Cherisa Sandrow
I am a board-certified Family Medicine physician licensed in 30 states, a telemedicine clinician, coach, and digital health consultant. After years of full-spectrum practice, personal trauma, and professional upheaval, I found myself reckoning with burnout, identity loss, and a healthcare system that no longer reflected why I entered medicine.
My work now sits at the intersection of healing, leadership, spirituality, and healthcare transformation. Through writing, coaching, and collaboration, I support physicians in reclaiming themselves, their expertise, and their sense of purpose — while continuing to practice medicine in ways that are humane, sustainable, and aligned.
This blog is a reflection on that journey.
Latest Posts
The Shortcut I Forgot I Already Knew
In my last post, I wrote about the moment my balance shifted in the middle of a Barre3 class. A simple glance. A quiet comparison. The way my body wobbled before my mind could catch up.
I wrote about rebuilding my boundary in real time. About remembering my Galinda bubble. About learning to move through life protected instead of stepping out of it.
If you haven’t read that piece yet, you can start there.
It wasn’t the comparison. It wasn’t even the bubble. It was how much energy it took to return to myself. I don’t always have that kind of time.
Real life doesn’t pause while I gather my wisdom. My throat tightens. My chest contracts. Someone speaks. Something lands.
The Moment I Remembered My Bubble
And then I see someone I know. Just a glance. Simple.
And there goes my balance. I wobble, and the old story steps forward — my body reacting before my mind starts telling its story.
She’s more centered. More balanced. More confident.
She moves with ease. She looks and feels like she belongs inside herself.
I feel unfinished — like a children’s drawing, all outside the lines.
And there’s that voice
That voice.
The Great Unlearning: A New Beginning
I’ve spent most of my life trying to do everything right.
Work hard. Be the good doctor. The good mother. The good wife.
For a while, I thought I was living the dream—delivering babies, caring for families, and balancing my career in family medicine with raising two amazing daughters. But what happens when doing everything right brings you to your knees? When the system you’ve trusted turns against you? When the life you’ve built, brick by brick, suddenly crumbles beneath you?
