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Fightmaster MD

I’m Ryan Fightmaster, MD. I graduated from medical school, completed residency, and earned my board certification in psychiatry, while never wanting to be a doctor. Why? Because being a doctor was easier than being myself. In the fall of 2022, I left medicine (including my $400K/year job while owing $200K in student loans) to find fulfillment in writing, restoring old furniture, and surfing. Expect a new essay to release every Thursday afternoon. Join my newsletter (https://fightmastermd.com/newsletter) and get first book for free today. read less

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A Lit Match Away from Internal Combustion

A Lit Match Away from Internal Combustion

Good days deceive. Bad days reveal. Thanks to my dad, I remembered the difference. ----more---- Essay link: https://fightmastermd.com/2024/05/02/a-lit-match-away-from-internal-combustion/ Get my free course Seven Days of Aliveness. Linked here: https://fightmastermd.com/newsletter/

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A Lit Match Away from Internal Combustion

A Lit Match Away from Internal Combustion

Good days deceive. Bad days reveal. Thanks to my dad, I remembered the difference. ----more---- Essay link: https://fightmastermd.com/2024/05/02/a-lit-match-away-from-internal-combustion/ Get my free course Seven Days of Aliveness. Linked here: https://fightmastermd.com/newsletter/

The Betrayal, The Regret, The Wholeness: Deliverance by The Devil Wears Prada

The Betrayal, The Regret, The Wholeness: Deliverance by The Devil Wears Prada

The only way to live a life without regrets is to have regrets. Regret is where our story starts... as I came to understand this week by watching The Devil Wears Prada. ----more---- Article Link: https://fightmastermd.com/2024/04/25/the-betrayal-the-regret-the-wholeness-deliverance-by-the-devil-wears-prada/ Newsletter Sign-up: https://fightmastermd.com/newsletter/ YouTube Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEccYnOllS_gIJFQ7QCIkrw

Humbled by an Afternoon of Mystery

Humbled by an Afternoon of Mystery

Sometimes, I just simply do not know what's best for me. ----more---- Join my weekly newsletter community here. Read today's essay on my website here.

Wield the Power of No

Wield the Power of No

I wasn't one for the jungle gym. I'm a kickball guy. I knew that once, it's just taken me awhile to remember it. ----more---- (Every Friday morning, I write an email of camaraderie, aimed at supporting you to build a life you love. If you'd like to join our community, you can sign up here and receive this week's email.) Essay Link: https://fightmastermd.com/2024/04/04/kickball-beats-the-jungle-gym/

The Cost of Admission

The Cost of Admission

To play the game, the battle to figure out who we are, we have to pay the cost of admission. House rules. ----more---- Read this essay: https://fightmastermd.com/2024/03/21/before-i-learned-how-much-i-needed-to-change/ Visit my website: https://fightmastermd.com/ Join my newsletter: https://fightmastermd.com/newsletter/

Before I Learned How Much I Needed to Change

Before I Learned How Much I Needed to Change

"Fighty, we're all on the road back to who we were in high school." ----more---- Along with the wrong lessons, I lived out a few of the right ones too. My first book is a summary of all 32 of those lessons, available now on Amazon.

Sensing, Before Seeing, the Destination

Sensing, Before Seeing, the Destination

To get where I want to go, some things cannot be sacrificed, like the present. ----more---- Every Friday morning, I send an email from the trenches, where I'm working to build a life I love. If you'd like camaraderie on your own journey, follow this link to join our community.

Give Me Risk, or Give Me Death

Give Me Risk, or Give Me Death

The biscuit tastes like shit without a dash of risk. ----more---- Every Friday morning, I send out an email, seeking camaraderie on the trail to a life we love. If you’d like join me, sign up here.

Where the Story Starts

Where the Story Starts

With a story at our back, we take a step into the dark and write our own. You can read the full text essay on my website, here. You can join my weekly newsletter community here.

'No Trespassing'

'No Trespassing'

When you're no longer interested in looking back, it's time to stake something in the ground. Each Friday, I send a weekly email of support to those trying to build a life they love. If you want in our community, you can sign up here.

In the Truthful Places

In the Truthful Places

Over nine years, I learned the implication of unrequited pride: in the truthful places. ... On Amazon and Kindle, get my first book for $2.99 (a limited-time sale). Thank you to everyone who's supported the book's launch. Let's keep livin' a life we love.

A Lesson in Astrocartography

A Lesson in Astrocartography

There are some things, once compromised, that the health food store's promises can't even keep alive. _________________ Now available on Kindle, you can purchase my first book 32 Lessons from 8 Years Lost in Medicine. For all the support since its launch, I cannot thank everyone enough. Let's keep on livin' a life we love.

I'd Rather Be Tired Than Asleep

I'd Rather Be Tired Than Asleep

Snoozing is harmless. Everyone snoozes, I thought to myself, when I chose to snooze today. After all, it's only nine minutes. But nine minutes matters. Ask my throbbing ankle. ------------ My first book, 32 Lessons from 8 Years Lost in Medicine, just published on Amazon. If you’d like a copy of the e-book, here’s a link to purchase.

The Planet Fitness Portal Opens

The Planet Fitness Portal Opens

I don't always know why I'm doing things. If it feels right, I try to trust the process. But on Monday, after an episode of inverse déjà vu, I knew precisely why I did what I'd done: 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨. ( I recently published my new book 32 Lessons from 8 Years Lost in Medicine. If you’d like to a copy, here’s a link to purchase the e-book.)

Hello... Happiness? Is that You?

Hello... Happiness? Is that You?

I exercised. I slept. I hung out with friends. I meditated. And yes, I was happy. But something was missing. I always knew it. Last week, I published my new book 32 Lessons from 8 Years Lost in Medicine. If you’d like to a copy, here’s a link to purchase the e-book.

If It’s Reasonable, It’s A Lie

If It’s Reasonable, It’s A Lie

There comes a point where one must be unreasonable. You have no choice. This week, my new book 32 Lessons from 8 Years Lost in Medicine released on Amazon. If you'd like to buy a copy, here's a link. Link to this week's essay: https://fightmastermd.com/2024/01/11/if-its-reasonable-its-a-lie/

The Treacherous Trail to Asheville

The Treacherous Trail to Asheville

People ask my wife and I why we moved to Asheville. Often, we haven’t had an explanation other than it felt right. Often, I've thought we’re kinda crazy. But last night, I felt a little less crazy and a little more alive, knowing that there in a shed while picking up furniture I couldn't wait to get to work on, my mountain biking stoke had survived to the other side, alive and well in Asheville. Join my free weekly email and join me in building a life you love. (Link: https://fightmastermd.com/newsletter/)

”Ryan, You Sure Have It All Figured Out, Huh?

”Ryan, You Sure Have It All Figured Out, Huh?

It only took me eight years to figure out a back-handed compliment ----more---- Until December 31st, I’m sending free copies of my book to anyone who signs up for my newsletter. You can join my community here and get your book today.

My Reckoning With a Lost Decade

My Reckoning With a Lost Decade

Don’t worry about me, I have no strip clubbing to purge from my system, no “legs and eggs” brunches calling my name; but I do own another desire, one I neglected a decade ago, that I reckon with now as I start a different career. Until December 31st, I’m sending free copies of my book to anyone who signs up for my newsletter. You can join my community here and get your book today.

Two Sides of the Same Delusion

Two Sides of the Same Delusion

Seriously, you’re trying to make $50 off a coffee table? You have $200,000 in student loans! Wake the hell up! This isn’t going anywhere! For a limited time, I’m sending free copies of my first book to anyone who signs up for my newsletter. You can join my community here, and get your book today.