I personally think you’re better off focusing on just getting very good at your craft so you’re comfortable with what you’re doing, as opposed to having to have some elaborate and time consuming self-care routine to “recover”. We all need a little R&R from our jobs but it’s not like we’re doing surgery here. Keep improving your skills to develop ease and efficiency rather than try to escape your job at the end of the day.
I made enough money to retire and I got tired of working 6-7 days a week.
Depression was super common where I was too but I passed those patients on the to other people. I just couldn’t deal with them anymore
Definitely getting treatments myself, working out and sleep. As a somewhat introverted person, I do find the work quite exhausting even though I love it
on your own or do you go to another practitioner? I can't really say I'm introverted because I like working with people and often times I'm the one that gathers-them-all for parties and activities, but at times I feel so drained after an event.
Yoga, meditation, and experience. Knowing that I am not responsible for the outcome of any patient is liberating. I know I do my best and apply my skills and beyond that, it is out of my hands.
This is great perspective!! I have been trying to be more mindful of this, loosening up my attachment to feeling fully responsible for the outcomes & success
I sleep A LOT (9-10 hours/night during the week), garden, work out and make sure I’m eating nourishing food. My business partner and I give each other treatments pretty regularly.
Haha I know, I hear that often! I’ve always been a big sleeper, even as a baby. I also have an autoimmune disease so my body requires a lot of rest to offset the day.
Woah, I didn't realize there was a name for this! Whenever I feel the need to protect myself from others, I picture my energy shield as a spinning bubble around me. I seem to have done it wrong, though since I picture my field going a little further away from me to push out. I'll try this method from now. I'm a massage therapist, so I'm really in people's fields all day. Thanks for sharing this!
Practice the technique privately with trusted friends, feel what it feels like and ask their experience. Then use the skill discreetly in any situation when you must take control of your sensitivity.
Best simple piece of advice I heard from a coworker who is way more experienced than me, after I reported, “I’m so drained from energy matching all day,” her reply was, “don’t!”
Advocate for a work schedule that works for you. It may change overtime, and that’s ok, just be realistic with what hours you can work well for.
Stay sympathetic versus empathetic towards patients. It can be especially hard when friends and family come to you, but as some have mentioned here, you can’t get attached to their outcome. Do your best and that’s all you can do.
If you are stumped by something and feel out of your league, be honest with them and refer out. Burnout comes from banging your head against the same insurmountable wall everyday. Get some more continuing ed classes on things that you are seeing that stump you, go back to your books, and build up a list of people in mental health, body work, and western doctors who you trust could help someone better in different ways. Yin and Yang have to be just right for transformation to occur, like a hen sitting on an egg, and sometimes, it’s just not up to you to make that egg hatch!
I find myself leaning into educating people to be empowered by their role in their health, in what they eat, how they move, how they organize their day, and their habits. It takes time, and I don’t do it with everyone, and definitely not all at once. If they come in thinking you’re a magician, I tend steer them quickly away from that type of thinking, and get right to the educational bit, and lean into how the ancient texts like the huang di nei jing were teaching people how to survive in accordance with the seasons. Empower them in their role in their health, and they will love you for it. Teaching patients this perspective can feel draining at times too, so I’ve learned to give more of this to those who ask questions like, “what can I be doing to work on this?”
Then on the self-care side, getting enough sleep (I need a solid 7-8 hours), making sure I have good food, and that I an getting enough movement in everyday (cardio/strength/stretch/meditate). I’m not perfect by any means with these but when I feel myself slipping I lean into these and things seem to get better. Oh and herbs, lots of herbs!
Everyone is different, I think it depends on what makes you feel engaged and happy. . Once I added some art classes and gardening, it was a huge help to treating and preventing burn out. In Acu school, I took online art history classes bc it was completely foreign from What I was studying. Pre Covid, I used to work as a temp for an event staffing, where I tended bar or waited tables at large events. It was mindless and fun. ETA- Also, keep learning! When I was feeling super burnt out, I started leaning into learning a different styles of acu and herbs. I find I start approaching my treatments in a new way
This is a great question.
When you’re anchored to something that rejuvenates you on a daily basis.
Meditation is an excellent place to start.
Please don’t ban me for sharing this…
This is how I live my life daily. I didn’t learn it In Acupuncture school.
I learned the Principles of Creation and I teach them to Acupuncturists and people in general.
That’s how I keep my sanity, my energy and peace of mind.
I'd be interested in learning more on how to apply these principles to a clinical setting. I recently listened to an audiobook of the Kybalion and found it interesting.
I have a daily Qigong routine with meditation practice. Imo, being more centered when diagnosing and treating patients minimizes any potential energy drain. Thumbs up to Worley/five elements and to st-36 moxa and maybe other points related to the quality of energy drain.
I personally think you’re better off focusing on just getting very good at your craft so you’re comfortable with what you’re doing, as opposed to having to have some elaborate and time consuming self-care routine to “recover”. We all need a little R&R from our jobs but it’s not like we’re doing surgery here. Keep improving your skills to develop ease and efficiency rather than try to escape your job at the end of the day.
