Witness to the Weary with Michelle Brooks

Heart of Truth

Healthcare workers are also human beings with feelings and emotions that must be looked after. It’s a call for everyone to step out for a moment and be compassionate, give them a listening ear and appreciate their services. Join me in this episode with Michelle Brooks as we dive into ways in which we can help healthcare workers and others navigate the next steps of their lives in a mentally healthy way.

Michelle is a certified life coach and a medical residency coordinator at Stanford. She is passionate about mentoring, equity and inclusion, wellness and resilience among trainees, and breaking stigmas associated with mental health in medical education. She has a special interest in supporting the needs of poor kids, queer folks, and Latinx communities, having come from all three spaces.

Michelle has had the honour of helping guide the careers of scores of physicians in their careers and has worked to promote mentorship and equity in medical education for over a decade and a half. As residency coordinator, she created a leadership curriculum for administrative medical educators. She was part of the founding of the Leadership Education in Advancing Diversity program, a longitudinal leadership program that teaches tenets of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion alongside leadership skills to medical trainees.

Tune in!

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

[00:01] Episode intro and a quick bio of the guest
[03:07] Who are the biggest losers in the Covid pandemic
[05:34] What Healthcare workers really want to be addressed
[06:48] Healthcare workers are also human beings who need our help
[09:21] Why they will likely make more mistakes when we stress them
[14:00] Overview of the mental health issues prevalent in the general population
[20:17] A societal shift that is needed for a Higher consciousness to kick in
[23:47] Understanding different population demographics and their mental needs
[34:05] The need for health care programs for physicians in training
[35:37] How and why should healthcare providers emotionally detach from the work
[39:47] Coaching tips when helping people navigate through mental health issues
[43:26] The greatest gifts you can give to somebody in a world full of stress & anxiety
[46:18] How to get in touch and connect with Michelle
[46:45] Episode wrap-up and calls to action

Notable Quotes

• The more stress we impose on the healthcare workers, the more likely they will make mistakes.
• Mental health stress is, to a large extent, created by the verbalization of our truth.
• Dialogue creates more thought and a greater ability to think critically as well.

Connect With Us!

Michelle Brooks
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Susan Hum, The LoveHacker

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