10:00AM – 10:15AM Welcome and Introductions
10:15AM – 12:15PM
Massage demonstration and practice led by
Davina Leong LMT and Shelly Wagar LMT
Massage demonstration and practice led by
Davina Leong LMT and Shelly Wagar LMT
15 minute break
12:30PM – 1:15PM “Super Foods” Light Lunch and Talk
1:15PM – 1:45PM Mindfulness Meditation & Body Scan
1:45 – 2:00PM Closing
Stephie, I am so proud of you for preparing this event! This is exactly what we need in medicine and you are such a leader and innovator.
Josh
Josh
An excerpt from a medscape article that Stephie and I like:
So how's a doctor to find happiness? The same way everyone should, says O'Connor: work on it. Find a way to be happy in the now.
"The greatest myth of human life is the belief that I'll be happy if I just get what I want," says O'Connor. "All the research shows that as soon as we get what we want, we'll just want something else."
Instead, O'Connor counsels doctors to cultivate the essential relationships in their lives. Most people derive much of their joy and satisfaction from their family and friends: relationships that too often suffer in the face of 12-hour days and weekend call.
He also advises them to practice mindfulness, both through meditation and in their daily living. Mindful living is about taking a step back and seeing events in light of the bigger picture. The practice -- and it takes practice -- enables people to keep perspective so they can make wiser decisions based on rational thinking and intuition, rather than impulse.
But to be mindful people must learn to quiet their minds and settle down and that's something with which many doctors struggle. Dr. Aggarwal says she frequently challenges physicians to sit and do nothing for as long as they can. Few can sit still for more than a minute or two. Rather than relaxing, they try to "solve" their way through stress and burnout by doing more.
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