Embrace Your Capacity, Not Your Limits

High-stress and high-performance professions like healthcare often push people beyond their limits. When this happens, stress and burnout are often the unfortunate consequences.In this episode, Dr Sarah Coope joins us to discuss how to avoid burnout by embracing your capacity. She delves into finding your optimal stretching point for each of your limited resources. Sarah also examines the nature of our fear of saying no. And we explore the consequences and benefits of managing and maintaining your capacity.If you find yourself stretched too thin, then this episode is for you. Here are three reasons why you should listen to the full episode:Understand your limits and capacity. Discover how to shift your mindset and avoid burnout. Learn how to embrace your guilt. Episode Highlights[10:30] Shifting Your Mindset to Embrace Your Capacity[19:30] Saying No to Avoid Overstretching Yourself[28:30] Identify Your Optimal Stretching Point[38:30] Managing Emotions and Language Usage[44:20] How to Deal with the Guilt From Saying NoResourcesIndistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life by Nir EyalConnect with Sarah on LinkedIn | TwitterEpisode 99: How to Deal with Criticism When You’ve Reached Your LimitEpisode 169: How to Avoid Amygdala HijackEpisode 171: How to Avoid Amygdala Hijack Part 2Learn 8 ways to set boundaries without stress with our Just Say No ToolkitReach out to Rachel at hello@youarenotafrog.com Sign up here to receive a link to the episode workbook and CPD form downloads for each podcast. You can use them for reflection and to submit for your appraisal.Enjoyed This Podcast?Write a review and share this with your friends.Connect With MeHave any questions? Contact Rachel through these platforms:LinkedIn: @Dr-Rachel-Morris Twitter: @DrRachelMorrisEmail: hello@youarenotafrog.comFind out more about our training

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The podcast for GPs, hospital doctors and other professionals in high-stakes, high-stress jobs who want to thrive rather than just survive. You studied for years, you’re really good at what you do but you’ve noticed that you’re starting to feel overwhelmed, overworked and under-resourced. You may be comparing yourself to a frog in boiling water - the heat has built up so slowly that you haven’t noticed the extra-long days becoming the norm. You may feel on the edge and trapped in the very job that you’ve spent years working towards. Here’s the problem, frogs only have two choices; stay and be boiled alive, or jump out of the pan. The good news is that you are not a frog. You have many more choices than you think you do. You don’t have to quit, and nor should stress and burnout be inevitable. It is possible to be master of your own destiny, to craft your work life and career so that you can thrive even in the most difficult of situations. There are simple changes you can make which will make a huge difference to your stress levels and help you enjoy life again. Your host is Dr Rachel Morris, GP turned Executive Coach and Specialist in Resilience at Work who knows what it’s like to feel like an exhausted frog. In the podcast, she’ll be talking to friends, colleagues and experts all who have an interesting take on resilience for clever people in high-stakes, high-stress jobs so that together you can take back control to beat stress and burnout, survive and thrive.