On the most recent episode, it is a recap over lessons learned. Over the last few months, I have sat down and talked to amazing physicians, and non-physicians alike. Burnout has been the topic, but also spirituality, self care, boundaries, Finance, using your voice and more.

Spirituality affects our being and how we interact with others.
What we do must come from love.
Use your voice to speak up for yourself.
Understand finance.
Your spirit knows.
Self care is not selfish.

These appear as simple lessons, but they are the hardest to put into practice as we are taught to put our patients first always. We cannot run on fumes. Even cars need gas. We need fuel. We need to keep ourselves at the forefront.

I challenge the reader to do one thing for the self this week.

Work on boundaries.

Practice saying, “No.”

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Originally Published on https://www.theworthyphysician.com/blog

Sapna Shah-Haque Internal Medicine Physician

Dr. Sapna Shah-Haque, MD is a board certified Internal Medicine physician. She was born and raised in Kansas, and attended medical school at the University of Kansas [KU] School of Medicine. She completed her Internal Medicine residency at KU-Wichita as well. After experiencing burnout herself, and watching other physician colleagues burn out, it became a passion of hers to look into different aspects of burnout. While the system does need to change, as it is broken, this podcast is a way to reach physicians and possibly shed light on what is not an isolated situation.