Episode 45: Rest. The final frontier
In this episode, Rachel is joined by Sheela Hobden, Professional Certified Coach, wellbeing expert and fellow Shapes Toolkit facilitator. We talk about why rest isn’t just important for wellbeing, but important for productivity and creativity too.
As doctors and other professionals, we can think that rest is just for other people, that we are superhuman and that we just need to keep going until we have just finished…. (fill in the blank). The reality is that our work is never done and if we wait until a convenient break in our schedule to rest and recharge then we’ll never take a break.
We discuss tips and strategies for planning short and longer breaks and Sheela shares with us her top summer 2020 holiday survival tips:
- Take time out (clear your physical space of work clutter, use voicemail and out of office)
- Go tourist – rediscover where you live with new eyes
- Catch some rays – make the most of the early mornings and light evenings
- Have a plan B (for when rain or other stuff stops play)
- Go funny – laughing is ALWAYS good for you
- Connect with other (a staple on this show!)
We’ve put together a summer survival toolkit full of hints and tips from our favourite wellbeing experts, GPs, leadership specialists and coaches. You can download it here.
You can download our Stop Start Continue Checklist tool here – https://www.shapestoolkit.com/stop-start-continue
We’re taking a dose of our own medicine and are going to take August off (we need it!). So do check out our back catalogue of podcasts over the summer – there are some gems there! A good summer listen would be How to be an Adult, or Eff it Living ). Thank you SO MUCH for your support over the last year – the podcast has been a great success and we couldn’t have done it without you! We’ll be back on 1st September.
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Podcast links
Rest: Why you get more done when you work less by Alex Soojung-Kimm Pang
Positive Psychology in the Pandemic – a 60 second lecture from Martin Seligman
We Will Get Through This Michael Bungay Stanier podcast
Follow Sheela on twitter @wellbeing_champ
Find out more about the Shapes Toolkit training here
Here’s Sheela’s website https://www.bluegreencoaching.com/
You can download our Stop Start Continue Checklist tool here – https://www.shapestoolkit.com/stop-start-continue
You can download our Thrive Week Planner here – https://www.shapestoolkit.com/thrive-planner
Get the COVID Team Wellbeing Toolkit which includes instructions on how to run a team check in chat here – https://www.shapestoolkit.com/free-team-wellbeing-toolkit
View our recent Shapes Webinars on how to support your teams through the COVID crisis here https://www.shapestoolkit.com/support-your-team-webinar
24 hour support for NHS staff: Call 0300 131 7000 between 7am and 11pm or text FRONTLINE to 85258 24/7.
BMA Wellbeing Service – https://www.bma.org.uk/advice/work-life-support/your-wellbeing
The NHS Practitioner Health Programme – https://www.practitionerhealth.nhs.uk/
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Find out more about her online and face to face courses for doctors and healthcare professionals on surviving and thriving at work at https://www.shapestoolkit.com/healthcare and for other organisations at https://www.shapestoolkit.com/organisations
You can also join the Shapes Collective Facebook group where we chat about the hot topics and regularly post interesting articles – https://www.facebook.com/groups/2212687302308522/
Follow Rachel on twitter @DrRachelMorris – https://twitter.com/drrachelmorris
Follow Rachel on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-rachel-morris/
Find out more about her online and face to face courses for doctors and healthcare professionals on surviving and thriving at work at https://www.shapestoolkit.com/healthcare and for other organisations at https://www.shapestoolkit.com/organisations
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