Your Inner Well: Cultivating Resilience-Webinar Recording

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Dr. Stephanie White presents a comprehensive framework for personal and professional resilience in medical practice using the metaphor of the "inner well." This well represents a physician's internal reserves of generosity, curiosity, courage, and compassion, which are vital for effective healing. The well is filled by essentials such as sleep, nutrition, exercise, nature, hobbies, and meaningful relationships, while caregiving demands, stress, conflict, and systemic burdens drain it. Numbing behaviors—like excessive social media use or substance use—"cover" the well, preventing honest self-reflection, and trauma or loss "carve" its depth over time.<br /><br />Resilience is fostered through a growth mindset (embracing learning and challenge), a clear sense of purpose aligned with personal core values (using tools like ikigai), and a genuine sense of belonging (being accepted authentically). Dr. White emphasizes balancing individual skill-building with systemic change to support physician well-being.<br /><br />Time management is guided by the Eisenhower matrix, prioritizing "important but not urgent" activities (like self-care and emotional intelligence development) to maintain the well’s fullness. She provides practical strategies for setting boundaries, saying no, and protecting personal time.<br /><br />Resources include coaching, therapy, books on values, emotional intelligence, mental health, trauma recovery, and relationship health. Dr. White encourages reflection on core values and alignment with daily practice to sustain resilience and fulfillment in medicine.

Keywords

personal resilience

professional resilience

physician well-being

inner well metaphor

growth mindset

time management

Eisenhower matrix

self-care strategies

trauma recovery