The Dr. Jud Podcast Dr. Jud Brewer

Being empathetic with patients is important for their recovery but it has its limits.In this podcast, you will learn:- How empathy fatigue can lead to burnout. - How to recognize coping behavior strategies employed by clinicians to protect from patients’ suffering that become habits and contribute to exhaustion.- How to name the core elements of the process of reinforcement learning in habit loops. - To identify new strategies to step out of unhelpful habit loops.Empathy is all abou...

Compassion is a way to feel patients’ suffering without being emotionally exhausted by it. In this podcast, you will learn:- How to differentiate between empathy and compassion.- How to stay with patients’ suffering without being consumed by it. A way to feel patients’ suffering and not be consumed by it is to not take it personally, by removing the “me” element: not getting stuck in their story (i.e. throwing them a rope instead...

Intrusive thoughts are distracting and can cause great distress. In this podcast, you will learn:- How our minds deal with intrusive thoughts.- To apply skills to manage intrusive thoughts in clinical settings and private life.We have no control over our thoughts. One thought can lead to another until we are overwhelmed by a train of thoughts. The harder we try to stop these thoughts, the more the mind fights back and keeps going. But...

Self-judgement gets in the way of doing our own tasks and interacting with patients and it contributes to exhaustion. In this podcast, you will learn:-How to name the core elements of the habit loop of self-judgment.-New strategies to step out of habit loop of self-judgment.-How to practice kindness toward oneself and others.Self-judgment gets in the way of being grounded in the present moment, being connected with ourselves or patients like intrusive thoughts and it contributes to exhaustion...

Our brain does not like uncertainty and this causes stress and anxiety.In this podcast, you will learn:- How the brain works with uncertainty.- How to reduce stress and anxiety for uncertaintyInformation is like food for our brain. Uncertainty is like that hunger signal telling us that we don’t have enough information, and need to gather it. Uncertainty can cause stress and anxiety. And these c...

Emotional contagion is unconscious and can be toxic when we interact with other people. In this podcast, you will learn:- How emotional contagion impacts on the interactions with patients and colleagues.- How to use curiosity against the maladaptive effects of emotional contagion. Emotions can be unconsciously spread from one person to another through facial expression, tone of voice and body language. Emotional con...