12. Mindful Awareness - with Dr Carter Lebares

How can we stay human when we work in a challenging profession? And how can mindful awareness (= noticing our present moment experiences with curiosity and acceptance) help us in this process? How can we become better in emotion regulation and what has situation awareness (aka de-centring or reframing) to do with it? Join us for a deep dive into the answers to these and other questions in this week's episode. Our guest Dr Carter Lebares, MD FACS is a pioneer in the research of surgeon wellbeing in human health care and she has many facts and insights to offer in this truly fascinating conversation with host Petra Agthe. <br/><br/>Timestamps:<br/>00:58 Introduction to episode and Dr Carter Lebares<br/>03:08 About our partner VIN Europe<br/>04:00 About Carter's work and research, and how she came to explore the role of mindful awareness in surgery<br/>07:48 Effects of mindful awareness in health care settings<br/>12:49 How mindfulness awareness can change mindsets, perspectives and culture<br/>18:23 How situation awareness (or de-centring) is associated with emotion regulation and how it can help with after-work recovery<br/>22:25 About the importance of recovery, rest and intentional recharge<br/>25:20 How mindfulness practices help to train the mind (even though they do not always feel relaxing!)<br/>27:21 Mindful awareness and emotion regulation when dealing with mistakes and other stressful events<br/>31:17 Carter shares personal stories about how to stay human in a demanding profession and the importance of acknowledging and processing our emotions<br/>37:00 About the importance of trauma awareness in mindfulness training<br/>39:34 Carter's most favourite resources on the topic of mindful awareness<br/>44:13 How to find out more about Carter's work and ESRT courses<br/>46:13 Goodbye<br/><br/>Where to find more information about Carter and her work: <br/>https://mindfulsurgeon.ucsf.edu<br/>https://carterlebares.org<br/><br/>Carters most favourite book authors on the topic:<br/>Thich Nhat Hanh: https://plumvillage.org/about/thich-nhat-hanh/key-books<br/>Ram Dass: https://www.ramdass.org/ram-dass-books-timeline/<br/><br/>You may also be interested in: <br/>More about Jon Kabat-Zinn<br/>Previous episodes with related topics<br/>1. Attention - with Steph Sorrell<br/>5. Self-Awareness - with Clive Elw<br/>The Veterinary Information Network (VIN) is lending us a hand by helping us with editing our podcast episodes. More about VIN here.<br/>We continue to happily fund all costs for this podcast ourselves but you show your support by donating towards a fundraising campaign in aid of a mental health project for Ukrainian veterinary colleagues hosted by the Galaxy Vets Foundation<br/><br/>We value your feedback! Please email us your thoughts, ideas and suggestions to vetmindworks@gmail.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook<br/><br/>Want to find out more about host Petra? Follow on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/petra-agthe-562bb65b Credits: <br/>Music- Deep Ambience by Coma-Media, Pixabay; Images for Artwork- OpenClipart-Vectors, Pix