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## **The Creative Destruction of Physician Burnout **

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# [Physician Wellbeing Habit #2 Be the Eye of the Storm (CME)](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/physician-wellbeing-habit-2-be-the-eye-of-the-storm-mindfulness)

Posted by [Dike Drummond MD](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/author/dike-drummond-md)

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## The hidden patterns in Physician Wellness

As a physician coach since 2010, I focus on helping physicians build a much better practice and become a much more effective leader.

At this point, I have been extremely fortunate to accumulate 40,000 doctors worth of coaching and training experience since 2010. It has been a rich and rewarding learning experience.

This perspective has revealed clear patterns  -- a *set of habits* nearly all *happy, healthy physicians* use to create and maintain that positive state, even in these very difficult times. Without these habits to protect your connection to [Purpose as a Lightworker](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/the-lightworker-vs.-the-whirlwind-63-burnout-means-we-are-losing-this-battle), physician burnout is a constant threat to you and your family. 

This is the latest in a series of posts about these [Seven  Habits of Physician Wellbeing](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/the-7-habits-of-physician-wellbeing).

Habit 1: HEED THE CALL

=> Habit 2: BE THE EYE OF THE STORM <=

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Our Philosophy of Physician Wellbeing:

> - Happy, healthy physicians have their choice to become a physician affirmed frequently. They have patient encounters that bring out the exclamation, "Yes, that is why I became a doctor", regularly in their practice month. Their practice is fine-tuned to provide them with this ideal patient encounter on a regular basis. 
> - Happy, healthy physicians know this work is hard and they put in all the effort necessary to do a good job, sometimes overextending themselves in the process. They feel the ROI (return on investment) in the form of satisfaction and fulfillment is more than adequate. 
> - All physicians are at risk for physician burnout at all times. Burnout is a disconnect at the level of Heart / Spirit - between your Lightworker Essence and the experience of your day-to-day Job and Life. It is a normal response to overwhelm in a Lightworker. There are a number of ways to remove these obstacles to meaning and fulfillment in your practice. Every physician has a unique matrix of needs and obstacles that must be address for wellbeing to return.
> - Lessons learned in recovery from physician burnout can be used to enhance wellbeing going forward. 
> 
>  

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## Wellbeing Starts Between Your Ears [![WHIRLWIND](https://www.thehappymd.com/hs-fs/hubfs/images/2021%20IMAGES/2021%20BLOG%20IMAGES/WHIRLWIND.jpg?width=150&height=178&name=WHIRLWIND.jpg)](https://www.thehappymdacademy.com/store/x4u6NP4i)

> Habit #1 is to HEED THE CALL:  
> Acknowledge your commitment to [the CALL to be a LIGHTWORKER](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/the-lightworker-vs.-the-whirlwind-63-burnout-means-we-are-losing-this-battle)
> 
> Habit #2 is to Become the Eye of the Storm  
> Recognize and protect yourself from the Whirlwind of tasks and emotions in your practice day.   
> 
> Even with the highest team function and the best systems of care this work is exhausting and often heart breaking.
> 
> The happiest doctors have acquired the skill to be the *Eye of the Storm* at work, allowing you to stay focused on what you really want, your Ideal Practice, no matter what is going on around you.  
> 
> It is the ability to let go of any thoughts or feelings that do not support you at this time.
> 
> Breathe - Release - Return to your center
> 
> Calm and focused, giving the person or task in front of you your undivided attention
> 
> When you know how to do that - and turn that into a daily habit - anything is possible between you and your patients, you and your staff, you and your family
> 
> You have the head space and the breathing room to build your Ideal Practice
> 
>  

## This key to your happiness is the first thing I teach all of our coaching clients ... all the way back to 2010.

> - It plays a huge role in optimizing your practice and preventing burnout.
> - We proved our technique - the SqueeGee Breath - in [a physician study ](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26725471/)of doctors in the Multicare system in Tacoma, Washington.
> - And expanded it into an online training we call [*One Minute Mindfulness*](https://www.thehappymdacademy.com/store/x4u6NP4i)
> - This is a single breath, evidence-based technique specifically designed for busy doctors to use in their practice day. 
> - No meditation, navel-gazing, lotus pose or chanting required!
> - It provides you with a refuge from the whirlwind no one can take from you. 
> - Restores your faith that positive change is possible.
> - And creates the space for you to hone your practice into an expression of your Lightworker essence ... whether that is in your current job or you must find a new one.
> 
> Here is what some training graduates have said:
> 
> *~ I learned how I could let go of all the worry with a breath no one else even notices.  
> ~ I have a pause button. I can stop, collect myself and feel so much more at ease in the chaos around me.   
> ~ "Gives me peace of mind. clarity about what I love about my work"   
> ~ "I feel like a healer again"   
> ~ "Keeps giving me back time I would have normally wasted on worrying"   
>  ~ "Always puts me in a better mood, even when things are tough at work, or at home"   
> ~ Your mindfulness curriculum has been the spark for something amazing for me  
> ~ I started to see results within just a few days.  
> ~ Now I use the squeegee breath in my everyday relationships and taught it to my staff and patients.  
> ~ It always helps me calm down and be really present with the person in front of me at the moment.”  
> *

 

[Use This Link](https://www.thehappymdacademy.com/store/x4u6NP4i) to Learn More about   
One Minute Mindfulness Online Training for Physicians.

I will see you in the first training video,   
where we will begin building the foundation to your Ideal Practice.

 

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## PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT

How do you remain calm, centered and focused - the Eye of the Storm - at work?

 

 

 

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