Hello and welcome to the Psychiatry and Psychothermic Podcast.

I'm here to talk about getting rid of burnout, increasing job satisfaction, and feeling

like an expert in what you do.

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medical education right at the last minute.

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Listening as a therapist or a psychiatrist increases connection.

It focuses on attachment, the interpersonal emotion, and looks for what is strong and adaptive.

With increased connection comes the ability to better tell our story.

The shame, self guilt, self-disgust, and fear of not being enough or being found out

melts away as we listen for the adaptive reasons behind thoughts and actions.

When someone feels connection in the midst of their most distressing memories and thoughts,

they will feel less alone, less isolated, less like on a cold island.

I imagine a cold island of a memory in the mind floating around with a person trying

to stay as warm as possible.

I've been reading the book The Endurance, which is like we're a bunch of men who are

trying to explore Antarctica, got stuck on ice for years before they could escape.

And it's kind of that picture of a memory that may have been traumatic, that lacked

attunement.

And as we listen, we're invited into that space, that sacred space, I would say.

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