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outlooks. Before taking the program, 58 percent of clients reported feeling emo- tionally drained by work. Afterward, it dropped to 24 percent. Performance, focus and effectiveness jumped 32 per- centage points, and there was a nearly 40-percent increase in leaders’ ability to maintain their calm and poise during challenging moments.
Locally, those kinds of results—along with vocal employee demand—are in- spiring a heightened concern for staff- ers’ peace of mind, especially in high- stress, high-burnout professions such as health care. At Christiana Care, medita- tion training—along with yoga and tai chi—is part of the resources available at its Center for Provider Wellbeing, a companywide effort aimed at prevent- ing burnout among doctors and other caregivers faced with agonizing life- and-death matters.
“We’ve seen improvements in health- care team collaboration, as well as improvements in difficulties that dispro- portionately impact healthcare profes- sionals, such as compassion fatigue and burnout,” says Dr. Heather Farley, director of Provider Wellbeing at Christiana Care. “Additionally, we have observed other advantages that improve our organization’s ability to care for patients, such as a reduction in turnover and increased productivity.”
At Beebe Healthcare in Lewes, mind- fulness workshops for employees are un- der way, with steady expansion planned.
“I think that the whole concept of mindfulness has become a lot more ur- gent” as provider burnout becomes more of an issue, says Rita Williams, health coach with Beebe Wellness. “There’s defi- nitely a movement.”
That movement has inspired a young Wilmington entrepreneur to take mind- fulness training on the road with his business startup. Called FLYOGI, Jason Infante’s on-demand mobile mindfulness service has held sessions for bankers and kids alike, though he acknowledges meet- ing more caution in the corporate world than in schools. “We’re not there yet— Delaware likes its conservative routines,” he says. “A lot of our work has been trying to spread the word to potential clients, show them the benefits—happier employ- ees, and increase in morale, and especial- ly an increase in patience and tolerance.”
Educators also increasingly see mind-
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