A Dose of Perspective: Recent Episodes
Dr. Fay Hosseini
Are you a busy professional struggling with stress, anxiety and overwhelm more often than you're willing to admit to? Are you experiencing burn-out and compassion fatigue, to the point where you're questioning how much longer you can stay in your current position, or your chosen profession? Has your professional life bled heavily into your personal life? Does fear hold you back? Do feel stuck more often than not?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you're in the right place friend! Welcome to a A Dose of Perspective with your host, Dr. Fay Hosseini - certified life coach and ER pharmacist, at a Level I Trauma Center. This is the podcast where busy professionals like you, come to learn how to master emotional resiliency, by harnessing the power of your own mind. Whether it's a solo episode or an interview with a special guest - you will walk away feeling refreshed, motivated and inspired to take action. On a biweekly basis, you can expect to learn various coaching concepts, tools, tips, tricks and mind hacks, that are designed to help you shift perspective, while maintaining forward momentum in your own life. Adversity doesn't have to set you back - it's the perfect classroom for you to grow, and set yourself up for your remarkable come back. E V E R Y T I M E.
Life is 50-50 & negative emotions are a part of the human experience. And yet most of us, don’t know how to ride through these waves of emotion as they come up for us. So today, I’ll teach you how to do just that, using anxiety as an example.
Key Points in This Episode of A Dose of Perspective :
- Why negative emotions are not a problem, until we make them a problem for ourselves
- Why a high IQ does not necessarily translate to a high EQ
- The 3 band-aid strategies that we resort to whenever we’re face to face with negative emotions – Resistance, Reacting to and Avoidance
- Why your negative emotions are like little kids who are craving for your attention – they just want to be seen, heard, loved and accepted (by YOU)
- A step by step approach on how to use the NOW method to process any emotion that doesn’t feel great to you
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Today I’ll be discussing what many of us struggle with – setting personal boundaries. You teach others how to treat you, but people aren’t mind readers. Join me to learn the how of where to start when it comes to setting healthy, personal boundaries.
Key Points in This Episode of A Dose of Perspective :
- Brief review of the definition of a boundary
- Why it’s important to gain more clarity on your own boundaries - FIRST
- Key differences between setting healthy & unhealthy boundaries
- Important questions to ask yourself to determine if there truly has been a boundary violation, or if you’re looking to create drama unnecessarily
- A neutral approach to setting healthy boundaries whenever there clearly has been a boundary violation
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Do you constantly say yes to others when your soul is screaming NO? Do you walk around with a fake smile as you continue to put everyone else’s needs before your own? Are you marinating in resentment? If you answered yes, then press play my friend.
Key Points in This Episode of A Dose of Perspective :
- The underlying pathology of our Disease to Please
- Why women are more susceptible to falling into the people pleasing cycle of existence
- The transaction that occurs between a people pleaser and the person they are trying to please
- Key differences between being a people pleaser and a selfless person
- Questions to ask yourself to determine if you’re a people pleaser
- Strategies to address and treat the pleaser in you
- An invitation to join my pod for a 1 hour complimentary session where we dive deeper into more tools and strategies to tackle the root cause of your Disease to Please
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In today’s episode, I’ll be discussing 10 simple & practical strategies to tackle the underlying pathology of your Imposter Syndrome. Let’s normalize this phenomenon & encourage one another to remove our armor, & show up in a more authentic way.
Key Points in This Episode of A Dose of Perspective :
- The Clance Imposter Phenomenon Scale (CIPS)
- Examples of statements from the CIPS scale
- Reframing imposter-like thoughts/thought patterns to fuel more positive emotions
- 10 effective strategies to help you loosen your armor
- Why it’s important to talk & share our experiences of imposter syndrome so that we can remove our armor, & show up as the best version of ourselves
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Imposter syndrome is prevalent in the work force & can have a significant impact on our mental health. I’ll be discussing some key background information, including relevant literature & the underlying thought patterns that fuel this phenomenon.
Key Points in This Episode of A Dose of Perspective :
- Why certain professions are a breeding ground for imposter syndrome
- Key features & characteristics of imposter syndrome
- The prevalence of imposter syndrome in the work force
- Literature findings pertaining to this phenomenon
- The thoughts & thought patterns that fuel imposterism
- The impact of imposter syndrome on our mental health
- How imposter syndrome shows up in my own professional life
- Why administers should be aware of this phenomenon & it’s impact on the mental health of their employees
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Today’s episode is about the act of worrying which is nothing more than the misuse of our imagination. But we all do it because it gives us this false sense of control. I’ll discuss strategies to help you tackle your worries in a more productive way.
