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Exploring the Essential Features of “Betsy Shandalov – Compassion in Balance: Mastering Wellbeing and Fatigue in Healthcare and Everyday Living”
Speaker: Betsy Shandalov, OTR/L, C-IAYT, End of Life Doula
Duration: 2 Hours 05 Minutes
Format: Audio and Video
Copyright: Mar 13, 2024
Description
In the ever-demanding field of healthcare, where the line between personal and professional can blur, finding balance is not just a luxury – it’s a necessity. Recognizing this, the US Surgeon General sounded the alarm in May 2022, calling for urgent action to support the healthcare workforce amid a burgeoning burnout crisis. Citing the imperative for improved mental health due to high workplace demands, staffing shortages, and the lingering anxieties of the pandemic, the advisory underscored the need for a culture steeped in healing, community, and connection.
Step into a realm of renewal and empowerment as you dive into the heart of healthcare well-being to address the silent scream of compassion fatigue.
Here, you will find support for your stress and learn techniques for stress management that go beyond the superficial to foster genuine mental health improvement. We’ll explore strategies to bolster your immune system, not just with knowledge but with actionable practices that integrate seamlessly into your daily life.
Discover how to fine-tune your nervous system’s responses, enhancing your ability to stay centered amidst the chaos of clinical demands. Engage in movement and breathwork practices that you can share with your clients, fostering a shared space of wellness. Establish routines that anchor you in your community and home life, ensuring that the care you give to others doesn’t come at the expense of your own health.
This session isn’t just about coping – it’s about thriving. It’s about rekindling the passion that drew you to healthcare and nurturing the resilience to sustain it.
Speaker
Betsy Shandalov, OTR/L, C-IAYT, End of Life Doula
Betsy Shandalov, OTR/L, C-IAYT, End of Life Doula, is a holistic occupational therapist and has worked as a clinician, educator and supervisor in rehabilitation, community re-entry and the school setting. Her extensive knowledge of disease and disability with adults and children in a variety of settings combines with her complementary holistic treatments to provide a new level of understanding of how the brain and the immune system work together for natural and therapeutic healing. Betsy teaches clients to empower themselves to prevent injury, heal an existing injury and help with pain management and trauma throughout the lifespan. She works with individuals and families helping to find balance in their minds and bodies by using Ayurveda, Yoga therapy, Meditation and Mindfulness for healing.
Betsy is a certified yoga therapist through the International Association of Yoga Therapists and is certified as a yoga kids’ teacher and trainer by Yoga Kids International. She has advanced training in trauma through The Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, D.C. and is a Level I Reiki practitioner. She recently completed her Ayurvedic Medicine Training for wellness coaching and this past year authored a chapter on Meditation in an Integrative Medicine Textbook for Rehab Professionals.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Betsy Shandalov maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with Breath and Grace.com. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Betsy Shandalov has no relevant non-financial relationships.
Objectives
- Identify at least three key stressors unique to the healthcare environment that contribute to compassion fatigue and burnout.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the Polyvagal Theory by describing how it applies to stress responses in healthcare settings and practicing at least two self-regulation techniques that promote a return to the ventral vagal stage of calm and connection.
- Develop a tailored daily routine incorporating mind-body practices, such as yoga or meditation, aimed at enhancing immune system function and reducing symptoms of stress and burnout, with a commitment to practice this routine for a minimum of two weeks following the session.
Outline
Understanding Compassion Fatigue, Stress & Burnout in Healthcare
- Identifying causes and symptoms in the workplace
- Unpack the Surgeon General’s call to action
- Workplace stressors: from the role of the pandemic to paperwork
- Burnout, compassion fatigue and the tie to trauma
- Emotional exhaustion: recognizing the red Flags
- Maslach’s model on burnout syndrome and how can we help in modern day medicine
- Emotional exhaustion
- Depersonalization
- Reduce personal accomplishment
Polyvagal Theory & the Neuro-Physiology of Caregiving
- Role of stress and autonomic system, bad stress vs. good stress
- What brings balance to Nervous System?
- How Mind-body therapy can balance stress and help the immune system
- Techniques for self-regulation and maintaining nervous system balance
Resilience in Action: Daily Routines to Relieve Stress and Burnout
- Mind-body therapies for immune system support
- Yoga
- Breathwork
- Meditation
- Guided Imagery
- Mindfulness
- Integrate daily routines for stress relief and burnout prevention
- Tips for self care and self compassion
- Circle of Self Care, Feeling Wheel and Compassion Scale
- Importance of community, family and friends for health and longevity
- Future of Healthcare and Integrative Medicine for vitality and finding joy in your everyday lifeÂ
Target Audience
- Nurse
- Occupational Therapists
- Physical Therapists
- Speech-Language Pathologists
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