9. Health Challenges in Medical Marriages: When Stress Shows Up in the Body

Health Challenges in Medical Marriages: When Stress Shows Up in the Body How Physician Burnout Impacts the Physical and Mental Health of Spouses Health challenges are a common — and often overlooked — experience for physician spouses. In this episode of The MedLife Support Podcast, host Lisa Muehlenbein, PhD explores health challenges through the spouse perspective, drawing from her doctoral research on Physician Burnout and the Marital Relationship: Spouse Perspective. Dr. Lisa discusses how chronic stress shows up in the body, why spouses often delay care, and why health symptoms are not a failure of resilience but a signal for compassion and attention. Subscribe for research-informed conversations about physician burnout, marriage in medicine, and family well-being. Click HERE to read Dr. Lisa's full dissertation.