{"id":106,"date":"2018-11-22T02:17:34","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T02:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hbmedicine.wpengine.com\/2018-11-22-loveforlife\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T11:52:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T09:52:21","slug":"love-for-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heartbasedmedicine.org\/en\/love-for-life\/","title":{"rendered":"In Love with Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"106\" class=\"elementor elementor-106\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d8b3c1a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3d8b3c1a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46868b60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46868b60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pl-106\" class=\"panel-layout\"><div id=\"pg-106-0\" class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\"><div id=\"pgc-106-0-0\" class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" data-weight=\"1\">Early morning sunshine filters through the curtains, caressing my skin.<\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-106-1\" class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\"><div id=\"pgc-106-1-0\" class=\"panel-grid-cell\" data-weight=\"1\"><div id=\"panel-106-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\"><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"><div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\"><p>Slowly, I tune into full consciousness, holding Jessica, my love, in my arms. I feel the cosy warmth of the soft blanket covering us and a deep bubble of joy escapes from my heart. \u2018Thank you,\u2019 I whisper. And as Jessica wakes and our eyes meet, \u2018What a perfect you.\u2019<\/p><p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">After a quenching shower and a light breakfast we leave home, heading in different directions. I stroll down the road, marvelling at the emerging colours and inhaling deeply the crisp air of an early spring morning in Basel. The River Rhein sparkles with hope, a delicate morning mist rising towards the sun, and it\u2019s hard to tell whether this is heaven or earth.<\/p><p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Eighty percent of the nurses and doctors employed at the children\u2019s hospital where I work are women and they all reflect back to me the love I am feeling as I almost skip down the corridor. The more I smile, the more they radiate back and I feel like embracing everyone.<\/p><p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u2018Hey you look great today,\u2019 they call out.<\/p><p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u2018Tina, how come you\u2019re so pretty?\u2019 I grin.<\/p><p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u2018I just look at you and I need to smile, you\u2019re so happy,\u2019 she returns.<\/p><p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u2018Why thank you, that\u2019s sweet. Enjoy the day!\u2019 I breeze past.<\/p><p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">This is the tone of the day, nothing spectacular, just pleasantries. But I start to notice that if I set the tone, people join in.<\/p><p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">When I reach my ward, instead of saying \u2018Alright, are you ready for the round?\u2019 I try \u2018Alright, let\u2019s go play!\u2019 At first the team look startled, as if to say \u2018This is medicine, this is serious, not child\u2019s play.\u2019 But they respond with smiles, obviously thinking \u2018This could be a good day.\u2019<\/p><p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">We knock on the door of our first patient\u2019s room. A deeply exhausted mother stares back at us, dark circles under her eyes. \u2018Good morning, how are you today?\u2019<\/p><p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u2018Ugh, it\u2019s been such a rough night with all the machines beeping and my child coughing, struggling to breathe.\u2019<\/p><p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u2018I know, it\u2019s hard sometimes, but you\u2019re doing really, really well,\u2019 I reassure her.<\/p><p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u2018Oh thank you! I feel so helpless, you know?\u2019<\/p><p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u2018Yes I understand, it must be difficult to watch your baby suffer. Tell me, what was the most difficult part of last night? And what would make you feel better?\u2019 I ask.<\/p><p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">As the conversation continues and the mother feels seen and heard, I notice that she and her baby both start to relax. The atmosphere spreads, and I sense that the mother of a second baby in the room is also feeling better. It\u2019s as if we\u2019re collectively tuned into an environment of loving attention, support, shared intention and understanding.<\/p><p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">We move from room to room, listening and offering soothing words, doing what we can to bring comfort, and I sense something unusual is happening. As we build this loving energy on the ward, it is also increasing within the team. All these people are coming from their individual households, living their own stories and then \u2018click\u2019, they bond as a team to help spread this feeling! It\u2019s amazing, like an energy field or crystallization point.<\/p><h5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">The atmosphere of care and compassion is starting to feel quite natural, and it\u2019s infecting everyone! Everyone is \u2018in the zone.\u2019<\/h5><p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u2018Hey Simona, would you be so kind as to fetch one of those small firm cushions so we can position this baby a bit better and help her breathe?\u2019 I call. And from the other end of the corridor the response comes back: \u2018Sure, I\u2019m just getting them. Will be right there!\u2019<\/p><p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u2018I want whatever you had for breakfast today,\u2019 laughs Mrs Berger, the young mother in Room 13.<\/p><p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Laura, our new pediatric resident is the only one not tuning in.<\/p><p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">In fact, she is clearly irritated. After the round, I take her aside: \u2018What\u2019s going on Laura?\u2019 She looks exhausted, overworked and has tears in her eyes. \u2018What are you worried about?\u2019<\/p><p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u2018Making mistakes,\u2019 she mutters, looking down at her shoes. \u2018I have a hard time applying all the knowledge I\u2019ve acquired and keeping it structured, specifically during rounds like this one. I am not good enough and I feel like resigning.\u2019<\/p><p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u2018OK. So what would be a dream scenario for you to feel good enough?\u2019 I ask, gently.<\/p><p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u2018I would be with patients and heal them with what I\u2019ve learned.\u2019 Laura is still staring at the floor.<\/p><p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u2018And what is in the way?\u2019 I prompt.<\/p><p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u2018The knowledge I\u2019ve learned\u2026I am not on top of it\u2026I have a hard time following the algorithms and quality standards. How can I be compassionate and humorous when I struggle myself?\u2019 She sounds angry, confused.<\/p><p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u2018Yes, I know that feeling. And what\u2019s more, we\u2019ve been told not to listen to our \u201cgut feeling\u201d or our emotions, as they don\u2019t have the blessing of science and are not considered evidence-based medicine, right?\u2019<\/p><p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u2018Yes, that\u2019s right.\u2019 Laura looks up at me, curious.<\/p><p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u2018The good news is that you have learned in medical school \u201cwhat\u201d to diagnose and \u201cwhat\u201d to treat.\u2019<\/p><p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u2018Now it becomes truly fascinating when you add the \u201cwho\u201d to diagnose, \u201cwho\u201d to treat, and \u201cwho\u201d is making the diagnosis.\u2019<\/p><p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u2018OK? It\u2019s just a shift of perspective which I find liberating every day. Are you ready to add this facet of healing?\u2019<\/p><p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Laura nods, and I know her true work is just beginning.<\/p><p style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"><em>The story above is based on personal experiences. 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