Mindfulness as Emotional CPR for Clinicians

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Clyde Boiston, PT, OCS, CMF, TCHI Related seminars and products

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CLYDE BOISTON, PT, OCS, CMF, TCHI, is a licensed Physical Therapist with over 25 years of clinical experience who has worked in multiple therapy settings including acute care, outpatient orthopedics, and home health. In addition to his continuing clinical work as a PT, he and his wife own and operate Bel Wellness, a mind-body wellness studio in Riverside, CA which offers classes in Tai Chi, Yoga, Pilates, Mindfulness and meditation. Mr. Boiston is a mindfulness teacher and meditation instructor who presents retreats, workshops, and mindful living classes to both corporate and healthcare employers as well as the general community. His clients include Kaiser Permanente, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, UC Riverside, and the Riverside County Office on Aging. He received his certification as a Mindfulness Facilitator (CMF) from UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) in 2017 after completing their yearlong teacher training program. MARC is part of the UCLA Medical School’s Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. Mr. Boiston graduated with a BS in PT from California State University Long Beach in 1997 and has been Board Certified as an Orthopedic Clinical Specialist (OCS) since 2004. He is also a certified Tai Chi for Rehabilitation instructor through the Tai Chi for Health Institute.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Clyde Boiston maintains a private practice. He receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Clyde Boiston has no relevant non-financial relationships.

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Objectives

1. Investigate mindfulness and meditation practice with guided breath meditation to decrease stress and anxiety.
2. Demonstrate proficiency in the use of the STOP practice to regulate emotions and reduce conditioned behaviors as an unconscious response to provocative situations.
3. Demonstrate awareness of symptoms of “Compassion Burnout” including why healthcare professionals are predisposed to suffering from this phenomenon and strategies to avoid it.
4. Analyze the literature on resilience and why this is a learned set of skills rather than a predisposition or personality type while developing proficiency with basic techniques to improve a personal level of resilience.
5. Develop takeaway strategies for immediate implementation to begin the process of creating a healthier work-life balance.

Outline

• Brief Didactic Overview of Mindfulness 
• Experiential Activity: A Guided Breath Meditation 

• The Physiology of Emotions 
• How our emotions can drive our behavior 
• Controlling Emotions By Opening Up a Space Between Stimulus and Response 
• Experiential: STOP Acronym 
• Distinguishing Between Positive and Negative Emotions 
• Innate Bias Towards Love and Kindness 

• The key to becoming a more effective care partner 
• Compassion (the Authentic Desire to Relieve Suffering) 
• Symptoms of “Compassion Burnout”  
• Why healthcare professionals are predisposed 
• Understanding Meaning of Equanimity  
• Experiential: Self Compassion and Equanimity Meditation 

• Peace of Mind: The 2nd component of Emotional CPR 
• Rapid recovery from stress: the hallmark of resilience (3rd component of Emotional CPR) 
• Review of the literature on resilience 
• A learned set of skills rather than a predisposition or personality  
• Developing proficiency with basic techniques to improve a personal level of resilience 
• Embodying resilience: learning to flow like water 

• Immediate implementation to begin the process of creating a healthier work-life balance 
• The importance of the heart - body - mind triad 
• The “river of energy” (the flow of our inner “Chi”) 
• Where does all your personal energy go? 
• Experiential activity: the wheel of life 
• The power of setting intentions  
• Simple techniques for more mindful living 

Target Audience

• Physical Therapists
• Physical Therapy Assistants
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Speech-Language Pathologists
• Athletic Trainers
• Massage Therapists
• Chiropractors