Who are you?
You are a health professional who is searching for purpose outside of medicine, nursing or allied health care.
You're exhausted, overwhelmed, unsure, lost or feeling like you've got nothing left to give.
Why are you here?
The thing about identifying ourselves so heavily with our profession is that when something goes wrong within our professional life, whether it's occupational burnout, ill health or simply the realisation that it is no longer something that makes us happy- it can be easy to think that there is something wrong with us.
There is nothing wrong with you for feeling like this.
A call to the healing professions is a noble thing.
But it does not define you.
But it does not define you.
Our strength comes not from never allowing ourselves to be vulnerable.
It comes from welcoming that vulnerability in all of us and talking about it openly.
It comes from welcoming that vulnerability in all of us and talking about it openly.
This is about making the wellbeing of those who are tasked with caring for the wellbeing of others, a priority.
This is about bringing together organisations, individuals and resources to provide the knowledge and skills to "up skill" in authentic self awareness.
This is about institutional and societal change that values the health of our health professionals as the cornerstone of a strong healthcare system.
This is about you. About how you feel- in life & work, and the journey that you are on.
Who am I?
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I am someone who has walked this seemingly overwhelming path before you. I know what it feels like to burn out in healthcare and question what to do next?
My name is Dr Emily Amos. I am a General Practitioner, yoga and mindfulness teacher. I am a wife. A mother. A sister. A daughter. I once found it difficult to extricate myself and my happiness from my identity as a 'healer' which was a harsh realisation to come to when I eventually did burn out. What I've come to realise is that in order to fulfil our full potential as health professionals, it is important that we get to know who we are outside of our roles as healers. I started The Healers Health Collective in 2020 as I walked my own journey out of burnout. My hope has always been to create a place to bring together resources to provide others with a starting point for their own journeys of reflection and self awareness. I've gone onto doing other things since then- I teach meditation and run mindfulness & wellbeing retreats for doctors. But the intentions of The Healers Health Collective remain, to be a gentle and supportive 'first step' for those of you who also find yourself on this sometimes lonely journey of self disocvery.
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