KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS
Good Work is Good for Our Health: Opportunities and Responsibilities for Health Professionals
We’ve all heard that “good work is good for our health”. We’ve all read the papers that support this industry-wide truth. So why do we find it so difficult to put this into practice?
How do we impart the message of good work being good for our health for people who have been hurt at work, who are scared of work or who simply don’t value work? And how do we do this in an environment when the concept of “good” means so many things to so many people?
What responsibilities do we, as health professionals, have to be living and practicing this belief every day? And what are the amazing opportunities this opens up for us in our clinical practice?
Know Your Worth
When health professionals truly understand their worth and the value they bring to the people they serve, is when we can bring about the transformational change that we long to see in our clients. What is often missing however how we interpret and express our own unique value. When you want to see a transformation occur in your own clinical practice, in your private practice, within your team, in your industry – it starts with knowing your worth.
Your Own Best Evidence
Have you ever walked away from a tough conversation only to ruminate on what you should have said instead? Why is it so easy to remember what we did wrong & how we failed? To feel small and “less than”? Why we are so ready to collect the negative evidence instead of the positive? And when we do see good evidence, why is it so hard for us to believe it as more than a fluke?
What if we could train ourselves to remember and focus on the good we have done? What change could we bring about in our own lives, the lives of our families, communities, businesses, and clients if we simply collected and stored our own best evidence?