Apr 4, 2020
While the COVID pandemic is spreading, I wanted to encourage us to manage what is within our control, including flattening the curve. This episode also includes reminders that now more than ever caring for yourself IS caring for others.
We can accept reality while offering hope. You'll hear from Dr.
Krista Olsen, a full time obstetrician and certified coach in our
program. She was COVID positive with fever, cough, and
myalgia. She and her family fully recovered and she is back
to clinical care.
Her story serves as a reminder that this is actually the expected
and most common course of this disease. While we can learn to
prepare for other scenarios, we must purposefully remind our brains
that most who get sick will recover. Listen in to hear how
she managed her mind through the symptoms, diagnosis, and
recovery.
Links mentioned in this episode
Free coaching for physicians during the COVID pandemic
https://empoweringwomenphysicians.com/covid/
TED talk. How we must respond to the Coronavirus pandemic.
Bill Gates
https://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates_how_we_must_respond_to_the_coronavirus_pandemic
There is no emergency in a pandemic
https://acanticleforlazarus.com/2020/03/23/there-is-no-emergency-in-a-pandemic/
That feeling you are feeling is grief. Scott Berinato.
Harvard Business Review.
https://hbr.org/2020/03/that-discomfort-youre-feeling-is-grief
Hidden brain. Shankar Vedantam
https://www.npr.org/series/423302056/hidden-brain
Dr. Krista Olsen. True Life MD.
https://www.truelifemd.com/about
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
https://afsp.org/our-work/education/healthcare-professional-burnout-depression-suicide-prevention/
You can reach the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741 or call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK.