The Other Human in the Room

When you consider setting boundaries or reducing your workload to honour your capacity, does your brain tell you that you’d have to “care less” in order to follow through? Have you ever asked yourself WHAT you are supposed to care less about? Want to take this learning deeper? Sign up for one of Joan’s courses here: ⁠⁠joanchanmd.com/courses⁠⁠ Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/

It's cold, flu & COVID season where I'm working right now - and that's got me thinking about surge capacity. Does your schedule and life have space for times of increased demand? What is your surge capacity? You are invited to the Body to Body Medicine Workshop happening TOMORROW Tuesday October 24 at 8pm EST! Register here: ⁠https://jamieleefinch.com/bodytobody⁠ Want to take this learning deeper? Sign up for one of Joan’s courses here: ⁠⁠⁠joanchanmd.com/courses⁠⁠⁠ Connect with me on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/⁠

What do you love about being on call? What do you hate? What if you have more power than you think to change what you hate, and invite in what you love? You are invited to the Body to Body Medicine Workshop happening Tuesday October 24 at 8pm EST! Register here: https://jamieleefinch.com/bodytobody Want to take this learning deeper? Sign up for one of Joan’s courses here: ⁠⁠joanchanmd.com/courses⁠⁠ Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/

For anyone who needs a space to grieve this week

You are invited to the Body to Body Medicine Workshop happening Tuesday October 24 at 8pm EST! Register here: https://jamieleefinch.com/bodytobody Jamie's Info: email: [email protected] website & course: https://jamieleefinch.com/ facilitation application: https://forms.gle/rSWR1j2q1inLrMw9A instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamieleefinch/ Joan's Info: website: joanchanmd.com instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd

What percentage of your day do you spend rushing? How do you feel as when you rush? What do you think might happen if you tried to intentionally slow down? Want to take this learning deeper? Sign up for one of Joan’s courses here: ⁠⁠joanchanmd.com/courses⁠⁠ Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/

How often do you feel anticipatory anxiety as you walk through your day in healthcare? Let's talk about the connection between anxiety & shame in this week's episode Want to take this learning deeper? Sign up for one of Joan’s courses here: ⁠⁠joanchanmd.com/courses⁠⁠ Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/

Join me as I drive to work and explore the two kinds of confidence, and how cultivating both kinds will help you make any clinical decision with more calm and care. Want to take this learning deeper? Sign up for one of Joan’s courses here: ⁠⁠joanchanmd.com/courses⁠⁠ Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/

Such a rich conversation with fellow physician coach Dr Megan Melo! We shared our burnout journeys and what has helped is heal and reclaim our humanity inside of medicine. This episode was cross-posted on her podcast Ending Physician Overwhelm. Her links: Website: https://www.healthierforgood.com/ Instagram: https://www.healthierforgood.com/ Want to take this learning deeper? Sign up for one of Joan’s courses here: ⁠⁠joanchanmd.com/courses⁠⁠ Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/

I’m back from my summer sabbatical, and in this episode I share all the juicy experiences and learnings with you. Click here to sign up for the interest list for Operation Enjoy Your Summer: https://forms.gle/oGKaUMScpNsMx99p8 Here is a list of all of the books I mentioned in this podcast: The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson Between Us by Mhairi McFarlane You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson (poetry) Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World by Padraig O Tuama (also has a podcast called Poetry Unbound) Want to take this learning deeper? Sign up for one of Joan’s courses here: ⁠⁠joanchanmd.com/courses⁠⁠ Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/

Surprise! I’m back one week early with a sabbatical-inspired podcast about the end of the world. Links that I reference in this podcast (links are not endorsements, just references!) Your Undivided Attention Podcast: https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/feed-drop-a-i-doomsday-with-kara-swisher 3 Levels of Consciousness: https://www.marcgafni.com/from-pre-tragic-to-post-tragic/

It's been a year(ish) since Joan launched this podcast! Join her as she shares insights and lessons she's learned from starting a restorative medical education and coaching business over that same time. --- Learn more about making your experience in healthcare feel more human through Joan's courses: ⁠https://www.joanchanmd.com/course⁠s Connect with me on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/⁠

It's been a year(ish) since Joan launched this podcast! Join her as she shares insights and lessons she's learned from her clinical work in family medicine over that same time. --- Learn more about making your experience in healthcare feel more human through Joan's courses: ⁠https://www.joanchanmd.com/course⁠s Connect with me on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/⁠

It's been a year(ish) since Joan launched this podcast! Join her as she shares insights and lessons she's learned from her personal life over that same time. --- Learn more about making your experience in healthcare feel more human through Joan's courses: ⁠https://www.joanchanmd.com/course⁠s Connect with me on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/⁠ Connect with me on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/joanchanmd⁠

Went out for a run and remembered a secret from my marathon days and had to share with all of you. ESPECIALLY anyone using AutoScribe or similar time-saving technology! Please enjoy the heavy breathing and birds chirping as I was literally in the middle of a run when I decided I had to record this.

