Health is Wealth

Doctors are tired of  hearing  about wellness – we need to do something about it instead **I originally wrote this post for Canadian Healthcare Network**  ‘We’re all just tired of being tired’.   Have you heard one of your colleague physicians say something similar to that lately? Better yet, have you ever had one of these thoughts?   “They [the government, the organization, my boss, etc.] are just saying that they care about our wellness. But they really don’t care , it’s all about politics. They are just trying to check a box”    “I am overworked and hardly have enough time for myself and my family – the last thing I want to do is an online module that’s supposed to teach me about ‘wellness’”   “We would all be a lot less exhausted of medicine if we got paid more, or at least recognized for the work that we do that no one sees”      We’ve all heard it since we were younger: actions speak louder than words. When it comes to address...

Another New Year is upon us! It is always interesting to me that as we go through the year, Christmas seems so far away. But then, out of nowhere - December is here, and then January - the New Year! Once a new year arrives, the 'resolution-making' begins. I can discuss ends on ends about resolutions and why they are helpful - and when they are not. To be brief, resolutions can be helpful when they encourage us to make goals and take steps to achieve them. However, the major issue with resolutions is that we often fall into the trap of making 'bold and big' resolutions. These can 'work' for us for a temporary time, and then we fall back into our previous habits. Or, we might set resolutions that are 'trendy' because we want to be like others, we perceive a benefit from certain 'goals' (ex. 'drink more water! Get 10, 000 steps a day!', etc)., or because of certain external factors (ex. a sale on certain products, a promotion, etc).  The c...