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Welcome to The Burnout Recovery Podcast, where we're creating a global movement to keep healthcare professionals thriving in the careers they love.I'm Dr Jo Braid, your host and The Burnout Recovery Doctor.
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The Delegation Boundary — Why Doing It Yourself Is Costing You (opens the original)
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Registrar to consultant, the job changes shape. Less doing, more being. So why do so many of us keep doing all of it anyway? A coaching story about chasing a patient's scan, a waiting room, and the guilt of asking someone else to help — and why that guilt is worth pushing through. THE SIGNAL 🩺 Patient sent back to the waiting room while the scan gets tracked down — laborious, repeated, patient after patient 🎯 "Top of registration": Sinsky & Bodenheimer on redistributing tasks to reduce burnout 🧠
Do Boundaries Clock Off? What Really Happens on Leave (opens the original)
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If you're still contactable, are you actually on leave? A watched moment on a family holiday — one work email, and the mood shifted for everyone. This episode looks at why accessibility during leave costs more than we think, and what to actually put in place before you go. THE SIGNAL 📧 One out-of-hours email, and the holiday brain switches off 🧠 Allostatic load: your body doesn't always know "quick" from "urgent" 🔬 Sinsky et al, JAMA Network Open 2024: inbox coverage predicts real detachment 🏥 S
No is a Full Sentence - The Boundaries Series Begins (opens the original)
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In tennis, the ball is either in or out. No apology required. So why does saying no in real life feel so much harder? This episode kicks off a new 10-part series on boundaries — why they're so hard to hold, and how to actually do it, at work and at home. THE SIGNAL 🎾 In or out: clear, certain, no apology needed 🧠 Why ambiguity drains your prefrontal cortex 💭 The Zeigarnik effect: unset boundaries = active cognitive load 😬 The apology loop, and why it's a threat response, not politeness THE RESET
Beyond the Breaking Point — Recovery Strategies for Different Types of High Performers (opens the original)
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Why does the same boundary tool work brilliantly for one person and fall flat for the next? In this episode Dr Jo Braid unpacks why recovery strategies aren't one-size-fits-all, and how to stop forcing yourself into someone else's system. Prompted by a recent workshop with a room of physios and occupational therapists, where one manager's search for focus time revealed just how differently people respond to the same list of tools: a closed door, a sign, headphones, do not disturb. All valid. Non
The Leadership Wellbeing Imperative: Why Your Team's Health Starts with Yours (opens the original)
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Your team can't help how they feel walking into an uncertain situation. But you have enormous influence over what you bring into the room. In this episode, Jo shares a real story from ward cover — a complex new patient, a team already bracing for the next few weeks, and the deliberate choice to show up supported rather than depleted. She unpacks why leader regulation is contagious (literally, neurologically), and gives you a practical way to lead through uncertainty without performing false conf
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