Joan welcomes Dr Noah Crampton who has been hard at work creating an AI-powered scribe that writes your clinic notes for you! Listen in on a rich discussion of what it takes to develop a technology solution for healthcare that supports the human experience - both clinician and patient. This is not a paid or affiliate endorsement of his product AutoScribe...it's just a genuine human one! Website to learn more about AutoScribe: https://mutuohealth.com/ --- Learn more about making your experience in healthcare feel more human through Joan's courses: ⁠https://www.joanchanmd.com/course⁠s Connect with me on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/⁠

Joan welcomes Dr Stephanie Zhou who shares her inspiring story of building her own financial literacy education and now sharing it with others Stephanie's socials: https://www.instagram.com/breakingbaddebt/ Youtube: @BreakingBadDebt Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanieyzhou --- Learn more about making your experience in healthcare feel more human through Joan's courses: ⁠https://www.joanchanmd.com/course⁠s Connect with me on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/⁠ Connect with me on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/joanchanmd⁠

Homecoming is available for enrollment as of today! Enroll here: https://www.joanchanmd.com/courses

Quitting caffeine while still working in healthcare ... what could go wrong? (P.S. Nobody tries to convince you to quit caffeine in this episode.) Want to take this learning deeper? Sign up for one of Joan’s courses here: ⁠joanchanmd.com/courses⁠ -- NEW course Homecoming comes out June 23, 2023 Connect with me on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/⁠ Connect with me on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/joanchanmd⁠

My first listener request! If you have a topic you’d love to hear me talk about, send me a DM on Instagram @joanchanmd or contact me via joanchanmd.com.

How do you need your patients to change in order for you to be happy? It may seem like a strange question - but answering this question honestly can help unearth the stories about our patients that are really keeping us stuck in resentment and burnout. Want to take this learning deeper? Enroll in one of Joan’s courses here: ⁠joanchanmd.com/courses⁠ Connect with me on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/⁠ Connect with me on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/joanchanmd⁠

Joan welcomes Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison (MFA, LMSW, DMIN) on the podcast to discuss the practice of contemplative medicine, and what Zen Buddhist principles have to help us stay human in our work in healthcare Contemplative Medicine Fellowship: https://zencare.org/education-new/contemplative-medicine-fellowship/ NY Zen Centre on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/newyorkzencenter/?hl=en --- Want to stop worrying about your patients? Sign up for your free 7 day email course here: ⁠https://www.joanchanmd.com/course⁠ Connect with me on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/⁠ Connect with me on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/joanchanmd⁠

Have you noticed how often you feel performance anxiety in your work in healthcare? Maybe you don't identify it as performance anxiety, but I promise you...it's there. And it's a major factor robbing you of your ability to enjoy your work in healthcare. In this episode we explore all the places performance anxiety shows up in our work - and how we can address and heal the inhuman stories that lie underneath it. Podcast outline: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KK50bXw420bTRA2Ltg7IPQ_TQPEwecl8UU4JajDsl9E/edit?usp=sharing Want to take this learning deeper? Sign up for one of Joan’s courses here: joanchanmd.com/courses Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/ Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/joanchanmd

Joan is the only human in the forest in this bonus episode - but there are some birds and bugs that say hello! She shares a recent coaching insight that has been a grounding tool during situations where she’s normally feel a lot of blame and self judgement. Enjoy!

