Posts on wellness and finding balance in your life.
Nearly everyone knows Facebook, it and other social media platforms have grown to be an integral part of life in the modern world. With nearly 2 billion active users monthly (Facebook) – a large portion of the human race is engaged in some way or another on Social Media. Doctors and health professionals being no exception. For me personally I’ve gone through ups and downs on using Facebook and other […]
Resilience is the latest buzzword, especially in context of Mental Health for Doctors (#MH4Docs). But what does it really mean, and why is there such resentment against the term from some groups? Definition of Resilience (English Oxford Dictionary) Noun : The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. The ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape; elasticity. In relation to Mental Health (American Psychological Association) : […]
Over the last few posts on this Blog we’ve talked about a few different things, but you might have noticed a trend in some of the struggles we as Doctors or health professionals face. It often comes down to ourselves – or more precisely how we value ourselves. So for today’s post we’re going to look at self-worth. What does self-worth mean? Just what it says, it means valuing yourself. […]
In the last post we talked about Wellness and what it means. Today we’ll look at some ways to help improve your wellness and prevent burnout. The things below are general steps to get you started, but as in most advice, if you are having health problems be it physical or mental health, you should see your own GP. How to fix things? As doctors we tend to be […]
With the growing trend of burnout in doctors, one of the things that has been identified as a solution is improving “Wellness” or self-care in doctors. Most medical colleges and boards have started to recognize what has been an important part of corporate culture for some time. That looking after the physician’s wellness can lead to better performance from Doctors, and reduced incidents of medical errors and increased patient satisfaction. […]
There is increasing public perception and commentary that there are systemic failures in Doctors, and that they will or are making mistakes. Regulatory bodies, medical boards, and government try to combat this by looking at systems to identify those who may pose a risk to public safety. The markers that they use are often based around burnout – substance abuse, mental or physical health, increased medical errors, and reduced patient […]
So bit delayed but today I’ll finish off the “Facing Difficulties” post. Last time we spoke about a few basic things- Dont Panic What would Batman Do? – clearing your head, and approaching the problem with perspective. Get Help Acceptance. Those are some things to get you through the initial phase of facing a difficult situation. From there I’d like to talk about a few further steps. Find belief in […]
Welcome back to Serenity. We’ve talked here about looking after ourselves, finding our identity and last time some simple rules to help get us through life. Today I’d like to talk about facing difficulties. Throughout our lives – personal and working, we will face difficulties and challenges to our happiness and balance of well being. How should we deal with these challenges? You might think that this is just common […]
For today’s Serenity post, something a little different, not as long winded as my usual posts .Not sure where the below quote/rules came from, not my own, but they do provide a great set to keep on your wall and to remind yourself now an then… 1) Make peace with the past so it doesn’t spoil your present 2) What others think of you, is none of your business. […]
Welcome back to Serenity for the 2nd post, if you read the first post I talked about some of the difficulties that we as GPs face in looking after ourselves and why we are so bad at it. One of the main things is that we find if difficult to separate the identity of ourselves as a doctor from ourselves as a person – I thought I’d explore that a […]
