Mindfulness for Medicos

“The ‘equilibrium’ that people see in me is really an illusion. I am as flawed as anyone. It’s only that I seem to have the knack of hiding.” -Erich Segal, Doctors   Health is wealth. Well, we seem to have almost forgotten it. This is especially true for most doctors. Being in the field of medicine for almost two decades now, I have seen doctors struggling with physical and mental health issues far more than we tend to assume. The general opinion is because doctors know about the human body and various conditions that inflict upon it, they must be pretty good at dealing with its vagaries. However, the truth is doctors are after all human beings and they are vulnerable, just like anyone else. God or Not? Society still treats the medical profession and doctors in highest esteem and more often than not, we doctors start believing it (so called messiah complex or saviour complex or white knight complex) where we go out of the way to help someone or save someone. We may feel res...

"Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live in."  - Jim Rohn Whenever I hear people saying 'feeling blessed' , every time they are talking about something that they have achieved or received like getting good marks and topping an exam, getting your dream job, being promoted, getting to travel abroad, buying their own home or car, getting married, becoming parents or just plain good fortune. However, I have never heard anyone say that they are feeling blessed to have good health as if we all take our health for granted, the last on each of our lists. Let me finish everything else today, I will take care of my health tomorrow. Sadly, the tomorrow never arrives for many of us, and we continue to live a life in ill health, both physical and mental. And suddenly one fine day, our health gives up. It's so essential to prioritise our health today, take care of the body and mind which has been with us since our inception, the part of our existence. W...