Practitioners share top tips for coping with COVID-19

Katherine Shagoury

May 7, 2020
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1. Turn off email notifications after 9 p.m. Anything that is urgent will have to come through phone call or text.

2. Own the first 30 minutes of the day. This is where I spend time meditating, having my coffee, and reading news that I find enjoyable to me (mostly geeky PubMed updates).

3. The plural of anecdote is data. Providing my patients with personal anecdotes from other patients provides them comfort in knowing others are going through this as well. We aren’t in it alone.

–Ralph Esposito, ND, LAc

About the Author:

Katherine Shagoury

Katherine Shagoury

Katherine Shagoury is the editor of Integrative Practitioner. She brings a decade of experience creating and managing content for national healthcare audiences as a digital editor and professional journalist, including serving as managing editor for a popular medical billing and coding association and as a reporter for the Boston Globe, Boston.com, and USA Today. A certified personal trainer and nutrition coach with the National Academy of Sports Medicine, a certified group fitness instructor with the Athletics and Fitness Association of America, a certified barre instructor, and a TRX qualified trainer, her passion for and commitment to healthy living fuels her enthusiasm for supporting the integrative healthcare community.

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