By Appointment Only with Dr. Victoria Veytsman

I think sometimes people just want to be heard and just have someone be present for them. I think energy is actually physics. It's quantum physics. We learned about it. I learned about it in my physics classes. So energy is actually a real thing. Atoms exist. So to your point, yes, I do think energy affects us. I think it's important to be surrounded with the right kind of energy. I also believe that we get what we put out. So I sort of take a proactive approach, approach to the energy that surrounds me. I try to put out positivity and try to leave a space as calm and with as much peace as possible. And usually when I put that out, that's what I get back. But you're right, being around a lot of people during the day that are dealing with their own things, I think the act of practicing radical compassion is something that I have to really lean into. I may not understand why a patient or someone has a certain issue or is having a bad day or the energy they come in with at that moment. But I don't need to understand. Sometimes I just have to lean into that radical compassion and just have 1000% compassion, no matter what. I think that really helps me dissociate a little bit from what that energy is. And I think it helps them too. I think sometimes people just want to be heard and just have someone be present for them.