Jan Chozen Bays
Jan Chozen Bays is a physician, Zen priest, and co-abbot of Great Vow Zen Monastery in Clatskanie, Oregon. She is the author of Mindful Eating and The Mindful Eating Workbook.
In a recent episode of Life As It Is, pediatrician and Zen priest Jan Chozen Bays shares strategies to combat burnout.
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Podcasts
Healing Burnout
In this episode of Life As It Is, pediatrician and Zen priest Jan Chozen Bays discusses how mindfulness practices can provide an antidote to burnout and exhaustion.
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