Ep 4: Prioritizing Self-Care and Wellbeing

Bernard Piprah discusses the importance of wellbeing in healthcare and how the culture of being overworked and busy has been normalized in the industry, leading to stigma around prioritizing self-care. Time Stamps: 0:03 – Welcome 0:15 – Goals of podcast series 0:23 – Ad for Care to Speak 0:52 – Trigger warnings notification 1:00 – Land Acknowledgement 1:10 – Guest introduction 3:42 – What are the challenges healthcare workers are facing? 4:19 – Supporting patients with dementia and challenges both physical and mental 5:29 – Culture of well-being in healthcare settings 5:56 – What does counselling look like for healthcare workers that come to you? 6:45 – Exploring circumstances that prevent you from prioritizing well-being /Stigma 8:05 – Acknowledging its ok to not be okay 8:50 – Importance of starting from top of organization 9:51 – Understanding what self care is 11:45 – Culture and stigma at work 13:38 – Challenging the idea of being “tough” 14:41 – Rivalry between professions 16:25 – Not everyone will see things the same way 17:49 – Understanding your benefits and resources 19:37 – How we evolve and our values evolve 21:20 – Microaggressions in the workplace 25:17 – Tips/tools if a colleague approaches you for help 27:38 - Care to Speak Line as resource 28:11 – Connection not comparison 29:06 – Closing Resources: Care to Speak | Care For Caregivers Phone Resources SafeCare BC: Your Mental Health Matters Dementia Care - SafeCare BC Home and community care pocketbook | Violence in the workplace - SafeCare BC This podcast is brought to you by: Home | Care For Caregivers Care to Speak | Care For Caregivers