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05/01/2024

Even though the Finding Joy podcast is finished producing new episodes, we're going to keep the good vibes going.

Listeners will have the opportunity to catch up on any episodes missed while we rerelease each episode from the most recent to the very first.

To listen to valuable wisdom for finding joy shared by health care professionals and health profession students, visit https://lnkd.in/d-zpzS_p

04/01/2024

Happy New Year! From your friends at the Finding Joy (for health care professionals and health profession students) podcast!

Setting achievable goals helps practicians succeed in their New Year's resolutions.

What are you doing to support your mental health in the new year?

Meditating for thirty minutes a day, taking a daily walk outdoors, or intentionally hydrating throughout the day are all excellent goals for anyone seeking to support their well-being. Listening to the Finding Joy podcast, perhaps?

Whatever your efforts are focused on this year, we wish you the best of luck with your goals in the new year.

07/12/2023

Odegard, PharmD, joined the Finding Joy podcast for health care professionals to talk about her easy technique for consistently reaching flow and enjoying her work on episode 9 of season 3.

She gives interesting insight into what it is like to be a pharmacist, what pharmacist leaders like herself did to overcome challenges brought on by Covid-19, and what the future looks like for pharmacists post Covid-19.

Listen to episode 9 of season 3 here:
https://findingjoy.buzzsprout.com/1810016/13283187

05/12/2023

This week we're listening to practicing pharmacist, professor, and Vice Dean at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy, Peggy Odegard, PharmD, as she describes her easy and practical process for finding joy during stressful times at work.

Here's a snippet of her episode on the Finding Joy podcast for health care professionals.

Listen to the rest here: https://findingjoy.buzzsprout.com/1810016/13283187

29/11/2023

New episode on Finding Joy!

Peggy Odegard, PharmD, honed a simple technique for overcoming workplace burnout in the healthcare field as a practicing pharmacist and Vice Dean at the UW School of Pharmacy.

Dr. Odegard focuses on being aware of both her personal values and personal strengths while moving through her daily tasks. Aligning her values and strengths with the work she is doing allows her to consistently find joy.

She shares details about her techniques for overcoming healthcare workplace anxiety and burnout in “How One Health Professional Finds Joy by Aligning Her Strengths With Her Values” as well as her insights into the working conditions for healthcare professionals working in pharmacies and medical students studying to work in the field of pharmacy.

https://findingjoy.buzzsprout.com/1810016/13283187

26/10/2023

New Episode on Finding Joy! 🎧

"The Health Worker Crisis is Real and How We Can Act to Avoid a Health Care Catastrophe."

Shauna Hill, LICSW, Co-founder and CEO of mental health media and education company, StateChange Media, is a Vermont-based neuroscience educator and trauma psychotherapist with decades of experience in family, community, and behavioral health.

Shauna joined the “Finding Joy” podcast to discuss strategies for addressing health worker stress and burnout. Shauna offers her decades-long earned insights into the healthcare worker crisis in “The Health Worker Crisis Is Real and How We Can Act Now to Avoid Health Care Catastrophe”. She describes the kind of support with which healthcare leaders are in need and that of the health worker staff as well. From “finding a spark” to providing open discussions, Shauna believes, that with immediate action, the health worker crisis can be overcome.

Listen to the episode to hear more of Shauna's insights into health care!
https://findingjoy.buzzsprout.com/1810016/13283177

04/10/2023

Dr. Mukta Panda joined the "Finding Joy" podcast to talk about how she managed difficult emotions and stress during the COVID-19 crisis, as well as the challenges faced by healthcare professionals beyond COVID.

Listen to the episode here: https://findingjoy.buzzsprout.com/1810016/13283067

26/09/2023

New episode on Finding Joy!!

Mukta Panda, MD, MACP, FRCP-London, award-winning physician, speaker, and facilitator as well as Professor of Medicine and the Assistant Dean for Well-being and Student Education at the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga, brought the wisdom she gained through decades of practicing medicine in places all over the world to our Finding Joy audience.

An author of over 60 publications, including Resilient Threads: Weaving Joy and Meaning into Well-being, the most common thread in Dr. Panda’s decades-long work is a dedication to transforming the foundation of patient care and promoting the well-being of health care professionals.

Listen to the episode to learn more about Dr. Panda’s “How to Live” art therapy curriculum, used to unpack the difficult and uncomfortable emotions and conversations health care professionals experience, what she believes it will take to transform patient care, her unique technique for creating what she calls, “a culture of belonging” where health care professionals work and learn, and more!

12/09/2023

We'll be talking about a new episode soon so before moving on, we want alert you not to miss episode six with Dr. Jabraan Pasha!

He talks about the reason he became a doctor!

He talks about why representation in medicine is critical to building an equitable health system. He talks about having uncomfortable conversations to name implicit bias where it is present because with that acknowledgment comes change.

It's a MUST listen!!

https://findingjoy.buzzsprout.com

31/08/2023

Practicing doctor, Jabraan Pasha, MD, FACP, () talks with Finding Joy about the work he is doing around inequities in the American medical system.

Dr. Pasha’s proximity to healthcare as a child led to his becoming a doctor as an adult.

Among many roles, as the CEO of Lean In LLC, the Vice President of Health Equity at Juno Medical, and Host of the "Lean In with Dr Jabraan Pasha" podcast, Dr. Pasha’s efforts include overseeing pipeline programs, reducing implicit bias in medicine, giving keynotes and leading workshops on implicit bias and representation in medicine.

Listen in to learn how Dr. Pasha sparks the potential for children like him to follow in his footsteps.

https://findingjoy.buzzsprout.com/1810016/13283005

15/08/2023

Dr. Tessa Reinke joined the Finding Joy podcast to share what it is like to be a “country doctor.”

She met her husband while in medical school on the east coast. They settled down in a small town in Washington, partially because the rural aspect allowed her to indulge in work she enjoys, “I am a full spectrum family medicine doctor. I see people from birth to hospice.”

Dr. Reinke also shares her challenges coming out of COVID, especially regarding establishing trust with information-saturated patients and how it impacts her support staff.

Dr. Reinke has advice for those who are experiencing similar struggles as healthcare professionals.

Listen in to learn all about it!

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