“We want to reclaim our own time in large systems. How do you get to rest in an anti-rest system?”
You are invited to an insightful panel discussion featuring doctors and medical professionals who will address the critical issue of post-COVID burnout. This event will explore the unique challenges health care providers face in today’s demanding medical environments and the urgent need for effective solutions.
As the health care landscape continues to evolve, many professionals are grappling with the lasting effects of the pandemic, including emotional fatigue and overwhelming workloads. Our expert panel will delve into these challenges, sharing personal experiences and professional insights. Key topics will include the importance of implementing structural changes to promote provider well-being, such as flexible scheduling, enhanced mental health resources, and supportive workplace cultures. Attendees will gain valuable perspectives on creating sustainable practices that can mitigate burnout and improve the overall health of health care systems.
Who is this for?
This workshop is for anyone working in managed care, such as a hospital, clinic, or bureaucracy. These are heavily regulated spaces with rules protecting the system from liability, where risk mitigation drives decision-making. This is not just for those who serve in a medical capacity but includes all layers of the system: doctors, nurses, and health care assistants, as well as people who have to navigate these spaces, such as administrators, transcribers, registration clerks, billing/coding, etc. BIPOC healers in these spaces see their intuitive nurturing care at odds with the volume of people systems require them to care for in a day.
Join us for this important conversation and be part of the movement toward a healthier future for our health care providers. Your voice matters in this critical dialogue. Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with experts and contribute to solutions that can make a difference! We’ll include time for somatic grounding, stress release, and networking in our practice.
Reclaiming Our Own Time in an Anti-Rest System: Addressing Burnout for Medical Providers
Wednesday, Dec. 4, 6-8:30 p.m. on Zoom
Register here
Please RSVP by Nov. 27. We look forward to seeing you there!
Our speakers
- Co-facilitators: Dr. Felicia Sy, Tender Roots, and Dr. Casandra Clark Mazariegos, Healing Movement Mental Health
- Hadija Steen Mills MPH, Healthcare Reparations
- Ndidiamaka N. Koka, MD, Hennepin Healthcare
- Nicole Winbush, MD, Sankofa Healing Arts
- Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH, Center for Antiracism Research for Health Equity
Reclaiming Our Own Time (ROOT) is part of an ever-growing movement to provide resources, support, and spaces for rest and restoration for Black, Indigenous, and Persons of Color movement leaders. ROOT calls for us to reclaim our humanity and return to our ancestral roots through the practice of rest and restoration. In this space, we lift up our elders, healers, guides, mentors, artists, and community culture bearers who have been holding our communities through joy, grief, and passing ancestral practices intergenerationally. We believe we must honor our healers by curating spaces where we can center rest and shared practices can emerge.
As part of our commitment to learn from and engage with our community healers, we are offering a series of engagements, including a listening session, two virtual workshops, and a three-day, in-person convening. This series will craft distinct spaces tailored to our healers in different ways.
- Sept. 26: A community listening session to help shape and inform this series.
- Oct. 19: “Bearing Witness to the Wounded Healer: Pathways to Well-being and Rest,” a virtual workshop for those who are tending to others in the community.
- Dec. 4: “Reclaiming Our Own Time in an Anti-Rest System: Addressing Burnout for Medical Providers.” A virtual workshop for healers working in any capacity within large systems.
- Feb. 27 – March 1, 2025: A three-day, in-person convening designed for all healers, wherever they find themselves on the healer’s journey.
