31. BONUS Meditation on Gratitude & Joy

11/23/22 • 7 min

Menders: Lead from Within with Dr. Nicola De Paul

Connecting with loved ones over the holidays can be a beautiful way to sustain and nourish ourselves. But these times can also be challenging and bring up difficulties related to past losses, interpersonal conflict with family and colleagues, overworking, and exhaustion.
Taking a moment to connect with gratitude and joy during beautiful and challenging times is a powerful way to sustain our momentum as leaders.
Here is a link to Jack Kornfield's Meditation on Gratitude and Joy - https://jackkornfield.com/meditation-gratitude-joy/
Enjoy!

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30. Healing burnout & moral injury through radical community with Dr. Dave Kopacz

Healing burnout & moral injury through radical community.
How do we put care back in healthcare?
How do we stop taking advantage of clinicians’ professionalism?
These are just two of the essential questions raised by David Kopacz, MD. We’re all talking about well-being and how to address burnout more effectively. And if you’ve ever found yourself mired up to your eyeballs in self-care and still not making progress towards creating rejuvenation in your life, then this episode is a must-listen!

Listen to find out:

What’s different between technicians
and healers
Why moral injury applies to both combat Veterans
& healthcare providers
How burnout got its start as an organizational
variable
Why doing more to care for ourselves and our
teams is not always the answer to addressing burnout
Why community is the true solution to burnout in
healthcare!

My favorite quotable moment from this episode!

“The antidote would be, how do we bring caring back in?”

(David Kopacz, Menders, episode 30)

David Kopacz, MD is a doctor, author, and artist. David inspires healthcare professionals to become medicine while engaging in our daily work and grabbling with challenges such as burnout, moral injury, and social alienation. His work brings together the full humanness of clinicians and the people we work to heal to create renewal within the healthcare system.

Stay Tuned! Menders season two will highlight women leaders in healthcare as they bring their unique perspectives to addressing challenges with employee burnout and cultural challenges. Keep an eye out for sneak peeks and video highlights from a truly inspiring group of women leaders. The new season of Menders will drop in January 2023!

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S2.E0. What's Up Next: A Quick Introduction to Menders Seasons 2 & 3

If you've been enjoying Menders season one, get excited, because seasons 2 and 3 are on their way!
Take a quick listen to hear a preview of what you can expect!
Season 2: How to create cultural transformation in your organization
- you'll hear my personal stories and challenges creating change
- you'll get bite-sized ideas about what you can do to create employee engagement
- and most of all, you'll learn how to sustain yourself!
Season 3: Women in leadership
- we'll focus on women's uniqueness as leaders
- we're covering diverse topics ranging from courage, boundaries, networking, neuroscience, and communication
- and you'll learn what these amazing women leaders have done to succeed at creating change where they've been planted!
Set a calendar reminder for the new episode drop date, January 1!