The ups and downs in working with people can have a huge impact on you. Practicing self-care can better equip you to deal with a crisis and the difficulty of aiding someone with a mental health or substance use challenge. Engaging in a self-care routine has been clinically proven to reduce or eliminate anxiety and depression, reduce stress, increase happiness, and more. It can help you adapt to changes, build strong relationships, and recover from setbacks. In a national survey, Americans cited benefits of self-care as: enhanced self-confidence (64%), increased productivity (67%), happiness (71%). From a physical health perspective, self-care also reduces heart disease, stroke and cancer.

Self-care goals can include:

Take care of your physical and psychological health.

1. Manage and reduce stress.
2. Recognize your emotional and spiritual needs.
3. Foster and sustain relationships.
4. Achieve balance in different areas of your life.

My guest today is Dr. Craig Uthe, MD. He is board certified with the American Board of Family Medicine and member of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, has been a Sanford physician since 1991. He is the Executive Director of Clinician Professionalism at Sanford Health and Wellbeing Coach for medical students at the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine. His clinical practice is in the Sanford Sioux Falls Chronic Pain Clinic. Dr. Uthe also serves as medical advisor to the SD Health Professional Assistance Program.

Dr. Uthe explains the need to have an accountability partner in your life and talks about the need to “Never Worry Alone”.

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