Mindful medicine 40 simple practices to help healthcare professionals beat burnout and reconnect to purpose
Book - 2022
"Simple mindfulness practices to help health care professionals of all kinds reconnect with themselves and their patients, find joy, and build resilience. Healers need healing, too-now, more than ever. Jan Chozen Bays, MD, draws on her background as both a physician and a Zen teacher to offer accessible mindfulness practices specifically designed to support health professionals of all kinds. Mindful Medicine shares short exercises, practices, and meditations that can bring the proven benefits of mindful awareness into the busy and often chaotic lives of health professionals. Divided into four sections-connecting with yourself, connecting with your patients, rescue remedies for times of stress, and meditations-the book offers evidence-b...ased support for many different kinds of challenges. Most of the practices are very short and fit naturally into the day, for example: wash your mind as you wash your hands; lovingkindness on the way to and from work; and noticing eye color. The book also includes an appendix that highlights the medical research supporting the power of mindfulness. Growing numbers of caring professionals are leaving their professions and experiencing rising rates of depression and anxiety. Mindful Medicine can help people in health care reconnect to themselves and their sense of purpose-even in challenging times"--
- Subjects
- Published
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Boulder, Colorado :
Shambhala
[2022]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- First edition
- Physical Description
- ix, 230 pages ; 22 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-229).
- ISBN
- 9781645470526
- Introduction
- 1. Benefits of Mindfulness for Healthcare Professionals
- 2. The Inner Critic in Medicine and in Life
- 3. Meditation is Natural
- 4. Connecting with Yourself
- Wash Your Mind When You Wash Your Hands
- Loving Kindness on the Way to or from Work
- Mindful Self-Compassion
- A Mindful Walking Path
- Ears Wide Open
- Breathing Together
- Actively Practicing Gratitude
- Continuous Prayer
- Nature Bathing
- Loving Hands, Healing Touch
- First Three Bites, First Three Sips
- Simple Joys
- The Mysterious Life of Your Tongue
- Not Touching Your Face
- Remembering Your Vow
- Working with Anger
- Clearing Out the Day
- 5. Connecting with Your Patients
- Talking about What Is Working Well
- Asking about Hobbies-And Undertaking a Hobby
- Noticing Eye Color
- Asking about Pets or Plants
- Absorptive Compassionate Listening
- Asking about Fears and Worries
- Asking about Sources of Support
- Asking about Enjoyment or Blessings
- This Person Could Die Tonight
- 6. Guided Meditations
- Gratitude for the Body
- Loving Kindness for the Body
- Discovering and Releasing Tension in the Body
- Grounding Your Mind in the Earth
- Dissolving Skin
- 7. Rescue Remedies for Times of Acute Need
- 4-7-8 Relaxation Breathing
- Brief Body Scan
- Breathing Peace
- Listen to the Sound of Silence
- Mantra
- Empty like the Room
- Grounding Your Mind in the Earth: Short Version
- Brief Gratitude Practice
- Mindful Self-Compassion: Short Version
- Silly Walking
- 8. Suggestions for Mindful Medicine Groups and Retreats
- Resources, References, and Additional Reading
- Notes
- About the Author