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February 27, 2023 11:37 am

An Integrated Life

by Sharee Johnson

Finding the right balance. An integrated life is one that finds the right balance, that includes the right amounts of all the things that are important to you. Even better if all of those parts nourish and feed each other. I have been working since I was 12 years old. First in my parent’s orchard sorting and packing fruit […]

February 1, 2023 9:48 am

Being your best selves

by Sharee Johnson

Do you have the right people around you to help be your definition of fulfilled? We hope 2023 has been good to you so far. We are really excited about 2023 here at Coaching for Doctors, as we lean into working with more healthcare organisations in more systemic ways. As you know our primary work […]

December 7, 2022 6:16 pm

Where are all the men?

by Sharee Johnson

How do male doctors develop their human skills? How do men develop their human skills in relationship, communication and self care? In 2022 we really got excited with 7 men and 8 women completing our Recalibrate program!! It was the first time male and female participants had neared parity in our immersion doctor care program […]

November 4, 2022 12:50 pm

Coaching helps doctors see themselves

by Sharee Johnson

Q: What is it that you do in coaching with a doctor?

A: Mostly I help them see themselves.
The person I am working with knows what is best for them.

October 3, 2022 9:00 am

Doctors are humans.

by Sharee Johnson

Next time you meet a doctor
Remember you are meeting a human being
With all the human needs and frailties that you have
With a life that can get messy like yours outside the hospital walls, beyond the clinic

September 6, 2022 9:00 am

Interpreter, facilitator, coach

by Sharee Johnson

Learning the skills of wellbeing takes more than a one hour workshop. For healthcare to find a way to take better care of the workers, we need radical change not tweaks at the edges.

July 20, 2022 8:53 am

Staff wellbeing takes more than a one hour workshop.

by Sharee Johnson

Learning the skills of wellbeing takes more than a one hour workshop. For healthcare to find a way to take better care of the workers, we need radical change not tweaks at the edges.

June 22, 2022 8:14 am

Healthcare Crisis: 6 things you can do

by Sharee Johnson

Healthcare Crisis: 6 things you can do right now for better health and better healthcare Healthcare workers are struggling with exhaustion, frustration, distress, vicarious trauma, moral injury, anxiety, depression and burnout. Recent news of doctor suicides is totally heartbreaking. There is a direct relationship between the health of doctors and the health outcomes of patients. […]

March 7, 2022 1:10 pm

What does healthcare need from its leaders in 2022?

by Sharee Johnson

What does healthcare need from its leaders in 2022? During the pandemic crisis healthcare workers have pulled together to respond with military precision and peak effectiveness to meet the immediate need, to look after patients. But what of before and after the crisis? Burnout and workforce shortages already existed pre-COVID and healthcare worker wellbeing was […]

January 14, 2022 1:20 pm

Be more like water

by Sharee Johnson

People, healthcare workers, are saying two things over and over to me in the first two weeks of 2022. Everyone is so fatigued after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are all so tired. What can we do, all we can do is keep going. I was lucky and grateful to have a couple […]

November 25, 2021 2:08 pm

How to be more balanced and fulfilled, working in medicine.

by Sharee Johnson

The Thriving Doctor – How to be more balanced and fulfilled, working in medicine. It’s no secret that doctors are under pressure. COVID-19 has amplified their workplace stress, threatened their own wellbeing and demanded they work in conditions few others have to consider. When doctors are well, patient health outcomes and experience improve according to […]

August 11, 2021 2:05 pm

Choosing a Coach

by Sharee Johnson

Choosing a coach, many more doctors are seeking coaching which is wonderful. Evidence-based coaching has much to offer the coachee doctor in terms of development, growth and learning. In 2020, Liselotte, Dyrbye, Shanafelt, Gill et al published their randomised trial in JAMA asking the key question: Does professional coaching result in a measurable reduction in […]