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“In today’s world with the social isolation and increased screen time, the emotional development and social skills need of our students demand our increased attention… Implementing drawings into the classroom can ease a lot of students' anxieties, allowing them to practice being present in the moment, and enhance focus.” - Caitlyn Pereira

Learn about biofeedback as a mind-body approach to promote health and alleviate stress.

“I wanted tools to cope with stress that focused on three key points: they could be performed anywhere with few to no accessory items, they could be performed in fairly short periods of time, and they cost little to nothing.” - Peter Tamura

This article was published in AAMC Aspiring Doc Diaries.

The knowledge on this test encompasses the fundamentals of health and wellness - including lifestyle and a basic understanding of chronic diseases, such as hypertension, diabetes, and obesity, etc., that impact the majority of the world. This knowledge is necessary to assure that coaches know how to best help their clients advocate for their own health and well-being, and how to work best with their clients’ healthcare providers.

This article was published in KevinMD.

“Many people forget about mental health because you can’t physically see it. With all the expectations and hecticness of teaching, it is important to check in on yourself and make sure you are doing what you need for your self-care.” - Caitlyn Pereira

Learn about the use of diaphragmatic breathing as a mind-body approach to relieve stress and alleviate test anxiety. When practicing this type of breathing, people are able to increase their recollection of information and remain calmer during a test.

This article was published in AAMC Aspiring Docs Diaries.

This case study has been shared with you with permission from Imagery International. This article is a powerful sharing of an interactive guided imagery experience to promote health and cultivate inner strength.

After spending many years training to become a physician, I had become all too aware of a critical gap in medical education: the lack of emphasis on self-care and healthy lifestyle. Mind-body medicine is a powerful tool to enhance personal resilience, mitigate burnout and promote a culture of wellness in the workplace.

Discussions of physician or healthcare provider wellness are often narrowly focused on personal resilience. However, physician wellness is directly correlated to patient quality and safety. It is important to know the impact of burnout in your organization to calculate the potential value of initiatives that would enhance workplace efficiency and promote professional fulfillment.

This article was published in Physician’s Weekly.

Coaching is designed to facilitate both the exploration and development of personal and/or professional goals, as well as the creation and implementation of a strategy for achieving those goals. In this article, we will explore the process of coaching and its benefits for physicians.

This article was published in Physician’s Weekly.

Each of us has the natural wisdom to discern what’s best for us. Accessing this inner wisdom requires a supportive environment, both internally and externally. Coaching facilitates the creation of this environment by facilitating an expansion of your own self-awareness to further elicit your own natural wisdom and resources – all using your own expertise.

Imagery is an innate ability we can all invoke to access our own inner wisdom. It is the language through which the subconscious mind communicates information and insights to the conscious mind, empowering us to explore and influence the way we experience life.