Making Your Mental Health a Priority with Dr. Delicia Haynes
This episode features, Dr. Delicia Haynes, discussing why it is important to make your mental health a priority and how to do it. Dr. Delicia is a Board-certified Family Physician, International Speaker, and Coach. During this pandemic, people have become even more aware of the importance of mental health. You’re going to want to stay on until the last moment to catch all of this knowledge about practical ways to improve your mental health and have your career be something that feeds your instead of bleeding you dry. The bonus is that you also get a better understanding of the healthcare system itself, which helps you even better advocate for your own health.
This episode will answer:
-What is the impact of lack of business training for doctors?
-Why do doctors say that all of this money for medical bills and insurance does not come to them?
-How can you change your career to protect and support your mental health?
-How can you fulfill your calling while still taking care of yourself?
-Why is it important to show up for yourself?
-What is White Coat Safe Space?
-Is it possible not be defined by mental health challenges?
-What are strategies to protect your mental health?
Connect with Dr. Delicia:
https://www.facebook.com/drdeliciamd
https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdeliciamd
https://twitter.com/drdeliciamd
https://www.instagram.com/drdeliciamd
https://http://drdeliciamd.com
Resources:
The Dawn: A Med Student’s Roadmap to Finding A Light in Their Darkest Hour: https://drdelicia.com/products/the-dawn-book
The Overwhelm Solution Blueprint: http://overwhelmblueprint.com
Mind Matters: A Resource Guide to Psychiatry for Black Communities: https://drericka.samcart.com/products/mind-matters
White Coat Safe Space: https://whitecoatsafespace.com
About Dr. Delicia:
Dr. Delicia Haynes is a diplomat of the American Board of Family Medicine, the American Board of Obesity Medicine, is highly trained in medical aesthetics, laser therapy, and lifestyle medicine. She completed her specialty training at the Halifax Center for Family and Sports Medicine Residency Program.
Dr. Haynes attended medical school at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Biology with a minor in Spanish from the University of Louisville where she was a record holding division I track and field athlete.
Today Dr. Haynes is an author, public speaker, business coach and founder and CEO of Family First Health Center, an integrative membership-based family medicine clinic in Daytona Beach, Florida. Considered a “trailblazer” in the medical community, Dr. Haynes founded the first integrative direct primary care clinic in Volusia and Flagler counties as part of her mission to make healthcare more affordable and advocate for the sacredness of the doctor-patient relationship.
Much like her approach to transforming barriers to healthcare for her patients, Dr. Haynes’ mission is to break stigmas associated with mental health in the medical community where rigorous testing, sleep deprivation and high stress often normalize symptoms of depression.
