Self Care for Allied Health Professionals From Surviving to Thriving 1st Edition by Alison Battye 0367760144 9780367760144

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ISBN 10: 0367760144
ISBN 13: 9780367760144
Author: Alison Battye

Self-Care for Allied Health Professionals brings together a collection of self-care strategies into one easy-to-read volume, supporting Allied Health Professionals to do the best for their patients by caring for themselves. The book offers information and practical strategies to look after your physical and emotional wellbeing at home and in the workplace, exploring topics such as sleep and food, resilience and meditation, stress, conflict and adversity. Written to be a flexible tool that can be read cover to cover or dipped in and out of as needed, it offers rapid response self-care strategies alongside more lasting changes, supporting practitioners to make small steps to build healthy habits for the future. Key features of this book include: –– A combination of quick response strategies, like a five-minute breathing exercise you can use before a difficult meeting, and opportunities for deeper work, examining your purpose and aligning your role with your values. –– Combines ancient practices of meditation and mindfulness with the latest research on nutrition, exercise, sleep and wellbeing. –– Consideration of the challenges professionals face in the context of pandemics and a changing health and social care landscape, helping you to thrive in a challenging world. Self-care has never been more important. This is a book that every Allied Health Professional and trainee should have on their desk, to improve productivity, enhance job satisfaction and build resilience for whatever the future brings.

Self-Care for Allied Health Professionals 1st Table of contents:

1 The science and the art of self-care
DNA and gene expression
The gut microbiome
The stress response
Tuning into our stress response
The mind–body connection
Changing our habits in an unhealthy world
Notes
SECTION 1 Our physical wellbeing
2 Breathe
Breathe through your nose
Unblock your nose
Extend your exhale
Alternate nostril breathing
Notes
3 Sleep
Support your body clock
Leave work behind
Download your day
Yoga nidra
Notes
4 Move
Spend time outdoors
Playful movement
Restorative yoga
Notes
5 Eat
Mindful eating
Eat within a 12-hour window
Eat a rainbow
Eat for hormone health
Build a breakfast
Lunchbox club
Easy dinners
Notes
SECTION 2 Our emotional wellbeing
6 Resilience
Gratitude practice
Random acts of kindness
Cultivate a sense of wonder
Digital detox
Finding flow
Self-talk
Make friends with your body
Riding the wave of emotion
Observing thoughts
Our vulnerability
CBA. Can’t Be Arsed
Notes
7 Meditation
Mindful meditation
Body scan
Breathe in the whole of creation
Feel a sense of wonder for your body
We are all made of stars
Loving kindness meditation
Notes
SECTION 3 Bringing it into the workplace
8 Antidotes to stress
Set an intention for your day
Shift your perspective
Small treats
Stop blaming
We are all allowed to make mistakes
9 Our work environment
A workstation that works for you
Movement throughout the day
Desk yoga
Support healthy food choices
Leave work on time
Notes
10 Team culture
An empowered team
What is urgent and what is important?
Set service objectives as a team
Effective emails
Meetings with a purpose
Meeting etiquette
Space to think
A connected team
Notes
11 Conflict at work
Everyone has intrinsic worth
Practicing non-judgement
Pick up the phone!
Stop story-telling
Depersonalise, re-professionalise
Set boundaries for healthy work relationships
Compassionate communication
Notes
SECTION 4 Our place in the world
12 Purpose
Identify your natural gifts and learned behaviours
Align with your values
Find your purpose
Your purpose in pictures
Make a restorative playlist
Set personal goals which have intrinsic rewards
Live life as it if is weighted in your favour
Notes
13 Adversity
Writing therapy
Post-traumatic growth
Moral injury
An emergency self-care kit
Distraction behaviours
A protective posse
Forgiveness
Notes
14 A better world
Global citizenship
Compassionate communities
AHPs and the future of the world
We have influence

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