Deft Heart
Mature, attuned care for physicians
"Deft" means skillful and nimble in one's movements or actions. I haven't come across a heart that is not deft.
If you’re like most physicians, you spend the majority of your days in an ecosystem permeated with stress, fatigue, and disconnection. And you feel it. We all feel it.
You’re not weak, or insane, or unworthy.
Your eyes are opening.
And you can wake up more.
A Welcome for Physicians
In this 5 minute video I introduce the intention behind Deft Heart and provide a feel for the sort of development I support.
Tim Thayer, MD Founder of Deft Heart
A Journey: Deepening Ourselves
Led by Tim Thayer MD, Deft Heart offers space for physicians rooted in vulnerability, acceptance, attunement, and courage. The experiences of physicians are unique and intense. Deft Heart is here to facilitate the digestion of these unique and intense experiences into authenticity, creativity, and compassion.
On a deeper level, Deft Heart is an exploration of the forces shaping the consciousness of western medicine. In the tension between my deepening contemplative+healing work and my career in cardiology, a knowing crystalized: the deepest healing/growth/awakening is a shift in consciousness. Traversing moments of uncertainty, of wobble, of fear are when we grow. And, as we regather ourselves and rediscover the essence of what we are, something new can come into form. The future we want is inseparable from us rediscovering our wholeness.
"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."
— Howard Thurman (civil rights leader)
Tim's Capabilities
Deep practice meets deep need
Spacious Awareness
Training in Buddhist, Taoist, and other eastern practices to cultivate spacious, nonjudgmental awareness anchored in the present moment.
Interpersonal Attunement
Specialized training in resonant relating, creating a space where the subtle agitations and joys of the physician can relax and open.
Medicine Expertise
Deep clinical experience in cardiology and internal medicine at academic centers, private hospital systems, and inner-city hospitals, honoring the reality of the medical path.
My own healing work
I meet with a therapist regularly to continue my work of making conscious my shadows and integrate the intensities of daily life. This practice protects clients from my unconscious projections and allows me to deepen in my capacity to be a nourishing presence for others.
Trauma-Integration
A clarity around developmental and healthcare-associated trauma, providing safety and groundedness throughout deep contemplative work.
Empathic Relating
Deep training in Nonviolent Communication (NVC), facilitating a transformation from scarcity and judgment toward curiosity and authenticity.
Grief & Transformation
Through honoring the suffering we carry, we navigate the personal practice of transformation required for a new healthcare consciousness to emerge.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them”
-Einstein
Let's Explore
Let me know if you have questions or want to connect prior to booking a discovery call. I do consider working with non-physician clients so please reach out if you are interested in meeting even if you are not a physician.