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The following is an excerpt from "Caring for Me Is Caring for You: The Power of Physician Self-Care and Personal Transformation" by Catherine Florio Pipas, MD, MPH: " 'One A Day' is a multivitamin designed to promote good health. It also represents the approximate number of physicians who die by suicide daily in the United States. Even one preventable death is too many, and it is a tragedy that as health professionals we are often not able to care for ourselves as well as we care for our patients. Many stressors contribute to the rising cycle of burnout, depression, and suicide among health professionals. Chronic stress that results from workload exceeding workforce, lack of time and control, and feelings of inadequacy and hopelessness are just a few of the causes. The stigma around mental health and self-care often limits professionals from seeking help or even acknowledging they need a break. Additionally, despite having the knowledge and skills to diagnose and treat others, physicians do not effectively recognize burnout in themselves." Let's sit with that for a minute. One physician per day dies by suicide in the United States alone. Physicians do not effectively recognize burnout in themselves. It's clear that changes need to be made. But where do we start? Dr. Florio Pipas suggests that the best place to start is with ourselves. Some key points from her article include the following:
She encourages us to use The Social Ecological Model which "illustrates how change begins with each of us as individuals applying a variety of wellness strategies, and then it spreads outward to our families, teams, organizations, communities, and beyond."  I strongly share this belief, which is why I created my Restorative Embodiment Retreat. It is designed to be a week away from the demands of daily life and work to refocus on ourselves as individuals and get back into balance. Please consider joining me. (Click here for full retreat details.) I would also encourage you to read the full article --->here<--- Have a good week! Take care of yourselves, and each other. Dr. Angela 
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"According to the American Counseling Association (ACA), secondhand, or vicarious, trauma is a condition that affects many people who interact with those who have experienced a traumatic event. When those in helping professions hear clients talk about what they experienced and see their physical reaction to the experiences, they may also begin to feel the effects of trauma. In some cases, the condition can be a cumulative effect from hearing multiple accounts in their daily work... Unchecked, secondhand trauma can be debilitating, like the emotional numbing associated with compassion fatigue. When those in helping professions see a great demand for their services, they may ignore signs of their own trauma to serve others." (You can read the full article titled "Resource Guide for Coping with Secondhand Trauma" here. I would encourage you to do so- it's full of many important resources!)  I created my Restorative Embodiment retreat to serve as an important way to combat the many effects of Secondhand Trauma. What this retreat is:
--->Full retreat details here!<--- I hope you can join me!   Please join me this Sunday, April 7th at 10:00am PST for a live Zoom Q&A where I will be available (in addition to our facility host) to answer all of your questions about my upcoming Restorative Embodiment Retreat!
This retreat is an intentional dedication of our time and attention to address that which is working against us in our daily life, peeling back the layers of stuck-ness us busy professionals tend to impressively accumulate. (This photo is just one of the many gorgeous Tuscan views we will be enjoying.) You don't want to miss it! Zoom invitation: Topic: Restorative Embodiment Retreat Q&A Session Time: Apr 7, 2024 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us05web.zoom.us/j/87677335895?pwd=KSpbBaGTwLbO9ihcGRzNaHxageltln.1 Meeting ID: 876 7733 5895 Passcode: RbXmr8 More details about my retreat can be found ------> Here<------- A recent study conducted in Greece found that Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS) is on the rise in healthcare workers. It also concluded that “Secondary Traumatic Stress is an aspect of “cost of care”, the natural consequence of providing care to people who suffer physically or psychologically.”
But is it though? Or is it a natural consequence of under-resourced healthcare providers working in an unjust system with lack of support? I would argue that the latter is true. We shouldn't have to accept stress, trauma, and burnout as a natural consequence of working in our chosen field. If you're feeling the effects of Secondary Traumatic Stress, please consider joining me for a week in Tuscany to combat the burnout. You can find the full retreat details here, and a link to the above-referenced study here. It is no secret that the stress of dealing with a pandemic over the past 4 years has "heavily impacted the psychological and emotional wellbeing of the general population and healthcare workers". (Full study data can be found ---> here.)
Burnout, Secondary Traumatic Stress, Secondhand Trauma, Vicarious Trauma, and Compassion Fatigue are all the same, and everyone is suffering. The most common symptoms in healthcare workers are emotional exhaustion (56%) and depersonalization (48.9%), and it is no surprise that physician burnout is on the rise. You deserve better. We ALL deserve better. Please join me for a week of RE-personalization where you can focus on your own needs and getting back into balance. Details are only -->one click<-- away. "Almost all physicians regularly experience burnout and more than half have considered leaving or no longer seeing patients, a survey found.
A total of 93% of approximately 1,000 physicians surveyed online -- three-fourths of whom were primary care doctors -- said they feel burned out regularly; they also reported working an average of 15 hours per week outside their regular workday." This excerpt is from an article titled “How Many Docs Are Feeling Burned Out?” by Joyce Frieden. (Spoiler alert- it’s nearly all of them.) You can read the full article ----> here. Nearly half of those polled (49%) said their daily workload is unsustainable. 77% said they felt overwhelmed by excessive communication demands such as feeling that they were "expected to respond to patient communications at "all hours of the day, every day of the week." It is for these reasons (and many more!) that I created my Restorative Embodiment retreat. Join me in Tuscany for an all inclusive week focused on prevention of practitioner burnout. --> Click here <-- for more info! |
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