by Deborah Bayer | Sep 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
When I first came to work for Atlantic City Medical Center in 1994, I learned of an annual conference to bring humanities into the training of the Internal Medicine residents. Victor Bressler, MD, who championed these events, called them “Bringing Caregivers Closer.”...
by Deborah Bayer | Sep 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
This past weekend, I took a poetry workshop through SCOSA – The Stockton Center on Successful Aging. They have a Tour of Poetry every second Saturday from 11am-1pm at the Otto Bruyns Library in Northfield. This was my first time attending. I had been asked to lead the...
by Deborah Bayer | Sep 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
I recently listened to a TED talk by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (Me-high Cheek-sent-me-high) about his concept of Flow. He defines Flow as the state where one is so engaged that everything else, including bodily sensation, ceases to exist. In his theory, this state...
by Deborah Bayer | Sep 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
Today, my yoga teacher talked to us about beginner’s mind. She encouraged us to treat each yoga pose as if it were the first time we had ever done it. “Start with the basics, build each pose from the foundation up,” she said. She meant it literally, as when we set up...
by Deborah Bayer | Aug 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
Today marks the first installment of a new schedule for my blog posts and newsletter. Drafting each post on Tuesday afternoon (cue the Moody Blues) fits better into the flow of my week. Writing and publishing on the weekend was hampering the momentum of writing my...
by Deborah Bayer | Aug 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
In a couple of weeks, I will begin a new learning curve in my medical career, even as I am slowing down. I will be working part-time in a Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Clinic, offering medication-assisted treatment in an intensive outpatient setting which includes...
