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Brushing your teeth each morning and night can be a great time to practice being mindful - instead of checking your phone!

December 3, 2018 | 2 min read

Attitudinal Foundations of Mindfulness

By Neda Gould, PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

In mindfulness meditation, we are not trying to change anything. We are simply becoming aware of what is going on without judging it as good or bad. When we bring our awareness to the present moment, a natural by-product is often relaxation.

September 20, 2018 | 2 min read

Review of ‘Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity’

By Scott Wright, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Dr. Ronald Epstein's book, "Attending," offers insights into mindfulness and connecting with our patients.

February 23, 2018 | 2 min read

Mindfulness and Diagnostic Acumen: Inversely Related?

By Sharon Solomon, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Far from being inversely related, physician mindfulness provides the foundation upon which diagnostic acumen is built.

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January 24, 2019 | 4 min read

Cultivating Caring

By David Kopacz, ,MD

Compassion begins with caring for ourselves and working to grow as full human beings. It is not just the lives of our patients that depend on us learning this component of caring, the quality of our own lives depend upon learning this as well.

January 5, 2019 | 2 min read

Acceptance

By Neda Gould, PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

When we practice acceptance in the present moment, we free up energy to see more possibilities. We may notice some clarity in our minds and even less tension in the body. There is freedom in acceptance.

October 18, 2018 | 4 min read

Out of Office for Real

By Shannon Scott-Vernaglia, MD, MassGeneral

Taking a few days off for Thanksgiving? Be a role model for your colleagues. Turn on a real out of office reply. You’ll never look back, I promise.

October 16, 2018 | 3 min read

The Heart of Trauma-Informed Care

By Cooper Lloyd, MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Trauma-informed care is care in which we recognize trauma’s prevalence and long-term effects; understand trauma’s effects on patient behavior and engagement in care; prioritize patient choice and collaboration while building trust; and offer education and resources to promote healing.

The Anger of Achilles is Jacques-Louis David's painting of the moment Agamemnon, king of the Greeks, has just revealed to the youthful Achilles that his daughter Iphigenia is not to be married to him but sacrificed in order to appease the goddess Diana. Iphigenia’s mother, Clytemnestra, looks on tearfully, Achilles angrily reaches for his sword.

October 12, 2018 | <1 min read

What’s your hobby and how does it help you give better patient care?

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August 31, 2018 | 1 min read

A Walk in the Woods Keeps the Doctor Away

By Rachel Levine, MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

The benefits of a walk outside include improved mood, self-awareness, emotional processing and regulation, attentiveness, and sense of well-being, as well as decreased feelings of stress and anxiety.

July 6, 2018 | 1 min read

Music and Coffee

By Scott Wright, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

If you get the sense that one of your patients is isolated or alone, ask about their support network. If they have none, ask if they would like help in being connected to community resources.