▲ Self-therapy In addition to regular exercise, sleep and eating habits, health care professionals should learn relaxation techniques or practice meditation. In between visits, take a few minutes to sit in a chair, close your eyes, and focus on the breath and how it feels. If it feels good, take a series of slow deep breaths, inhaling compassion for ourselves and exhaling compassion for the patient. ▲ Self-compassion Self-compassion is a normal and healthy response when we criticize ourselves for making mistakes and feel hurt. The three steps to self-compassion: Recognize self-criticism and feel pain; Realizing that we all make mistakes and experience painful moments; Treat ourselves like we treat our good friends. Work-life balance To achieve work-life balance, health care professionals need to learn to set boundaries. Physical boundaries: Where possible, set a time and place to be fully integrated into your life and temporarily relieve work stress. Psychological boundary: when overloaded, doctors and nurses should learn to decompress and delegate tasks beyond their ability to others or let others help them cooperate.
