Physician Wellness
Weekly Wellness: National Wear Red Day – Take one step
by: USACS
In honor of National Wear Red Day, Wellness Champion Dr. Jess Badwards created a special post encouraging us all to take one step toward improving our health. “We have chosen a profession in which we often put taking care of others ahead of taking care of ourselves,” Dr. Badwards writes. “Many of us also choose […]
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Weekly Wellness: Unlearning
by: USACS
What do you need to unlearn? Dr. Jess Badwards asks this important question in her Wellness post this week, noting that some habits or actions for the sake of “that’s the way my parents did it” add unnecessary pressure to our daily lives. She advises that if a task brings you stress instead of […]
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Weekly Wellness: Be the person who does what’s right
by: USACS
“Never, never be afraid to do what’s right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society’s punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Even if it’s not always easy, doing the right thing […]
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Weekly Wellness: Considering Criticism
by: USACS
It’s not always easy to hear what we’re doing wrong, even if it is delivered in the kindest possible way. However, criticism often is NOT delivered in the kindest possible way. But we have a choice in how to receive that criticism, Dr. Jess Badwards reminds us in this week’s edition of Be Well Heal […]
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Weekly Wellness: The cost of hitting snooze
by: USACS
Who can’t use a few more minutes – or even hours – in the day? In this week’s blog, Dr. Jess Badwards extols the virtues of NOT hitting the snooze button on your alarm clock. A little extra sleep can feel great in the moment, but being late can throw off your whole day. Read […]
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Weekly Wellness: Let it go
by: USACS
What’s weighing on you? Dr. Jess Badwards asks that important question in this week’s Weekly Wellness post. Did you have unmet expectations? Failed resolutions? Broken relationships? Unaddressed conflicts? Don’t go into the New Year with unresolved feelings or issues. As we learned in 2020, a year can […]
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Weekly Wellness: Getting through it
by: USACS
We’re not the first generation to live through a pandemic. And, unfortunately, we likely will not be the last. But knowing that – and being on the front lines of it – does not make it any easier to bear. It doesn’t erase the facts of […]
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Weekly Wellness: Because…Life
by: USACS
This week, Dr. Jess Badwards acknowledges that things are going to go wrong on shift sometimes, because, well, we’re human. We’re going to mess up dinner sometimes and need to order pizza or make pb & j instead. While we always aim for perfection, we also need to figure that some days, life is just […]
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Weekly Wellness: Find the solution
December 3rd, 2020by: USACS
When you see something that needs done, do you simply do it – even if it’s “not your job”? At work? At home? In the grocery store lot, if someone left a cart right in the middle of the lot? Sometimes just doing what needs to be done makes everyone feel better – especially yourself! […]
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Weekly Wellness: Compassion for Yourself
by: USACS
The quote Dr. Jess Badwards used this week on her blog is extremely powerful and an important reminder as clinicians face a brutal week. If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete. Jack Kornfield Be sure to take time out this week to care for yourself, even amongst the grief and chaos of […]
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