Week 6: Well being Flashcards
What is burnout?
Unproductive occupational stress that doesn’t go away and cannot be manages by individual alone
How does burnout affect us?
- Impacts out own mental health (health professionals are at higher risk for mental health issues)
- Found to impact decision making, patient safety, and clinical outcomes
What is resilience?
The capacity to respond to respond positively and adapt to daily stressors by developing personal resources that allow one to transcend immediate issues
What should resilience be to us?
A person’s return to baseline following a period of adversity
What is the difference between resilience and growth?
A person becomes stronger emotionally, builds better social relationships, or develops stronger character strengths as a result of a challenging experience
Why does resilience matter?
- Key in preventing burnout
- Recovering from burnout
How can resilience prevent burnout?
- Insulates us from burnout
- Turns unproductive stress into productive stress
- Promotes growth by drawing on personal strengths and adaptive strategies
How can resilience help recover from burnout?
- Provides a health defense mechanism
- Helps replenish our cognitive, psychological, and emotional stores
What are the tools for building resilience?
- Vision
- Self awareness
- Self care
- Boundaries
- Connection
- Tenacity
- Hope
8/ Gratitude
What is vision?
Get a clear picture in your mind of what you want.
What are the action steps for vision?
- Discover your why
- Keep you vision in front of you
What question is associated with mission?
Who do you want to be?
What question is associated with motivation?
Why do you want to be the person you described?
What question is associated with message?
What message do you want to communicate through your life/work?
What question is associated with method?
How do you want to communicate your message?
What are examples of empowering questions?
- Why is this important to you?
- What keeps you going on difficult days?
- What part of this relates to your dreams?
What is self awareness?
- Build resilience
- Help replensh out emotional stores
What are the action steps of self-awareness?
- Be attentive
- Have a plan
What is self-care?
About aligning your habits with your vision to create whole-person health
All the pieces of self-care are interconnected
What are the action steps of self-care?
- Take inventory
- Start small
How should we practice self-care?
Reflect on your clearly defined vision and your current havits
What are the types of boundaries?
- Stewarding time
- Stewarding energy
- Stewarding relationships
- Stewarding finances
What are resources for stewarding time?
Time management matrix
What are resources for stewarding energy?
Energy list worksheet
What is stewarding relationships?
- Identify 1 relational boundary that could be reinforced in your life. Writedown why you feel like this boundary is needed.
- Identify 1 relational conflict in your life and write down one step you willtake to resolve it.
What is stewarding finances?
Identify ways you can feel financially free or secure (set budget, stick to budget, consider spending habits).
What is forgiveness?
- Choose forgiveness. Unforgiveness is a burdern
2.Forgiveness is not about the other person being who they need to be
What is connection?
- Wired for connection
- Connection reduces stress levels in the brain
- Social support may be the single most important resilience strategy
What are the action steps for connection?
- Develop supportive relationships
- Ask for help
- Find a mentor
What is tenacity?
- Persistence in seeking something you desire/value
- You choose the frame through which you see yourself and your circumstances
What are the action steps for tenacity/reframing?
- Be creative
- Don’t give up
- Keep your vision in front of you
What is hope?
- Desire accompanied by the expectation of fulfillment
- Those with high hope cope better with stress
- hope influences our emotions
What are action steps for hope?
- Discover your hope
2/ Fuel your hope
What is gratitude?
Gratitude practices may increase happiness, mood, and resilience
What are the actions steps for hope?
- Be a good finder
- Acknowledge the gifts
What are the actions steps for hope?
- Be a good finder
- Acknowledge the gifts
How does mental attitude impact resilience?16
- Brain is malleable and adaptable
- Resilience starts in the mind
