One of the hallmarks of burnout is a poor sense of accomplishment at work. For someone with high standards, not meeting them contributes to your sense of being ineffective. Generally, physicians have high standards, or you probably wouldn’t have made it this far. Guarding your thinking can help you overcome burnout associated with a poor…
Establish Clear Boundaries
Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed, not sure of where to begin with concerns of and for patients, others and work. What about you? Your training to always put the patient first, may have pushed your self-awareness back so far that you no longer know what is important to you. Fatigue and a low sense of…
Relationships, to Recover from Burnout
Welcome to February the month focused on love. When you think about burnout, especially as it relates to work, love may seem far from what you experience or desire. Just the thought of this may arouse an acknowledgement of how far you are from experiencing love at work, and perhaps in your burnout state you’re…
3 Ways to Connect with Your Courage
When you’re feeling exhausted, disconnected and like you have little to offer, courage may not be what is on your mind, yet it is one way to get back to well-being. Courage allows you to hear your inner voice and then speak up, in words or actions, for what you need and what will lead…
Gratitude, for more than Thanksgiving Day
Gratitude is one of the most effective boosters for Positivity. Just the other day, I was speaking with a colleague and discussing how being in healthcare we’re often working with the people who are vulnerable. This can be overwhelming. It leads providers to want to numb themselves, usually this is not a conscious choice, and may…
Burnout Responsibility, Theirs and Yours
Last week I went to Medscape offices to attend their panel discussion Beating Burnout: Essential Help for Physicians. The take-away I had was that about 60 – 80% of the burnout can be relieved by external changes, their responsibility. This might involve more system and EHR changes, team care, workflow changes and other suggestions which have…
