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A repository of resources for connecting Health Care Practitioners to Mindfulness practices.

Belonging

Belonging

"Wellbeing is linked in some way to being held by a larger benevolence in this world, the feeling that we are held, that we fit in, that we are connected. It’s not survival of the fittest, its survival of the nurtured."

-Tara Brach

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  • Shanafelt TD, West CP, Sloan JA, Novotny PJ, Poland GA, Menaker R, Rummans TA, Dyrbye LN. Career fit and burnout among academic faculty. Arch Intern Med. 2009 May 25;169(10):990-5. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.70. PMID: 19468093.
  • Dyrbye LN, Shanafelt TD, Gill PR, Satele DV, West CP. Effect of a Professional Coaching Intervention on the Well-being and Distress of Physicians: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 Oct 1;179(10):1406-1414. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.2425. PMID: 31380892; PMCID: PMC6686971.
  • Gottlieb M, Chung A, Battaglioli N, Sebok-Syer SS, Kalantari A. Impostor syndrome among physicians and physicians in training: A scoping review. Med Educ. 2020 Feb;54(2):116-124. doi: 10.1111/medu.13956. Epub 2019 Nov 6. PMID: 31692028.
  • Shanafelt TD, Gorringe G, Menaker R, Storz KA, Reeves D, Buskirk SJ, Sloan JA, Swensen SJ. Impact of organizational leadership on physician burnout and satisfaction. Mayo Clin Proc. 2015 Apr;90(4):432-40. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2015.01.012. Epub 2015 Mar 18. PMID: 25796117.
  • West CP, Dyrbye LN, Rabatin JT, Call TG, Davidson JH, Multari A, Romanski SA, Hellyer JM, Sloan JA, Shanafelt TD. Intervention to promote physician well-being, job satisfaction, and professionalism: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Apr;174(4):527-33. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.14387. PMID: 24515493.
  • Sexton JB, Adair KC. Forty-five good things: a prospective pilot study of the Three Good Things well-being intervention in the USA for healthcare worker emotional exhaustion, depression, work-life balance and happiness. BMJ Open. 2019 Mar 20;9(3):e022695. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022695. PMID: 30898795; PMCID: PMC6475256.
  • Shanafelt TD. Physician Well-being 2.0: Where Are We and Where Are We Going? Mayo Clin Proc. 2021 Oct;96(10):2682-2693. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2021.06.005. PMID: 34607637.
  • Turner Toko-pa. Belonging: Remembering ourselves home. 1st ed. Salt Spring Island, British Columbia: Her Own Room Press; 2017. 258 p.
  • Anchor Shawn. The happiness advantage: The seven principles of positive psychology that fuel success and performance at work. 1st ed. New York, NY: Crown Currency Publishing;  2010. 256 pages.
  • Silver, J. K., Ellinas, E. H., & Augustus-Wallace, A. C. (2024). Sense of belonging is a critical component of workforce retention. bmj, 384.