A Practical Guide for Physicians
Breaking the Cycle: 5 Trauma-Informed Practices for Healing in Medicine
This guide is your first step in naming what happened, understanding how it still affects you, and reclaiming tools to support your healing. These five trauma-informed practices are simple, powerful, and physician-tested.
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5 Trauma-Informed Practices You Can Start Today
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If You’re a Physician, This Will Feel Familiar:
- ✔ You ignore your body’s needs—because medicine trained you to.
- âś” You feel guilt or shame for resting, saying no, or making time for yourself.
- ✔ You push through burnout, believing it’s a personal failure—not a systemic wound.
But here’s the truth:
What you’re experiencing may not be a character flaw. It may be a trauma response.
This guide helps you start naming it, healing it, and reclaiming your own care.
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Created by Cynthia Chen-Joea, DO, MPH, FAAFP
Family Physician | Physician Coach | Retreat Leader | Founder, Thrivation Coaching
I wrote this guide because I lived it.
I know what it feels like to be exhausted, disconnected, and stuck in survival mode. Through trauma-informed coaching and retreats, I now help physicians heal from the inside out—gently, sustainably, and on their own terms.
Let this guide be your first step.
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What You’ll Learn in This Free Guide:
- âś” How to name and notice trauma responses without judgment
- âś” Grounding techniques to calm your nervous system in the moment
- ✔ Why boundaries are essential—not selfish—and how to rebuild them
- âś” The science behind micro-joy (and how to dose it daily)
- âś” A kinder way to speak to yourself when you're exhausted or overwhelmed
This Is Just the Start
You didn’t create the system that harmed you, but you do have the power to choose how you care for yourself within (or beyond) it.
These practices won’t fix everything, but they can help you feel more grounded, more whole, and more in control. Healing doesn’t happen all at once. It happens with practice and with one small, brave step at a time.
