Episode Category: Self Awareness and Leadership

Most of us were taught that having limits is a weakness – something to push through, not something to honour.

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

If you’ve always felt like everyone else got an unwritten handbook about how to behave at work – and you’ve

You probably went into leadership or a caring profession like healthcare or teaching- because you care. That caring is a

We all meet difficult people who trigger us and push our buttons from time to time. Whether it’s a hostile

Working in a system that pushes us to our limits and expects us to perform perfectly can lead to burnout.

No matter how much we know it’ll make our lives better, pretty much all of us struggle to make important

Whether it’s leaving work on time, setting boundaries, or making healthier choices, behaviour change is something virtually all of us

Balancing work, family, and our own wellbeing is overwhelming. In medicine especially, keeping up can feel really hard. But clear

When we’re stressed or tired, we can act in ways that push away the people we love. We tell ourselves

It’s easy to fall into the trap of comparing ourselves to others, feeling like we should meet their standards or

If you’re in a job where you use your brain a lot, it can be easy to feel disconnected from

We all experience shame from time to time, but when it becomes toxic, we can end up in a shame

If you have a high-stakes job like medicine, shame can show up in unexpected and unwelcome places. Doctors have incredibly

It’s a fact of life that we can’t please everyone. That’s why one of the hardest things to do is

High-stress and high-performance professions like healthcare often push people beyond their limits. When this happens, stress and burnout are often

Disappointing ourselves and others is an awful feeling highlighted by guilt and shame. It can often lead us to act

Do you ever feel like someone else is running your life? Do you find yourself just following a set of

Whether we like it or not, meetings are essential in running an organisation. But when was the last time you

Convince change to happen. You’ve got great ideas for change. It’s just a matter of putting these plans into motion.

Change can definitely be scary. However, it doesn’t always have to be a difficult and terrifying experience. Dr Claire Kaye

Are you sick of spending all day in front of your screen? While it is convenient to conduct online meetings,

We’ve got a lot to handle in the medical field — irate patients, pressure to succeed, and who knows what

Dr Joanna Bircher talks about essential leadership skills and the impact of our personalities, motivations, and strengths on our teams.

In this episode, Annie Hanekom chats with Rachel about how we need to step out of the drama triangle to

Dr Amit Sharma joins to discuss the effects of taking on too many of other people’s burdens and how you

We may be returning to something of a more normal working life, but there is still a lot of change

In this episode, Rachel is joined by Gary Hughes, author of the book Leadership in Practice, blogger, educator and facilitator

In this episode, Rachel chats with Annie Hanekom, Leadership and Team Facilitator and Coach and Certified Enneagram Practitioner We chat

Something a little different this week -we’re going back to an interview that was recorded just before the COVID crisis

This week Rachel chats with Gitanjali Trevorrow-Seymour A self confessed neuroscience nerd, Gitanjali is on a mission to liberate our

In this episode, Rachel is joined by Ben Gowland, Director of Ockham Healthcare and host of The General Practice Podcast.

In this episode, Rachel is joined by Dr Surina Chibber, Portfolio GP, Red Whale GP Update Presenter and co-Founder of