had the opportunity to benefit from this kind of coaching in their mid-career. It provides the courage and resources to become the best version of ourselves
I’m a lot less stuck. The tools this coaching has given me have been invaluable!
FAQ
You're a surgeon...why are you doing career coaching?
Believe it or not, the two are intimately related! While I started my career as a full-time surgeon, I quickly learned that wasn't how I wanted to end my career. Full-time clinical work burnt me out three times.
And it turns out, just like there's nothing like a patient seeing their new face for the first time after the tumor is gone, there's also nothing quite like the feeling of seeing a client realize that life doesn't have to be the way it's been for the last 15 years. To see the possibilities of a life that they're in love with open up before them—to see the joy and the hope—that's fulfilling as heck.
What is decision science?
Put simply, it's the science of decision-making. Health professionals are most often familiar with cost-effectiveness analyses, which are a very specific type of decision science.
But they're the tip of the iceberg. What decision science provides is proven frameworks for balancing multiple competing priorities, and coming to a solution that optimizes across all of them. Which is exactly what a career decision looks like! Somehow, we've got to balance your financial situation, with your commitment to your family, with your love for your patients, with your need for impact, with whatever else is in your Why.
And the usual ways we've been taught to make decisions? They're just not up to the task. Which is why you find yourself stuck, spinning, laying awake at 3am wondering if this is all there is.
Decision science helps clarify they Why, figure out the What that meets that Why, and then craft the How to get you from here to the life you're dreaming of.
Do I have to leave medicine? Do I have to stay in medicine?
My coaching practice is agnostic to the What. Some of my clients have stayed in full-time medicine, creating a practice that served them better. Others have left altogether—one even started her own cabinet-making business! And then many have created a portfolio career, combining some clinical work with other things that bring them joy.
I will never tell you what you should do. We figure that out, and then plot the path to get you there.
How much does all this cost?
The cost of professional career coaching varies greatly depending on the kind of support you want. Books and video courses are less than $50, and a once-every-few-weeks career consultant may charge up to $1,000 for generic advice, with limited text and phone support. For real-time career transition support with a decision specialist who will tailor their approach for your specific situation, fees will be in the $4,000 – $15,000 range.
Do I get to work directly with you?
Yes.
There are no middlemen in this process. You have direct access to me by email and text, 24/7, and up to once-a-week 1:1 calls. I've had the experience—as I'm sure you have—of paying oodles of money for a "coach" who then shuffles you off to his "team." I've been there. I hated it.
And I vowed never to do that to my clients when I started my coaching.
What's your success rate?
Every single person who has completed the Burnout Escape Plan™ has walked away with a roadmap to a career they're in love with.
Every. Single. One.
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