Bullying weakens teams, but well-handled conflict can transform them. Protect your well-being, reach for support, and honor the humanity in every interaction. Bullying, incivility, and interpersonal conflict are challenges that many healthcare professionals face, often in silence. These experiences can be painful on a personal level and warrant attention on that basis alone. Yet they also carry real clinical consequences. […]
Emotional Self-Regulation: The Key to Effective De-Escalation in Healthcare
De-escalation doesn’t begin with techniques or strategies—it begins with you. By learning to recognize and regulate your own emotional state, you create the stability that patients, families, and colleagues can lean on during stressful interactions. For many physicians and healthcare professionals, the threat of workplace violence feels like a reality they are underprepared to manage. The statistics are sobering. Healthcare […]