The Burnout Recovery Podcast

In this episode, Dr Jo explores how to create your personal burnout prevention plan using fire readiness parallels—from recognizing early warning signs to building defensible space around your time and energy. She breaks down the critical 80/20 reality: 80% of burnout stems from systemic workplace factors, not personal failings, and shares how to distinguish between organizational and individual risk factors. Learn about the Stanford Professional Fulfillment Index, a validated 16-item assessment tool that measures both burnout and professional fulfillment. Download the free Burnout Recovery Checklist to assess where you are across the four pillars (Mindset, Movement, Sleep, Support) and create your actionable recovery roadmap with immediate, short-term, and long-term strategies.

Resources:
Burnout Recovery Checklist: https://drjobraid.com/recovery-checklist
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In this episode, we explore where your mental energy really goes and why healthcare professionals feel so depleted. I share the story of Kate, a coaching client running her own allied health clinic while navigating the demands of the sandwich generation, and the profound exhaustion she experienced. We dive into the neuroscience of cognitive load—including how the brain uses 25% of our body's metabolic energy—and why chronic overload increases burnout risk. You'll learn practical tools for conducting your own energy audit, identifying drains, and implementing optimisation strategies using my sleep, support, mindset, and movement framework. This episode will help you understand the limits of your mental energy and what you can do to protect and replenish it.
Resources:
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Dr. Jo shares her raw, honest experience as a locum doctor in a Sydney trauma hospital, where perfectionist expectations led to sleepless nights, self-doubt, and rumination over clinical decisions.
She explores the crucial difference between adaptive perfectionism that drives professional growth and maladaptive perfectionism that fuels burnout and anxiety. Drawing on Stanford WellMD research and neuroscience, Jo reveals how asking for help transformed her experience and why vulnerability creates psychological safety for entire healthcare teams.
This episode offers practical tools for managing perfectionist tendencies, including movement strategies, sleep hygiene techniques, and reframing methods that prioritize patient care over ego protection.
Resources:
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Connect with Dr Jo on Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnoutrecoverydr
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Website: https://drjobraid.com

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Feeling exhausted before your day even starts? In this episode, Dr. Jo shares how a simple 5-minute morning micro-recovery can transform anticipatory dread into intentional energy. Drawing from Stanford neuroscience research on the "physiological sigh," she explores evidence-based techniques that shift your nervous system from stress to calm in minutes. Through a real coaching story and practical self-coaching tools, you'll discover how to reclaim agency over your day before it begins. Perfect for healthcare professionals seeking burnout prevention strategies that actually fit into busy schedules.
Resources:
Join the free Healthcare Leadership Hub: https://bit.ly/3LAIDqq
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Website: https://drjobraid.com
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In this episode, Dr. Jo shares her personal struggle with social media comparison when she started her coaching business five years ago and how she overcame the constant feeling of professional inadequacy. She explains the neuroscience behind why social comparison activates our threat-detection systems and becomes a significant burnout trigger for healthcare professionals who are already operating with heightened stress responses. Dr. Jo introduces the "Authenticity Audit" - a practical weekly practice to curate your social media feeds by unfollowing accounts that trigger comparison and following those that inspire and educate instead. The episode emphasizes how understanding the connection between comparison and burnout helps us recognize that feeling triggered by social media isn't a personal weakness, but a predictable physiological response we can learn to manage.
Resources:
Join the free Healthcare Leadership Hub: https://bit.ly/3LAIDqq

Connect with Dr Jo on Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnoutrecoverydr
Connect with Dr Jo on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/drjobraid
Website: https://drjobraid.com
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