I wake up, take a shower, get dressed and go to the office. I'll see my first customer of the day at 9 a.m. and got to my desk half an hour earlier. I go to the office much earlier these days. I prepare myself and my room for work, spray sage and light a Palo Santo stick to clarify…
“Life will give you the experience that is most helpful for the development of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you need? Because this is the experience you are about to have. "~ Eckhart Tolle Have you ever felt general dissatisfaction with the place where you live? Have you ever felt that you can do something…
Compassion fatigue is a paradox for counselors and others in the helping professions. As Alyson Carr a licensed mental health advisor and supervisor in Florida points out, this affects their ability to do exactly what motivated many of them to enter the United States field first place – empathically support those who are in pain. Empathy and compassion are attributes…
Every Monday you will find a high-quality research study here on Physiospot that has been summarized for you. The articles are chosen because they are of high quality, impact and likely to shape your clinical practice. After all, it is difficult to find the gemstones in all of the research published daily. Let us do the hard work for you.…
“If you blame or sentence someone else, you cannot change your experience. If you take responsibility for your beliefs and judgment, you can change them. " ~ Byron Katie I'll never forget the day a dear friend told me I sound like a victim. I remember being outraged by a man who failed to meet my needs and expectations of…
“Nature is the best medicine for serenity. Peace. Quiet. Silence. It is good for the heart. "~ Karen Madwell I was looking for a way to stop being obsessed with the future. I had lived my adult life as an underground musician and it had been wonderful for the most part. The thing is, it wasn't good for me anymore.…
I In the world of ophthalmology, 20/20 eyesight means that a person can see the letters on an eye chart clearly and sharply while standing 20 feet away. It is estimated that only 35% of adults can see 20/20 without the help of glasses or other corrective aids. Fifteen years ago, executives from a large number of consulting organizations started…
“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my choices. "~ Stephen Covey In August 2019 I was sitting with my head in my hands in my therapist's office. I was heartbroken about a recently ended relationship, had no job I wasn't looking forward to, and made a living on my closest friends and family…
“In the past I didn't like being sensitive. I thought it made me weak. But take away that single feature and you take away the essence of who I am. You take away my conscience, my empathy, my intuition, my creativity, my deep appreciation for the little things, my lively inner life, my keen awareness of the pain of others…
When you have 6 team members in 3 different time zones in 5 different countries, creating an abstract becomes a dynamic process. The picture above shows the week before the submission deadline for WCPT. When one team member slept, another member would edit and provide insights. While one member saw patients in their clinical practice, another member left comments, suggestions,…