Inspired Mom MDs

31: Overcoming the Sunk Cost Trap: Strategies for Physician Moms

Cindy Van Praag, MD Episode 31

Find the full transcript and more resources for physician moms at inspiredmommds.com/31.

A wave of nausea gripped her as she plopped in her car and headed to work. 

This feeling was nearly every day in the past year and growing.

That was Anna (her name is changed), a successful surgeon and mom of 3 young kids. 

Each morning, she brushed aside her body’s little alarm bells to repeat the same nightmare each day. 

It clearly wasn’t working for her, so why continue?

She fell victim to the sunk cost fallacy. She was stuck in a cycle of unhappiness, frustration and hesitation to change. 

The good news? Once she recognized this repetition, she labelled the true problem and extracted herself from this bad dream.

Are you stuck in a bad dream?

There is a way to climb out. 

Here, listen in and let me throw you a rope ladder. 


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