Entries by aymen

Beyond a Medical Model: Working with Diversity in Mind

In their work, Culture, Illness, and Care: Clinical Lessons from Anthropologic and Cross-Cultural Research, Kleinman, Eisenberg and Good (1978) used the term ‘explanatory model’ that defines how patients conceptualise and construct their illness. Conceptualising illness is an important facet of understanding the patient’s point of view, i.e., what their illness means to them. It offers […]

How To Prevent Tech Neck by An Occupational Physician

Organisations are taking an active role in educating their staff on how to develop and maintain good posture. They are often doing this by showing employees how to use technology correctly. That being said, many of us, in our rush to complete tasks, often bypass the advice and slump at our desks. This, naturally, compromises […]

SMART Goals and Organisational Leadership

Leaders and managers in the workplace can use the SMART model (setting specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound goals) to set direction and identify their goals. It is important that management and leaders have a strategy to identify what they would like to achieve. The SMART model is a time-tested way to do this. In […]

Dark Triads: Working With Bad People

The dark triad of personalities are as the name suggests; bad. They can be particularly challenging within the workforce. They are the personality traits of narcissism, Machiavellian, and psychopathy. These are the people that do great harm in the world. They lack empathy, seek power, and control, and manipulate for personal gain. They can cause […]

Knowing Your Macros from Your Micros: A Healthy Diet for Energy and Vitality

A healthy diet is a diet that is nutritionally balanced and contains all of the essential vitamins and minerals, as well as the macro nutrients in the required portions. Macro nutrients include protein, the building blocks of tissue; carbohydrates that provide energy; and fats, which can be split into saturated, unsaturated, trans, polyunsaturated, and monounsaturated. […]

A Doctor’s Tips on How to Increase Fertility

Many women are facing infertility problems. It is a problem that effects at least 186 million people worldwide, with an estimated 15.5% of women in the USA experiencing infertility. Medical advances such as In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) have increased the medical and alternative health community’s interest in understanding the causes and effects of infertility. Functional medicine, […]

Epigenetics and Trauma

The word ‘epigenetics’ may be a new one for you, but the term has been around for quite some time, making traction in the last decade. Epigenetics is the study of how experience, thoughts, and words can modify our DNA. These changes can be passed on from one generation to the next. We can change […]

What is Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy and How Can It Help You?

“Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally. It’s about knowing what is on your mind.” Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) combines both Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and mindfulness techniques to help individuals manage thoughts and emotions. MBCT was originally developed by Zindel Segal, Mark Williams, and John Teasdale. […]

Managing mental health at work

AS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES GET DISCUSSED MORE, IT’S PART OF A HEALTH CHECK-IN AT THE WORKSITE. SARAH DAVIES-ROBERTSON AND DR. FARHAN SHAHZAD LOOK AT WAYS YOU CAN CHECK IN AT WORK. Once upon a time, mental health at work was overlooked. We often ignored issues in the workplace, seeing a person as weak and unable […]