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You Are Not A Frog

You Are Not A Frog

By: Dr Rachel Morris
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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.© 2022 You Are Not A Frog — 721267 Economics Hygiene & Healthy Living Personal Development Personal Success
Episodes
  • Freelance vs Employed - On Which Side is the Grass Greener?

    Freelance vs Employed - On Which Side is the Grass Greener?
    Mar 24 2026

    The founder of the National Association of Sessional GPs on whether the grass is always greener, and the changes you can make in your career without feeling like a frog forced to jump out of the pan.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Why Responsibility Keeps Landing on You (Part 1 of The Over-Responsibility Trap)

    Why Responsibility Keeps Landing on You (Part 1 of The Over-Responsibility Trap)
    Mar 17 2026

    Have you ever looked at a task on your plate and wondered when it became your responsibility?

    Nobody asked you to do it. Nobody assigned it to you. But somehow it landed on you, and now you're carrying it.

    In this Quick Dip, Rachel explores the responsibility trap - the pattern where capable and conscientious professionals automatically pick up unclaimed problems. Over time, these responsibilities accumulate, increasing your workload, emotional labour, and ultimately contributing to burnout.

    This episode explores why responsible people are particularly vulnerable to this trap and how being more deliberate about what you choose to carry can protect both your energy and your professional identity.

    Resources mentioned

    1. Dr Sarah Coope’s LinkedIn article on the “silence gap”
    2. FrogFest Virtual: The Doubt Busters - a half-day online symposium for doctors and senior healthcare professionals happening on 3 June 2026.

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    14 mins
  • How to Use Clean Language to Stop Rescuing and Really Feel Your Feelings

    How to Use Clean Language to Stop Rescuing and Really Feel Your Feelings
    Mar 10 2026

    Mindset shifts to help you explore difficult feelings and find solutions without falling into rescuer mode or getting overwhelmed.

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    47 mins
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The topics covered are relavent to anyone who wants to improve their performance. Quality guests and strategies based on solid models.

Not just for GPs. Great info.

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Great introduction to making meetings more efficient and useful from someone with really impressive credentials. Thank you.

Great information and really useful

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This opens your eyes to why you are working the way you are, and has been amazing in helping me understand how to avoid letting workload overwhelm me and doing more of the parts of the job that I love. Rachel is clever and thoughtful and understands how doctors work. There are some great contributors.

Really eye opening, in a kind supportive way

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