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Emotional Boundaries for Doctors: How to Care Without Burning Out
As a doctor, you are no stranger to the emotional intensity that comes with...
Dear New Intern,
You’ve made it! All those years of studying now a not too distant memory,...
Telstra Best of Business Awards
This month Whole Hearted Medicine is so proud to be able to say that...
CPD Recognition
Being held to the rigorous educational standard of the CPD framework means that a...
Trauma-Informed Care for Doctors
Why Do Doctors Need Trauma-Informed Care? This may seem like an unusual topic—after all,...
Start by stopping
One of my mentors taught me that the best way to start is by...
The de-humanisation of healthcare
The practice of reducing healthcare professionals down to simply their role- to a pager...
‘Personal’ or ‘Professional’ development?
Without investment in the vessel, the contents are useless.
Sitting with discomfort
We learn how to ignore our bodies in favour of our minds.
Self Compassion in Medicine
Why is the care of self so lacking in our education & fundamental structure?
What does a doctor look like?
A doctor to me was someone who sacrificed their own needs to fix, heal
The discomfort of rest
A holiday isn’t a break from life, it’s a break from work.
Resilience vs Nurturing
‘Resilience’ gets talked about a lot in this busy, modern world.
Holding Space for Doctors
On a Whole Hearted Medicine retreat we aim to create a safe and nurturing...
New beginnings
Today marks the conclusion of a cycle of change for Whole Hearted Medicine...
Permission to Rest
Our stress systems are designed to turn off after a response.
Cultivating stillness
Even though there are a million moments of stillness occurring around us at...
What we do on our retreats?
Have you been wondering what exactly we do on our self care...
Action vs reaction
To not only establish but also run an educational retreat...
Burn out in medicine
Burn-out is a syndrome conceptualised as resulting from chronic workplace stress...
Mindful medicine
Medicine by its nature is a demanding profession...
Ending doctor burn out
There is a lot of talk at the moment about #endingphysicianburnout...
What is mindfulness?
Mindfulness is often flippantly referred to when we talk about...
Compassionate boundaries
We talk about this 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘁 on our retreats. Compassionate boundaries are...