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2. How can we reconnect to our true purpose?
As an industry that makes money from sickness, healthcare is bankrupting the nation, hurting the people, wounding the caregivers, and is failing its purpose.
How can we reconnect to our true purpose?
Photo credit: Nadeem Abdulla

3. Our true purpose is healing
Our true purpose is healing. And we find joy in service when compassion lies at the heart of everything we do.
Photo credit: Guy Mayer

4. The nature of the compassionate connection

5. Cascading reactions in the healing response…
cancer genes activated stress hormones tissue breakdown compromised immunity raised blood pressure negative emotions
wounding
Cascading reactions in the healing response…
wellness genes up-regulated new protein synthesis tissue healing enhanced immunity lowered blood pressure positive emotions

6. The experience of care triggers a powerful biological response…
and emotional memories of care last a lifetime
Photo credit: Gus Chan

7. How can compassion begin to heal those lost in the healthcare system?
Our thoughts, feelings and intentions change the biology of our patients

8. Anxious pessimists
The profound influence of psychological wellbeing
Long-term survival after heart attack:
- pessimists have 4 times higher death rate from cardiac disease and 3 times higher mortality from all causes of death
Happy optimists

9. - 3 times as many pessimists get influenza, as optimists
Anxious pessimists
The profound influence of psychological wellbeing
Chances of getting clinical influenza after standard inoculation:
- 3 times as many pessimists get influenza, as optimists
Happy optimists

10. Compassionate caring is safer, more effective, satisfies patients, saves time, reduces demand, gives meaning to work, and costs less

11. kindness appreciation gratitude
And the health professionals who flourish in the broken system are those who learn and practice the daily habits of…
kindness appreciation gratitude
mindfulness
self-compassion
the joy of service

12. Health professionals who heal themselves also heal their patients
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13. The scientific evidence for all these claims can be found in the book that launched Hearts in Healthcare – and it’s a great resource for workshop participants!

14. - Health workers burning out - Costs out of control
But the industrialization of healthcare with a focus on budgets, throughputs, production, and targets has dehumanized the system:
- Loss of compassion
- Patients suffering
- Care fragmented
- Health workers burning out
- Costs out of control
- The system in crisis
Photo credit: Gus Chan

15. That’s the theme of this Reawakening Purpose workshop
We find hope through story-telling. What can we learn from stories of courageous caring?
That’s the theme of this Reawakening Purpose workshop

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