Curing Burnout

Curing Burnout

People often ask me about burnout, both colleagues and laypeople.  I appear to them to be asking so much of the healer, to give each day from the depths of their soul and to bring light into darkness.  How can I possibly keep from burning out?

Because when I need it most, the people I care for bring the light right back, that’s how.  On this last day of Chanukah, I thank everyone who has shared their light with me, no matter how much they were hurting at the time, to rekindle my own flame.  You are the reason my oil keeps burning, long after it should have burned out.

Dr. Jonathan Weinkle

Dr. Jonathan Weinkle is an experienced primary care physician seeking to fix our broken healthcare system by returning the focus to the relationship between human beings. His new book, Healing People, Not Patients, gathers together ancient wisdom, medical science, and the experiences of one doctor to draw a portrait of a partnership—a medical covenant—not just between doctor and patient, but also including receptionist, nurse, transporter, and radiology technician.

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