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27 Feb 2022
Welcome to the Integrative Palliative Podcast
00:18:00
Welcome to the Integrative Palliative Podcast! We are a community of physicians and other healthcare providers passionate about whole person care for people with serious illness. In this episode we will discuss how to approach a patient using an integrative palliative lens. You will learn the 5 steps to creating an integrative treatment plan for your patient so they can regain their quality of life and you can enhance your satisfaction with clinical practice. Let's get started!
www.tiipm.org @DrChiaramonte join our Integrative Palliative Medicine Interest Group on Facebook!
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
You want to treat your patient’s pain and you don’t want to mess it up! Pain management can be complicated but it’s also simple once you understand the integrative palliative approach. Come learn what NOT to do when managing your patients' pain.
Come join our community! Sign up at www.tiipm.org
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
When your patient is in pain do you feel trapped between wanting to help and not wanting to over-prescribe opiates? There is a better way! Come learn the integrative palliative approach to managing pain so you can grow your skills and your confidence. Both your patients and your stress level will benefit.
Come join our community! Sign up at www.tiipm.org
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Anxious patients can be tough. You want to help but you’re not sure how. Is there anything that works other than benzodiazepines? Yes, yes and yes. Come learn the integrative approach to managing anxiety. Your patients will feel better, and you’ll feel better too. Plus here’s a secret: you can also use the techniques for yourself!
Come join our community! Sign up at www.tiipm.org
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Preparing for Chemotherapy – A Practical Approach to Helping Your Patients Decrease Chemo Side Effects
00:14:38
No one looks forward to chemotherapy. It can work wonders, but it can also make people feel tired, nauseous and generally lousy. Come learn the integrative palliative approach to helping your patients decrease the side effects of chemotherapy. They will really appreciate you!
Come join our community! Sign up at www.tiipm.org
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Creative arts are not just for artists! If you don’t think that creative arts are for you, come let me change your mind. Tapping into the non-outcome oriented part of your brain is an underused stress management tool. Try some of these techniques yourself and then recommend them for your patients.
Come join our community! Sign up at www.tiipm.org
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
In case no one has told you this lately, you are brave! Being a physician takes bravery and we don’t talk about this enough. We need to recognize and appreciate our bravery and then tell our peers that they are brave too!
Come join our community! Sign up at www.tiipm.org
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Advance Care Planning - Taking the Mystery Out of Making Medical Decisions and Filling Out All The Forms
00:12:03
What is a MOLST? POLST? Advance Directive? Living will? We’ll straighten out the confusion and discuss how you can best help your patients to make complicated medical decisions and communicate them effectively.
Come join our community! Sign up at www.tiipm.org
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Medical Decision Making – Does Your Patient Have Capacity?
00:14:35
How do you know if your patient has the capacity to make complex medical decisions? Sometimes it can be hard to tell. Do you need to consult psych? Can you determine it yourself? Come learn very specific questions to ask so that you can feel confident determining if you should be asking your patient, or their family member, to sign a consent or decide about code status.
Come join our community! Sign up at www.tiipm.org
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Physicians Nurturing Themselves Out loud – Why You Should Use The Good Towels
00:10:42
Do you ever feel like the medical system is gaslighting you? “Thanks for being a healthcare hero – now go generate more RVUs!” We need to change the martyr physician culture that we all grew up in that taught us that we don’t need to eat or pee or sleep. We need to nurture ourselves out loud! We need to take our vacation proudly and support our peers when they prioritize their own wellness. Let’s change this crazy culture together.
Come join our community! Sign up at www.tiipm.org
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Meditation is so much easier than you think! A primer for you and your patients.
00:12:43
"I tried to meditate and it doesn't work for me"
I've heard this from so many patients. But once they learn what meditation actually is they realize that it is an easy and valuable tool for wellbeing. It helps them decrease their stress and feel more relaxed. It will do the same for you.
If you like what you hear please leave a review on Apple Podcasts.
To learn about upcoming educational opportunities in Integrative Palliative Medicine sign up at www.tiipm.org
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
What your inner critic is saying and how to get them to shut up
00:10:12
We all have an inner critic who whispers mean and nasty things to us - things that we would never say to a friend. The technique of identifying, naming and even drawing our inner critic is a powerful way to help our patients (and ourselves) to feel better.
www.tiipm.org
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
What is a Mind-Body Specialist? Special guest Lolly Forsythe-Chisolm, M.S.
00:31:21
Special guest Lolly Forsythe-Chisolm, M.S. joins us to talk about her work as a mind-body specialist with an inpatient and outpatient palliative care team. She will share practical, easy to use techniques that we can offer to patients and use to support our own wellbeing. Once you hear from Lolly you will want a mind-body specialist on your patient care team!
Visit www.tiipm.org to sign up for upcoming integrative palliative medicine educational programs.
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
When your brain's "smoke alarm" is out of whack - teaching patients about central sensitization
00:16:36
Central sensitization is the brain's way of keeping us safe. The brain's "smoke alarm" becomes overly sensitive and makes us feel pain when there is no actual tissue damage. Basically the brain lies to us and this lie can reduce function and quality of life. Pain education and mind-body techniques can decrease central sensitization, calm the nervous system back down and reduce pain. Here are some tips for how to teach patients about central sensitization.
To hear about upcoming integrative palliative educational programs sign up at www.tiipm.org
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Teaching Medical Learners: 5 common mistakes to avoid
00:09:45
Wouldn't it be nice to win a teaching award? Many of us teach medical learners from medical students to residents to fellows to attendings. Teaching effectively makes us look good and it makes us feel good. Come learn 5 common teaching mistakes that you might be making, and how you can avoid them.
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Gratitude and toxic positivity - what is the difference?
00:16:49
Positive thinking is good, right? Well... sometimes. A regular gratitude ritual can help improve mood and wellbeing but imposing positivity on another person (or even on ourselves) can make people feel alone in their pain. In this episode we'll discuss the difference between gratitude and toxic positivity and share practical techniques to get the most out of positive thinking. Once you practice these techniques yourself, you will find yourself using them with your patients every week!
