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You Are Not A Frog

You Are Not A Frog

Dr Rachel Morris | Burnout Podcast 300 Episodes Oct 20, 2026

The podcast for GPs, hospital doctors and other professionals in high-stakes, high-stress jobs who want to thrive rather than just survive. Host Dr Rachel Morris, a GP turned Executive Coach, offers practical strategies to combat burnout and regain control of your work life. Each episode provides simple changes that can make a huge difference to stress levels and help you enjoy life again.

Episodes

Am I an Accidental A**hole?
Am I an Accidental A**hole? Oct 20, 2026 01:09:57 Have you ever lain awake replaying a conversation with a tricky colleague, wondering if you were the one completely out of order? If you're a high achiever in a leadership role, you know the dilemma - you don't want to be the bad guy, so you avoid the awkward chat, pick up everyone else's slack, and say yes when you mean no. Then it leaks out at the worst possible moment.In this fun episode I play
It's OK Not to Know: What to Do When the Furniture Is Shifting
It's OK Not to Know: What to Do When the Furniture Is Shifting Oct 13, 2026 14:56 Have you ever felt ashamed or frustrated that you didn't know the answer? Not to a clinical question, but about your own life - what's next, what's wrong, why you feel the way you do?If you're the one everyone relies on, not knowing can feel like failing at the one thing you're supposed to be good at. This is a replay from 2024 I'm bringing back while I’m writing my book ‘How to Say No When Someon
If Nothing Changes, Nothing Changes: How to Avoid the Burnout Cliff
If Nothing Changes, Nothing Changes: How to Avoid the Burnout Cliff Oct 6, 2026 01:09:37 You may think you're fine. You're still performing well at work, still the one people rely on, yet you know something's off.In this episode - a replay of one of my most important conversations from 2025, I share the question that changed how I think about burnout: What are you borrowing from your life to keep your work looking fine? For many of us, our ingrained programming tells us we have to ple
It's Not Whether You Let People Down. It's Who
It's Not Whether You Let People Down. It's Who Sep 29, 2026 22:36 You tell yourself that never letting anyone down is how you protect the people you love. But our ingrained programming tells us we have to please everyone all the time to feel good enough - and the people you love are the people who suffer most when you're stuck in the Responsibility Trap. They get the tired, thin version of you. If you lie awake worried you've upset someone, or feel guilty for sa
The Real Reason You Can't Switch Off (with Nick Petrie)
The Real Reason You Can't Switch Off (with Nick Petrie) Sep 22, 2026 01:11:13 Do you lie awake replaying a decision you had to make? That work anxiety loop where you can't stop thinking about work even when you are home? Maybe you've told yourself burnout is just the occupational hazard of this job.You've tried to put things in place — to leave on time, to say no more often — and you just can't seem to hold them. What if you are solving the wrong problem? It's not a work st
Doing Nothing Feels Safe - That's What Makes It Dangerous
Doing Nothing Feels Safe - That's What Makes It Dangerous Sep 15, 2026 19:11 Note: This is a re-release of one of our most-listened to episodes — originally recorded Autumn 2025. We've given it a new edit because it's more relevant than ever.If you know you need to do something about how you're feeling — but you keep telling yourself "not yet" — this is for you. We are very good at spotting danger in other people. Sepsis, red flags, a patient or client deteriorating. We ac
Try Softer, Not Harder
Try Softer, Not Harder Sep 8, 2026 01:09:08 Every high-achieving leader has a to-do list that doesn't end — it just refills. And the only response most of us were ever handed for that is push harder. Grip tighter. Muscle through. In this episode, Rachel talks to Ellen Coomber, co-founder of the Softness Revolution, about why that instinct — the one we were trained into from exams onward — stops working, and what she does instead. Ellen has
Going Back After Burnout When Nothing Has Changed
Going Back After Burnout When Nothing Has Changed Sep 1, 2026 19:22 Nearly one in three people who take time off for burnout are off again within a year - and over half of them work in healthcare. This episode is about why that keeps happening, and it isn't because anyone's weak.You go back to the same poisoned water, you carry the same responsibility you carried before, and now there's something extra on top of it - a shame tax, the pressure to prove you're fine,
The 12-Minute Method for Getting Stuff Done
The 12-Minute Method for Getting Stuff Done Aug 25, 2026 48:12 There's a project you've been meaning to start, a conversation you've been meaning to have, or a change you've been meaning to make. You know that you can do it, but what you can't quite find is the moment, the time, or the right conditions…and so it waits.Robbie Swale is a coach and author who has spent years thinking about why capable, intelligent, hard-working people don't start the things they
How to Embrace Your Capacity Instead of Defining Your Limits
How to Embrace Your Capacity Instead of Defining Your Limits Aug 18, 2026 52:17 Most of us were taught that having limits is a weakness - something to push through, not something to honour. And if you're a doctor, a nurse, a vet, or anyone in a high-stakes role, that message arrived early and arrived hard. The result is a profession full of people operating at full stretch capacity without realising it, because full stretch became the new normal so gradually that we stopped n
Is Your Dedication the Reason You're Burning Out?
Is Your Dedication the Reason You're Burning Out? Aug 11, 2026 58:25 Most of us have been told that burnout is caused by overwork and that the solution is to rest, take a break or slow down. Set some boundaries. But what if that's only part of the picture? What if the very thing that made you good at your job - your values, your drive, your commitment to never letting anyone down - is exactly what keeps burning you out? And what if rest, on its own, isn't enough to
The Analytical Brain Trap: Why Smart People Can’t Switch Off
The Analytical Brain Trap: Why Smart People Can’t Switch Off Aug 4, 2026 55:17 Every doctor and high-achieving professional knows what it feels like to lie awake with a brain that refuses to stop - replaying a decision made that afternoon, running tomorrow's list at midnight, scanning ahead for what might go wrong. Our ingrained programming tells us that more thinking keeps us safe and keeps things running. But there is a cost to that, and our analytical brains (the very thi

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