Episode Details

The Best Approaches to Manage Anxiety

(helpful for all physicians for their patients during this pandemic)

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In this episode, Barbara and Katherine discuss:

• Taking care of ourselves first – it’s not selfish!
• Top relationship practices to promote family health.
• Managing this time of uncertainty and finding purpose and focus.

Key Takeaways:

• Self-care is about a relationship with ourselves. It goes far beyond just activities that we do once in a while.
• Communicate consciously, don’t make assumptions.
• Build both family time and personal time into your schedule with your partner, to help provide everyone what they need.

“One day at a time. Bring it into a threshold that feels like you can breathe and you can do. And that’s enough.” —  Katherine Jansen-Byrkit

Transcription

Barbara:         Welcome to an episode of Marketing Tips for Doctors. I’m your host, Dr. Barbara Hales.

Today, we have with us Katherine Jansen-Byrkit who received her Master’s in Public Health from the University of Washington in 1992 and spent over a decade in Public Health managing violence prevention and teen health programs. But over time, she experienced an inner stirring. What ensued was a process of reflection, curiosity and ultimately trust as she dove into her current career as a licensed professional counselor.

Following in the footsteps of her father who was also a therapist, she graduated in 2004 from Lewis and Clark College and has now enjoyed over 15 years in private practice offering not only holistic psychotherapy but retreats and workshops as well. And we’re going to get into that because I want to hear all about your retreats and I’m sure our listeners do too. But anyway, that’s just an aside.

Katherine:     Okay.

Barbara:         Last year, Katherine published her first book, River to Ocean: Living in the Flow of Wakefulness. Her book reflects the human voyage of finding your way to an awakened self. As with a river that traverses steep mountains and winding valleys, our inner and outer worlds can be encumbered by a lack of connection to ourselves, old beliefs and anxious mind, preoccupation with death. Like who isn’t if they watch Fox News all the time? Or compromised relationships to others.

Each and all of these can interfere with living our most authentic and loving life. In River to Ocean, Katherine explores nine aspects of wakefulness, offering insights, practices and her own and others’ inspirational stories from the field. Welcome today, Katherine.

Katherine:     Thank you so much for having me. I’m so happy to be here.

Barbara:         Well, especially now in times of stress, how can you practice self-care? And what are the best approaches to managing anxiety and uncertainty?

Katherine:     Wow! Such good and big questions. So