Sign up to learn about upcoming educational programs to help you care for your patients with serious or complex conditions.
www.tiipm.org
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Everyone has patients or patients' family members that get angry. It doesn't feel good and you may not know exactly how to handle this challenging situation. In this episode you'll learn 5 tips for dealing effectively with angry patients or family members. You still won't like having angry patients, but you'll find them much easier to deal with once you know exactly what to do!
Sign up to learn about upcoming educational programs: www.tiipm.org
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
We are physicians but we're also humans. Because we're humans our "buttons" can get pushed by our encounters with patients and this can impact our clinical care, our rapport and even our mood. We may not even realize that this is happening!
We can heal our patients (and ourselves) even when cure is not an option. If you'd like a free guide to help you incorporate integrative palliative approaches into your practice sign up at www.tiipm.org.
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Anti-inflammatory Pain Management with Dr Saloni Sharma
00:39:35
Dr. Saloni Sharma is our special guest this week and you don't want to miss her interview! Dr. Sharma is an integrative pain medicine specialist and she shares practical, evidence-supported lifestyle techniques to help your patients manage their pain. As the opiate crisis rages, all physicians need to learn adjuvant non-pharmacologic techniques to help patients improve function and wellbeing.
Dr. Sharma's Book, The Pain Solution: 5 Steps to Relieve and Prevent Back Pain, Muscle Pain, and Joint Pain without Medication, outlines her non-pharmacologic approach to managing pain. Come learn about her 5 step program, including what she calls "microboosts" that can be used by patients (and physicians) to enhance wellbeing and minimize pain.
Healing Presence - What is it and how can you get some?
00:21:28
What is "healing presence?" Do you have it? Do you want it? How do you get it? In this episode of The Integrative Palliative Podcast, Dr. Chiaramonte dispels myths about healing presence and gives practical tips for how to up your healing presence game.
One of the hardest things about being a physician, or other healthcare provider, is when we try our best to take great care of our patients but an adverse event happens anyway. We may not have a plan for managing the unpleasant feelings that show up and we may just try to power through. This is not the best approach.
Listen to "When Bad Outcomes Happen to Good Doctors" to discover 6 steps that can help you cope successfully when things don't go as planned. This is not about who you should tell or what you should say. This is about how to take care of you!
Thanks for listening! Please leave a review and forward this episode to a colleague who needs to hear it.
Healing Patients and Guiding Physicians to Deep Personal Growth - Special Guest Dr. Francis Yoo
00:38:55
You have got to meet Dr. Francis Yoo! He is a fascinating integrative physician with a huge tool box of skills. In his NYC practice he personally uses osteopathic manipulation, acupuncture, breath work and much more. Through his Whole Presence Laboratory he helps physicians achieve deep self-awareness and growth using diverse approaches such as enneagram work, Jungian psychology and guided self reflection. Dr Yoo is one of the most interesting people that I've ever met. His Podcast is The Legendary Quest and he has a book by the same name. His skills and training include:
Osteopathic Manipulation / Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine
Family Medicine
Integrative Medicine
Pain Medicine
Medical Acupuncture
Clinical Homeopathy
Lifestyle Medicine
Functional Medicine
Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Management of multiple complex medical conditions and medications
Pros and cons of medications, appliances, procedures, and surgery for pain, developmental issues, and other conditions.
Introduction to the Jungian Clinical Process (C.G. Jung Institute of NY)
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator / Jungian Psychology (Certified MBTI Practitioner)
The Enneagram (Riso-Hudson Certified Enneagram Teacher)
Dr. Glenn J. Morris's Improved KAP (Provisional Instructor)
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The "H Word": busting 6 hospice myths so you don't have to be afraid to talk about it
00:19:42
Patients, families, physicians and other clinicians are afraid of the "H word." Hospice got a bad rap and clinicians seem to get tongue tied when it is time to talk about it. But it doesn't have to be scary or depressing and it definitely shouldn't be seen as shameful or hope-stealing.
In today's episode of The Integrative Palliative Podcast you will learn to speak confidently about hospice to your patients with serious illness so that it becomes a service that they want rather than a conversation that they (and you) dread.
If you'd like to learn tools to care effectively for your patients with serious or complex illness, sign up at www.integrativepalliative.com.
Everything About Eating (for the palliative population)
00:18:41
"Can I put coffee in my loved one's feeding tube?" "My dad won't eat and I don't know what to do" "She says food doesn't taste right anymore - what's going on??"
We associate food with love so it can be very tough on a family when their seriously ill loved one can't, or doesn't want to, eat.
This week I'll answer common questions about food and feeding for people with serious illness.
- Dr C
The Integrative Pain Management for Physicians Mastermind will be offered Sept-Nov 2022. Go to www.integrativepalliative.com and sign up. You'll be the first to know when registration is open and will be eligible for the early bird discount.
www.integrativepalliative.com @DrChiaramonte
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Adding Integrative Medicine to your Oncology Practice
00:15:23
People with cancer face significant side effects - both from their cancer and their chemotherapy, immunotherapy or radiation treatments. They often seek out complementary or integrative approaches alongside their conventional medical treatments, but they may have to figure out what to use without any medical guidance. The ideal scenario would be for the integrative approach to be folded into the oncology practice itself!
In this episode of The Integrative Palliative Podcast we'll talk about the WHY, WHAT and HOW of adding integrative medicine into an oncology practice.
Check out our website and sign up to learn more about how to provide whole person care for people with serious illness using all the tools that work! www.integrativepalliative.com
Integrative PM&R: an Interview with Dr. Janice Brown
00:42:11
This week we have a special guest, Dr. Janice Brown. Dr. Brown is an integrative physical medicine and rehabilitation physician and she is also a life coach. She started out as a massage therapist, then went to medical school where she chose PM&R because she loved the whole person approach.
She is an acupuncurist, is certified in functional medicine and uses her life coaching skills both with her patients and in her separate coaching practice. This doctor has a huge toolbox!
Come listen and learn from the fabulous Dr Janice Brown!
Here's where you can find her: janice@betterhealthand rehab.com https://www.betterhealthandrehab.com https://www.facebook.com/grpups/dtawsrewired/
Let's heal the heart of medicine together.
