--- title: Physician Burnout to Physician Wellness - One Doctor at a Time | Mindfulness description: Mindfulness | Stop Physician Burnout, Build Better Physician Leaders | The Happy MD --- [![Stop-physician-burnout-dike-drummond-physician-leadership-you-can-banner-11-5-2018_opt995W](https://www.thehappymd.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Stop-physician-burnout-dike-drummond-physician-leadership-you-can-banner-11-5-2018_opt995W-1.jpg?width=995&height=146&name=Stop-physician-burnout-dike-drummond-physician-leadership-you-can-banner-11-5-2018_opt995W-1.jpg "Stop-physician-burnout-dike-drummond-physician-leadership-you-can-banner-11-5-2018_opt995W")](https://www.thehappymd.com) ## **The Creative Destruction of Physician Burnout ** [![prevent doctor burnout matrix](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/263814/da1e787d-095f-4485-9d4d-9a9bc4195d86.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/263814/da1e787d-095f-4485-9d4d-9a9bc4195d86) # [A Breath, a Break, a Return](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/a-breath-a-break-a-return) Posted by [Dike Drummond MD](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/author/dike-drummond-md) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) > *Otherwise > * > - Jane Kenyon > > I got out of bed > on two strong legs. > It might have been > otherwise. I ate > cereal, sweet > milk, ripe, flawless > peach. It might > have been otherwise. > I took the dog uphill > to the birch wood. > All morning I did > the work I love. Tags: [Mindfulness](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/mindfulness) [READ MORE NOW >>>](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/a-breath-a-break-a-return) # [Become the Eye of the Storm With this Guided Meditation (CME)](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/become-the-eye-of-the-storm-with-this-guided-meditation-for-physicians) Posted by [Dike Drummond MD](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/author/dike-drummond-md) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.thehappymd.com/hubfs/The%20Lake%20Guided%20Imagery.jpg) ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/become-the-eye-of-the-storm-with-this-guided-meditation-for-physicians) ## **Eye of the Storm Lessons - this is your home base. ** #2 of the [Seven Habits of Physician Wellbeing](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/the-7-habits-of-physician-wellbeing) is "Be the Eye of the Storm". Most of us are so used to being hassled, harried, overwhelmed and bothered by the WHIRLWIND of the day-to-day practice of medicine -- that the ability to remain calm seems ridiculous or like a distant fantasy. That is exactly why I created "The Lake" Guided Meditation to help you find your way back. You can listen or download the audio below. Tags: [Dike Drummond MD](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/dike-drummond-md), [Mindfulness](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/mindfulness), [stop physician burnout](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/stop-physician-burnout) [READ MORE NOW >>>](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/become-the-eye-of-the-storm-with-this-guided-meditation-for-physicians) # [Physician Burnout and the Mechanics of Mindfulness](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/physician-burnout-mbsr-and-the-mechanics-of-mindfulness) Posted by [Dike Drummond MD](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/author/dike-drummond-md) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.thehappymd.com/hubfs/Mindfulness%20to%20prevent%20physician%20burnout-2BlogPostCover.jpg) ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/physician-burnout-mbsr-and-the-mechanics-of-mindfulness) ## ****Since the 1970's, studies have shown that **Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)** is an effective tool to lower the stress of the practice of medicine and prevent physician burnout. Jon Kabat-Zinn and the pioneers at U Mass have proven that physicians who take their eight week meditation and yoga training have superior resilience skills and subsequent studies over the last 40 years have repeatedly confirmed their initial observations.  **In reviewing this literature, three big questions come to mind for most doctors.** 1)  What is mindfulness anyway? 2)  Just how does mindfulness cause its therapeutic effect? 3)  Is eight weeks of meditation training the ONLY way to be mindful at work?   