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Welcome to the NHS Practitioner Health Wellbeing Podcast, where we come together to discuss the wellbeing of doctors and healthcare professionals! 

NHS Practitioner Health is a Primary Care Service is a free and confidential primary care service that provides support for mental health and addiction problems to health and care workers across England and Scotland.

If you work in the NHS and think your mental health has been affected and you cannot access confidential treatment locally, Practitioner Health is here to support you: register with us today at https://www.practitionerhealth.nhs.uk/. 

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Welcome to another insightful episode of "Understanding Emotions – "What  Love Got to Do with It."  Dr Zaid Al-Najjar,  Ruth Deighton and Simon Lyne as they discuss whether love is an emotion or a feeling. In this special Valentine's Day podcast episode, they delve into the myriad of emotions, both positive and negative, that love can evoke. Through discussions on personal experiences, historical perspectives, and the challenges many encounter on this day dedicated to LOVE, they offer insight and reflection.Our podcast hosts Dr Zaid Al-Najjar, Ruth Deighton and Simon Lyne have decades of experience treating mental health professionals and have come together to pool their experience of treating healthcare workers into this podcast. They have built a framework for practitioners to understand and process complex emotions and worries in their jobs and personal lives.The trio explore the common difficulties individuals encounter but also share valuable insights into managing mood, enhancing overall wellbeing, and navigating the pressures that impact us in both our professional and personal lives, they also share practical top tips that can make a real difference in your day to day experience. Join us on this journey of self-discovery and empowerment as we navigate the complexities of emotions in the context of the new year.   If you are struggling as a healthcare worker in England or Scotland, please get in touch with NHS Practitioner Health, we help health and care workers confidentially and for free. We especially help healthcare workers who have difficulties accessing confidential support elsewhere.  We hope you enjoy this series and take something away that can help your wellbeing.
Welcome to another insightful episode of "Understanding Emotions - How to Manage Entering a New Year."  Dr. Zaid Al-Najjar,  Ruth Deighton and Simon Lyne as they delve into the challenges and struggles that many people face as they enter a new year, drawing on their reflections based on what they observe within the service.Our podcast hosts Dr Zaid al-Najjar, Ruth Deighton and Simon Lyne have decades of experience treating mental health professionals and have come together to pool their experience of treating healthcare workers into this podcast. They have built a framework for practitioners to understand and process complex emotions and worries in their jobs and personal lives.The trio explore the common difficulties individuals encounter but also share valuable insights into managing mood, enhancing overall wellbeing, and navigating the pressures that impact us in both our professional and personal lives, they also share practical top tips that can make a real difference in your day to day experience. Join us on this journey of self-discovery and empowerment as we navigate the complexities of emotions in the context of the new year. If you are struggling as a healthcare worker in England or Scotland, please get in touch with NHS Practitioner Health, we help health and care workers confidentially and for free. We especially help healthcare workers who have difficulties accessing confidential support elsewhere.We hope you enjoy this series and take something away that can help your wellbeing.
I feel overwhelmed! What's going on?In this episode of understanding emotions, we talk about that common feeling of being overwhelmed. It's a common concern and presentation that we see in healthcare professionals, so we are going to talk about what it is. Where it comes from, and how we manage it. Between them Dr Zaid al-Najjar, Ruth Deighton and Simon Lyne have decades of experience treating mental health professionals and have come together to pool their experience of treating healthcare workers into this podcast. They have built a framework for practitioners to understand and process complex emotions and worries in their job and personal lives.In this episode  of the Understanding your Emotions podcast covers feeling overwhelmed.We hope you enjoy this series and take something away that can help your wellbeing.If you are struggling as a healthcare worker in England or Scotland, please get in touch with NHS Practitioner Health, we help health and care workers confidentially and for free. We especially help healthcare workers who have difficulties accessing confidential support elsewhere.