Key Points in This Episode of A Dose of Perspective :
- Why worrying is a form of negative visualization that removes us from the present moment
- Why it’s a good idea to schedule 30 mins of “worry time” in your calendar
- How to uncover some of your deeper, rooted worries
- Solvable versus Unsolvable Worries
- Key questions to ask yourself when examining whatever it is that’s weighing heavy in your mind, & in your heart
- What I wish someone had told me when my mom was first diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma
- Why TRUST is the antidote to the act of worrying
- Why SELF-TRUST is a muscle just like any other that we can grow, if, we’re willing to give it the time & attention it deserves
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A hyperactive judge is a strong indicator that we’re at war with ourselves. It’s why we view the world through a negative lens & how we add to our own pain & suffering – unknowingly. Join me & learn how to tame your judge & subsequently feel lighter.
Key Points in This Episode of A Dose of Perspective :
- Why a hyperactive judge is the most common way we sabotage our lives
- The most common emotions that are at the heart of a judgmental outlook – Shame, blame & guilt
- Some of the work & teachings of Shirzad Chamine - keynote speaker, executive coach & author of NY time best seller “Positive Intelligence”
- Common lies that your judge feeds into your psyche
- Why it’s important to recognize who is in the driver’s seat of your mind – especially when making important decisions
- Questions to ask yourself to determine if you have a hyperactive judge
- Why it’s important to recognize your judge as a separate entity to you
- Why it’s important to know the triggers that activate your judge, ahead of time
- How to disarm your judge during moments of judge hyperactivation
- Strategies to weaken your judge over time, & cultivate more peace & joy
Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
- Positive Intelligence : https://amzn.to/3CFDtAl
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This episode will change your approach to goal setting. How do we build momentum, create new habits & keep up with the daily grind? How do we assess, pivot & course correct? I want to help you recommit to your New Year’s Resolution. I believe in you!
Key Points in This Episode of A Dose of Perspective :
- Why 80% of us give up on our New Year’s Resolution by the second week of February
- Why most of us set goals backwards
- Why motivation alone isn’t enough to achieve our goals
- Some of the most common reasons we tend to give up on our goals prematurely
- Why it’s important to have a strong enough WHY to support yourself during the moments of weakness when you feel defeated
- Why the beauty of goal setting is within the journey itself, and not the destination
- An effective, how to, step by step process to set goals and achieve them
- What to do when you’re starting to lose momentum, and how to pivot and course correct to rebuild momentum and stay on track
- Why it’s important to reframe failure as learning
- Why it’s important to celebrate every single win – big or small
Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
- Everything Is Figureoutable
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Today I’ll show you how to uncover your stuck stories. I’ll use examples to illustrate how to disempower these beliefs so you can see for yourself, that you’re only as limited as your most limiting belief. Meet the limitless miracle that you are.
Key Points in This Episode of A Dose of Perspective :
- Strategies to uncover some of your more stubborn limiting beliefs
- Why we choose to fail ahead of time by continuing to play small
- How to examine your beliefs to determine their origins, if they even belong to you, and whether or not they’re serving you today
- How to question your limiting beliefs from a place of wonder and curiosity
- How to gently punch some holes into the foundation of your limiting beliefs, and create room for more sparkly beliefs that will uncover your limitless potential
Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
- The High 5 Habit
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Today I’ll discuss why most of us live a life of recurrent patterns & how all patterns are belief driven. I’ll discuss the origins of our core belief system & will focus on our limiting beliefs, & why it’s important to examine these more closely.
Key Points in This Episode of A Dose of Perspective :
- Why we live a life of recurrent patterns & not the life we’re meant to live
- How the Western culture of scarcity fuels our limiting beliefs which keeps us stuck
- Some of the most common limiting beliefs that hide in our subconscious mind
- How the seeds of our limiting beliefs are first planted in our young minds
- How our limiting beliefs establish the overall trajectory of our adult lives, and why changing this narrative is the key if you’re looking to course correct
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In today’s episode, I’ll review The Four Agreements by doctor and spiritual teacher, Don Miguel Ruiz. If you just embrace & practice this daily prescription of ancient Toltec wisdom, your perspective will shift, and you’ll feel so much lighter.
I’ll review each of the four agreements in more detail - Be impeccable with your word, don’t take anything personally, don’t make assumptions and always do your best. Though these may seem logical at first, most of us fail to practice these four agreements in our day to day, so we add to our own stress, pain and suffering unnecessarily.
Key Points in This Episode of A Dose of Perspective :
- How we form our limiting beliefs, our agreements, starting at a very young age
- How we often underestimate the power of our words to ourselves and to others
- Why we tend to personalize things that are not even personal
- Why making assumptions only adds more fuel to the dumpster fire
- Why these 4 agreements will help you strengthen your relationship not just with others, but more importantly, with yourself
Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
- The Four Agreements: English | Spanish
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In this episode, I’ll discuss 12 strategies that helped me personally with my own Burn-Out Recovery a few years ago. Learn how to not only climb out of the black hole of burn-out, but how to stay away from that slippery slope in the future.
