A physician waited until five years ago to start self-care, after hiring a coach. Medical training teaches relentless focus on patients and emergencies from day one, with no guidance on sleep, exercise, or time off. Starting earlier matters.
My own self care didn't start until I started working with a coach five years ago. And as a healthcare provider, as a physician, we're just given a list of things to do, and it's kind of, you got to take care of these patients, you need to take care of these emergencies. You have all these expectations with complete disregard to whatever, at whatever cost it may be. So that starts in medical school, continues through residency training, and then at no time does anybody say, okay, now's the time to start taking care of yourself. Now's the time to start exercising, getting enough sleep, taking regular vacations.
