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You Are Not A Frog

For people in high-stakes roles who feel responsible for everybody and everything - and want to keep doing work that matters without burning out.

If I don’t do it, who else will?

If you ask that question every day, you’re in the right place.

Real conversations about burnout, shame, the guilt of never being able to do enough, and, more importantly, what actually makes a difference.

We talk a lot about doctors and healthcare – because if the answers work in medicine, where the stakes are literally life and death, they’ll work anywhere. But the Responsibility Trap exists wherever there’s too much to do, not enough time to do it, and you care deeply about the work.

You are not alone. And there is a way through.

One useful thing. Once a week.
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Every week we’ll send you one key insight and one simple action from the podcast – a ‘Too Long, Didn’t Read’ for busy brains. Pluse, once a month, we’ll also share a round-up of resources, tools, and things we’re genuinely into right now – worth your time, nothing else.

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FrogFest Virtual

FrogFest Virtual is our half-day online symposium where we grapple with the real issues people in high-stress, high-stakes roles face every day.

We’ve tackled time management, boundaries, awkward conversations, difficult people, and dealing with toxic colleagues. Each session goes deep on one theme.

FrogFest Virtual will be back in November 2026! Click below to join our waitlist.

Episodes

New episodes every Tuesday. One week it’s an in-depth interview with an expert, the next week, a Quick Dip where Rachel shares one framework or insight short enough to listen to in a coffee break.

Episode 329 |

14 July

| Difficult Conversations and Coaching

How to Hold Someone Accountable Without Losing the Relationship

There’s something most leaders do – we avoid the conversation that needs to be had. We care too much about

Episode 328 |

7 July

| Wellbeing

Am I a Snowflake If I’m Not Coping Now?

A doctor emailed me recently, she’s been in medicine for 25 years, and the question she asked was one I’ve

Episode 327 |

30 June

| Self Awareness and Leadership

How Wanting to Do More at Work Becomes a Burnout Warning Sign for High Achievers

When Aoife O’Brien is close to burnout, she doesn’t want to stop. She wants to do more. One more task.

I have never listened to podcasts before but discovered yours last year and have gone through the whole series from start to finish. They have genuinely helped me survive the last year, and I have gone from hurtling rapidly towards burnout, to last week making definite steps towards dropping some things from my job. Thank you.

Rachel… thank you! I’m a GP in Scotland. Going through the mill. Struggling to keep going in practice. Long days. Burnt out. Your podcast has been a highlight of my week for over a year now and has given me so many tools and hope really!

Your podcast literally saved my life and that of my GP partner, and helped us regain ground and time.

Just wanted to say thank you for being the lilypad life-raft in my pond! I binged most of the episodes as they are so enjoyable and accessible… great on the way to work or picking up the children! They are a perfect way to learn and improve ourselves without adding further stress to the wonky world of being a GP.

The podcast lessons about naughty monkeys, good conflict, enneagrams, money matters, psychological safety, embracing your own creativity and all the super inspirational guests and various concepts have been invaluable to me in making me think about aspects of myself I previously hadn’t considered and also giving me the confidence to make a change in my career which I know will benefit my family and me in the long run.

Meet Your Host

You Are Not a Frog is hosted by Dr Rachel Morris, a GP turned executive coach and trainer

Rachel Morris spent twenty years as a GP. She knows what it looks like when the most capable people in the room run themselves into the ground – not because they’re weak, but because they were trained to carry everything, say yes to everything, and feel guilty about anything less.

She started the You Are Not a Frog podcast to have the conversations nobody else was having about burnout, identity, and why saying no feels like a moral failure.

One million downloads later, it’s become one of the most-listened-to resources for doctors and senior healthcare professionals navigating exactly that.

Through the podcast, her Shapes Toolkit training programmes, and a growing community of people who recognise themselves in the words “if I don’t do it, who else will?” – Rachel helps people put down what was never theirs to carry.

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