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Become the Eye-Of-The-Storm in Your Practice Day Our Evidence-Based, Single-Breath Mindfulness Technique *One Minute Mindfulness Online Training for Physicians* [Learn More and Get Started Now](https://www.thehappymdacademy.com/store/x4u6NP4i) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   Let me share my answers to these questions, coming from three different levels of experience: Tags: [Mindfulness](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/mindfulness), [stop physician burnout](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/stop-physician-burnout) [READ MORE NOW >>>](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/physician-burnout-mbsr-and-the-mechanics-of-mindfulness) # [Stop Physician Burnout with a personal journal - the neuroscience of putting pen to paper](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/stop-physician-burnout-with-a-personal-journal-the-neuroscience-of-putting-pen-to-paper) Posted by [Dike Drummond MD](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/author/dike-drummond-md) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.thehappymd.com/hubfs/images/2019%20IMAGES/2019%20BLOG%20IMAGES/physician-journal-neuroscience-stop-burnout-wellness-wellbeing-dike-drummond-opt200W.jpg) ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/stop-physician-burnout-with-a-personal-journal-the-neuroscience-of-putting-pen-to-paper) ## **Putting pen to paper in a personal journal is a powerful burnout prevention tool for doctors ...** **- and the research says a keyboard is not a substitute for pen to paper.** > *The unexamined life is not worth living* ~~ Socrates > > *The palest ink is better than the best memory* ~~ Chinese proverb **One of the best ways to step out of [the whirlwind of your daily life](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/the-whirlwind-of-the-practice-of-medicine-seven-ways-to-step-out) is to develop the habit of journaling about your experience.** Tags: [Mindfulness](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/mindfulness), [stop physician burnout](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/stop-physician-burnout) [READ MORE NOW >>>](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/stop-physician-burnout-with-a-personal-journal-the-neuroscience-of-putting-pen-to-paper) # [Stop Physician Burnout: Dealing Effectively with Negative Emotions](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/stop-physician-burnout-release-negative-emotions) Posted by [Dike Drummond MD](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/author/dike-drummond-md) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.thehappymd.com/hubfs/images/2017%20IMAGES/2017%20BLOG/stop-physician-burnout-dealing-with-negative-emotions.jpg) ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/stop-physician-burnout-release-negative-emotions) ******Like the layers of an onion, physician burnout is often wrapped in layers of negative emotions.** In this post, let me show you a simple technique - it only takes 15 seconds - to release negative emotions as they arise and become the authentic *eye of the storm* in your practice day. **Peeling back the layers of the onion of bad feelings** If you find yourself overwhelmed, exhausted and out of balance with your practice -- after all your years of training and hard work, and this isn't anything like what you dreamed of back in the day ... well that recognition just feels bad. **And then you notice that the fact you feel bad about your career - well that feels bad too. ** Tags: [Physician Burnout](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/physician-burnout), [Mindfulness](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/mindfulness) [READ MORE NOW >>>](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/stop-physician-burnout-release-negative-emotions) # [Prevent Physician Burnout With These Mobile Apps](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/284594/prevent-physician-burnout-with-these-mobile-apps) Posted by [Dike Drummond MD](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/author/dike-drummond-md) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.thehappymd.com/hubfs/images/PURCHASED_IMAGES/FOTOLIA/physician-burnout-prevention-mobile-apps-opt.jpg) ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/284594/prevent-physician-burnout-with-these-mobile-apps) ## **… here are my two favorites** Forget Angry Birds and other mobile apps that do a great job of helping you waste time. And set aside for now the apps that help you find information and practice clinical medicine more efficiently. It was only a matter of time before mobile apps would be developed that can actually help you *prevent physician burnout*. **Here are my two favorite mobile apps to help you lower stress and create more work life balance** Tags: [Physician Burnout](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/physician-burnout), [prevent physician burnout](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/prevent-physician-burnout), [Mindfulness](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/mindfulness) [READ MORE NOW >>>](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/284594/prevent-physician-burnout-with-these-mobile-apps) # [Stress and Doctors – Cultivating Your Monk(ey) Mind](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/295084/stress-and-doctors-cultivating-your-monk-ey-mind) Posted by [Dike Drummond MD](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/author/dike-drummond-md) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.thehappymd.com/hs-fs/file-58303681-jpg/images/doctors-and-stress-mindfulness-meditation-150x150.jpg) ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/295084/stress-and-doctors-cultivating-your-monk-ey-mind) ## **Stress and Doctors = Mindfulness Meditation** The research is becoming overwhelming that Mindfulness Meditation is the most powerful moment to moment stress reducing, burnout preventing technique for physicians. The challenge is getting that awareness out of the ivory towers of research and translating it into simple techniques a  practicing doctor can use on the fly. Tags: [physician wellness](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/physician-wellness), [Physician Burnout](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/physician-burnout), [Mindfulness](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/mindfulness) [READ MORE NOW >>>](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/295084/stress-and-doctors-cultivating-your-monk-ey-mind) [All posts](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/all) ## **Find what you need here...** ## **We wrote the Book on Preventing Burnout** The first Field Manual to a more Ideal Practice - **40,000 copies in print. ** [**CLICK HERE to learn more and get your copy**](https://support.thehappymd.com/stop-physician-burnout-book) [![stop-physician-burnout-book-dike-drummond-40000_opt200W](https://www.thehappymd.com/hs-fs/hubfs/stop-physician-burnout-book-dike-drummond-40000_opt200W.jpg?width=200&name=stop-physician-burnout-book-dike-drummond-40000_opt200W.jpg)](https://support.thehappymd.com/stop-physician-burnout-book) ## **The Burnout Prevention MATRIX 2.0 FREE Report** **Over 235 ways to prevent physician burnout inside.  **[**CLICK HERE to learn more and get your FREE copy**](https://support.thehappymd.com/physician-burnout-prevention-matrix) [![Physician-burnout-prevention-MATRIX-report-6000-downloads_opt.jpg](https://www.thehappymd.com/hs-fs/hubfs/images/NEW%20HOME%20IMAGES/Physician-burnout-prevention-MATRIX-report-6000-downloads_opt.jpg?width=200&height=175&name=Physician-burnout-prevention-MATRIX-report-6000-downloads_opt.jpg)](https://support.thehappymd.com/physician-burnout-prevention-matrix) ### **Prevent Burnout** **~**  [Physician Burnout – Why It’s NOT a Fair Fight](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/295048/Physician-Burnout-Why-its-not-a-Fair-Fight) **~**  [Physician Burnout Symptoms Differ in Women and Men](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/294952/Physician-Burnout-Presents-Differently-in-Male-and-Female-Doctors)**~**  [Physician Burnout's Highest and Best Use ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/378959/Physician-Burnout-Highest-and-Best-Use)**~**  [Pathophysiology and Treatment of Burnout](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/290248/Physician-Burnout-Pathophysiology-and-Treatment-of-Burnout) **~ ** [Physician Wellness - Two Ways to Tell If Your Group Cares](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/290377/Physician-Wellness-How-to-tell-if-Your-Group-Cares) **~**  [Burnout vs. the Bottom Line - the Epic Battle ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/349242/Physician-Burnout-Vs-the-Bottom-Line-the-Epic-Battle)**~**  [Physician Burnout - Who Will Save Us? ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/381680/Physician-Burnout-Who-Will-Save-Us) ### **Physician Leadership** **~**  [3 Reasons Doctors Make Lousy Leaders and What You Can Do About It](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/290715/Physician-Leadership-Skills-3-Reasons-Doctors-Make-Poor-Leaders-and-What-You-Can-Do-About-It) **~**  [Monthly Staff Meeting Power Up and Team Venting process](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/290401/Physician-Leadership-Monthly-Staff-Meeting-Power-Up-and-Team-Venting-Process) **~**  [Employed Physician's Guide to Managing Your Boss ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/369921/Employed-Physician-Guide-to-Managing-Your-Boss)**~**  [Disruptive Physician's Toolkit](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/285327/Disruptive-Physician-Toolkit) #### **"Changed my toxic work situation" ** *"I started to feel better about my life within a couple weeks of beginning our conversations. 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