Why is exam stress so difficult?In this bonus episode of understanding emotions, we tackle exam stress. Many healthcare professionals have to deal with exams for training throughout their careers, bringing up unique challenges and emotions.  Between them Dr Zaid al-Najjar, Ruth Deighton and Simon Lyne have decades of experience treating mental health professionals and have come together to pool their experience of treating healthcare workers into this podcast. They have built a framework for practitioners to understand and process complex emotions and worries in their job and personal lives.This episode  of the Understanding your Emotions podcast covers exam stress.We hope you enjoy this series and take something away that can help your wellbeing.If you are struggling as a healthcare worker in England or Scotland, please get in touch with NHS Practitioner Health, we help health and care workers confidentially and for free. We especially help healthcare workers who have difficulties accessing confidential support elsewhere.
Why am I feeling low? In the 6th instalment of the Understanding your Emotions podcast we tackle low mood and its relation to depression, how therapists might tackle it, and its common causes.   Between them Dr Zaid al-Najjar, Ruth Deighton and Simon Lyne have decades of experience treating mental health professionals and have come together to pool their experience of treating healthcare workers into this podcast. They have built a framework for practitioners to understand and process complex emotions and worries in their job and personal lives.Episode 6 of the Understanding your Emotions podcast covers low mood.We hope you enjoy this series and take something away that can help your wellbeing.If you are struggling as a healthcare worker in England or Scotland, please get in touch with NHS Practitioner Health, we help health and care workers confidentially and for free. We especially help healthcare workers who have difficulties accessing confidential support elsewhere.
Why am I angry and what does it mean?In the 5th instalment of the Understanding your Emotions podcast we tackle anger. Anger is common throughout the medical world  Between them Dr Zaid al-Najjar, Ruth Deighton and Simon Lyne have decades of experience treating mental health professionals and have come together to pool their experience of treating healthcare workers into this podcast. They have built a framework for practitioners to understand and process complex emotions and worries in their job and personal lives.Episode 5 of the Understanding your Emotions podcast covers anger.We hope you enjoy this series and take something away that can help your wellbeing.If you are struggling as a healthcare worker in England or Scotland, please get in touch with NHS Practitioner Health, we help health and care workers confidentially and for free.Music from Bensound.com.
Why do we feel responsible for everything? How do I stop seeing everything as my fault? In the 4th instalment of the Understanding your Emotions podcast we tackle shame and guilt. From watching Love Island to worrying about patients we feel guilt and shame without knowing why, so we ask what it is, and how we can think about it to help our wellbeing.  Between them Dr Zaid al-Najjar, Ruth Deighton and Simon Lyne have decades of experience treating mental health professionals and have come together to pool their experience of treating healthcare workers into this podcast. They have built a framework for practitioners to understand and process complex emotions and worries in their job and personal lives.Episode 3 of the Understanding your Emotions podcast covers envy and jealousy, the difference between the two, and how can it affect our relationships with others.We hope you enjoy this series and take something away that can help your wellbeing.If you are struggling as a healthcare worker in England or Scotland, please get in touch with NHS Practitioner Health, we help health and care workers confidentially and for free.
Healthcare workers go through uniquely challenging emotions during their work. From anxiety to stress and guilt, navigating the emotional journey can be very difficult.In this series, our medical director Dr Zaid al-Najjar talks to two expert therapists to create a map to guide them through some of the many emotions they may find challenging their jobs. Between them Dr Zaid al-Najjar, Ruth Deighton and Simon Lyne have decades of experience treating mental health professionals and have come together to pool their experience of treating healthcare workers into this podcast. They have built a framework for practitioners to understand and process complex emotions and worries in their job and personal lives.Episode 3 of the Understanding your Emotions podcast covers envy and jealousy, the difference between the two, and how can it affect our relationships with others.We hope you enjoy this series and take something away that can help your wellbeing.If you are struggling as a healthcare worker in England or Scotland, please get in touch with NHS Practitioner Health, we help health and care workers confidentially and for free.
Healthcare workers go through uniquely challenging emotions during their work. From anxiety to stress and guilt, navigating the emotional journey can be very difficult.In this series, our medical director Dr Zaid al-Najjar talks to two expert therapists to create a map to guide them through some of the many emotions they may find challenging their jobs. Between them Dr Zaid al-Najjar, Ruth Deighton and Simon Lyne have decades of experience treating mental health professionals and have come together to pool their experience of treating healthcare workers into this podcast. They have built a framework for practitioners to understand and process complex emotions and worries in their job and personal lives.Episode 2 of the Understanding your Emotions podcast covers anxiety, worry and mistakes covering how we can deal with the existence and stakes of mistakes in our work. Anxiety is the most common issue that patients tell us about at Practitioner Health.We hope you enjoy this series and take something away that can help your wellbeing.If you are struggling as a healthcare worker in England or Scotland, please get in touch with NHS Practitioner Health, we help health and care workers confidentially and for free.Our website
Healthcare workers go through uniquely challenging emotions during their work. From anxiety to stress and guilt, navigating the emotional journey can be very difficut.In this exciting new series, our medical director Dr Zaid al-Najjar talks to two expert therapists to create a map to guide them through some of the many emotions they may find challenging their jobs.  Between them Dr Zaid al-Najjar, Ruth Deighton and Simon Lyne have decades of experience treating mental health professionals and have come together to pool their experience of treating healthcare workers into this podcast. They have built a framework for practitioners to understand and process complex emotions and worries in their job and personal lives.Episode 1 of the Understanding your Emotions podcast covers some basic psychological principles, as well as responsibility and guilt. We hope you enjoy this series and take something away that can help your wellbeing. If you are struggling as a healthcare worker in England or Scotland, please get in touch with NHS Practitioner Health, we help health and care workers confidentially and for free.Our website
TDDSS (the Trainee Doctors and Dentists Support Service) is a psychoeducation and support service for trainee doctors and dentists in London, Surrey, Sussex, and Kent.We sat down for a casual conversation with the three mental health leads for TDDSS, who ran through some of the myths and misconceptions about getting help, and explained a bit about why you should get help, and what the experience is like.This short episode covers:What TDDSS is.How TDDSS is confidentialWhat TDDSS offers, and how it relates to Practitioner HealthInformation on getting help, and the importance of making the first step.If you would like to access TDDSS you can do so here.
Burnout is a phenomenon that comes up frequently in discussions of practitioner wellbeing - describing a feeling of running out of fuel, and being incapable of doing one's jobs. What is burnout? Why is it so prevalent amongst healthcare practitioners, and how do we combat it as individuals and within a larger system?To give his thoughts on this topic Practitioner Health is privileged to be talking to Dr Adam Harrison. Dr Adam Harrison is a GP and barrister, GP appraiser, educator and coach. Adam's main focuses are on his coaching and running the Inspiring Women Leaders' podcast. Adam talks openly about the 2 times he has been burned out and how we can help other healthcare workers.You can find all of Adam's details below:Website - www.dradamharrison.comLinkedin - /dradamharrisonInspiring Women Leaders' podcast - inspiringwomenleaders.buzzsprout.com/Twitter - @FutureExecCoachPractitioner Health details:www.practitionerhealth.nhs.uk0300 300 0303prac.health@nhs.netIf you are a struggling health and care worker, please see our eligibility requirements and access support through our service, we are confidential, free and experienced with helping you. 
