Dr. Jenna Taglienti

It's such a slow, you know, it seeps in and medicine.

I mean, it's, it has, like I said, it has profound meaning, but it can seep in over time and take control of your whole being when there's so many other parts of life that make you, you as a human.

And

it's important to live that.

I think people need to put themselves first, especially doctors and healthcare providers put themselves first.

We always are taught patient first, patient first.

And, and I agree, the patient's gotta be like, you know, first or maybe tied with you, maybe tied with you.

I don't know, but I, I was always putting everybody above myself, the patients, the, the residents, the job, um,

And I've realized now that I cannot be the doctor or the leader I want to really be unless I take care of myself first.

I've been thinking about it a lot and I have some thoughts.

I think that there are some systemic issues in healthcare that prevent some of these things that are really needed to have that clarity and have that perspective.

I've been thinking about sabbaticals for doctors.

The thing is, I don't think the doctors are going to take it.

So it's almost like I was talking to my husband.

I'm like, do we do forced sabbaticals?

How does that work?

Because I was basically not that this is a sabbatical.

This has been really hard, but I was forced to do this.

I was forced.

to pause and I, that was not a choice I would have made for myself.