Category: 4-Engage
Folgen Sie mir auf LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/comm/mynetwork/discovery-see-all?usecase=PEOPLE_FOLLOWS&followMember=astrid-monika-könig-95534a28
Posts
-
Patients have their own belief system
Read more: Patients have their own belief systemPatients and parents bring their own medical belief systems into every consultation — personal explanations about what caused the illness and how it should be treated.
-
Our body speaks louder than our words
Read more: Our body speaks louder than our wordsUncover how our non-verbal signals speak louder than words. Find out how body language can change the messages you try to transfer.
-
Offer yourself
Read more: Offer yourselfHow would you improve your community? The fact that we live is a gift. We are recipients of our lives. And the same giver of our lives gave our neighbour, our community their lives. We owe all to him. And we are connected with then, regardless if we like them or not. Others belong to…
-
Not much feedback from a fish
Read more: Not much feedback from a fishWhat animals make the best/worst pets? What are you longing for in a pet? Someone who is madly in love with you? Who sees you as their God. Then get a dog. Someone who is fiercely independent, but graciously allows you occasionally to stroke them. Who knows that they are a Goddess and deserve only…
-
Negative feelings tell me something
Read more: Negative feelings tell me somethingWhat strategies do you use to cope with negative feelings? Negative feelings tell me something We all long for love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness and self control. We all suffer, when we don’t find these in our hearts. So when the opposite emotions arrive, we try to suppress them. To numb them away…
-
Misguided parental expectations
Read more: Misguided parental expectationsParents may come with misguided expectations The brutal truth This world is a hostile place. We all suffer on occasions, and the children seeking our care suffer too. To some parents, this is unthinkable to acknowledge. They dream of an ideal childhood for their child without upper respiratory tract infections (normally up to 7/year), no…
-
Memento mori
Read more: Memento moriDo you have a quote you live your life by or think of often? Memento Mori: Be aware that you will die! Begin of last year my mum passed away. Two months later my father did the same (on the day before mum’s funeral). Being aware of our own mortality brings anything else into perspective.…
-
Made all the mistakes
Read more: Made all the mistakesHow has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Seeing my first patient was very scary. I was very motivated to do good, but had actually no clue how to use the theory in practice. Also, I was completely unaware of what I was missing: the skill how to connect with…
-
Lost in translation
Read more: Lost in translationMedical information can easily get lost in the translation. We would always need to translate our medical language into plain generally used English, German, Dutch, French or whatever our patients are using. Living like a fish outside the water You might have noted that English is not my mother language. That would be German. So…
-
Limit your love?!
Read more: Limit your love?!Read here why doctors require balance and boundaries. This highlights that only when we take care of our needs in a mature, responsible manner, can we offer compassionate care and emphatic attitude to the patients in our care.
-
Just let them see
Read more: Just let them seeTo be able to see triggers curiosity! When we make our findings visible, the child and the parents become empowered during the consultation.
-
Just be odd …
Read more: Just be odd …In this episode, we explore how intentional “oddness” can shift a child’s brain from fear into curiosity — the essential first step toward trust in paediatric care.
-
Just be … odd!
Read more: Just be … odd!An odd encounter acts as the pressure on a reset-button of the brain. You instantly know: I need more information to assess, whether I am safe here or not. And this statement is already a statement of curiosity!
-
Jesus, the Father in heaven, the holy Spirit… and then my husband
Read more: Jesus, the Father in heaven, the holy Spirit… and then my husbandList the people you admire and look to for advice… For the bigger questions in life, I turn to the highest authority. Why not asking the creator of all things, what the purpose of a specific thing is. The downside is, that you can’t argue with God, because he is always right. Quite frustrating on…
