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Psychological Fitness Foundations, Part 7 - Relatedness belonging connection mental fitness psychological health relatedness

This week, we are finally moving on in our series to the second key component for physicians' psychological health. Relatedne...

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Psychological Fitness Foundations, SDT Part 3 - Autonomy of Time autonomy psychological fitness psychological health thoughts time

We are in a series exploring the three foundational needs for physicians to optimize their psychological fitness – autonomy, ...

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Psychological Fitness Foundations, SDT Part 2 - Autonomy agency autonomy psychological health

This month, we focus on the three basics of psychological well-being that improve vitality, motivation, and performance – Aut...

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Psychological Fitness , SDT Part 1, Autonomy in Medicine autonomy competence connectedness mental fitness psychological health

In the past, we have talked about getting back to the self-care basics. Specifically, we focused on three foundational physic...

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