The Loneliness Nobody Talks About: What happens after you get well, and why it surprised me

In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses: 

• The specific loneliness of recovery — the silence on the other side of getting well, when you've become yourself, and nobody around you quite speaks your language yet. 

• That loneliness was the foundation of Brave Enough — not as a business decision, but as a response to a feeling.  

• The story of the first conference — what she hoped for, what she was afraid of, and what actually happened in that room of women physicians. 

• The identity formation, the years of training, the permission structures, the specific way medicine asks women to disappear into the role. 

• What BE became, the scale of the proof  

Brave Enough 2026 CME Conference For ten years, women have gathered at the Brave Enough Conference to step away from the demands of medicine and into a space of renewal. This anniversary year, we celebrate a decade of empowerment and sisterhood—ten years of lifting each other up, reigniting purpose, and remembering that none of us has to do this alone. Join us September 24-27, 2026, at the Omni Scottsdale Resort and Spa.

Date: Tues, Sept 1, 2026 5:30-8:30 at the Legacy Collective Omaha

I am opening the doors to Legacy Collective and sharing a story I have never told publicly—the real story behind the journey, the setbacks, the healing, and the vision that led me to build Omaha's first private women's club. This is an intimate gathering of just 40 women around a table, sharing a meal, meaningful conversation, and the kind of connection that changes something in you.