Healing for Healers is a process of lifestyle management developed by a physician for physicians.

As you my colleagues know, the practice of medicine can be hazardous to your health, to significant others, to your children, friends and others important to you. However, the focus and process of healing yourself is the most important step you'll take in healing your relationships with others and with your practice of medicine.

Did you know….

• Burnout represents a deterioration of values, dignity, spirit, and will, described as “erosion of the soul”.
• Burnout proceeds gradually and continuously over time.
• Deterioration of physician well-being from excessive stress has been described as the silent anguish of the healers.
• Hard work and service is placed before self care.
• Physicians may find their work unrewarding.
• May dissociate from coworkers, patients, family and self.
• Doubt, excessive guilt, feelings of not doing enough are common.
• There is confusion of selfishness with healthy self-interest.
• A psychology of postponement in significant relationships.
• Physicians delay self-renewal
• Self-denial is a habit.
• There is very little support for physicians and their families.

• More than 58% of physicians report high scores on emotional exhaustion
• Two thirds of physicians studied have a workload they consider too heavy
• More than half of these physicians stated their family and personal lives suffered because thy chose medicine as a career
• Burnout is a recognized syndrome identified particularly in physicians as they are constantly under pressure
• Emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and perceived clinical ineffectiveness, and a sense of depersonalization in relationships are symptoms of burnout. Impaired job performance and poor health, headaches, sleep disturbances, irritability, marital difficulties, fatigue, hypertension, anxiety, depression, myocardial infarction are associated with burnout. 
• This may contribute to alcoholism and drug addiction
• In this country 31% would choose a different profession if they could start over
• Physicians suffering emotional exhaustion are sued more often.

• Finding meaning at work
• Defining personal values and choices that influence happiness
• Ability to set boundaries/setting limits
• Spending time with family and friends
• Developing a positive and healthy outlook
• Religious or spiritual activity
• Self care including personal growth
• Improvement of physical well being
• Being open to support and healing