Dr. Chiaramonte Sign up so we can stay in touch! www.integrativepalliative.com
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
This week on The Integrative Palliative Podcast you'll learn 6 wisdoms that came directly from people near the end of their life. They share things that they want us to know so that we can best support them as they face their illness. Some of these came from my own patients, and some came from the loved ones of physicians who received 1:1 mentoring with me to learn how best to support their loved one.
There is great wisdom here.
Share with someone who needs to hear this message.
- Dr. Chiaramonte www.integrativepalliative.com
Download the guide for helping a loved one make a tough medical decision at www.integrativepalliative.com under freebies
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Special Guest Dr. Weili Gray - Physician life planner with a compelling personal story about her father's end of life journey
01:05:49
You must listen to this episode with special guest Dr. Weili Gray. Dr. Gray is a sleep physician and certified life planner who helps physicians create the life of their dreams through her practice daretodreamphysician.com. But for this episode she shared her recent and raw experience supporting her dad at the end of his life.
She shares deep insights and wisdom from her experience that will move you and guide you to a happier life. I was touched by what she shared.
If you, like Dr Gray, are a physician who has a loved one with a serious illness and you'd like some support send me an email at dchiaramonte(at)integrativepalliative(dot)com or visit my website at www.insightpalliative.com and message me there.
If your loved one has cancer go to Freebies and get a guide for helping your loved one with cancer make a medical decision.
The Institute for Integrative Palliative Medicine Helping physicians heal their patients and themselves
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
When it feels like your patient is being "entitled" - 5 steps to heal challenging doctor-patient interactions
00:11:54
These have been hard times for all of us - patients, physicians, NPs, PAs, office staff - everyone. After more than 2 years of a pandemic everyone is stressed and tired. Physicians may feel stretched to the limit and patients may feel that they have to fight to get the care they deserve. The doctor-patient relationship is struggling. What can you do?
Today you'll learn 5 steps to improve a challenging interaction with a patient. They're easy, they work, and using them will make your practice more enjoyable.
Your patient is crying - is it depression or sadness and what should you do?
00:23:11
Other people's strong emotions can be scary.
If you're in the exam room and your patient is crying what should you do? Should you prescribe an SSRI? Sometimes, but do you know for sure when crying is depression and when it's not? If you prescribe an antidepressant, what else should you do? What if the patient is not depressed, but is struggling with sadness. Do you know just what to do?
This week on the Integrative Palliative Podcast we will explore how to know when a person is sad or depressed and exactly how to help.
If you'd like more in depth learning, check out my upcoming physician training programs at www.integrativepalliative.com/training and sign up.
I'm in your corner!
Delia Chiaramonte, MD
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Winning at Fibromyalgia - an interview with fibromyalgia expert, Dr. Martina Ziegenbein
00:39:05
Fibromyalgia is a challenging condition for both the patient and the physician. There is no quick fix and no magic medication that will fix fibromyalgia pain. With an integrative, multidimensional approach, however, people with fibromyalgia can absolutely feel better!
Dr. Ziegenbein is a rheumatologist and expert in fibromyalgia. She shares her approach for helping patients with fibromyalgia reduce their pain and regain the joy in their life. You will love this episode!
Dr. Ziegenbein has a podcast called Winning at Fibromyalgia and a Facebook group of the same name. She has a private fibromyalgia coaching practice in addition to her standard rheumatology practice. She can be reached at www.winningatfibromyalgia.com
Thanks for listening! Delia Chiaramonte, MD The Institute for Integrative Palliative Medicine www.integrativepalliative.com
"But I only have 15 minutes" - 10 ways to add integrative symptom management to your practice in the real world
00:15:47
You may think that you can't add an integrative approach to your practice because your patients visits are too short. This is a myth. While it would be great to have hour long visits with each patient, the integrative approach can be snuck in to any patient care visit, no matter how short.
This week you'll learn 10 tips for creating an integrative symptom management practice in the real world.
The 4 key steps to excellent integrative symptom management
00:10:20
Excellence in integrative symptom management is worth pursuing - for your patients and for yourself. It is a style of practice that is impactful and deeply meaningful.
The 4 kept components are: 1) The mind-body-meaning-relationship approach 2) Seeking the symptom's underlying cause 3) Creating a bigger toolbox 4) Committing to keeping your own "cup" full.
When your loved one has a serious illness: Dr. Chiaramonte interviewed by Dr. Olabintan
00:28:12
This week I'm sharing an interview that I did on Dr. Tolulope Olabintan's show. We chatted about how to approach the hard stuff - when a loved one has a serious illness. Our conversation ranged from how to hav enough conversations to the biggest mistakes that loved ones make to how to find happiness even when facing a serious illness.
Come listen!
Dr. Chiaramonte www.integrativepalliative.com
Are you a physician who wants to improve your skills in helping patients with serious illness? My Integrative Symptom Management course starts October 20th. The price goes up on on October 1st so if you're interested sign up today. Registration closes on October 9th. https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/symptom-management-training
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Giving bad news well takes skill. Many physicians do an OK job at giving bad news but I encourage you to shoot much higher than just OK. Patients and families may remember that moment for the rest of their lives, and a physician who skillfully gives bad news can help relieve suffering for the patient and family.
In today's episode of The Integrative Palliative Podcast you will learn 10 tips for delivering bad news like a pro.
Share this episode with any oncologist, hospitalist, cardiologist, nephrologist, resident or other physician that you know.
Reach out anytime!
Delia Chiaramonte, MD www.integrativepalliative.com - sign up so we can stay in touch and you can learn about upcoming trainings.
Registration is closing very soon (Oct 9th) for the upcoming Integrative Symptom Management program. You can earn 20 CME credits. Foundation price. Hybrid so if you're busy and can't attend live online sessions, you can learn at your own pace. The program is yours to keep. Sign up today at https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/symptom-management-training
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Physicians Lifting Each Other Up: A Heart-Centered Interview with Dr. Diana Londono
01:03:18
Physicians are suffering. Dr. Londono is one of the few LatinX female urologists, and she gets it. She became physically ill due to burnout. Twice! Not only did she find ways to lift herself up, she founded an organization to help other physicians who are suffering.
