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Mental Strength at Work

Last Updated: October 23, 2025

By: Ginger Blackmon, PharmD | Amy Morin, LCSW,

We talk a lot about caring for patients – but what about caring for ourselves?

This week, Ginger sits down with Amy Morin, LCSW, for an honest conversation about what mental strength really looks like in oncology practice. From navigating grief and burnout to finding balance between empathy and endurance, Amy shares real strategies to stay steady when the work feels heavy.

A psychotherapist and bestselling author of 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do, Amy brings both research and personal experience to the table. She and Ginger dig into how to manage compassion fatigue, reframe negative thoughts, and use practical tools – like taking out the mental trash, pleasant activity scheduling, and the two-minute gratitude flash – to build strength day to day.

Amy also shares how her own story of loss led to her work helping others, plus a peek into her upcoming Mentally Strong app and The Mental Strength Playbook.

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Amy Morin is a licensed therapist, mental strength trainer and the international bestselling author of the 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do series. Her books on mental strength have been translated into more than 40 languages. She’s also the former editor-in-chief of Verywell Mind, the biggest mental health site in the world, and she’s the award- winning host of the Mentally Stronger podcast. The Guardian dubbed her “the self-help guru of the moment” and Forbes calls her a “thought leadership star.”
Her TEDx talk, The Secret of Becoming Mentally Strong, is one of the most popular talks of all time with more than 22 million views. Her articles on mental strength reach more than 2 million readers every month. Her advice has been featured by major media outlets, including Fox News, CNN, Oprah.com, Today, Good Morning America, Inside Edition, Business Insider, Time, and the Tamron Hall Show.
When she’s not on the road for speaking engagements, you can find her in the Florida Keys where she lives on a sailboat.