Evidence-Based | Spiritually Inspired
Experiential Training
Why?
If you’re a doctor in Canada right now, you don’t need anyone to tell you what the dog days feel like.
You know the slog of EMR work outside your regular practice hours.
You know the pain and burden that being bullied brings.
You know the weight and grief of moral and spiritual injury.
You know the exhaustion of long hours and compassion fatigue.
You know the slow, quiet burn of burnout that accumulates after years of holding everyone else’s heart, health, and emergencies.
Doctors keep communities together, yet many are depleted themselves. Canadian Medical Association (NPHS) reported that almost half (46 %) of our Canadian physicians surveyed said their mental health is worse now than before the pandemic. Also a staggering 74 % of practicing physicians, residents, and fellows in Canada have experienced bullying, harassment, micro-aggressions, or discrimination on the job.
Despite awareness efforts, the ecosystems of intimidation continue to infect the medical profession with patients or their families being the most common source of such violent behaviour at 58 % Canadian Medical Association (NPHS).
Violence in the workplace bleeds into homes and communities. As a Certified Advisor for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace, I know the risks and high costs of workplace injury and illness.
The prevalence of bullying and harassment is deeply concerning not only because it indicates our communities are in deep suffering, but it also points to variables in the system creating some of the supply. All of these important issues are flagged in the NPHS as persistent problems. Data always tells the story and what we’ve seen is quite sobering with many categories of physician health and wellness worsening. Carrying the weight has taken its toll and to survive, doctors have had to armour up to keep delivering.
For doctors, armour can look like:
• Over-functioning
• Perfectionism
• Self-abandonment
• Emotional suppression
• Carrying suffering that was never meant to be carried alone
The truth is, it becomes difficult to breathe and connect to others under the armour. Your body has been keeping the score and it’s time to settle it. https://www.besselvanderkolk.com/resources/the-body-keeps-the-score
Daring to have the courage to slow down and take care of yourself, to heal mentally, physically, and spiritually is the heart of our Doctor Heal ThySelf theme (ONLINE TRAINING).
Beginning on DECEMBER 1st, 2025 at 06:00 to 10:00 AST, a small cohort of physicians will gather together online to begin their journey back to themselves.
Will you be one of them?
In a time when scarcity sells, violence normalized, and grief felt collectively, one of the most radical and powerful acts we can take is to love as an inoculant to fear.
If we truly want more peace and calm out there, we must demand more peace and calm within.
The health of our herd is under threat, there is no question. We became unwell together and we must heal together. Hope is critical and action is required. This is your call to answer. The most important call of your life.
Love is the contagion we need to spread right now. And it begins in you. If not you, who?
What?
The Daring Greatly™️ workshop was created for this very particular moment in time. A sacred pause for physicians to turn inward, reconnect with meaning, and reclaim the courage it takes to care for themselves as deeply as they care for others.
What Doctors Will Walk Away With
- Renewed clarity, courage, and energy
- Tools and methods to navigate personal integration work, burnout, moral injury and emotional fatigue
- Shame resilience strategies grounded in Brené Brown’s research and books
- Emotional literacy skills for healthier communication, boundary setting, and maintaining and deeper connection in relationships
- Reconnection to purpose and values
How?
Doctor Heal ThySelf, Daring Greatly™ based on the groundbreaking research of Dr. Brené Brown. We recommend you read her book “Daring Greatly” or “Dare to Lead”, watch her special “the call to courage” on Netflix or her TedTalk on vulnerability prior to training (not required). This experience is designed to help doctors reconnect, restore, and revive the self and the “why” you chose medicine.
What’s Included?
Course Facilitation by Dr.Brené Brown’s
Certified Facilitator: Patricia Auchnie
https://thedaringway.brenebrown.com/find-a-tdw-facilitator/
NEWLY UPDATED Daring Greatly™ Workbook
2 Integration Sessions (4 hours total)
12 Hours of Course Work
Certificate of Completion
The Invitation
Doctors, we see you, we hear you, and this opportunity has been curated for you.
Are you ready to be braver with your OWN health, your OWN wellness, and your deeper connection with those you love, lead, and care for?
As 2025 comes to a close, our attention is forward facing and this opportunity may be the sign you need to do the “selfish” work of taking care of yourself.
Book your seat at our December virtual table today. We can’t wait to welcome you to the Daring Way™ community and back to yourself.
Location: Google Meets
Presented by: Nova Salutem Inc.
Theme: Doctor Heal ThySelf Method: Experiential “Daring Greatly™️” Course Based on Research of Brené Brown Facilitated: The Daring Way™ Certified Facilitator Patricia Auchnie
Dates: December 1 - 06:00-10:00 & December 8 - 06:00-10:00 & December 11 - 06:00-10:00 (all times AST)
Investment: $888.00