Dr. Londono started Physician Coach Support, a free web-based support service for physicians. Check it out at www.physiciancoachsupport.com.
Who's Afraid of Buprenorphine?: An Interview with Dr. Ben Thompson
00:36:14
Buprenorphine gets a bad rap. Many physicians aren't clear on how to use it and we tend to shy away from things we don't understand.
But what if a patient comes onto your service who is taking buprenorphine? We really shouldn't turn our collective heads away from this potentially very useful medication. Instead, we should learn more and increase our comfort so we can best care for all of our patients.
That's where Dr. Ben Thompson comes in. He shares his expertise in using buprenorphine for patients with addiction and also for patients without addiction who suffer from pain. Did you know that buprenorphine might be just the right medication for an older, frail patient? Come listen and you'll understand why.
You can reach Dr. Thompson at: @BenWThompson B.Thomspon@prismhealth.org
Reach out anytime, Delia Chiaramonte, MD Giving physicians the tools and confidence to ease the suffering of their complex and seriously ill patients www.integrativepalliative.com
Six Tips For Creating Powerful Doctor-Patient Connection In Short Office Visits
00:13:20
We all know that there is a tension between being the empathetic physician that you want to be and getting your charts done so you don't stay at the office until 9pm. We also know that patients hate it when their doctor never looks up from the computer.
Is there anything we can do?
We can't get rid of RVUs or fix the whole healthcare system (at least not today), but there are a few very effective techniques for fostering connection with our patients without upending our whole schedule.
Here are six techniques that will supercharge your connection with your patients without adding time to your visits.
The Patient Dignity Question (PDQ) is the best question that you will ever ask your patient. It will supercharge your doctor-patient connection and give you key information that you might otherwise have missed.
Listen and try it out in your practice.
If you have a colleague who would benefit from learning about the PDQ, please forward the episode to them.
Reach out anytime! Dr. Chiaramonte
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Musculoskeletal Wellness with Dr. Mary Jo Fishburn
00:38:29
Have you ever hurt your back with just a small twist or after lifting up a light object? It can feel impossible to be injured from such an insignificant event.
Dr. Mary Jo Fishburn is a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician with expertise in the integrative approach to musculoskeletal wellbeing. She will explain what predisposes us to injury and pain and what we can do about it.
Keeping Your Cup Full: A Practical Technique For Happier Patients and Happier Doctors
00:15:08
Life can be hard.
When our "cup" is empty hard things are harder. And when our "cup" is full, life is simply easier. This week you'll learn a simple but powerful technique for figuring out how to fill your unique "cup," and once you practice it for yourself you will have a powerful tool to use with your patients.
This technique is especially valuable for patients with distressing symptoms that don't seem to have a quick fix or a magic pill. Try it for you and then try it at work!
When A Loved One Has Dementia: Wisdom and guidance from neuropsychologist Dr. Karen Sullivan
00:47:08
If you have a loved one with dementia you must listen to this episode!
Neuropsychologist Karen Sullivan, PhD is an expert in helping families navigate the complicated and challenging experience of having someone you love face dementia. You'll be struck by her deep compassion, hopefulness and highly practical tips for thriving as a family.
Dr. Sullivan also provides tons of free education on the topic of brain health. You can find her on YouTube or at ICareForYourBrain.com (also ICFYB.com). Definitely check out her information.
If you know someone who loves someone with dementia please forward this episode to them.
Yes You Can Be Empathetic And Set Boundaries: 3 Steps To Get You There
00:14:07
Can you be empathetic and also have badass boundaries? Yes!
Loose boundaries lead to overwhelm and burnout and they drain the empathy right out of you. This week I will give you the 3 steps that you need to gain control of your schedule so you can keep your cup full.
Reach out any time!
- Dr Chiaramonte P.S. Would you do me a favor? Please go to Apple podcasts and leave a review. It helps me reach more people. Thanks so much!
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Fixing Your Relationship With Time: 3 surprising ways to make life less stressful
00:15:02
Life is BUSY! There is so much to do and I know you wish that you had just a few more hours in every day.
The surprising truth is that you may be inadvertently making your time issues worse than they need to be. In this week's episode of the integrative palliative podcast, we'll discuss three of those ways - I know you'll see yourself in at least one of them.
We can only fix what we know is there.
If you have a friend or colleague who struggles with time, be sure to forward this episode to them.
Reach out anytime! Dr. Chiaramonte www.integrativepalliative.com
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Practical Use of Aromatherapy in Everyday Practice: Another Tool to Manage Anxiety
00:14:19
This basic introduction to practical aromatherapy will give you one more safe and easy to use tool to help your patients manage stress and anxiety.
You'll learn the down and dirty way to counsel your patients about WHAT aromatherapy is, WHY you should add it to your tool box and HOW exactly it can be incorporated into a stress management routine.
What Happened To Dad? What To Do When Your Older Loved Ones Face Functional Decline
00:21:44
Maybe you mostly talk to your mom on the phone and you haven't seen your aging parents in almost a year. Or maybe your dad just ended up in the hospital and you realize that mom might not be safe to stay at home alone.
If this hasn't happened to you, it has almost certainly happened to some of your patients.
People tend to feel totally overwhelmed and unsure how to proceed.
This week's episode will give you a practical approach for helping your loved one while keeping your sanity.
Reach out any time! Dr. Chiaramonte www.integrativepalliative.com
P.S. Forward this episode to a friend or colleague! You'll help your friend and help me spread the word about The Integrative Palliative Podcast. Thanks!
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
How A Busy Oncologist Went From Burned Out To Happy And Home On Time
00:38:21
You will love Dr Mary Leung. She is a medical oncologist and hematologist who has a busy outpatient clinical practice. After too many nights getting home after 7:00pm with more charts to do at home, she got burned out and stopped loving her job.
Join us to learn what she did to change her work life dramatically. She now loves her work again and leaves the office, charts completed, by 5:30pm so she can enjoy her family and have some time for herself.
