Speaker Bio:

Dr. Shola Ezeokoli has spent much of her life doing what many high achievers are praised for doing: showing up, carrying more, helping others, and pushing through exhaustion in the name of responsibility, excellence, and service. As a board-certified Internal Medicine physician with more than two decades of experience across clinical medicine, healthcare leadership, corporate wellness, and telemedicine, she has worked with professionals who appear successful on the outside while quietly disappearing underneath the weight of chronic self-sacrifice.

A published author, international speaker, and TEDx speaker, Dr. Shola has been featured on Fox News, CBS, ABC, WGN Radio, and iHeartRadio for her work on physician wellness, leadership, and workplace culture. She has also authored physician wellness programs, delivered CME-accredited education, and spoken internationally on burnout prevention and leadership development.

Talk Title:

Altruism is a Socially Accepted Form of Self-Destruction

Talk Summary:

Dr. Shola explores the hidden cost of overgiving and the dangerous cultural belief that goodness must come at the expense of the self. Blending personal insight with years of experience in patient care, physician leadership, burnout prevention, and organizational consulting, she challenges audiences to rethink the way society rewards burnout, overfunctioning, and self-abandonment.