Joan invites Dr Ana Blake on the podcast to share her story of practicing medicine while experiencing mental illness and finding her way to contentment in the process. Ana's website: https://antifragilefmd.com/ Ana's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/antifragilefemalemd/?hl=en Visit joanchanmd.com for a current list of Joan's restorative medical education offerings, including coaching, workshops and self-study courses. Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/ Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/joanchanmd

Let's dive into the taboo topic of making money as a human in healthcare! Joan explores her own journey recovering from money shame, and how it has taken off so much of the pressure from how she approaches her work in healthcare. Want to stop worrying about your patients? Sign up for your free 7 day email course here: https://www.joanchanmd.com/course Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/ Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/joanchanmd

Are you ready to declare bankruptcy on your never-ending to-do list?? You're invited to enroll in Joan's new course: Restoring Your Time - 5 Time Experiments for Healthcare Humans. This podcast gives you a sneak peek into one of the 5 modules of the course, as well as fills you in what else awaits you when you enroll. Direct link to enroll here: https://joanchanmd.thinkific.com/courses/restore-your-time

Listen in to Joan's recent presentation about patient forms and how to do them quickly and with your humanity intact. Slides: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFh0CeBDOE/BDTFCpxezU3LPuuu46nGuQ/view?utm_content=DAFh0CeBDOE&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=viewer Video version: https://youtu.be/yFdQjcovTIY The CE experience for this Webinar is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits: https://earnc.me/RTDX4c Want to stop worrying about your patients? Sign up for your free 7 day email course here: https://www.joanchanmd.com/course Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/ Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/joanchanmd

Joan reflects on the impact of the pandemic

I certainly found a kindred spirit in Dr Christy Gibson! Please join us as we explore the importance of a deeper understanding of trauma, and the impact it has on us as humans in healthcare. We also geek out about our vision for what a humanized version of healthcare could look like. Links for Dr Christy Gibson: https://www.christinegibson.net/ Book coming out May 2, 2023: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/christy-gibson-md/the-modern-trauma-toolkit/9780306831065/ On Tiktok: @tiktoktraumadoc https://www.saferspacestraining.com/ --- Want to stop worrying about your patients? Sign up for your free 7 day email course here: https://www.joanchanmd.com/course Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/ Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/joanchanmd

Please enjoy this conversation from Dr Sarah Smith's podcast Sustainable Clinical Medicine - where Joan & Sarah share a dialogue about what it takes to change the system, one small action by one healthcare human at a time. Sarah's podcast: https://www.chartingcoach.ca/podcasts/sustainable-clinical-medicine-with-the-charting-coach Information about Charting Champions: https://www.chartingcoach.ca/ Want to stop worrying about your patients? Sign up for your free 7 day email course here: https://www.joanchanmd.com/course Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/ Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/joanchanmd

Everyone’s heard of the placebo effect…but have you heard of the nocebo effect? And more importantly, how were you taught about how belief and expectations of a treatment can modulate the effectiveness and experience of that treatment? Joan invites pain coach Deb Malkin back on the podcast to discuss the placebo/nocebo effect, and how we can apply these phenomenon to how we communicate with our patients. Nocebo Effect Video: https://youtu.be/fTUPQAoTr7w Deb Malkin Website: https://debmalkin.com/ Want to stop worrying about your patients? Sign up for your free 7 day email course here: https://www.joanchanmd.com/course Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/ Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/joanchanmd

People pleasing is such a common struggle for humans in healthcare - especially those in marginalized identities. Joan shares what she has been learning about the connection between people pleasing and our default survival trauma responses -- and how this connection can help you take on the tricky work of learning to let go of people pleasing with your patients. Episode outline: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LFv6v8qtQIfFF0Vbgf16CFbMRWfX4bhM5m9ebQ5NCnM/edit?usp=sharing Want to stop worrying about your patients? Sign up for your free 7 day email course here: https://www.joanchanmd.com/course Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/ Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/joanchanmd

Another unedited journey to work with Joan as she explores an exercise she’s been developing with her clients and for herself. Jacob Ham’s video on trauma and learning: https://youtu.be/KoqaUANGvpA. Re-preceptoring Yourself Exercise: joanchanmd.com/repreceptoring-exercise

Joan shares one of the most simple and powerful concepts she teaches all of her coaching clients, and uses daily in her patient care as well as her home life. Want to stop worrying about your patients? Sign up for your free 7 day email course here: https://www.joanchanmd.com/course Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/ Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/joanchanmd

Here is the link to the values worksheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Uf614z-SouTXECGI94cPl40uMQUZbJy-aZ0a_XkBdI8/edit?usp=sharing   Want to stop worrying about your patients? Sign up for your free 7 day email course here: https://www.joanchanmd.com/course   Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/   Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/joanchanmd

How does moral distress show up in your work in healthcare? This is part 3 of a 3 part series exploring strategies we can use to reduce the harm moral distress has on us in our work in healthcare.  In this third and final part, Joan shares the process she uses incrementally and self-compassionately practices taking more values-aligned actions, even when the system and social pressures to betray your values is really high. Want to stop worrying about your patients? Sign up for your free 7 day email course here: https://www.joanchanmd.com/course Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/ Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/joanchanmd