Since burn-out is a "chronic" stress phenomenon, remember to be patient with the recovery process because otherwise, you may give up on yourself prematurely. Recognize that a good portion of burn-out recovery is an inside job – so don’t wait for the administrators/others to address every single one of your pain points for you. Because that's just not possible. Be willing to learn how to put on your own oxygen mask first. Your patients will thank you for it. And remember that at the end of the day, we’re all on the same team – we’re all in this earth school together my friend.
Key Points in This Episode of A Dose of Perspective :
- Why it’s important to design a burn-out recovery treatment plan that feels right to you
- Some of the common ways we sabotage our own attempts at self-care
- Why it’s important to understand the difference between a stressor & the feeling of stress
- Why silencing your inner judge is a powerful strategy to address the cynicism of occupational burn-out
- Strategies to prevent your professional life from bleeding into your personal life
- Strategies to stay away from the slippery slope of burn-out in the future
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In this episode I discuss why the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the mass exodus of healthcare workers across the globe. I review the 3 dimensions of occupational burn-out, the WHO’s definition of burn-out, & I discuss why self-care alone is not enough.
In the healthcare industry, we’re set up quite nicely to experience occupational burn-out – the long hours, the back to back shifts, the high patient volumes, the high level of acuity, the lack of sufficient resources, the congestion in the waiting rooms, and the constant giving, giving, giving can only continue for so long before you hit a wall. Head first. It’s time to slow down and put on your own oxygen mask - FIRST. It’s time to take care of you - FIRST.
This episode is dedicated to all of my amazing colleagues within the University of Washington Health Care System, who’ve been working tirelessly since the start of the pandemic. We see you. We appreciate you. We love you. You matter.
Key Points in This Episode of A Dose of Perspective :
- Why self-care alone is not enough to work your way out of the black hole of burn-out
- Dr. Christina Maslach’s research and the Maslach Burn-Out Inventory (MBI)
- The 3 dimensions of Occupational Burn-Out – Exhaustion, Cynicism & Professional Inefficacy
- The World Health Organization’s revision of the ICD-11 in 2019, to include Burn-out as an occupational phenomenon
- Personality traits (in addition to our circumstances) that predispose us to burn-out
- Questions to ask yourself to determine if you’re experiencing burn-out
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Welcome to A Dose of Perspective! - A podcast where busy professionals learn how to overcome the stress, anxiety & overwhelm of daily life. In this episode, you’ll learn about my role in the ER, & how personal loss, burn-out & compassion fatigue led me to coaching.
In May 2018, I watched my mom succumb to cholangiocarcinoma – the life event that forced me to slow down. And broke me open. Returning to work in the ER was challenging, & over time, I started to recognize I had poor coping skills.
But after stumbling across life coaching, and reaping the benefits of the thought work, the mindset & the shifts in perspective, everything started to slowly shift. If you keep an open mind, you too can learn how to ride the waves of your life with less resistance, and more forward momentum.
Key Points in This Episode of A Dose of Perspective:
- Why adversity is the perfect opportunity for growth
- Why our threat focus, our stress response is permanently dialed up in today’s world
- Why we need to pay attention to what we pay attention to (i.e. mind chatter)
- Why I consider coaching to be an enema for your brain
- Why a daily brain dump on paper (may repeat PRN) is recommended for your mental health
- How we get ourselves into trouble when we can’t tell the difference between a thought & a circumstance
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Are you a busy professional struggling with stress, anxiety and overwhelm more often than you're willing to admit to? Are you experiencing burn-out and compassion fatigue, to the point where you're questioning how much longer you can stay in your current position, or your chosen profession? Has your professional life bled heavily into your personal life? Does fear hold you back? Do you feel stuck more often than not?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you're in the right place my friend! Welcome to a A Dose of Perspective with your host, Dr. Fay Hosseini - certified life coach and ER pharmacist, at a Level I Trauma Center. This is the podcast where busy professionals like you, come to learn how to master emotional resiliency, by harnessing the power of your own mind. Whether it's a solo episode or an interview with a special guest - you will walk away feeling refreshed, motivated and inspired to take action. On a biweekly basis, you can expect to learn various coaching concepts, tools, tips, tricks and mind hacks, that are designed to help you shift perspective, while maintaining forward momentum in your own life. Adversity doesn't have to set you back - it's the perfect classroom for you to grow, and set yourself up for your remarkable come back. E V E R Y T I M E.
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