Success Reimagined with Amna Shabbir MD
Are you tired of chasing goal after goal, only to feel empty once you get there? Do you appear successful on the outside but feel unfulfilled on the inside? Or are you wondering how to even begin your journey to success? Welcome to Success Reimagined with Amna Shabbir, MD—the podcast that challenges traditional definitions of success and explores what it truly means to thrive at the intersection of ambition and well-being. Hosted by Dr. Amna Shabbir, MD, NBC-HWC, CPC—Founder and CEO, Dual Board-Certified Physician, and a fierce advocate for mental health. With advanced training in Integrative Well-being, Performance, Beha...
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Ep 89. The Difference Between Excellence and Perfectionism with Brian Bartes
<p>What does excellence actually look like, and when does pursuing high standards cross the line into perfectionism?</p><p>In this episode, Dr. Amna Shabbir sits down with success coach, author, TEDx speaker, and podcast host Brian Bartes to explore what nearly four decades of studying high achievers has taught him about meaningful success.</p><p>Brian explains why excellence happens long before anyone sees the results, why perfectionism can actually prevent us from performing at our best, and how our response to failure and feedback can reveal whether we're pursuing excellence or chasing perfection.</p><p>They also...
Ep 88. Fertility, Perfectionism & the Pressure to Have It All with Harvard trained Dr. Moragianni
<p>⚠️ Content Note: This episode discusses infertility, pregnancy loss, miscarriage, IVF, and reproductive health. Please take care while listening if these topics are difficult for you.</p><p>We plan for our careers, finances, and futures, but fertility is often left out until it feels urgent.</p><p><br>In this episode, Dr. Amna Shabbir speaks with fertility expert Dr. Vasiliki Moragianni about reproductive planning, the biological clock, and the myths that can shape fertility decisions. They discuss why high-achieving women may delay these conversations, how social media can create unrealistic expectations, and why infertility or pregnancy loss should never be v...
Ep 87. Thought Leadership: What Gets Published and Why with Allie Potts, Senior Director of Content at Community.co
<p>What makes someone a true thought leader?</p><p>Dr. Amna Shabbir sits down with Allison Potts, Senior Director of Content at Community.co (the team behind renowned communities such as Forbes Councils), to talk about authenticity, expertise, AI, creativity, and perfectionism.</p><p><br>Allison shares what makes thought leadership stand out, why expertise requires more than sounding confident, and how AI can support content without replacing the human voice. She also reflects on her journey from electrical engineering to publishing, leadership, and writing seven fiction books.</p><p>Together, they explore why you don’t need a hu...
Ep 86. Beyond Social Media: The Overlooked Pressure Hurting Our Kids
<p>Your child’s schedule can be full while their joy is disappearing.</p><p>In this episode of Success Reimagined, Dr. Amna Shabbir welcomes back Dr. Stuart Slavin, pediatrician, medical educator, and author of The Success Trap, for an honest conversation about achievement pressure, perfectionism, and youth mental health.</p><p>Dr. Slavin explains why conversations about teen anxiety and depression need to look beyond smartphones and social media to the academic demands, competitive activities, and constant comparisons shaping childhood. Together, they explore how children begin tying their worth to their grades—and why parents can feel just as trap...
Ep 85. “Making It Without Losing It” with Forbes Top Rated Speaker Jess Ekstrom
<p>In this episode, Dr. Amna Shabbir sits down with bestselling author, speaker, and entrepreneur Jess Ekstrom to explore how we can pursue meaningful success without losing ourselves in the process.</p><p>Jess explains why reaching the next milestone rarely creates the lasting fulfillment we expect, how the “post-achievement letdown” keeps high achievers chasing more, and why deciding what is enough is essential for sustainable ambition.</p><p><br>They also discuss perfectionism, imposter feelings, motherhood, and Jess’s experience with postpartum depression. Jess shares how becoming a mother changed her identity, priorities, and relationship with productivity, and why succes...
Ep 84. Building Thriving Workplace Cultures and Owning Your Career with Award Winning HR Executive, Sandy Ball
<p>A great workplace culture doesn’t happen by accident. It’s built intentionally.</p><p><br>In this episode, Dr. Amna Shabbir sits down with Sandy Ball, Chief People Officer and award-winning HR executive, for a practical conversation about workplace culture, leadership, career growth, and creating environments where people can actually thrive.</p><p>Sandy shares what she has learned from more than two decades in HR, including why employees need to own their careers instead of waiting for their managers to do it for them, how connection builds trust and collaboration, and why company values have to be more...
Ep 83. Teen Suicide, Mental Health and Grieving Patient Loss with Harvard Psychiatrist Dr. Zheala Qayyum
<p>⚠️Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of suicide, mental health conditions and death. Listener discretion is advised. Please call or text 988 for support. </p><p>A child can look okay on the outside and still be struggling.</p><p>In this episode, Dr. Amna Shabbir sits down with child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr. Zheala Qayyum for an honest conversation about youth mental health, suicide prevention, parenting, perfectionism, and the emotional toll patient suicide can have on physicians.</p><p>Dr. Qayyum shares what she is seeing on the front lines of child and adolescent psychiatry, including the growing pressure youn...
Ep 82. Chasing Red Flags: Parenting, Perfectionism & Youth Mental Health with Teri and Ella Macduff
<p>Your child can look successful and still be struggling.</p><p>In this episode, Dr. Amna Shabbir sits down with mother-daughter duo Teri and Ella Macduff, founders of Chasing Red Flags, for an honest conversation about perfectionism, parenting, mental health, and the pressure young people face today.</p><p>Ella shares how anxiety, unhealthy relationships, social media, and the need to appear “fine” affected her mental health. Teri reflects on what she learned as a parent, including the importance of moving from fixing to listening and creating a space where kids feel safe being themselves.</p><p>They also expl...
Ep 81. Rethinking Workplace Wellness in Healthcare with Derek Bell, VP at Vital WorkLife
<p>What if workplace wellness is failing because we keep trying to fix people instead of fixing the systems around them?</p><p>In this episode, Dr. Amna Shabbir sits down with Derek Bell, MS, CWP, Vice President of Solutions and Clinical Operations at Vital WorkLife, to rethink what well-being really means at work.</p><p>Derek explains why yoga classes, mindfulness apps, resilience training, and wellness perks can only go so far when employees are dealing with understaffing, heavy workloads, limited autonomy, and poor leadership. They explore what organizations can do differently to create workplaces where people actually feel...
Ep 80. Grief Sabbatical, “Sad” Hours, Performance Pressure and More with Rebecca Feinglos
<p><br>⚠️Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of death, divorce and postpartum depression. Listener discretion is advised.</p><p>We don’t know how to allow grief in our modern society. </p><p>You can keep achieving, stay productive, and appear completely fine, but that does not mean you are not grieving.</p><p>In this deeply honest conversation, Dr. Amna Shabbir sits down with certified grief support specialist and Grieve Leave founder Rebecca Feinglos to explore why high achievers often feel they are not allowed to pause, fall apart, or acknowledge loss.</p><p>Rebecca explains that grief is not...