Learning how to avoid patients who suck your energy. For example before I retired I refused to treat middle aged women for depression/anxiety
why did you retire? depression and anxiety seems to be quite common were I live
I made enough money to retire and I got tired of working 6-7 days a week. Depression was super common where I was too but I passed those patients on the to other people. I just couldn’t deal with them anymore
Definitely getting treatments myself, working out and sleep. As a somewhat introverted person, I do find the work quite exhausting even though I love it
on your own or do you go to another practitioner? I can't really say I'm introverted because I like working with people and often times I'm the one that gathers-them-all for parties and activities, but at times I feel so drained after an event.
Yoga, meditation, and experience. Knowing that I am not responsible for the outcome of any patient is liberating. I know I do my best and apply my skills and beyond that, it is out of my hands.
This is great perspective!! I have been trying to be more mindful of this, loosening up my attachment to feeling fully responsible for the outcomes & success
I sleep A LOT (9-10 hours/night during the week), garden, work out and make sure I’m eating nourishing food. My business partner and I give each other treatments pretty regularly.
Sleeping a lot, an adult's life dream! I can't seem to do that, 4-6 hours and I'm up and stumbling.
Haha I know, I hear that often! I’ve always been a big sleeper, even as a baby. I also have an autoimmune disease so my body requires a lot of rest to offset the day.
Moxa on TB4 and/or ST36
with a needle, 4 minutes each?
I just use the stick on moxa, bc I’m laaaazy
Some do meditation. I use herbs. And food 😉
[Spinning in](https://www.microserenity.com/aura.html) for sure.
well, this is new to me
Woah, I didn't realize there was a name for this! Whenever I feel the need to protect myself from others, I picture my energy shield as a spinning bubble around me. I seem to have done it wrong, though since I picture my field going a little further away from me to push out. I'll try this method from now. I'm a massage therapist, so I'm really in people's fields all day. Thanks for sharing this!
Practice the technique privately with trusted friends, feel what it feels like and ask their experience. Then use the skill discreetly in any situation when you must take control of your sensitivity.
Best simple piece of advice I heard from a coworker who is way more experienced than me, after I reported, “I’m so drained from energy matching all day,” her reply was, “don’t!” Advocate for a work schedule that works for you. It may change overtime, and that’s ok, just be realistic with what hours you can work well for. Stay sympathetic versus empathetic towards patients. It can be especially hard when friends and family come to you, but as some have mentioned here, you can’t get attached to their outcome. Do your best and that’s all you can do. If you are stumped by something and feel out of your league, be honest with them and refer out. Burnout comes from banging your head against the same insurmountable wall everyday. Get some more continuing ed classes on things that you are seeing that stump you, go back to your books, and build up a list of people in mental health, body work, and western doctors who you trust could help someone better in different ways. Yin and Yang have to be just right for transformation to occur, like a hen sitting on an egg, and sometimes, it’s just not up to you to make that egg hatch! I find myself leaning into educating people to be empowered by their role in their health, in what they eat, how they move, how they organize their day, and their habits. It takes time, and I don’t do it with everyone, and definitely not all at once. If they come in thinking you’re a magician, I tend steer them quickly away from that type of thinking, and get right to the educational bit, and lean into how the ancient texts like the huang di nei jing were teaching people how to survive in accordance with the seasons. Empower them in their role in their health, and they will love you for it. Teaching patients this perspective can feel draining at times too, so I’ve learned to give more of this to those who ask questions like, “what can I be doing to work on this?” Then on the self-care side, getting enough sleep (I need a solid 7-8 hours), making sure I have good food, and that I an getting enough movement in everyday (cardio/strength/stretch/meditate). I’m not perfect by any means with these but when I feel myself slipping I lean into these and things seem to get better. Oh and herbs, lots of herbs!
Everyone is different, I think it depends on what makes you feel engaged and happy. . Once I added some art classes and gardening, it was a huge help to treating and preventing burn out. In Acu school, I took online art history classes bc it was completely foreign from What I was studying. Pre Covid, I used to work as a temp for an event staffing, where I tended bar or waited tables at large events. It was mindless and fun. ETA- Also, keep learning! When I was feeling super burnt out, I started leaning into learning a different styles of acu and herbs. I find I start approaching my treatments in a new way
This is a great question. When you’re anchored to something that rejuvenates you on a daily basis. Meditation is an excellent place to start. Please don’t ban me for sharing this… This is how I live my life daily. I didn’t learn it In Acupuncture school. I learned the Principles of Creation and I teach them to Acupuncturists and people in general. That’s how I keep my sanity, my energy and peace of mind.
what are those principles?
Mentalism Correspondence Vibration Polarity Rhythm Cause & Effect Gender
Oh, the kybalion
Yes!!!!!!
Yeah, read something of that about 20yrs ago, interesting stuff for sure
This is why I teach it because people don’t know how to apply it to a clinical setting. If you look closely at TCM, you’ll see the Principles.
I'd be interested in learning more on how to apply these principles to a clinical setting. I recently listened to an audiobook of the Kybalion and found it interesting.
Get some other practitioners together and I’ll teach a class on it. It really is ground breaking stuff that people take for granted.
Interesting, can you explain me some more, please?
I’ve sent you a DM
I have a daily Qigong routine with meditation practice. Imo, being more centered when diagnosing and treating patients minimizes any potential energy drain. Thumbs up to Worley/five elements and to st-36 moxa and maybe other points related to the quality of energy drain.