Rx: Invest in Yourself

Take Your Own Pulse

• Try out some of the 3-15 day Resilience Tools at the Duke Center for Healthcare Safety and Quality. One involves writing your story for help from healing with burnout.
• Reflection questions you can ponder and/or write about:
  - Who or what are you letting go of this year?
  - What behaviors do you want to change?
  - Who or what is influencing you the most right now?
  - What's working and what's not working professionally and personally?
  - What is a discovery you made so far this year?
  - What is the most impactful conversation you have had this year?

Treat the Pain Point - Video Series

• “It’s My Fault…I am not…enough” - learn ways to address these thoughts
• "I can't focus" - learn strategies for improving your ability to focus
• "My patients don't listen to me" - explore techniques to address underlying beliefs that cause frustration
• "I feel disconnected/lonely" - learn about processing your emotions, affect labeling, and going beyond "I am fine"
• "I don't feel respected" - discover ways to address disrespect and how to use empathetic listening and reflection

Feed Your Brain

• TED talk by Elizabeth Cox (5 min): What is Imposter Syndrome and how can you combat it?
• TED talk by Alison Ledgerwood, Ph.D. (10 min): Getting stuck in the negatives (and how to get unstuck)
• Journal Article: ”Putting Feelings Into Words: Affect Labeling as Implicit Emotion Regulation”
• BMJ Journal Article: "45 Good Things" - research study about a daily gratitude exercise done by physicians, nurses and other providers has been shown to improve wellness

Feed Your Soul

• Book: Together by Vivek H. Murthy, MD, Surgeon General of the US - about the epidemic of loneliness he saw across the country
• Podcast: Empowering Women Physicians by Dr. Sunny Smith (Episode 20 - Affect Labeling)
• TED Talk by Sara Cameron (12 min): How to turn busy into balance
• TED Talk by entrepreneur Mike Cannon-Brookes (14 min): How you can use Imposter Syndrome to your benefit
• Video by Kari Romeo (15 min): Teach Your Inner Critic a New Story

Celebrate the Wins

• We all have a tendency to focus on the negatives or the times we fell short. What if we focused more on our wins? If we make it a priority, we can shift our thoughts to the many areas of our lives for which we are thankful.
• Ways to reflect on wins:
  - What is a new skill you have learned or a current skill you have strengthened?
  - What is something that isn't on your CV that you are proud of?
  - What are three things you are grateful for?

Virtual Doctor's Lounge Events

The Hallway Consults have been rebranded in our collaboration with the GA chapter and you now have an invitation to come rest and talk with your colleagues in the Virtual Doctor’s Lounge. We will be hanging out the second Thursday of each month at 7pm eastern time so save the date! For more information and dates, visit the News and Meetings page.