Ep103 | Shedding Light on Mental Health Struggles and Building Your Ideal Practice with Dr. Delicia Haynes

In this episode, we chat with Dr. Delicia Haynes, a Family Medicine Physician, about her personal mental health struggles and how she is using that experience to advocate for others as well as her unique direct primary care practice model.

Dr. Haynes has an additional board certification by the American Board of Obesity Medicine, and is highly trained in medical aesthetics, and lifestyle medicine. She completed her specialty training at the Halifax Health Center for Family and Sports Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Haynes attended medical school at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Biology with a minor in Spanish from the University of Louisville where she was a record holding division I track and field athlete.

Dr. Haynes is a bestselling author of The Dawn: A Roadmap to Finding a Light In Your Darkest Hour and the Daybreakers Inspirational Planning Journal. She is an international speaker, award winning business coach and founder and CEO of Family First Health Center, an integrative membership-based family medicine clinic in Daytona Beach, Florida. Considered a “trailblazer” in the medical community, Dr. Haynes founded the first direct primary care clinic in Volusia and Flagler counties as part of her mission to make healthcare more accessible and advocate for the sacredness of the doctor-patient relationship.

Much like her approach to transforming barriers to healthcare for her patients, Dr. Haynes is on a mission to improve the wellness of physicians and medical professionals. She is the creator of the WHITE COAT SAFE SPACE initiative dedicated to raising awareness, advocacy and prevention of physician suicide and helping health professionals love the life they live. Dr. Haynes speaks widely on the topics of physician wellness, mental health, lifestyle medicine, and direct primary care.

Episode produced by: Rasa Valiauga

Episode recording date: 01/11/23

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