🎙️ Suck It Up, Buttercup? When Healthcare Hurts the Healers

TW: We discuss suicide.

What happens when the people we trust to heal us are being harmed by the very system they work in?

In this powerful episode of The FEMCAST, Anita Whyte Moran and returning guest Dr. Jennifer Fraser sit down with US family physician, Navy veteran and filmmaker Dr. Todd Otten to expose the hidden cost of bullying, trauma and burnout in medicine.

From childhood trauma and the brutal culture of medical training to physician suicide, toxic leadership and a healthcare system where profit can come before people, Todd asks a question we can no longer afford to ignore:

What happens when we tell the people holding everyone else together to simply suck it up?

But this isn't just a story about what's broken. It's about finding the courage to speak out, reclaiming your voice and building a better way forward.

💥 Discover why silence protects harmful systems, how trauma follows us into the workplace, and why real change begins when we stop normalising abuse.

🌱 Hear how Todd is reclaiming medicine through a more compassionate model of care — and why his upcoming documentary, Suck It Up, Buttercup, challenges us all to unlearn helplessness and put people before profits.

Because nobody should have to sacrifice their wellbeing to serve others.

🎧 Listen, reflect and join the conversation. It's time to stop crushing the buttercups — and start changing the system.

🌐 Learn more about the documentary: https://siubfilm.com

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