Better Than A Resolution: A 3 Step Path To Happiness (For You And Your Patients)
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I'm not a big fan of resolutions.
Success, contentment and "happiness" aren't really about one big annual push, they are about repeated practice of concepts that are small but mighty!
This week we'll chat about a 3-step path to living a contented life. If you practice this plan, you will change. I promise. And you don't even have to give up sugar!
Reach out anytime Dr. Chiaramonte www.integrativepalliative.com
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Say This, Not That: How To Talk To Your Patients (or Family) About Hospice in 7 Easy Steps
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Physicians and other healthcare clinicians get freaked out when they have to talk to a patient about hospice. If your general approach is "well... nothing seems to be helping so I guess it's time for hospice," this episode is for you!
You'll learn the 7 things to say to make a discussion about hospice feel more supportive and less heavy.
Please share this episode with your network if you think others would benefit!
Reach out anytime, Dr. C Delia Chiaramonte, MD
P.S. Come learn with me! Sign up at www.integrativepalliative.com and you'll hear soon about my exciting new program
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
When The Patient Doesn't Want To Talk About Their Illness: 5 Key Questions To Ask
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Welcome to The Integrative Palliative Podcast where we talk about integrative symptom management and physician wellbeing, because every physician deserves to have satisfying work and every patient deserves an effective and joyful physician!
This week we are talking about what to do when the patient doesn't want to talk about their diagnosis.
Should you force the issue? Let it go?
There are times that we should be pushy and times that we should back off. Come learn the 5 key questions to ask when your patient or loved one won't talk to you about their serious illness.
When A Sibling Won't Help: How to Counsel Your Patients to Support Family Wellbeing
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When a parent gets seriously ill or has a significant decline in function, the care often falls on the children unevenly. This can create significant family conflict and fracture important sibling relationships.
This week I talk about 5 things to suggest to your patient to help solve this sticky problem.
The Science of Aromatherapy With Dr. Ann Huntington
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There are a lot of questions and myths on the topic of aromatherapy. Is it safe? Is there evidence of benefit? How exactly should we be using it?
Dr. Ann Huntington, internist and expert in essential oils, will answer all those questions for us, and more.
She also offers a course on the science of aromatherapy for physicians and has generously offered a discount to my listeners. You can find info at www.givemorenaturally.com/course. To get the discount use the code PODCAST at checkout.
Reach out anytime! Dr. C Delia Chiaramonte, MD www.integrativepalliative.com
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Helping People Deal With Tragedy and Other Hard Things - An 8-Step Approach
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Unfortunately our world has a lot of tragedies and people may reach out to you for help when they are dealing with hard things. Or you may be dealing with hard things in your own life.
It can feel overwhelming and you may be unsure of exactly what to do to help.
This week we discuss a 8-step plan for coping successfully when something really tough has rocked your world.
As always, use this info for your patients and also for yourself. We are all human and on this journey together. Healing ourselves helps us heal our patients and healing our patients helps us heal ourselves.
You've found your people and I'm glad you're here. Dr. C Delia Chiaramonte, MD
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
What You Think You Know About Hospice is Probably Wrong: 10 Myths
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How many of these hospice myths did you believe?
Hospice is kind but misunderstood! If everyone truly understood what hospice is, how it helps, when you should have it, and when you want it but can't get it, the world would be a better place. There would be less suffering and I am all about helping people suffer less.
Listen and see how many hospice myths we can bust.
I'm glad you're here! Dr. C Delia Chiaramonte, MD Expanding the treatment toolbox for people with serious illness
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Compassion fatigue is the negative impact that caring for patients can have on caring clinicians over time. It can happen when we are witness to repeated suffering, when we don't get time to replenish ourselves or when we see multiple micro-injustices (like patients getting sicker because they can't afford their medications) over time.
With these three important steps we can prevent compassion fatigue and preserve our ability to empathetically care for our patients.
I'm glad you're here! Dr. C Delia Chiaramonte, MD
P.S. Click the link below to learn more about how to work with me.
There is one for physicians (and other clinicians) and another for those who are caring for a loved one with a serious illness.
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Sjögren's Syndrome: When the doctor is the patient. An Interview with Dr. Kara Wada
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Dr. Kara Wada is an allergist, immunologist and lifestyle medicine physician. She had years of vague and unexplained symptoms that ultimately resulted in a diagnosis of Sjögren's syndrome.
This diagnosis spurred her to explore ways to control her symptoms and improve her health. This week Dr. Wada shares her journey and offers many tips for reducing inflammation and managing rheumatologic diseases, such as Sjögren's.
Here's how to find Dr. Wada: www.drkarawada.com instagram.com/crunchyallergist Facebook.com/crunchyallergist linkedin.com/cruncyallergist
Share with your contacts who have rheumatologic disease! Dr. C Delia Chiaramonte, MD
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Pets are like family and it can be terribly painful and difficult when they get sick.
Should you take them for surgery? Do the intensive testing? How do you know when it's time to think about euthanasia?
This week's episode is all about pets and palliative care. You'll learn about the pet palliative care that is going on in my home, and if you listen closely you can hear my sick doggie coughing in the background!
Sending well wishes to all the sick pets!
Dr. C Delia Chiaramonte, MD www.integrativepalliative.com If there is anyone in your life who is caring for a loved one with a serious illness and would like support, I would be happy to help them.
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
The Power of Breath & Pause: A Lesson in Being with Dr. Rashmi Schramm
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Dr. Rashmi Schramm is a meditation & life coach, and a generally sage and wonderful human being. She offers tons of practical tools to help us feel better, stress less and find joy in day to day life. She will teach you to spend a little less time DOING and a little more time BEING.
You'll leave this episode with techniques that you can use to make your life better, starting today.
If you'd like to work with Dr. Schramm you can find her here: www.optimalwellnessmd.org @dr.rashmischramm
She also has a wonderful YouTube channel with tons of free meditations. Go to YouTube and search Rashmi Schramm and you'll find her.
Send this episode to a colleague or friend who would benefit from turning down their stress.
