A physician's journey to walk again and how she learned self-compassion

<p>"Suffering something similar in my career, I know the detrimental impact of not having a voice or being heard in the medical community. Medical professionals do not want to appear weak, so they continue until something breaks.</p> <p>As a pain physician, I understand where the frontline health care workers are coming from. The intense pain and suffering that they are experiencing. I want to help those that feel this pain before it becomes too much. In my writings, I reveal my own personal journey from burnt out to balanced life in medicine and the advice that helped me. I hope it will help you too.</p> <p>You are not alone."</p> <p><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-olivia-ong-99814b1bb/?originalSubdomain=au" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Olivia Ong</a> is a pain and rehabilitation medicine physician in Australia.</p> <p>She shares her story and discusses her KevinMD article, "<a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2021/06/the-unspoken-pandemic-in-frontline-health-care-workers.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The unspoken pandemic in frontline health care workers</a>." (<a href= "https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2021/06/the-unspoken-pandemic-in-frontline-health-care-workers.html">https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2021/06/the-unspoken-pandemic-in-frontline-health-care-workers.html</a>)</p>