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Meaning and Purpose: Burnout and Resilience

Like many of you, my work life has changed significantly over the years. These transitions have reinforced my conviction that a strong sense of meanin...
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More on Mindfulness: Recognizing Your Stress Response

Mindfulness, described by Kabat-Zinn, PhD as “paying attention, on purpose, with moment-to-moment awareness, in a particular way, without judgment”, i...
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Mindfulness in Medicine

Before considering any intervention in physician wellness it is important to emphasize the complexity of the issue and acknowledge the multiple metric...
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Physician Thriving: Bullying in Medicine

This month’s topic is bullying in the workplace and is adapted from my work in the American Academy of Pediatrics.  My interest in this topi...
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Physician Thriving: Financial Wellbeing

Financial stress is a widely recognized element in physician burnout, although to those outside of medicine this may seem paradoxical. In early career...
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Physician Thriving: The Challenge of Change

You may be considering taking steps to address your own wellbeing in light of the ongoing national focus on physician health and wellness. It can be d...
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Physician Thriving: Tools to Promote Thriving

Much has been written about the complex challenges of modern medical practice and the prevalence of physician burnout. There is no simple answer, all ...
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Physician Thriving: We See You

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a cascade of chaos and suffering on a level previously unseen by this generation. This has impacted physicians in bo...
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Physician Thriving: Let's Look Out for Each Other

September 17th was the third annual National Physician Suicide Prevention Day. On this day I reflected on the colleagues I have lost over the yea...
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Physician Thriving: Simple is Good

We are in uncharted waters. Uncertainty is our constant, viral transmission is accelerating and it feels like the world is on fire. Trying to capture ...
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