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After a gender-affirming surgery, you may experience a range of emotions including fear, let-down, disappointment, joy, and elation! It's time for some gentle attention to your mental health. Explore here on Transgender Medicine Made Simple. Linda Gromko MD

Supporting a loved one through surgery and recovery is crucial for their mental and physical well-being. Discover essential tips to offer the best emotional and practical support in our latest blog post from Evolutis Health. #MentalHealthSupport #SurgicalRecovery #CaregivingTips

Recovering from surgery can take a toll on a person's mental well-being, leading to feelings of frustration, anxiety, or depression. Post-surgical rehabilitation provides not only physical but also emotional support to patients, helping them cope with the challenges of recovery and maintain a positive outlook. #PostSurgicalRehab #RehabilitationJourney #SurgeryRecovery #PostOpRehab #RecoveryTherapy #PhysicalRehabilitation #SurgicalRecovery #RecoveryProcess #RehabilitationProgram #SurgicalRehab

Recovering from surgery can take a toll on a person's mental well-being, leading to feelings of frustration, anxiety, or depression. Post-surgical rehabilitation provides not only physical but also emotional support to patients, helping them cope with the challenges of recovery and maintain a positive outlook. #PostSurgicalRehab #RehabilitationJourney #SurgeryRecovery #PostOpRehab #RecoveryTherapy #PhysicalRehabilitation #SurgicalRecovery #RecoveryProcess #RehabilitationProgram #SurgicalRehab

According to a study from two Harvard psychologists Matt Killingsworth & Dan Gilbert (as read about in Dr. Cassie Holmes “Happier Hour” - very much enjoying it 👍) We are distracted 47% of the time. The study went on to reveal that our happiness is less dependent on WHAT we’re doing and more dependent on the level of focus we have doing it. I can’t help but think of the monks who wash dishes like they’re performing open heart surgery, and are completely fulfilled by it. What distractions can you strip away in your life to help you devote your entire attention to the task at hand? Turn the TV off when you’re reading? Put the phone on the other side of the room while you cook? Listen to music as the main event instead of background noise? Pay more attention… come away with a greater sense of fulfillment. #happinessatwork #fulfillment #executivecoaching

Cracking the Code: Hilarious Tips to Ace Your Doctor's Visit! 😄💉 😂 Chapter One 😅 Forget what wise people say to take a paper with your questions to the doctor visit. Listen to these tips: 1. First and foremost, take your hearing aid or this will happen: Your doctor says, “I am a neurologist,” and you hear, “I am a urologist.” Then you'll spill the beans about your prostate and nightly bathroom trips. 2. Bring your eye glasses. They'll hand you a book to read and sign—the dreaded "New patient form." It's a novel, at least 10-20 pages long. Either read them or have your spouse shout silly questions in the waiting room, like,: "Have you had tonsil surgery?" when you're 90 years old. 3. Number 3 is crucial. Ensure you did numbers 2 and 3. It's advisable to bring dentures too. Otherwise, when you talk, the doc might say, "I don't understand your accent." 😂👂📝 #NeurologistHumor #CountrysideNeurologyLaughs #HealthHumor #PhysicianVisitSuccess Hope that brought you a smile after a hard day of work! I love my patients😘

Sometimes it's easier to know the "right" thing and give advice than to live and act on it. Recently, I was reminded of this with a health issue. 🩺 My doctor advised immediate surgery, but I looked at my calendar and thought I could wait a couple of weeks. When I told my mom, a pediatric hematologist oncologist, what the doctor had said and what the issue was, she was having none of it. "Any of that can get rescheduled. You need to take care of this right now." ⏳ 
 24 hours later ⏰, I went in for surgery. Of course, she was right. Sometimes it isn't just about "knowing" the right thing; it's about having the right people around you to make sure you also DO the right thing. Thank you, Mom. 💖 
 Arthur Schopenhauer once said, "[N]ine-tenths of our happiness depends upon health alone. With health, everything is a source of pleasure; without it, nothing else, whatever it may be, is enjoyable...It follows from all this that the greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness, whatever it may be, for gain, advancement, learning or fame, let alone, then, for fleeting sensual pleasures. Everything else should rather be postponed to it." 🌿 
 This experience reinforced the importance of prioritizing health above all else. Everything else can wait. 🌟✨ 
 #HealthFirst #Priorities #Wisdom #FamilySupport #Health #Healthspan #Wellness #Grateful 🙏

😱Do doctors, dentists, medical procedures, especially brain surgery, make you anxious? Of course! We are only human! 😩🥺 👉🏻My mind-body-soul Calm Path Methods were crucial 💪🏻 for me before, during, and after my daunting procedure. Fortunately my 🧠 brain tumor was BENIGN but it had to come out. It was pushing into my brain behind my R eye. 👀 👉🏻My Calm Path Methods WERE the key 🔑 to my successful recovery and results. 🙌🙌🙌 👉🏻Incorporating daily routines that foster a Calm Path lifestyle can be essential for managing life’s challenging and frightening experiences, helping us to go, grow, and glow ✨through them. ❤️🩹Want to learn more tips/methods about handling MEDICAL Anxiety, healing and regulating your nervous system? You’re in the right place. Hit FOLLOW for more binge-worthy anxiety relief/stress management/support content 🙏🏻 @calmpathcoach ❤️🩹SHARE THIS POST with someone you know who would love this type of support? #peloton #bike #riding #cycling #workout #selfcare #healing #brain #braintumor #benign #meningioma #surgery #anxiety #stressmanagement #support #preop #postop #medical #doctor #clevelandclinicflorida #dentist #anxious #taylorswift #outofthewoods #wellness #tips #igcoach #calm #path #coach

Visited Tallinn this weekend again to do a couple of video recordings together with my friends at Bariatric Services. Why can therapy be helpful when going through bariatric surgery? How can we support major life change by means of therapy? What role does self-efficacy, self-compassion and self-knowledge have? As we want to let go of undesired behaviour, it can be crucial to first thank that precice behaviour. There is power in the paradox. If the behaviour has been persistent, it has probably had an important role at some point. Maybe it was a way to ease pain or relieve anxiety. Maybe it provided safety in times of fear. Before letting go, we might need to acknowledge the importance of these functions and the undesired behaviour, and say thank you. It might even be helpful to write a letter eg. to the eating disorder. Thank you - I really needed you when life was just too much to handle, and I had no other means of easing my pain. Safely embracing with radical compassion can be a truly life-changing experience. ✨ #solutionfocused #solutionfocusedtherapy #ratkaisujarakentamassa #ratkaisukeskeinenlyhytterapia #selfcompassion #bariatricsurgery #bariatricservices