Yours in expanding the treatment toolbox for people with serious illness,
Dr. C Delia Chiaramonte, MD
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Being In The Hospital: How doctors and patients can support each other
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The healthcare system is rough on everyone. Physicians and patients are both frustrated and everyone has a point.
This week we talk about three big topics that come up in the hospital: information, emotions and decisions. We discuss them from the clinicians' perspective and then from the patients' perspective so that we can better understand each other.
The system is frustrating for everyone, but my hope is that patients and clinicians can turn towards each other instead of away from each other.
Dr. C Delia Chiaramonte, MD P.S. Thank you for understanding about the coughing dog that you might hear in the background. My beloved doggie is terminally ill and I can't bear to lock her out of the room!
If you have a loved one who is ill and your family would like support through the experience feel free to reach out at hello@integrativepalliative.com. A few coaching spots are available per month.
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Physicians with ADHD: Open charts, overwhelm and a fabulous, creative mind
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Do you have a ton of open charts? Are you charting at night in your PJs? Do you feel overwhelmed by work tasks?
Are you also intuitive and a connector? Do you get totally engaged in the things that you enjoy?
If that sounds like you, you might have ADHD.
Many high functioning people have ADHD (often inattentive type) but they just don't know it. Come learn from Dr. Diana Mercado Marmarosh, a family physician and expert in physician ADHD. Dr. Marmarosh is not only an expert - she lives this herself!
You will pick up many practical tips, whether or not you have ADHD, that will help you get your work done at work and get more time back in your day.
Send this episode to a friend or colleague who is feeling overwhelmed!
Dr. Mercado Marmarosh can be found at www.adhd-lifecoach.com. She offers coaching and retreat for physicians with ADHD or work overwhelm.
I'm so glad you're here!
Dr. C Delia Chiaramonte, MD
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Sympathy vs Empathy vs Compassion: How to approach others’ suffering
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What is the difference between sympathy, empathy, and compassion?
They are each approaches to other people's suffering; however, sympathy is distancing, empathy is supportive, and compassion includes a component of action.
How do you tend to respond to other people's suffering?
I'm glad you're here,
Dr. C Delia Chiaramonte, MD
P.S. I'm starting a program for people with ailing loved ones who feel overwhelmed, depleted, and unsure of how to help their loved one. I'm committed to creating an experience that will leave you clear, balanced and hopeful. I'm filling the waiting list now. If this resonates with you, you can get on the waiting list here: www.integrativepalliative.com.
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Anticipatory Grief: 10 things to do with your seriously ill loved one
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Anticipatory grief is common and normal but it is rarely talked about, which leaves people to suffer alone.
Beginning to grieve for the loss of a loved one before they have died can be hard. In this week's podcast we discuss ten things that a grieving loved one can do with their loved one during this challenging time.
I'm glad you're here, Dr. C Delia Chiaramonte, MD
P.S. Soon I'll be starting a Conscious Coping program to help people with ailing loved ones go from overwhelmed, depleted, and unsure to clear, balanced, and hopeful. If this speaks to you, sign up for the waiting list at www.integrativepalliative.com. I'd love to see you there!
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Talking To People About Their Illness: Know these 6 styles of communication
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It is hard to talk to a loved one about their serious illness. And it can be hard to counsel families about how to communicate well.
Knowing your own communication style and that of the patient can help make communication easier.
This podcast will discuss 6 different communication styles: Direct & open, reserved & private, emotional & expressive, passive or reliant, information-seeking and avoidant or denying. Trying to match communication styles helps connection.
Which communication style do you use?
I'm glad you're here, Dr C Delia Chiaramonte, MD
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Cal Cates is a massage therapist as well as the founder and Executive Director of Healwell, a non-profit whose mission is to touch people affected by serious illness, teach massage therapists how to provide that touch, and to advocate for a broader role for those therapists in serious illness care.
They have trained thousands of healthcare providers in the skills of resiliency, self-awareness, communication and forgiveness. They have dedicated their career to advocacy in healthcare, massage therapy as social justice, and to revolutionizing education for healthcare providers.
How To Care For A Seriously Ill Loved One Without Betraying Yourself: A powerful interview with Mia Redrick
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Mia Redrick is the real deal.
She is a life coach and business coach who has dealt with significant chronic and serious illness in her family. Mia will show you how to show up for yourself in a powerful way, even while living a busy life or caring for someone who is ill.
You don't want to miss this episode.
Think of two friends who are stressed and send them this episode immediately!
If you want to contact Mia you can find her at www.miaredrick.com
Keep coming back! Dr. C Delia Chiaramonte, MD www.integrativepalliative.com/training
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Six Ways to Improve Wellbeing in Hospitalized Patients
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Being in the hospital is hard.
It can be overwhelming, exhausting and feel like a completely out of control experience.
Whether you are a physician, other clinician or family member of someone who is ill, these six tips will help you improve the wellbeing of people in the hospital.
P.S. Are you feeling stressed because someone you love has an advanced illness? Get on the waitlist for my upcoming group program so you can become a confident advocate for your loved one while also taking care of yourself. Click below and put "waitlist" in the comments https://integrativepalliative.com/contact-us
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Five Important Considerations For When A Serious Illness Is Progressing
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This week I've been on the other side of the palliative care coin with a family member and my family doggie.
I noticed five themes that applied in both places and I share them this week.
What did I miss? What would you add?
Dr. C Delia Chiaramonte, MD
P.S. The Conscious Coping program is starting in late July. If you have an ill loved one and you'd like more clarity about how to deal with it all, communication skills to handle the tough conversations, calm in a terribly stressful time and support for your self-care, this is for you. The group will be small so everyone can have personal attention. More info is here: https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/ConsciousCoping If this speaks to you, sign up today.
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
When A Parent Has Early Dementia: 8 Suggestions for How to Cope
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Having a parent with declining cognitive function is one of the most stressful experiences that you will face. It can be hard to know how to approach your parent(s) about the decline. You want to keep them safe, but they may not want your help.
It can be a long road, so having a coping plan from the start is important.
Here are 8 suggestions for how to cope.
