Besides all the things you can do for yourself to decrease stress and build your resilience, there are times when changes at work are necessary. Working in healthcare, it’s easy to feel stretched thin by the demands of documentation, insurance regulations, pre-authorizations and patient care. At times, the demands pull you in too many directions.…
Satisficing, a way to Combat Perfectionism
Perfectionism is a theme that comes up over and over again in my work. Physicians and nurses frequently need to be perfectionists in caring for patients. The attention to detail with minimal if any room for error can be intense and exhausting. It also can wreak havoc when it spreads to less important areas throughout…
Try Something New to Build Resilience
Trying new things is a way to experiment and build your muscle for when things don’t work in an ideal manner. Often it is hard to be a newbie. For those of us who like to do things well, the experience of in-experience is uncomfortable. You’ll see that you’re able to tolerate and move through…
Overcome “I’m not enough,” Invoke Self-Compassion
When you are faced with challenging situations and things don’t go as hoped for, it’s easy to feel discouraged and negative about yourself. If you had a role in the situation, you may be thinking “I should be doing more … I went about this in the wrong way ….” Then social comparison may creep…
What makes you an expert in your field?
How do you define expertise within your profession? Here are some ideas – Skill mastery Results Number of sales, patients or customers coming to you Customer and peer recognition of your strengths within the profession Income Probably a combination of these helps you identify an expert in your field. Results reminds me of the case…
Cultivate Optimism & Reap the Benefits
In healthcare it is easy to get caught up in negativity with the focus on disease, chief complaints and set backs for patients. This makes it all the more important for you to cultivate optimism. Optimism is generally defined as 1. focusing your attention on the positive side of situations and 2. Expecting good things…
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