February is Random Acts of Kindness Month at Cooper! There are numerous studies on the benefits of gratitude and sharing your appreciation for your colleagues and others is multiplicative! We also want to acknowledge all you do for others, for …
Wellness Wednesday: Finding Support at Cooper
Dear colleagues,
There have been many concerns about physician wellbeing and stress. The next couple weeks will be very busy till the Omicron variant passes. Please listen to the 5 at 5 tomorrow night for updates from our administration.
We …
Wellness Wednesday: The Skill of Being Present
Dear colleagues,
A few miscellaneous thoughts for the New Years. It has been an incredibly difficult few years. It is hard to let go at the end of the day, and at the end of the year, but it may …
Wellness Wednesday: Hope in the Dark
…Hope does not deny all the difficulty and all the danger that exists, but it is not stopped by them. There is a lot of darkness, but our actions create the light… We can shift our perspective to see the
Wellness Wednesday: What Do You Say to the Sufferer?
Dear colleagues,
This week I wanted to share an opinion piece in the New York Times by David Brooks, “What do you say to the sufferer?” It acknowledges that everyone suffers and that we can be source of solace for …
Wellness Wednesday: COVID Anger and Empathy Fatigue Forum
Dear colleagues,
There will be a special forum tonight for Physician Engagement which you are invited to participate in called “COVID Anger and Empathy Fatigue.” It will be virtual from 6:30-7:30 and will address some of the frustrations that …
Wellness Wednesday: December Happiness Calendar
As we welcome in December, we can find small ways to make ourselves and those around us happier. You can go to the following website for a calendar from Berkeley and click on a box each day. It will link …
Wellness Wednesday: Spending Time in Awe
Dear colleagues,
The practice of gratitude teaches us, as the theologian Christine D. Pohl put it, “the giftedness of our total existence.” This posture of receptiveness — living as the thankful beneficiary of gifts — is the path of happiness …
Wellness Wednesday: A Fall Gratitude Event
Dear colleagues,
We will host an in-person Graduate Medical Education’s Wellness event next Wednesday, November 17, in CC121 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The focus is gratitude, a topic which should be near and dear to our hearts, coming …
Wellness Wednesday: Free Events at PAFA This Fall!
The Pennsylvania Academy for the Fine Arts is hosting a FREE event series this fall. When you log on you can click the “student” option since you are all trainees (approved by PAFA). The next session is Wednesday, November 11. …