Reach out anytime,
Dr. C Delia Chiaramonte, MD
Need support because you're managing a loved one's dementia or serious illness? Click here for help https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/ConsciousCoping
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
How to be Happy in a Stressful Job: An Interview with Emergency Medicine Physician Dr. Tamara Beckford
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Battling stress and preventing burnout is an active process. If you have a stressful job, like being an Emergency Medicine physician in a pandemic, actively working on yourself is protective.
Dr. Tamara Beckford is an Emergency Medicine physician and expert in burnout prevention and wellbeing. She shares her personal steps for managing her wellbeing while working in a stressful environment.
Talking about tough stuff like serious illness, advancing illness or end of life issues can be stressful.
This week you'll hear 5 very practical and effective strategies for mastering these tough conversations.
Physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, social workers, chaplains, home health aides, and people caring for a loved one with a serious illness will all find benefit in this week's podcast.
Helping you to find joy in your work as you help your seriously ill patients to thrive. Dr. C Delia Chiaramonte, MD
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
When Cancer Treatment is Over: A Surprisingly Stressful Time
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When cancer treatment is finished, people expect to feel happy. Some do, of course, but many don't.
Any serious illness can be scary, but finishing chemotherapy or radiation can leave people feeling unsettled because the close attention from the oncology team ends.
And family and friends may expect the person to go back to "normal" but the patient may feel anything but normal.
It is important to support people through this time, and let them know that their experience is not unusual.
Elegant Acupuncture: An Enlightened Interview with Acupuncturist William Zvarick, L.Ac.
00:49:57
Bill Zvarick, L.Ac is a true healer. In treating his patients he combines his skills in acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, Qi gong, Tui Na, and western massage to help people find their way back to wellbeing.
He describes acupuncture as an elegant art and when you will listen you will feel his passion for his craft.
Bill explains why he describes acupuncture as elegant, how we can increase our own skills in external Qi gong, and how he has helped even extremely sick people to heal with acupuncture. He explains the safety of acupuncture, but also shares the rare risks and what can be done to mitigate them.
Gabapentin is widely used, often for pain, but it is often not used skillfully.
This can result in patients getting inadequate symptom relief or stopping the drug unnecessarily because they mistakenly think that they can't tolerate it.
Using gabapentin skillfully is worth learning!
Listen and learn the 8 things that you should know about gabapentin. Your patients will be happier and you'll be happier.
Caring For You While You're Caring for Someone Else: An inspirational interview with Dr. Sherita Gaskins-Tillett
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Dr. Sherita Gaskins-Tillett is an Ob-Gyn, mother, wife, wellness enthusiast and leader of wellness retreats for professional women. She has also been a caregiver of a loved one with dementia so she knows the stress of caregiving from the inside.
In this lighthearted and advice-filled interview Dr Gaskins-Tillett gives practical tips for supporting your own wellbeing. She addresses physician wellness, and gives practical advice that will help any busy professional. She also shares her caregiving journey and teaches us how to take care of yourself even when you find yourself as a caregiver.
If you are part of the sandwich generation, or you have a loved one with dementia, cancer, aging related decline, or other chronic illness, you will find value in Dr. Sherita's advice.
She can be reached at www.aweekendforme.com. If you are a female physician you can join her Facebook group Level Up Lady Doc.
This is an episode that you'll want to forward to a stressed out friend or colleague!
Sending you strength for the journey, Dr. C Delia Chiaramonte, MD
Finding The Job You Love: An Interview with Medical Matchmaker, Dr. Lara Hochman
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Being a physician or clinician can be tough. Some are leaving medicine. Some, tragically, even die by suicide. Having a job that makes you happy is key. Doctor Lara Hochman helps physicians find jobs that they love.
Lara Hochman, MD is a Family Medicine physician and The Medical Matchmaker. She is an advocate for fellow physicians’ wellbeing amidst rising burnout and dissatisfaction. Her own experiences led her to discover the ways physicians lost autonomy, and how to reclaim their focus on helping patients. She founded Happy Day Health, a boutique physician matchmaking agency to match doctors with well run, physician-owned private practices where they can avoid burnout and enjoy practicing medicine again.
But What About the Evidence? How to Approach Evidence-Informed Integrative Palliative Care
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Is it true that integrative palliative care isn't evidence supported? Definitely not.
Is it true that all "natural" approaches are safe and effective. Also definitely not.
Guided imagery and acupuncture are very safe, but there are times that they should be avoided. Knowing these details is crucial for practicing safe and effective integrative palliative care.
The rational approach to integrative palliative care involves finding reliable evidence, focusing on safety, and harnassing (rather than fearing) the placebo response.
This benign sounding sentence isn't really benign at all. It is passive and a bit pessimistic and it implies that you probably won't be doing that cool thing after all.
"I will do that thing" has a totally different vibe.
It is active and powerful and makes it more likely that you really will do that very cool thing. Maybe not today, but someday.
Listen this week to explore the crucial difference between "I wish" and "I will."
Learn it for yourself, then teach it to your patients.
Talking to Patients About Their Complementary Medicine Use - 8 Key Tips
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What do you say if your patient comes in with a bag of supplements?
What if they are on a bunch of medications but they don't tell you about all of the supplements that they take?
What if you disagree with what they are doing?
What if you don't know much about the complementary modalities that they are using?
You may feel hesitant to talk to patients about their complimentary medicine use or just feel unsure of exactly what to say.
This week you'll learn 8 tips for talking to patients about their complementary treatment use so that you can enhance your relationship with your patient and maximize their wellbeing.
Let me know what you think. What else would you add? Dr. C Delia Chiaramonte, MD https://www.integrativepalliative.com Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you listen) and share the episode with with a friend!
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Using The Death Deck to Facilitate Communication: An Interview with Co-Creator Lisa Pahl, LCSW
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Communicating about death and end of life topics can be scary. For both clinicians and family members who care for people with serious illness (like cancer and dementia) it can be tough to know how to raise issues related to mortality, end of life decisions, and beliefs about what happens after death.
