Anna FernandoMD

You didn't need a video of a cute little baby #elephant chasing a bird. But, here you go #bluesky ... 😊

Burnout, Addiction, and the Secret That Set Me Free—From a Healthcare Provider Who Lived It Today I want to share the biggest discovery I made after I FELL APART some years ago.

Burnout, Addiction, and the Secret That Set Me Free—From a Healthcare Provider Who Lived It open.substack.com/pub/homeless...

#burnout #addiction #healing #recovery #healthcare #womenInMedicine

For those who are STRUGGLING. You don't have to pretend you are fine, or fight your suffering to eliminate it entirely. The pain (of all sorts) might never go away; but when we change our relationship with it, it becomes less painful and even useful.
Everyone has different path. Accept yours.
#heal

Good afternoon

Something you realize when life pulls things out of your hands,
is that holding on to anything and controlling does not make things more LASTING.

Be open and let it show you...The Magic.

#wisdom #book #author #Memoir #WomenInMedicine #change #Achemy

Lack of understanding how movements happen in the body is quite obvious. The head turns where the neck does.

suffering...and processing it piece by piece - has led me to PEACE. Despite very challenging circumstances, I found the recipes for cooking with what life offers. You can check yourself:
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#book #author #suffering #wisdom #mindfulness #healing #WomenInMedicine #DoctorsWhoCook #addiction

I've have been practicing hard core mindfulness using Buddhist texts & Vipassana for many years now. When I arrived to Sri Lanka after burnout, full of unprocessed grief about loss of the unborn baby, postpartum depression (that led to addiction), I had no idea where to begin. I started with

Do silly things, because they might be not as silly, after all.
#mindfulness

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Try this short but powerful 5-minute mindfulness activity designed to help you navigate life's uncertainties. Learn to connect with your inner calm, acknowledge what feels unknown, and discover the steady resources you carry within.

Oh, I have a great meditation for that too, with grounding.

Must be on everyone's mind - posted meditation for that just this week. Used to have this attacks, but no more - being stranded abroad - all days are the same...every day is under attack...LOL (perspective shines light on importance we place on things, sometimes)

keep forgetting to fly in the skies

We can end wars when we find peace within ourselves. The truth must be the same—no matter who we are or where we come from.Thanks for reading!

We can end wars when we find peace within ourselves.
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Has been my experience...Useful meditative/reflecting prompt: What are you RUNNING from? Notice REPETITIVE patterns...They are the CLUES...
#Meditation #Reflection #Authentic #Alchemy #Vipassana

If you haven't noticed, the world is playing Russian roulette. If you haven't noticed, the world is playing Russian roulette.

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Learned helplessness is a psychological state in which an individual, after repeated exposure to uncontrollable negative events, believes they are powerless to change their situation, even when opportunities to do so arise. This leads to passivity, decreased motivation, and a sense of hopelessness, which can persist even when circumstances change and control is possible. Learned helplessness is often associated with depression.

Some replies have made me think of learned helplessness- a consequence of being unable to change bad things that continue to happen.

Very worrisome and yet, a reality in today’s world.

Yes, I've been thinking about this lately a lot. It can happen individually, but now is more at collective level.

Sometimes we find ourselves in places LEAST EXPECTED. Yet, those places might bring PRESENTS we'd never discovered anywhere else...

#Opportunity #Authentic #Alchemy #Transformation #Hidden #Potential

The Alchemy of Suffering works this way:

Kinder Healthcare: A Conversation About Burnout, AI and the Future of Medicine How front-line humanity, science-based wellness, and smart tech—plus sabbaticals—are helping doctors give and receive true care.

“It feels like we’re losing something essential — our connection to the human suffering in front of us and, with it, our deepest self.”
— Dr. James Maskalyk

Kinder Healthcare: A Conversation About Burnout, AI and the Future of Medicine open.substack.com/pub/jamesmas...

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Sometimes it's hard to convince yourself...
#MedSky #Writing #Survival stories

#Compassion #MedSky #DoctorsWhoCook

Some people never learn.😍

Ontario expands Learn and Stay Grant to medical students The Learn and Stay Grant provides money to cover the cost of tuition, books and other educational expenses for certain healthcare professionals who commit to practicing in underserved communities in n...

The Learn and Stay Grant provides money to cover the cost of tuition, books and other educational expenses for certain healthcare professionals who commit to practicing in underserved communities in northern, eastern and southern Ontario.

The Medical Post wants to hear from Alberta physicians about how the breakup of the AHS into four distinct agencies if affecting their practice and patients

#DoctorsWhoCook #MedFoodSky

Nothing goes away until we learn the lessons
"It" supposed to teach us...

We must be at different learning stages, collectively.