The Fully Well Doc Pod
Dr Natasha Holmes and Dr Emily Fulleylove have warm and genuine conversations about the universally challenging experience of working, training and living as medics. Their mission is to inspire and empower doctors globally to make changes in their personal and working lives for greater happiness and fulfilment. Because all doctors deserve to be fully well.
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Friday May 12, 2023
Friday May 12, 2023
Find out how coaching and the power of vulnerability can help you find more joy in your life, with Dr Caroline Walker - the founder of The Joyful Doctor.
*Trigger Warning*
In this episode we discuss suicidal ideation (minute 22.27) and suicide (minute 3.25, 23.29). This could be triggering if you’re actively experiencing similar experiences. Please avoid listening to this if you think you’re likely to be triggered, and always seek professional mental health help (see below for resources).
Topics we discuss:
The importance of looking out for peers and colleagues in medicine
What The Joyful Doctor is and how it came to be
The power of coaching and how coaching can help doctors
How coaching is different to therapy
The benefits of leaders sharing vulnerability and what that looks like
What it means to identify as a doctor and how this can be challenging
How doctors can be and often are patients - and how that is OK
The power of kindness
Resources mentioned in this episode:
The Joyful Doctor - www.joyfuldoctor.com
Wellness wonder: Doctors in Distress
Need help?
Although Doctors in Distress is not a crisis service, you can access their many offerings (including support groups and programmes) on their website here.
Want to help?
You can donate to help more healthcare professionals
Other resources:
Samaritans UK
Samaritans USA
Doctors in Distress
NHS Practitioner Health
See more episodes: thefullywelldocpod.podbean.com
Email us: fullywelldocpod@gmail.com
Find us on social media:
Instagram @fullywelldocpod
Twitter @fullywelldocpod
Looking for coaching? Reach out for a free call with one of us:
Emily - www.fullybecoaching.com
Natasha - www.thewelldoctor.org
You can also connect with Emily or Natasha on social media:
Emily is on Instagram and LinkedIn
Natasha is on Instagram and Twitter
Photography by Antony Newman
Music by Alex_MakeMusic from Pixabay
Friday May 12, 2023
Friday May 12, 2023
We are kicking off with a deep dive into our stories of mental health in relation to training and working as a doctor, and how these became an inspiration for our podcast.
*Trigger Warning*
In this episode we discuss the physical symptoms of anxiety (minutes 9:43 and minute 19.03) and we mention an eating disorder (minute 2.54). This could be triggering if you’re actively experiencing similar experiences. Please avoid listening to this if you think you’re likely to be triggered, and always seek professional mental health help (see below for resources).
Topics we discuss:
Get to know a bit about your hosts, Dr Emily Fulleylove and Dr Natasha Holmes, and our hopes for The Fully Well Doc Pod
Recognising anxiety and depression in yourself and how it’s not always obvious
The common experience of mental health difficulties and the stigma and shame around it within the medical environment
What burnout is and how we view it in the context of our past medical experiences
Asking for and receiving the right help when you're suffering with mental health problems as a doctor
The importance of seeking support for mental health struggles and the acknowledgment that this comes with its own barriers
The benefits of coaching for all doctors
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Wellness Wonder: NHS Practitioner Health
Need help?
In the UK, Practitioner Health have teamed up with SHOUT to create a confidential 24/7 text service for PH patients. Text 85258.
Want to help?
You can help shape the service by taking part in patient and volunteer groups
Other resources:
Samaritans UK
Samaritans USA
Doctors in Distress
NHS Practitioner Health
See more episodes: thefullywelldocpod.podbean.com
Email us: fullywelldocpod@gmail.com
Find us on social media:
Instagram @fullywelldocpod
Twitter @fullywelldocpod
Looking for coaching? Reach out for a free call with one of us:
Emily - www.fullybecoaching.com or Natasha - www.thewelldoctor.org
You can also connect with Emily or Natasha on social media:
Emily is on Instagram and LinkedIn
Natasha is on Instagram and Twitter
Photography by Antony Newman
Music by Alex_MakeMusic from Pixabay
Wednesday May 10, 2023
Wednesday May 10, 2023
Coming soon: The Fully Well Doc Pod
Dr Natasha Holmes and Dr Emily Fulleylove have warm and genuine conversations about the universally challenging experience of working, training and living as medics. Their mission is to inspire and empower doctors globally to make changes in their personal and working lives for greater happiness and fulfilment.
See more episodes at: www.thefullywelldocpod.podbean.com
Email us at fullywelldocpod@gmail.com
Find us on social media:
Instagram: @fullywelldocpod
Twitter: @fullywelldocpod
We want to see fully well doctors
Once upon a time there was a 24 year old medical student who had reached the end of her many years studying at medical school. She had finally qualified as a doctor. She was hard working and dedicated. And completely overwhelmed with anxiety.
She quietly persevered through exhaustion, digestive issues and a crushing sense of failure, knowing that she was strong and resilient, and that it was her job to "fix herself". She had been trained to believe that she had to be the best. To be a doctor above all else. To be superhuman.
One day, it all got too much and she had to take a break from her medical career. She felt like she was the only one who had experienced this.
That was Emily in 2009.
And it was Natasha in 2017.
When Natasha and Emily met, in 2020, they compared their stories of medical culture and the challenges on mental wellbeing. They were shocked that the picture of support for the wellbeing of doctors hadn't changed in over 10 years.
So they decided to start recording conversations about physician burnout, career adjustment, mental health and healthcare culture.
They want to see normalised conversations about how doctors can be better cared for by their employers, colleagues and loved ones. And how they can find their own best path to a fulfilling life, whilst working as a doctor.