Men's Mental HealthMen report lower levels of life satisfaction than women and have high suicide rates, yet represent only one third of patients representing to Practitioner Health.To discuss some of the barriers that men face Dr Andrew Tresidder from Practitioner Health and Dr Ed Rainbow from Mensmindgp sat down for a chat about men's mental health.The podcast covers:Ed's story as a male GP of experiencing, anxiety, burnout and depression and reaching out for helpThe barriers that men face getting support.The lifestyle changes that we can implement to help us in our wellbeing.Dr Ed Rainbow runs mensmindgp.com, where he works to support men with their mental health and provide lifestyle solutions for men.  Dr Ed Rainbow is a GP, medical doctor and speaker.Dr Andrew Tresidder works as a clinician for NHS Practitioner Health. Andrew is a Somerset-based GP and MRCGP with a particular focus on the health of physicians with a focus on the preconditions for returning to psychological and physical health.NHS Practitioner Health is a confidential mental health service that provides mental health support to health and care professionals across England and Scotland, you can find us on our website at www.practitionerhealth.nhs.uk
Menopause, Perimenopause and post-menopause are topics that can be difficult to discuss, unpack and understand.Dr Alka Patel of Practitioner Health and Anna Reddy of Leap Health talk through menopause and how we can approach nutrition, health, and lifestyle in a time of change.About our speakers:Dr Alka Patel is a GP, Lifestyle Medicine Physician, Longevity Coach, Speaker and Author. Alka has her own Lifestyle First method for health and you can learn all about her at dralkapatel.comYou can also find Dr Patel's Ted Talk here.Anna Reddy is a Nutritionist, Pharmacist and Speaker, who focuses on empowering workplaces to make physical & mental health a priority. Anna runs her own company and podcast and can be found at leaphealth.co.uk. Anna has previously given webinars with Practitioner Health on working agile and the NHS as a fuel for mental health.You can find and contact Anna on Linkedin. 
Dr Paula Redmond and Dr Mia Hobbs talk to Dr Andrew Tressider about the value of knitting and other crafts in preventing burnout and enhancing wellbeing for health professionals. Dr Paula Redmond and Dr Mia Hobbs have developed an online course to help people use knitting more intentionally for self-care, which is now available at https://creativerestoration.org/. Dr Paula Redmond is a Clinical Psychologist who offers specialist online therapy and consultations for doctors, nurses, and therapists. She has worked in the NHS for over 15 years, primarily in older adult mental health services, where she supports individuals and families affected by complex mental health problems and dementia. She loves arts and crafts, and finds that creativity is an importance source of restoration and connectivity. Visit her website https://drpaularedmond.com/ for more information about her services. You can listen to her podcast ‘When Work Hurts’ here: drpaularedmond.com/podcast , and all other major podcast apps. Dr Mia Hobbs is a Clinical Psychologist with a passion for knitting and spreading the word about the therapeutic benefits of knitting through workshops, courses, training, and supervision. She integrates craft and creativity in her work with children, young people, and their families who have mental health difficulties. Visit her website: https://www.therapeuticknitting.org/ to read more about her work and services. Her podcast ‘Why I Knit’ can found on all major podcast apps.______________________________________________________________________________________Dr Paula Redmond and Dr Mia Hobbs will be speaking about this topic in more detail at NHS Practitioner Health's upcoming summit, The Wounded Healer, in June! Book your place today at https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/international-practitioner-health-wounded-healer. ______________________________________________________________________________________If you work in the NHS and think your mental health has been affected and you cannot access confidential treatment locally, Practitioner Health is here to support you- register with us today: https://www.practitionerhealth.nhs.uk/ 
Dr Elizabeth Stonell joins Practitioner Health’s Dr Sue Elton for the first episode of the Wounded Healer Podcast to speak about neurodiversity in doctors, and how GP examinations and workplace environments can be improved to support neurodiverse individuals. Elizabeth is a GP in Wakefield and the Associate Dean at the School of General Practice in Yorkshire and the Humber. She is interested in neurodiversity, and has been supporting neurodivergent trainees across all GP schools in Yorkshire and Humber.   Dr Elizabeth Stonell is speaker for NHS Practitioner Health's upcoming summit, The Wounded Healer, in June! Book your place today at https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/international-practitioner-health-wounded-healer .  If you work in the NHS and think your mental health has been affected and you cannot access confidential treatment locally, Practitioner Health is here to support you- register with us today: https://www.practitionerhealth.nhs.uk/  For information about podcasts, webinars, and wellbeing support, follow us on social media!  X (Formerly Twitter): @NHSPracHealth Instagram: @nhs_prachealth Linkedin: NHS Practitioner Health  Facebook: NHS Practitioner Health
In this episode of Understanding Your Emotions dedicated to raising awareness during #Movemember, we delve into the complexities of Men's Mental Health. This episode explores statistics, discusses the individuals who seek support and gains valuable insights from the unique experiences of men accessing mental health services in comparison to women.  Join us as we explore the juxtaposition of loneliness and connection in the modern age. It's a common concern and presentation that we see in healthcare professionals, so we are going to talk about what it is. Our podcast hosts Dr Zaid al-Najjar, Ruth Deighton and Simon Lyne have decades of experience treating mental health professionals and have come together to pool their experience of treating healthcare workers into this podcast. They have built a framework for practitioners to understand and process complex emotions and worries in their jobs and personal lives.If you are struggling as a healthcare worker in England or Scotland, please get in touch with NHS Practitioner Health, we help health and care workers confidentially and for free. We especially help healthcare workers who have difficulties accessing confidential support elsewhere.We hope you enjoy this series and take something away that can help your wellbeing.
