FemmeFocus Junction

  I recently attended a very informative webinar by the Royal College of Ireland regarding “Kindness” in health care. It is a topic that is often not talked about or pointed out in medical school, and we only come across it when we interact with patients or our colleagues. Kindness is different from being nice; it is a necessary skill that we need to understand and cultivate every day. Esther Perel often talks about such skills as if they are muscles that need to be trained.  I believe the first step to being kind to others is to be kind to ourselves. Try to enhance our self-care, and try to recharge our batteries from the struggles of day-to-day hustle. We do not want the empathy tank to run out while we try to give to others. It starts with basics, like good sleep, and some good body movements. I try to do as little as 5 minutes of squats or stretches in the kitchen while I am cleaning up. I know that sometimes the dirty laundry can wait to be hung or folded if I have had a ...