The Working Phase Perspective
The Kaiser Mental Health Strike is Officially Over!
6 months of picketing, arrests, hunger strikes, no pay, to make a stand. You told the system that therapists are just as valuable to the lives of patients as other healthcare professionals.
[In fact, often, therapists are the ones smoothing the aggressively rough edges of a traumatic, if lifesaving, medical system. But I'm not sure we're all ready for that talk yet!]
All respect to the thousands of therapists who sacrificed so much. In the end, it looks like a pension, 5 guaranteed administration hours, and a meaningful raise is in your future.
This is still a very hard job that you do, and there are still some challenges ahead, but for now, I hope you recover well from the fight and can get back to what you love: helping people.
Full Summary of the Strike on HealthcareDive.com
Supporter Connect and Learn (Live)
WP Extra Announcement: UnBreak Your Brain Workshop
This newsletter is always free for subscribers, but if you are NOT a paid supporter yet, now's the time to join!
All supporter get special access to the sanity-saving resources on the site, as well as access to a quarterly live workshop.
Our next hangout is July 9th, and we'll be going walk through a brain-healing protocol in real time. I'm calling it UnBreak Your Brain and pulling insights from:
- productivity nerds
- neuroscience
- systems thinking
- existential philosophy
- the therapy room
It's a solution that's just for us therapists, and I always make sure you leave with actionable takeaways.
If you want to actually do something about your overwhelm so you can confidently tackle your job and grow in your career, this is the workshop for you.
The only way to get the invite is to upgrade from subscriber to supporter, you can name your price and it will auto-enroll you here, deadline is June 29th!
Presenting Issues
Happy Pride to Everyone [Except the Target corporation]!
If you are not a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, this is a good month to consider how to make the world a bit safer for those who are.
But whatever your identity, please take this Pride month as a reminder to be 100% YOU, because when you try to please everyone, you will fail.
Don't believe me?
Ok, go check out this round up of the confusing 2025 Target Pride collection and get back to me. [Beige rainbows? "Lorem Ipsum" filler text on the tags? Yikes.]
Joy Intervention
@alexandraalise on Instagram
If you've entered into some middle-aged aches and pains, @alexandraalise's angelic voice and sense of humor will make it all easier to bear 🎶
Wishing you peace and progress!
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