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The “spillover effect” teaches us that doing one healthy thing can lead to a whole lot more – if you can stick with it and move past the bad shots.

Ahimsa means do no harm, including doing no harm to ourselves To be the best healers possible for others, we have to show compassion for and take care of ourselves. Self-care includes doing no harm to yourself. During our medical training, many habits and thought patterns were deeply ingrained. These thought patterns, while they may have been helpful in getting us into medical school and through our rigorous training, are also unhealthy and actually often cause us harm. Accepting dangerous levels of sleep deprivation and living with minimal time for rest, recovery, and connection with family ...