White Coat, Black Face

A Doctor's Guide to Overcome Your Emotional Flatline

Pamela Buchanan

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English

Journey Imprint
01 July 2025

Memoirs; Gender studies: women; Business & management; Medical ethics & professional conduct

The Emotional Flatline is Real. This is the Revival.

What happens when you give everything to your career, your family, your community- and have nothing left for yourself?

Dr. Pamela Buchanan calls it the emotional flatline-a silent, soul-crushing collapse that feels like burnout but runs much deeper. And for her, it hit hardest during the COVID-19 pandemic.

As an emergency room physician on the frontlines of a global crisis, Dr. Buchanan witnessed the devastation of an overwhelmed, broken healthcare system-especially for women, people of color, and the underserved. She kept going, caring for others through fear, chaos, and trauma... until there was nothing left of her to give.

White Coat, Black Face isn't just a memoir. It's a lifeline.

It's the story of what happens when the healer needs healing. In White Coat, Black Face, Dr. Buchanan shares her unfiltered journey through emotional collapse and the radical steps she took to recover and rise.

You'll learn how to:

Break the burnout cycle that's stealing your life Reclaim your identity, energy, and sense of purpose Navigate bias, microaggressions, and chronic exhaustion Create a career-and a life-that honors your whole self

Whether you're in medicine, education, business, or caregiving, this book will help you rise from the flatline to fulfillment.

By: Pamela Buchanan
Imprint: Journey Imprint
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 7mm
Weight: 159g
ISBN: 9798998807206
Pages: 132
Publication Date: 01 July 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr. Pamela Buchanan is a board-certified physician, TEDx speaker, and mental health advocate with over 20 years in emergency and private practice medicine. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she fought to save others while silently losing herself until she experienced a personal crash she calls the emotional flatline. Now, through her Strong Medicine brand, coaching, and speaking, she helps others heal physically, mentally, and emotionally. Her message is universal: 1. You can come back from the brink.2. You can reclaim your power.3. You can revive your life.

Reviews for White Coat, Black Face: A Doctor's Guide to Overcome Your Emotional Flatline

""Incredible and powerful... this book will save lives from suicide... and even more souls who are walking through life 'emotionally flatlined."" -Jillian Rigert, DMD, MD ""This is more than a doctor's memoir-it's a collective mirror. And if you've ever worked a double shift, been dismissed by a colleague, felt unseen by leadership, or cried in the supply room... this book was written with you in mind."" -Aneesha Smith, RNC-OB