Lee Tomlinson – The Compassionate Care Crusader - TPS467

Lee Tomlinson had a life many would have considered charmed. He has been a successful world-trotting tennis pro, international businessman, major Hollywood film studio owner, award-winning TV producer, and the marketing genius behind the American Film Institute’s 10-year long 100 Greatest Movies.

Then, his world crashed down when he was diagnosed with Stage III throat cancer and underwent months of painful treatments. As a result of his experience with the healthcare system, Lee is now known as the Compassionate Care Crusader. He is on a Mission to Restore Compassion to healthcare, healthcare professionals, and the world at large! In his new book, Compassion Heals: From Self-Care to Healthcare, Lee’s message is about the power of compassion to heal mental, emotional, and physical pain – for others and ourselves.

Highlights

• Because of his unusually active lifestyle, Lee has had more than the usual interactions with the healthcare system.
• After his cancer diagnosis, we went through months of agonizing treatments and suffered from a sepsis infection. Lee shares how he felt like he was being treated like a “piece of meat”. No compassion.
• When he was at his lowest point, a doctor friend convinced him to speak publicly about the effect of care without compassion.
• Everything that divides us can be healed with compassion.
• We are genetically programmed to need connection.
• Lee shares techniques that we can use to show compassion for ourselves.
• You have to take care of yourself and be healthy before you can help anyone else.
• The most successful businesses are those that treat their customers and employees with compassion.
• Don’t allow others to treat you without caring and compassion.
• Compassion is necessary for the best outcome for a practitioner’s patients.
• There is a movement now within the healthcare industry to learn compassion because they understand that their income depends on it.
• Compassion is teachable, repeatable, and an undeniable healing and business benefit.
• Each of us has to learn to speak up and demand compassion.

Links

Lee Tomlinson’s book: Compassion Heals

To book Lee to speak to your group or business, go to Lee’s website.