Episode 7: Cultivating Resilience for Pelvic PTs

In this episode, we explore resilience, professionally and personally. Well-being is a constant journey and resilience is like the health gauge of our coping skills at any given time. We each share examples of times we have been resilient and times we have struggled. Monika shares how her family upbringing affected her beliefs about work, rest, and vacation. Sammy shares how she thrived in graduate school for PT and how she can apply that to her life currently. 

Each of us realized that when we are resilient, we've found a way to keep the essence of ourselves fueled and engaged in the midst of a challenge. This includes focusing on what we can control, shifting to an internal locus of control, and affecting change to reduce our load and/or increase our capacity. Monika shares her strategies for separating from work while working from home. We reference our Myers–Briggs personality types (ENFP and ISTJ) to share our strengths and pitfalls. We end with a discussion around creativity and resilience. 

Highlights from our conversation in Episode 7

• Defining resilience (1:30)
• Burnout: when your load exceeds your personal capacity (3:18)
• Patient resilience & locus of control (8:46) 
• Turning “off” when your job is knowledge-based work (13:30)
• Interpersonal/emotional aspects of healthcare work (16:01)
• Work from home boundaries (18:09)
• The struggle to shut work "off" (22:06)
• Chasing happiness by striving (30:00)
• Monika & Sammy’s Myer’s Briggs personality types & stress (34:05)
• Cultivating resilience through creativity (51:52)

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Resources from Episode 7: Cultivating Resilience

• Myers Briggs Type Inventory (34:05, 36:28)
• Enneagram (34:05, 48:25)
• 16 Personalities Free Test (58:47)
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