Lisa Pahl, LCSW co-created the Death Deck and the EOL Deck to help facilitate communication about death and end of life issues in a non-threatening, light, and even fun way. In this week's episode she tells us what inspired her to create these "games" and how they can be used. You'll get valuable communication tips when she reads some of the cards.
You will leave the episode wanting to play with the Death Deck!
I saw this question online "Are you a martyr for medicine?"
The question made so many people uncomfortable that I figured it was something we needed to think about.
Here are the questions to ponder that we address in this week's episode:
- How much are you sacrificing? - How much are you suffering? - What is your cause? - What can you do to bring things into balance?
You'll self-reflect this week and leave the episode with a better understanding of your relationship to your work and an action plan to get you closer to the life that you want.
Building Mental Fitness (Part 1): An Insightful Interview with Expert Positive Intelligence Coach Bill Carmody
00:47:30
Mental fitness is the capacity to respond to life's challenges with a positive rather than negative mindset. Improving your mental fitness can positively impact your performance, your relationships, and your well-being, and "Positive Intelligence" is a beautifully simple and effective way to get there.
The method was designed by Shirzad Chamine and is outlined in his bestselling book called Positive Intelligence.
Our guest this week, Bill Carmody, is the Chief Coaching Office for Positive Intelligence and he has tons of wisdom to share about how and why you can increase your mental fitness.
Responding to Stress with a Positive Mindset: The Power of Positive Intelligence
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Stress is a part of life.
People are frustrating, you don't always get what you want, and life is filled with loss. We often can't control what happens, we can only control how we respond.
But responding to stressful situations in a positive or neutral way (without descending into toxic positivity) can be tough.
The approach of Positive Intelligence, designed by Shirzad Chamine and outlined in his book of the same name, gives a clear roadmap for how to respond to tough situations in a way that improves our wellbeing rather than reducing it.
Fascia Facts: Learn From Fascia Expert David Lesondak
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David Lesondak is the Senior Structural Integrator and Fascia Specialist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Center for Integrative Medicine.
He has written bestselling books on the topic of fascia, such as Fascia: What is is and Why it Matters and Fascia, Function, and Medical Applications. He also hosts a podcast: Body Talk with David Lesondak.
This week is all about fascia. David tells us what it is, how it is related to pain syndromes, how structural integration works, and even how to find a skilled fascia practitioner in your area.
You can reach out to David at www.davidlesondak.com
I'm glad you're here! Delia Delia Chiaramonte, MD www.integrativepalliative.com if you're an oncology or palliative care physician, sign up for the newsletter at the web address above. A program will be starting soon that you will want to hear about.
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Becoming a Sage Physician (or clinician) requires you to care expertly for your patients and also care expertly for yourself.
Expanding your toolbox, finding the root cause of your patients' concerns, learning to set and keep your boundaries and matching your life to your values are examples of how you can go from being a stressed out and disillusioned physician to becoming a Sage Physician,
What else would you add?
I'm happy to be on the journey with you, Dr. Chiaramonte www.integrativepalliative.com
P.S. Do you know someone else who is on the journey to becoming a Sage Physician? Please send them this episode.
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Integrative Oncology: An Interview with Dr. Kirsten West
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People facing cancer are often interested in exploring an integrative approach to managing their care. Yes many conventional oncologists don't feel comfortable guiding their patients because they aren't sure what is safe and effective.
This week, naturopathic doctor Kirsten West, ND, LAc, FABNO shares her wisdom about which naturopathic approaches are safe for patients getting cancer treatment and which ones can be dangerous and should be avoided.
I'm glad to be on the journey with you, Dr. Chiaramonte www.integrativepalliative.com P.S. If you're a physician and would like to build your skills at managing stress so you can enjoy your life more, reach out through the website above. A physician group will be starting soon.
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
P.S. If you'd like to add integrative symptom management to your practice (or stress management for you), reach out through my website above. I'd love to hear from you!
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
Holiday events, such as Thanksgiving, can bring out stressful feelings just as we're hoping for picture perfect family moments.
This week's episode gives you 4 Truths and 4 Suggestions for staying happy and sane during family holiday moments. Use these suggestions for yourself and file them away to support your patients when they are feeling stressed about family struggles.
When There Isn't Enough Time: 8 Tips for Practicing Compassionate Medicine in a High Patient Volume Environment
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Too many patients and too little time.
Most clinicians wish they had more time to spend with each patient and patients generally hate feeling rushed through their medical visits.
How can you practice compassionate medical care when you have to rush from one patient to another?
This week I discuss 8 tips for making a short visit seem longer so it is more satisfying for your patient and more satisfying for you.
What did I miss? Let me know and I'll add them in to a future episode. You can connect with me on the website (www.integrativepalliative.com ) or on LinkedIn.
Help me spread the word about integrative palliative care.
I'm glad to be on the journey with you! Delia Chiaramonte, MD
Clinician Grief: It's Real, It's Important and We Need to Talk About it. An Interview with Grief Expert Helen Bauer.
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Clinician grief: it's real, it's important and we need to talk about it.
Have you heard of secondary grief? Grief shaming?
In this important interview with hospice nurse and grief expert, Helen Bauer, we dive deeply into who experiences grief, how grief is so much more than sadness, and what we should all be doing to manage it.
Learn more about Helen at www.theheartofhospice.com and listen to her podcast called The Heart of Hospice Podcast.
Anchoring - A Powerful Tool to Support Wellbeing for You and Your Patients
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Do you use anchoring?
Anchoring is a powerful tool that you can use to help manage stress even when you are out and about or in a meeting with a frustrating boss.
Just like Pavlov's dogs salivated when the bell rang because they connected the bell with yummy meat, you can train your physiology to connect your sense of relaxation with any anchor that you choose. You can use this approach to manage your stress, anxiety, depression, pain, insomnia, and so much more.
It is our job to help our patients cope courageously.
Whether they have cancer, dementia, age-related decline, ALS or other serious condition it will cause stress for their family that we can help to relieve.
This week you'll get a sneak peak into the techniques that I have put into my book Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself.
(Release date January 18th, 2023)
If you are here, you are a heart-centered person. I'm glad to be on the journey with you.
Delia Chiaramonte, MD
Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com
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