Hello and welcome to another episode of Do Yourself No Harm.  Join me, Dr Claire Ashley, as I talk about making career decisions in times of uncertainty with Dr Sarah Goulding. Dr Goulding is a former burnt out GP partner who is now a career coach extraordinaire. She specialises in supporting doctors to take steps towards a more satisfied future in their careers, as well as working as a medical educator and public speaker on the issues of career development and change. She has incredible wisdom and insight into the challenges that medical training and careers cause us as a profession, and ..read more

Welcome to the second season of the Do Yourself No Harm Podcast.  Thank you so much to everyone that has listened to and shared the episodes from last season, your support is very much appreciated.  I'm starting this new season with some of my reflections on why it is so hard to seek help before you reach a crisis point in burnout.  The reasons covered include: Working culture  Guilt and shame  Not being taught how to recognise the signs of burnout in ourselves or others The recovery paradox: how we throw ourselves into maladaptive coping strategies that inadvertently ..read more

Welcome to the second episode of my new podcast, Do Yourself No Harm. I’m Dr Claire Ashley, and I am a GP, burnout survivor and mental health advocate. For today’s episode I discuss the importance of compassion and humanism in medicine with Dr Laura Vater, a US based oncologist. Humanism and compassion in medicine is not just about improving patient care and our relationship with patients, it’s also about enhancing and improving the clinician experience, and improving recruitment and retention. In this podcast we also talk about how COVID has changed our jobs, how the impact of sleep deprivati ..read more

Welcome to a brand new season of the Beat Burnout podcast (formerly Do Yourself No Harm). Join Dr Claire Ashley and guests this season as we talk everything to do with burnout. We're kicking off the new season focusing on how to return well to work after burnout. I am increasing asked about burnout on repeat, and I think that if you are habitually burning out, that should be signal to you to go back and do some really deep work on why you are not able to return to work and stay well. I think that it is really difficult to return to work well after burnout, and never more so when you are knacke ..read more

Hi and welcome to another episode of Do Yourself No Harm, the podcast and YouTube series that helps busy and overwhelmed professionals and entrepreneurs to overcome burnout.  I’m Dr Claire Ashley, a GP and burnout survivor and expert. In today's episode I talk about burnout, compassion fatigue and moral injury.  Join the waitlist for my new Burnout course here! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beatburnout/message ..read more

Welcome to the trailer for my brand new podcast for healthcare professionals, Do Yourself No Harm.  I am GP and burnout survivor.  In this trailer I explain the reasons for setting up this podcast, why I'm doing it now, and what to expect in the upcoming episodes.   We will be covering a variety of topics to include anything and everything to do with mental health, mental wellbeing, personal growth, professional growth, careers, how to create a career that works for you (either within the NHS or outside of it) and medical working culture and problems. I am thrilled to be launchi ..read more

Join me as I talk about how I think the current cost of living crisis in the UK is going to affect people who are at risk of burnout, and people who are currently burnt out too.  I share a bit about the context of the problem, who is going to be affected, and how to try to manage this both on an individual and systems level.    My signature burnout recovery course is going to launch very soon!  This unique course has been developed by me to help guide you through your burnout recovery and to guide you through that process of creating a life and career that works for you. &n ..read more

The first episode of the Do Yourself No Harm podcast is about the biggest lessons I've learnt during my burnout recovery as a doctor in the NHS: 1. What burnout is 2. The causes of burnout and the elephant in the room 3. Why prevention is better than cure 4. Why recovery is so hard 5. Do not do it alone If you are a current NHS worker and this topic is something that you identify with, then you can access help for mental health problems and burnout through the oraganisations that I've linked below: NHS Practitioner Health - support for doctors and dentists Doctors in Distress - suppo ..read more

Join me as I talk about how I used journalling and reflective writing to make some difficult decisions about my life and my career post burnout.  I’ll be covering how you can use journalling to do the same for yourself, but for those of you that need a little extra help I am going to be putting on a reflective writing workshop next Thursday 29th September at 8pm.  The theme of the workshop is making difficult decisions, and I’ll be taking you through some journalling prompts on this topic.  All you need is to bring a pen, paper and yourself, and prepare for an hour of working in ..read more

As we approach the end of the summer, join me as I discuss why long summer holidays are not a cure for burnout.  I talk about 2 holidays I've had during my burnout, one absolute disaster, and one more recently which was much more of a success, and why they were so different.  I touch on some of the evidence around how and when to schedule your holidays to help with burnout, as well as how to schedule breaks within your working day too. If you enjoy the podcast, please hit like and subscribe.  Episodes are released every Sunday at 8pm.  Links:  Free Facebook group My we ..read more