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

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 front lines 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.