Hospital Resiliency Program an Interview with Laura Hogan

Amy talks with Laura Hogan in today’s episode. Laura is a mental health therapist with an LCPC and a yoga therapist with a C-IAYT. Laura specializes in working with women prone to perfectionism leading to burnout, depression, and anxiety. More recently, Laura has created a resiliency and burnout recovery program for employees at Riverside Hospital in Illinois, USA. Amy and Laura talk about Laura's background and how she got started in Yoga Therapy, the Yoga Therapy, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP), the Well In Mind Employee Assistance Program, the needs of the hospital's employees and administration, and much more.Make yourself a cup of tea and enjoy the conversation!  They discuss the following topics: Laura’s background as an Employee Assistance Program counselorHow Laura got started as a Yoga Therapist in collegeThe stigma around Mental health care vs Yoga careYoga Therapy and Employee Assistance Programs& Well In Mind Employee Assistance ProgramTrauma-informed leadership as the key to successMeeting the needs of the employees and healthcare workers at the hospitalMeeting the needs of the administration at the hospitalHow Laura deals with the disappointments and setbacksAdvice to talk with hospital leadership and bring yoga therapy to the hospital by figuring out the pain points of both the leadership and employees If you would like to receive the free infographics and handouts that correspond to each episode on the Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast, please subscribe to our segmented email list. You will have the opportunity to determine the Infographic Topics that you would like to receive. When The Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast has a topic that corresponds to your choices, then you will receive an email for that week with the PDF’s for download.Topics you can choose from include: • Yoga Therapy & Mental Health• Yoga Therapy & Physical Health• Social Justice in yoga & Yoga Therapy• Yoga/Ayurveda Toolbox• Yoga & Indian Philosophy• Global & Trending Yoga Therapy TopicsClick the link below to subscribe. It takes 10 seconds total.https://amywheeler.com/subscribe Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal State We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground.Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts!Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation The Optimal State and Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast also has a Patreon page. We now have 5 staff that help us product the audio and video versions of the podcast. Please consider donating to help us keep this good work for the field of yoga therapy going. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhourThe new You Tube Channel for this podcast is: YouTube: AmyWheelerPhd    https://www.youtube.com/c/AmyWheelerphd Check out Amy's website: https://amywheeler.com/ Feel free to use download our free eBook and mobile App by going to the websites below.www.OptimalStateApp.comwww.GoldZoneBook.comFacebook: Optimal State by Amy Wheeler     https://www.facebook.com/OptimalStatebyAmyWheeler Twitter: Optimal State of Living with Dr. Amy TikTok: Dr. Amy@OptimalStateofLiving Instagram: Optimal State by Amy Wheeler    Pinterest: TheOptimalState    https://www.pinterest.com/TheOptimalState To checkout Laura’s offerings Riverside Hospital, Kankakee Illinoishttps://www.riversidehealthcare.org