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Episode 59 – The Key To Work-Life Balance

Lynn — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 20:24:40 +0000

In this episode I’m giving you 5 Ways to Promote Better Work-Life Balance. Work-life balance can be a challenging endeavour — especially for health professionals and frontline workers going through the pandemic. Professional burnout is a global health concern among physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers, and the numbers are rising through the pandemic. However, psychosocial stressors and not taking time to unwind can certainly have its consequences, both on a personal level and for your hospital as a whole. Learn more about the importance of work-life balance and its impact on wellbeing, plus tips for helping your frontline achieve better work-life balance at your organization. Episode 59 – The Key To Work-Life Balance and Its Impact On Nurse Mental Health Work-life balance can be a challenging endeavour – especially for health professionals and frontline workers going through the pandemic. Professional burnout is a major global health concern among physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers, and the numbers are rising through the pandemic. Episode 59 Show Notes Below: The Key to Maintaining Work-Life Balance Maintaining a positive work-life balance is one of the keys to preventing burnout and living a wholesome and meaningful life. According to a multipronged evidence-based approach, on key […]

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Episode 58 – Mindfulness In The Workplace

Lynn — Sun, 17 Oct 2021 11:50:56 +0000

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve seen a significant shift in how mindfulness is discussed—both in the media and the workplace. That shift got me thinking… and writing… and now, talking. This isn’t always an easy topic to explore, to be honest. Mindfulness can carry a lot of “woo-woo” connotations, which can make me hesitant to put my stamp on it. But the truth is, I am an expert in this area—mindfulness and mindset-shifting are at the heart of what I do. So here we are. Episode 58 – Mindfulness In The Workplace Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve obviously seen a big shift in the degree to which mindfulness is discussed in the media, and in the workplace. This got me thinking…and writing…and now talking. Mindfulness in the workplace supports individuals in managing complex situations. Show Notes One of my most viewed blog posts is The 4 Strategies For Self-Regulation in Adults. And for good reason—organizations are under increasing pressure to support their nurses and healthcare professionals in the wake of the pandemic. Their wellbeing is essential to navigating these challenges. Mindfulness is one powerful strategy—it directs your attention to the present moment (Brown […]

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Episode 57 – 5 Reasons To Support Post-Pandemic Personal Growth

Lynn — Sun, 05 Sep 2021 21:22:46 +0000

Episode 57 – 5 Reasons To Support Post-Pandemic Personal Growth “According to a Public Health Ontario report: “The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the mental health of the healthcare and public health workforce and adequate supports are essential to protect and improve the public health workforce’s mental health and resilience.” Head over to the shownotes for more details on how we can support your hospital in post-pandemic personal growth. Supporting post-pandemic personal development for frontline healthcare workers can have significant benefits to improving personal health and wellbeing, as well as retain the staff that remain. During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, employees and company leaders were largely in agreement about the need to prioritize mental health. Its reasons obvious; the pandemic has placed unprecedented pressures on healthcare systems around the world. However, as the economy recovers and the pandemic starts to wind down, senior leaders and employees may soon be shifting its priorities back to business as usual. Let’s not let this happen too quickly. According to a Public Health Ontario report: “The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the mental health of the healthcare and public health workforce and adequate supports are essential to protect and improve the public health workforce’s […]

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Episode 56 – 3 Core Principles For Good Healthcare Leadership

Lynn — Sat, 03 Jul 2021 17:19:46 +0000

Good healthcare leaders need to have strong clinical skills, as well as business/operational skills. Good healthcare leaders also need to be people who build teams that want to stick with them. To be successful at that, you have to be likeable. You also have to have a keen sense of awareness, and emotional intelligence. There’s a high cost to ignoring these three core principles, as a leader. What’s the cost? You won’t be able to retain your health care staff. Episode 56 – 3 Core Principles For Good Healthcare Leadership Most hospitals need leaders with strong clinical skills, as well as business/operational skills.  To be a really good healthcare leader, whatever stage you’re at in the chain of command, you also need people who want to stick with you. To be successful at that, you have to be likeable. Episode 56 show notes: For some people, it’s easy to be amazing in their job. They magically lead people who want to stick with them. And for those folks, their teams have better job satisfaction. That just makes sense. But the reality is COVID-19 is causing significant challenges across all industries. This makes good healthcare leadership especially challenging, and difficult. The fact […]

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3 Ways Employee Wellness Programs Can Boost Employee Engagement

Lynn — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 22:23:29 +0000

In order to run employee wellness programs to boost employee engagement, Malcolm Knowles (2011) states that adult learners should be “given some choice and control over the learning process”… and in order for adult learner’s to make a ‘psychological investment’ in learning’, the curriculum has to relate to their interests (McDonough, 2014). Today’s interests are likely focused on keeping healthy and sane! Too often, wellness programs spill-off from other health benefits. Or worst, hospitals aren’t offering them at all. These wellness programs fall into one of four common categories: 1. Running weight-loss challenges, 2. Reimbursed fitness memberships, 3. Annual employee reimbursement on wellness initiatives of their choice, or 4. Hospitals offer a series of wellness workshops throughout the year. If you take note of these four areas, you’ll notice that they fit the category of “given some choice and control”. Here’s the thing, none of these options offer much to sustainable personal development. Without that sustainability, performance isn’t going to improve in the long run. Instead, they’re programs that focus on offering their employees simple health strategies. The employer ends up wasting its money! Simple is great. I like simple. Strategies are great too! But simplicity might fall short when we evaluate […]

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Episode 45 – 5 Ways A Health & Wellness Coach Can Change Your Life

Lynn — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 22:38:00 +0000

Episode 45 – 5 Ways A Health & Wellness Coach Can Change Your Life It’s hart – if not impossible – to succeed at changing your daily habits without creating a goal and a plan. Every successful person is built on a solid foundation of powerful daily habits. Through consistency, you can achieve healthy living. A Health & Wellness Coach can help you change your life by helping you bring out the best version of you. They not only help you stay accountable to what you desire most – but help you to stay in alignment with what’s important to you when old behaviours want to take over. Here’s the transcript below It’s hard – if not impossible – to succeed at changing your daily habits without creating a goal and a plan. Every successful person is built on a solid foundation of powerful daily habits. Through consistency, you can achieve healthy living. It’s been said that 66% of nurses are reporting stress-related burnout, and the same goes for medical doctors, midwives, occupational therapists and physiotherapists. Health and wellness coaching helps you change those daily habits and create a plan. The truth is that people operate mostly in subconscious ways, which […]

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Episode 36 – Top 10 Ways To Become More Mindful

Lynn — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 19:22:24 +0000

036 – Top 10 Ways To Become More Mindful Every successful busy professional is built on the foundation of being productive, and focused. It’s this focus that costs your body and mind to become distracted from the present moment. In this podcast episode, let’s bring down the stress levels and start to show up in a different way – a more mindful way. It’s hard – if not impossible – to become more mindful and present without first creating the intention. Intention needs to come in the form of regular mental habit. Every successful busy professional is built on the foundation of being productive, and focused. It’s this focus that costs your body and mind to become distracted from the present moment. Focus is great when you’re being productive, but the busy-ness can get in the way of those mindful moments. This becomes detrimental to one’s health. In this episode, follow these top 10 ways to become more mindful. If you’re considering some alternatives to the ways you’re showing-up in the world. Good job! As a Mindfulness Coach, I teach people about the benefits of mindfulness, and help them implement the strategies they need to cultivate a mindset for health. In […]

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