How does moral distress show up in your work in healthcare? This is part 2 of a 3 part series exploring strategies we can use to reduce the harm moral distress has on us in our work in healthcare.  In this second part, Joan shares two powerful methods to process and navigate the emotional impact of moral distress, and deepen your connection to your authentic values and humanity in the process. Want to stop worrying about your patients? Sign up for your free 7 day email course here: https://www.joanchanmd.com/course Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/ Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/joanchanmd

How does moral distress show up in your work in healthcare? Joan shares several examples she’s both personally experienced and other healthcare humans have shared with her. This is part 1 of a 3 part series exploring strategies we can use to reduce the harm moral distress has on us in our work in healthcare.  In this first part, Joan explores differentiating between socialized and personal moral distress - and why this can help us to reduce the impact of moral distress on our work in healthcare. Want to stop worrying about your patients? Sign up for your free 7 day email course here: https://www.joanchanmd.com/course Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/ Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/joanchanmd

Joan invites Dr Naheed Dosani on the podcast to explore how advocacy and system change work can be the fuel you need to keep showing up for your work in medicine. Follow Naheed on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NaheedD  Follow Naheed on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/naheedd/ Want to stop worrying about your patients? Sign up for your free 7 day email course here: https://www.joanchanmd.com/course Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/ Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/joanchanmd

Go to Joanchanmd.com/workshops to register for the upcoming Imposter Syndrome workshop!

Join Joan as she uses her own decision making guide to come to a self-trusting decision about whether to cancel her clinic due to illness.  Yes, it is sad that our system is set up in such a way that this isn't an easy decision - and I hope that by modelling how I make these decisions will help you to do the same! Want to stop worrying about your patients? Sign up for your free 7 day email course here: https://www.joanchanmd.com/course Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/ Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/joanchanmd

Drive to work with Joan as she breaks down the difference between worrying and planning…and what they really have in common underneath the surface.

Please join Joan as she interviews Dr Hillary McBride, as they explore how the ideas and practice of embodiment can change our experience and practice of medicine.   Where to learn more from Hillary: Website: https://hillarylmcbride.com/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/hillarylmcbride  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hillaryliannamcbride/   Where to learn more from Joan:  Website: https://joanchanmd.com  Twitter: https://twitter.com/joanchanmd  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd

Most of us in healthcare would probably describe ourselves as "good in a crisis". But how often does that come at a cost to our own needs and humanity? Joan shares about a personal crisis happening in her family right now, and how she's being intentional about staying human first during this difficult time. Want help staying human in a crisis? Joan's free email mini-course gives you insights and practical tools to do just this. Subscribe at joanchanmd.com/course Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/ Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/joanchanmd

Do you get stressed about following the guidelines? Or notice other colleagues seem stressed if anyone strays off the guidelines? Commute to work with Joan as she explores the idea of guidelines legalism and how we can trust our clinical brains in the midst of guideline confusion.  Want to stop worrying about your patients? Sign up for your free 7 day email course here: https://www.joanchanmd.com/course Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/ Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/joanchanmd

Joan describes her 3 step framework that allows her to take any dream from wishing to a reality - using the real time example of creating a spacious and selfish summer vacation plan for this year!  OPERATION ENJOY YOUR SUMMER - Registration is open and closes Monday Feb 13! joanchanmd.com/summer Follow Joan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/   Follow Joan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/joanchanmd

Joan explains the powerful concept that shifted the way she viewed conflict forever - and made her much more calm and capable of having difficult conversations as a result. Register for the Medicolegal Fears workshop here: joanchanmd.com/workshops Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/ Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/joanchanmd

My goal in this episode is to give you the strategies you need to manage Dr Google with ease - both by addressing the inhuman stories that block your ability to thinking clearly in the room, as well as practical scripts and communication strategies that I use with my patients every day. Episode Outline: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O6f_GclPJCaF4no6zFcQ4DdlE47r83wSak0Pv0NzXxc/edit?usp=sharing   Register for the Feb 2023 Workshop on Medicolegal Fear: https://www.joanchanmd.com/workshops Free email course on How to Stop Worrying About Your Patient - Sign up here: https://www.joanchanmd.com/course   Follow Joan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanchanmd/   Follow Joan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/joanchanmd

Join Joan on her rainy commute to work as she talks through everything she hates about doing patient forms, and the strategies she uses to be them done quickly anyway. Register for the Feb 2023 Workshop on Medicolegal Fear: https://www.joanchanmd.com/workshops