12. Mindful Awareness - with Dr Carter Lebares

Vet Mind Works Podcast

How can we stay human when we work in a challenging profession? And how can mindful awareness (= noticing our present moment experiences with curiosity and acceptance) help us in this process? How can we become better in emotion regulation and what has situation awareness (aka de-centring or reframing) to do with it? Join us for a deep dive into the answers to these and other questions in this week's episode. Our guest Dr Carter Lebares, MD FACS is a pioneer in the research of surgeon wellbeing in human health care and she has many facts and insights to offer in this truly fascinating conversation with host Petra Agthe.
Timestamps:
00:58 Introduction to episode and Dr Carter Lebares
03:08 About our partner VIN Europe
04:00 About Carter's work and research, and how she came to explore the role of mindful awareness in surgery
07:48 Effects of mindful awareness in health care settings
12:49 How mindfulness awareness can change mindsets, perspectives and culture
18:23 How situation awareness (or de-centring) is associated with emotion regulation and how it can help with after-work recovery
22:25 About the importance of recovery, rest and intentional recharge
25:20 How mindfulness practices help to train the mind (even though they do not always feel relaxing!)
27:21 Mindful awareness and emotion regulation when dealing with mistakes and other stressful events
31:17 Carter shares personal stories about how to stay human in a demanding profession and the importance of acknowledging and processing our emotions
37:00 About the importance of trauma awareness in mindfulness training
39:34 Carter's most favourite resources on the topic of mindful awareness
44:13 How to find out more about Carter's work and ESRT courses
46:13 Goodbye
Where to find more information about Carter and her work:
https://mindfulsurgeon.ucsf.edu
https://carterlebares.org

Carters most favourite book authors on the topic:
Thich Nhat Hanh: https://plumvillage.org/about/thich-nhat-hanh/key-books
Ram Dass: https://www.ramdass.org/ram-dass-books-timeline/
You may also be interested in:
More about Jon Kabat-Zinn
Previous episodes with related topics
1. Attention - with Steph Sorrell
5. Self-Awareness - with Clive Elw

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Chapters

1. 12. Mindful Awareness - with Dr Carter Lebares (00:00:00)

2. Introduction to episode and to Dr Carter Lebares (00:00:58)

3. About our partner VIN Europe (00:03:08)

4. Carter gives an overview over her work and research, and how she came to explore the role of mindful awareness in surgery (00:04:00)

5. Effects of mindful awareness in health care at level of individuals and whole organisations (00:07:48)

6. How mindfulness awareness can change mindsets, perspectives and culture (00:12:49)

7. How situation awareness (or de-centring) is associated with emotion regulation and how it can help with after-work recovery (00:18:23)

8. About the importance of recovery, rest and intentional recharge (00:22:25)

9. How mindfulness practices help to train the mind (even though they do not always feel relaxing!) (00:25:20)

10. The role of mindful awareness and emotion regulation in dealing with mistakes and experiences of failure, and other stressful events (00:27:21)

11. Carter shares personal story about how to stay human in a demanding profession and the importance of acknowledging and processing our emotions (00:31:17)

12. About the importance of trauma awareness in mindfulness training (00:37:00)

13. Carter's most favourite resources on the topic of mindful awareness (00:39:34)

14. How to find out more about Carter's work and courses (00:44:13)

15. Goodbye (00:46:13)