In this episode of understanding emotions, we talk about that common feeling of loneliness and connection. As we dive deep into the silent epidemic of our times – loneliness. In an age where we're more 'connected' than ever through screens and devices, why do so many of us feel adrift, yearning for genuine human connection? Join us as we explore the juxtaposition of loneliness and connection in the modern age. It's a common concern and presentation that we see in healthcare professionals, so we are going to talk about what it is. Our podcast hosts Dr Zaid al-Najjar, Ruth Deighton and Simon Lyne have decades of experience treating mental health professionals and have come together to pool their experience of treating healthcare workers into this podcast. They have built a framework for practitioners to understand and process complex emotions and worries in their jobs and personal lives.If you are struggling as a healthcare worker in England or Scotland, please get in touch with NHS Practitioner Health, we help health and care workers confidentially and for free. We especially help healthcare workers who have difficulties accessing confidential support elsewhere.We hope you enjoy this series and take something away that can help your wellbeing.
To show our support for World Mental Health Day this year, NHS Practitioner Health hosted an online Stress and Burnout Workshop for all Health and Care Professionals. Our host of the session  Dr Amy-Jo Farrow is an Occupational Health Physician, Transformational Coach, Speaker and Educator. She specialises in working with doctors and other professionals at risk of burnout to enhance their work, health, and overall wellbeing. Dr Farrow helps you identify your personal level of burnout and implement practical steps for recovery and secondary prevention.PLEASE NOTE: References to materials are made throughout the recording. If you wish to obtain a copy of these materials, kindly email Dr. Amy-Jo Farrow using the contact details provided below.To contact Amy-Jo Farrow, please see the details below:Calendly link - https://calendly.com/dramyjofarrow/coaching-discovery-call-30-minutes Website address: www.dramyjofarrow.com Email address: hello@dramyjofarrow.com
Many of us struggle with saying no in our work and personal lives, frequently leading to a myriad of negative consequences.Dr Zaid al-Najjar, Simon Lyne and Ruth Deighton help us "find our no" in this podcast about why it's difficult to say no, why we might need to, and some of the steps we can take to start saying no. Including many of the tasks and advice that Simon and Ruth have given to their patients who struggle with saying their no.Dr Zaid al-Najjar is a Medical Director at NHS Practitioner Health, with decades of experience in mental health and looking after healthcare workers. Simon Lyne and Ruth Deighton are NHS PH therapists who specialise in helping healthcare workers with mental health issues. They are both leading members of our Trainee Doctors and Dentists Support Service (TDDSS).We hope you enjoy this series and take something away that can help your wellbeing.If you are struggling as a healthcare worker in England or Scotland, please get in touch with NHS Practitioner Health, we help health and care workers confidentially and for free. We especially help healthcare workers who have difficulties accessing confidential support elsewhere.
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