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E-grāmata: Self-Care for Allied Health Professionals: From Surviving to Thriving

(Speech and language therapist, UK)
  • Formāts: 318 pages
  • Izdošanas datums: 30-Sep-2021
  • Izdevniecība: Routledge
  • Valoda: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9781000450149
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  • Formāts: 318 pages
  • Izdošanas datums: 30-Sep-2021
  • Izdevniecība: Routledge
  • Valoda: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9781000450149

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"Self-Care for Allied Professionals brings together a collection of self-care strategies into one easy to read volume, supporting allied health professionals to do the best for their patients by caring for themselves. The book offers information and practical strategies to look after your physical and emotional wellbeing at home and in the workplace, exploring topics such as sleep and food, resilience and meditation, stress, conflict and adversity. Written to be a flexible tool that can be read cover to cover or dipped in and out of as needed, it offers rapid response self-care strategies alongside more lasting changes, supporting practitioners to make small steps to build healthy habits for the future. Key features of this book include: A combination ofquick response strategies, like a 5 minute breathing exercise you can use before a difficult meeting, and opportunities for deeper work, examining your purpose and aligning your role with your values Combines ancient practices of meditation and mindfulness with the latest research on nutrition, exercise, sleep and wellbeing Consideration of the challenges professionals face in the context of pandemics and a changing health and social care landscape, helping you to thrive in a challenging world. Self-care has never been more important. This is a book that every allied health professional and trainee should have on their desk, to improve productivity, enhance job satisfaction, and build resilience for whatever the future brings"--

Self-Care for Allied Professionals brings together a collection of self-care strategies into one easy to read volume, supporting allied health professionals to do the best for their patients by caring for themselves.

The book offers information and practical strategies to look after your physical and emotional wellbeing at home and in the workplace, exploring topics such as sleep and food, resilience and meditation, stress, conflict and adversity. Written to be a flexible tool that can be read cover to cover or dipped in and out of as needed, it offers rapid response self-care strategies alongside more lasting changes, supporting practitioners to make small steps to build healthy habits for the future.

Key features of this book include:

  • A combination of quick response strategies, like a 5 minute breathing exercise you can use before a difficult meeting, and opportunities for deeper work, examining your purpose and aligning your role with your values
  • Combines ancient practices of meditation and mindfulness with the latest research on nutrition, exercise, sleep and wellbeing
  • Consideration of the challenges professionals face in the context of pandemics and a changing health and social care landscape, helping you to thrive in a challenging world.

Self-care has never been more important. This is a book that every allied health professional and trainee should have on their desk, to improve productivity, enhance job satisfaction, and build resilience for whatever the future brings.



The book offers information and practical strategies to look after your physical and emotional wellbeing at home and in the workplace. Written to be a flexible tool, it offers rapid response self-care strategies alongside more lasting changes, supporting practitioners to make small steps to build healthy habits for the future.

Gratitude List xi
Introduction xiii
1 The science and the art of self-care
1(22)
DNA and gene expression
2(2)
The gut microbiome
4(4)
The stress response
8(2)
Tuning into our stress response
10(3)
The mind-body connection
13(4)
Changing our habits in an unhealthy world
17(3)
Notes
20(3)
SECTION 1 Our physical well being
23(76)
2 Breathe
25(13)
Breathe through your nose
26(3)
Unblock your nose
29(2)
Extend your exhale
31(2)
Alternate nostril breathing
33(3)
Notes
36(2)
3 Sleep
38(16)
Support your body clock
40(3)
Leave work behind
43(2)
Download your day
45(2)
Yoga nidra
47(5)
Notes
52(2)
4 Move
54(18)
Spend time outdoors
56(2)
Playful movement
58(3)
Restorative yoga
61(8)
Notes
69(3)
5 Eat
72(27)
Mindful eating
74(3)
Eat within a 12-hour window
77(2)
Eat a rainbow
79(5)
Eat for hormone health
84(3)
Build a breakfast
87(2)
Lunchbox club
89(2)
Easy dinners
91(3)
Notes
94(5)
SECTION 2 Our emotional wellbeing
99(52)
6 Resilience
101(33)
Gratitude practice
102(3)
Random acts of kindness
105(1)
Cultivate a sense of wonder
106(3)
Digital detox
109(4)
Finding flow
113(2)
Self-talk
115(2)
Make friends with your body
117(4)
Riding the wave of emotion
121(3)
Observing thoughts
124(3)
Our vulnerability
127(2)
CBA. Can't Be Arsed
129(3)
Notes
132(2)
7 Meditation
134(17)
Mindful meditation
136(2)
Body scan
138(1)
Breathe in the whole of creation
139(2)
Feel a sense of wonder for your body
141(2)
We are all made of stars
143(2)
Loving kindness meditation
145(3)
Notes
148(3)
SECTION 3 Bringing it into the workplace
151(78)
8 Antidotes to stress
153(14)
Set an intention for your day
154(3)
Shift your perspective
157(1)
Small treats
158(4)
Stop blaming
162(3)
We are all allowed to make mistakes
165(2)
9 Our work environment
167(17)
A workstation that works for you
168(2)
Movement throughout the day
170(2)
Desk yoga
172(5)
Support healthy food choices
177(1)
Leave work on time
178(4)
Notes
182(2)
10 Team culture
184(24)
An empowered team
185(2)
What is urgent and what is important?
187(3)
Set service objectives as a team
190(3)
Effective emails
193(3)
Meetings with a purpose
196(1)
Meeting etiquette
197(3)
Space to think
200(3)
A connected team
203(3)
Notes
206(2)
11 Conflict at work
208(21)
Everyone has intrinsic worth
210(2)
Practicing non-judgement
212(3)
Pick up the phone!
215(3)
Stop story-telling
218(2)
Depersonalise, re-professionalise
220(2)
Set boundaries for healthy work relationships
222(3)
Compassionate communication
225(1)
Notes
226(3)
SECTION 4 Our place in the world
229(60)
12 Purpose
231(22)
Identify your natural gifts and learned behaviours
232(2)
Align with your values
234(3)
Find your purpose
237(4)
Your purpose in pictures
241(2)
Make a restorative playlist
243(3)
Set personal goals which have intrinsic rewards
246(4)
Live life as it if is weighted in your favour
250(2)
Notes
252(1)
13 Adversity
253(19)
Writing therapy
254(1)
Post-traumatic growth
255(4)
Moral injury
259(2)
An emergency self-care kit
261(2)
Distraction behaviours
263(3)
A protective posse
266(2)
Forgiveness
268(3)
Notes
271(1)
14 A better world
272(17)
Global citizenship
273(4)
Compassionate communities
277(2)
AHPs and the future of the world
279(5)
We have influence
284(3)
Notes
287(2)
Index 289
Alison Battye has worked as a Speech and Language Therapist for 20 years, working predominantly in the NHS, but also with Local Authorities, charitable trusts and independent practitioners. She currently manages a multidisciplinary team of Allied Health Professionals. Ali is a qualified yoga instructor, and has practised yoga and meditation for as long as she has been an Allied Health Professional. This exploration has informed her approach as a therapist and as a team leader. Ali passionately believes that if we can tune into our own needs, we more effectively meet the needs of others.