5. Four Levels of Physician Well-Being with Harjot Singh MD

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oftentimes, the terms wellness and well-being are used interchangeably.  Is there a significant difference especially in the context of physician burnout?</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is expounded by Dr. Harjot Singh, a</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">physician wellness and burnout prevention coach.  He is Assistant Medical Director in Kingsview Tele-Psychiatry services in California, a Fellow of American Psychiatric Association, and one of our coaches at</span> <a href="http://www.thehappymd.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">TheHappyMD.com.</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">  He shares with us his four-level system of wellbeing, namely</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">succumbing, surviving, existing, and thriving.  Tune in on today’s episode to learn more.</span></p> <p> </p> <blockquote> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">“Well-being is not just this weird positive thing all the time, t</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">ake for example a busy life of a physician.  Every day we have a chance to do good. It's almost like we have to travel to any place else, to have that sense I did good today.”</span></em></p> </blockquote> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Dr. Harjot Singh</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Highlights:</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">(01:28)  The difference between wellness and well-being</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">(02:12)  The science of well-being</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">(04:00) Two types of well-being</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">(04:47) The four-part scale</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">(06:35) The jangle effect</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">(12:23) Flow as a psychological concept</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">(16:05) The role of vision on well-being</span></li> </ul>