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BurnoutRx Today
OK, I admit it, I am obsessed with burnout. Ever since I experienced my own career-ending burnout I have been very interested (some would say...
What is Coaching?
Coaching is the most effective technology to help you envision and reach your goals, overcome obstacles and develop confidence and leadership...
Positive Intelligence©: It’s not just a program, it’s an operating system for your life
In this post I’m going to summarize my last few posts on Positive Intelligence and demonstrate how it’s not just a six-week program, it’s actually...
The Neurobiology of Positive Intelligence©
In addition to launching a new streamlined website at https://gideonstrichmd.com/ I have recently begun offering mental fitness coaching using the...
The Psychology of Positive Intelligence©
The positive intelligence program has been used by hundreds of business executives and their teams and over 500,000 people worldwide. Over 90% of...
How and Why We Self-Sabotage
How often has this happened to you? You’re having a conversation with a colleague, a team member or your spouse or child and you notice yourself...
What is mental fitness?
What is mental fitness?In addition to releasing my newly designed streamlined website at https://gideonstrichmd.com/ , I recently began offering...
I Quit!
I Quit! Even before the Covid 19 pandemic, surveys of over 20,000 physicians reported in Medscape have consistently found that about 45% of...
Is your EHR spying on you?
A recent article in Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA Network Open. 2021;4(10):e2128790. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.28790)...
Do black physicians have a higher rate of burnout than white physicians?
Given the recent attention spotlighting the toxic effects of systemic racism in this country, it is not surprising that the question has arisen...
Millenial Meltdown!
A recent survey of 1500 adult workers in 46 countries published by Drs. Christina Maslach and Michael Leiter in the Harvard Business Review found...
The New Pandemic Is Here!
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 #pandemic, #doctors and mental health professionals have been warning us about an impending tsunami of mental...
Stop Calling Us Heroes!
It’s time to stop calling frontline healthcare workers heroes and time for healthcare organizations to put their money where their mouth is and...
“Death by 1000 Cuts”
A January 2021 Medscape post entitled “Death by 1000 Cuts” reports the most recent survey of physician burnout and suicide. Over 12,000 physicians...
Physician Burnout Begins in Medical School
Every year, 300-400 physicians in the United States die by suicide. That is the equivalent of losing two large graduating medical school classes per...