mental health
Resilience is beautiful thing…. When it comes to life and mindset BUT I have to be honest, I was never truly a fan of resiliences when it in the medical field. You see, resilience was a part of the early treatment algorithms for physicians in regard to burnout. And how I thought about this…
Read MoreFirst off, does this sound like you: Do you dread Monday mornings, starting Sunday night? Does the pace of your work crush all of the joy out of it and you? Is your physical, mental and financial health suffering due to your burnout? Does your family suffer, feel loss of love and connection with you…
Read MoreSymptoms of Burnout First Thing to Recognize: It’s real! There is no “one size fits all” when it comes to burnout symptoms. Although we can’t always see them coming, there are some symptoms that seem to be more “obvious” when it comes to experiencing burnout such as: Anger, frustration and hopeless, powerlessness ETC. BUT the…
Read MoreThe Burnout Box Burnout: It’s personal It is helpful to think of your current situation as box of your construction (no blaming, just naming), with a floor, walls and a ceiling. The floor is your cumulative learning, experience and education. The walls consist of work environment, mental, physical, financial, spiritual and social elements.…
Read MoreBreathing through Burnout I think there’s a big component of both stress, burnout, and anxiety that can be fixed with breathing. There are two different breathing techniques I employ. I probably do this three to five times a day depending on how stressful the day gets, but I’ll just stop what I’m doing, and…
Read MoreWhat is burnout costing you? Most studies show that burned out physicians are about 10 to 15% less productive than your average physician. There are a number of studies that show that there’s increased malpractice risk, so one practice lawsuit can be $10’s or $100’s of $1000’s of dollars depending on your malpractice carrier…
Read MoreTick, tock, tick tock…The burnout clock is running. The longer burnout goes on, the harder it is to fix because you think it becomes a normal way of life. The longer it goes on, the more of your life has gone by. The longer it goes on, the more entrenched you are. It is more…
Read MoreAre you living the life you intended? “I leave this life with no regrets. It was a wonderful life — full and complete with the great loves and great endeavors that make it worth living. I am sad to leave, but I leave with the knowledge that I lived the life that I intended.” (Emphasis mine) ~Charles…
Read MoreAre you ready to quit your job? “When people like their lives, and that includes work life, they’ll do a better job of taking care of themselves.”~ Jeffery Pfeffer IS IT TIME TO PULL THE PLUG? Our topic today will be one that hopefully you don’t get to this point, but we’re talking…
Read MoreHow to change your habits for good! “We first make our habits, then our habits make us.” ~John Dryden What does burnout this have to do with habits? Well about 40% of your behavior and your actions throughout the day are controlled by habitual motion or habitual process. If we’re going to talk about…
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