The mental health benefits of storytelling for health care workers | Laurel Braitman

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Health care workers are under more stress than ever before. How can they protect their mental health while handling new and complex pressures? TED Fellow Laurel Braitman shows how writing and sharing personal stories helps physicians, nurses, medical students and other health professionals connect more meaningfully with themselves and others — and make their emotional well-being a priority.

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22 Comments

  1. And this looses all value when she makes it into an efin business again! Wtf with north Americans? Can they do something for free? Can this woman help others she knows are in need, FOR FREE? How will it help if those trying to heal have to PAY someone to hear their stories? If this woman really and Truly wants to help let her do it for FREE! If not she does not deserve My admiration, but judged as just another "business man", profiting out of other's sufferings with the pathetic facade of being "humanitarian" and "helpful"… Let's do real change and stop making EVERYTHING INTO A PROFIT MAKING MACHINE!! Money is a MEANS NOT A GOAL, AND cannot be men's only motivation in life, that's just sick!

  2. See how she recognised we it! If she was doing it for the Right reasons, could she FORGET WH she is doing what she is doing?? She only forgets because the REAL reason she does what she does he s MONEY AND PRIDE OR GREED AND PRIDE, if not there is no way a True Hu-man could forget the reasons why one does what one does.

  3. Physicians is a great job to do and even tho they need a doctors too, cause sometimes they put them in highly risks to save other people and the latter often forget to say "thank you" which is a simple do , and lemme tell you we don't need you to gratitude us we just need respect .

  4. The fact that there are many difficult things mentally difficulties, but specific solutions have always been continuously delayed. The importance of these actions, and reveal the importance of these actions have been found to see the importance index. I think these programs should be introduced as one of the educational process with various medical science courses. Because it can contribute to improving treatment effect and improve service quality.

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