November 21, 2025
ACP Well-being Champions: Promoting Well-being Through Awareness, Advocacy, and Action
“Paying attention in new ways is a very healthy and potentially healing thing to do, although, as you will come to see, it isn't really about doing at all, or about getting somewhere else. It is much more about being-about allowing yourself to be as you already are.”
—Jon Kabat-Zinn, Full Catastrophe Living
When there is a lot going on around us it can be easy to get overwhelmed and caught up in the storm. While this might be a difficult time for public health, we are here to remind you of the importance of paying careful attention to the immediate world around you and recognizing the things you can control and the direct actions you can take to influence the well-being of yourself and others. Start simple and ask yourself how you can act on an individual level to make an impact.
Attentiveness to self-care and your professional and personal needs is important. Many of us put ourselves last on the list of people to care for, as if it were selfish or inappropriate to focus on our own needs. It is important to remember that taking care of ourselves empowers us to best take care of others—in other words, we can best support others when we first take care of ourselves! Ask for the supports you need (family, friends, community, work) and set reasonable expectations for yourself.
ACP recognizes the impact of recent policy and governmental changes on well-being and continues to advocate for the protection of science and public health. The need to protect evidence-based science is paramount, and ACP continues to provide materials to support its members, such as the recently published toolkit Protecting Access to Vaccines to help efforts state to state and the new Long Covid Information Hub.
Check out the links below for resources you can use for yourself and others:
- Explore the Professional Fulfillment Zone, where you will find the latest updates from ACP's Professional Development and Fulfillment Team on WBC program updates, Physician Peer Coaching, and the upcoming ACP Internal Medicine Meeting 2026.
- Read about well-being intervention in rural settings and new research on how the brain experiences art.
- Learn about trust, burnout, and peer support in the workplace.
- Review Patients Before Paperwork and advocacy updates that affect physician well-being and professional fulfillment.
- Explore WBC coaching resources, including coaching sign-ups, the WBC contact list, a library of well-being interventions, and the WBC journey map. Find out how chapters can partner with WBCs (WBC exclusive; must be signed in to ACP online).
- Utilize just-in-time well-being skills for yourself and to teach others and explore tools to create a well-being program tailored to any organization's needs and budget.
- Visit the I.M. Emotional Support Hub and Video Series to learn more about individual and organizational strategies and resources to protect clinicians' emotional health and well-being.
We look forward to hearing from you! Reach out to us via e-mail anytime with your thoughts and suggestions for newsletter topics and features.
Sincerely,
Your ACP Well-being Team
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