Ah, the art of doctoring and providing the best patient care is so much more than book smarts. Today’s guest optometrist Dr. Shirazian discusses her passion about bringing the art of humanizing healthcare to her students and through her platform. She covers topics such as the art of good patient Read more…
Sleep deprivation in medicine is part of the deal, but why is it? Dr. Laura Vater (@doclauravater) shares her experiences and the experiences of others that have dealt with the grueling reality of sleep deprivation and working within a culture that rewards sleep deprived residents and trainees. She discusses the Read more…
Ever had to suck it up in a tough burnout situation? Sarah Gaines talks about how she walked away from a corrosive, unsupportive environment that denied her the time she needed to grieve after her father passed away and into the ‘unknown’ of travel nursing. Travel nursing flipped Sarah’s life Read more…
“After trauma happens, the body holds what the mind cannot.” Dr. Mariel Buquè is a Columbia University-trained licensed psychologist, holistic mental health expert, and sound bath meditation healer. She talks about the not-so-ouvert signs of trauma that can be passed down from one generation to the other, collective stress, dealing with Read more…
If you’re on the burnout train, then hop on this solo episode by your host, Erika del Pozo MOT, OTR/L where she shares advice her community shared with her and some of her own suggestions. Erika has gone through burnout early on in her career as an occupational therapist, and Read more…
Self-care and community-care- are they the same? Is self-care expensive and unattainable? “Regardless of your gender, your race, self-care is for everyone.” Our guest Katrina Leggins is a licensed therapist, self-care educator, writer, and speaker. Katrina is also the founder and creator of K. Nicole Writing and CEO of the Read more…
Have you ever experienced burnout just from advocating for your patients? Doesn’t it feel like you’re screaming into a black hole in healthcare sometimes because organizations put profits over patients? Dr. Veronica Velasquez, PT, DPT is an acute care physical therapist, working in a small community hospital in South Los Read more…
Ever went from feeling like you’re on top of the world and ready to thrive in school or your career, only to find that you are barely surviving? Founder of Latinx En Medicina and 4th year medical student Leslie Gonzalez shares her story about her hiatus from medical school, burnout, Read more…
Resilience- if we didn’t have it before 2020, we certainly have it now. This is a special #LitUp2021 throwback episode with Nurse Mo. A personal and professional mindset development specialist and world traveler, she discusses the essence of resilience, making declarations of bringing forth high energy in your life, “the Read more…
We’ve all had some trauma in our lives, and some of us develop symptoms based on how we integrate the information from the event. This is a special #LitUp2021 throwback episode with Alyssa Mancao, LCSW. She discusses how trauma manifests in the body, her practice using EMDR, how we develop Read more…
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