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Episode 5: Optimism Bias – Is Believing in Yourself a Bug or a Feature?
Faith and Isaac get into the psychology of optimism bias — why we consistently believe we can handle more than we actually can, and whether that’s a feature or a flaw. From personal stories about over-committing during med school to patients who stop their meds the moment things look up, this episode is a candid,…
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Episode 4: From Cadaver Lab to Breaking Bad News – What Medical Training Teaches You
Faith and Isaac talk about what medical training genuinely does to you emotionally — starting from the cadaver lab, through the weight of breaking bad news, navigating dark humour with colleagues, and whether all of it bleeds into who you become outside the hospital.
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Episode 3: Two Doctors Questioning The Singaporean Dream
Somewhere between a therapy session and a sparring match, this episode has Faith and Isaac putting each other on the spot with questions they actually want answered. No guest, no agenda — just two doctors who’ve both strayed pretty far from the expected path, asking each other the hard stuff: Was there a moment you…
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Episode 2: The Script We Didn’t Write
Faith and Isaac spend this episode doing something they probably should have done years ago — actually tracing back where their paths came from. Not the polished CV version, but the real one. The one that starts with Faith wanting to be a paleontologist, and Isaac presenting a Minister of Health flip chart at kindergarten,…
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Episode 1: An Ex-Law Student and A Freelance Doctor on Careers Nobody Planned
Episode 1 of We Didn’t Plan This is essentially our origin story. We sit down (in Isaac’s office, which is also a side quest chamber) and attempt to introduce ourselves. That means tracing back how two people in their late 20s both ended up in medicine via very different, very unplanned routes — and what…
We Didn't Plan This | Podcast By Two Side-Questing Doctors
The Podcast for People Who Ditched Their Five-Year Plan
