Saturday 20th Nov
Amy’s Facebook group welcome for day 1:
| Opening: Burnout in COVID times Dr Amy Imms | The impact of COVID upon our mental wellbeing, and why now is the time to be investing in burnout prevention and management. [5 mins] | Watch |
| Suicide prevention through conversation Mitch McPherson: interview | Mitch McPherson shares insights from personal experience and working at SPEAK UP Stay ChatTY about how we can engage in conversations to maintain wellbeing and support others. [31 min] | Watch |
| Mindfulness, Meditation & Breathwork Dr Emily Amos | Meditation & mindfulness often get suggested as ways to combat burnout, but what are they exactly? Dr Emily Amos talks about what the difference is between mindfulness & meditation as well as some common hurdles new practitioners often face and simple breath work practice to help lead you into meditation. [29min] | Watch |
| The science of living healthier, happier, and longer Dr Kate Gregorevic: interview | Dr Kate Gregorevic shares the key things we can be doing to care for our bodies and minds, how we can practically incorporate habits into our lives, and ways to model healthy lives to our children. [31 min] | Watch |
| Motherhood 38yo author & mother of 2: written | A reflection on the intense challenges of parenting. | Read |
Sunday 21st Nov
Amy’s Day 2 Facebook group good morning message:
| Thriving By Design: Making Burnout Redundant Dr Jenny Brockis | If you’re on a mission to create your own successful career or business, it’s easy to get sucked into a world of pain, overwhelm and overwork. In this video, Dr Jenny shares her own story with burnout and some of the lessons learned along the way. [25 min] | Watch |
| Addressing barriers to help-seeking: what it takes to get a doctor to see another doctor Dr Louise Stone | In this session, we will be exploring practical strategies to encourage doctors to seek help for their health. While there are a number of resources out there for doctors’ health, the major barrier is getting doctors to use them. This talk is all about getting them in the door. [34 min] | Watch |
| Moving from burnout to balance Dr Josephine Braid | Jo is presenting using case examples of burnout. She will share how clients have moved to balance with easy to use tools and mindset management. [17 min] | Watch |
| Finding freedom in the furnace: my personal story of burnout Andrew Laird | In 2017 I burnt out…badly. It was the culmination of years of bad habits, and bad thinking about myself and my work. But in the pain of burnout I found a freedom I hadn’t known before. This is my story. [27 min] | Watch |
| The Nightmare That Became A Parable Kintsugi Carol a rural GP from NSW: written | Two pieces exploring the impact of secondary trauma and societal stressors, and how we cope and find hope. | Read |
Monday 22nd Nov
| 4 Simple Steps To Achieving Growth Mindset and redeveloping your neurons Dr Nicole Guevara | Nicole will lead you through why developing a growth mindset is helpful in burnout, and practical ways to achieve that through neuroplasticity. [21 min] | Watch |
| The Mental Load: beating burnout with balance Dr Robyn Miller | Burnout, feminism and the mental load – why we should and can balance the invisible load. [21 min] | Watch |
| A coaching perspective Dr Jocelyn Lowinger: interview | Jocelyn helps us understand the role of coaches, how we can approach struggles with imposter syndrome and compassion fatigue, and how to manage career indecision in burnout. [38 min] | Watch |
| Beach Bod Angela, mum of two, NSW GP: written | A short story about a personal experience of burnout, its impact upon our bodies and minds, and the complexities of getting some “me-time”. | Read |
| Burnout A middle-aged female GP in Melbourne, mother of two teenage boys and two dogs: written | This piece looks at the challenges doctors have faced throughout the pandemic. | Read |
Tuesday 23rd Nov
| Burnout: The Neurobiology of Not Enough Dr Polly McGee | In this Burnout Summit session, Polly journeys through polyvagal theory and our autonomic nervous system, connecting how our lived experience informs our present behavior. They illuminate the link between trauma and burnout and how the language of overwork shapes our mindset. Polly concludes with some simple dynamic tools for people to change their state from stressed to regulated. [54 min] | Watch |
| Emotional Eating In Burnout Dr Lucy Burns | Lucy shares with us the issues that can face us when it comes to nutrition in burnout, and what we can do to combat unhelpful emotional eating. [41 min] | Watch |
| The Power of Emotions Dr Tim Dewhurst: interview | Tim shares the powerful impact of recognising and understanding our emotional responses, the role leave from work can play in burnout, professional support, self-care tips, and more. [33 min] | Watch |
| Good Days, Bad Days Geeky gamer doctor dad: written | An exploration of mental health challenges, the pressures of life, the process of seeking help, and the ongoing maintenance of wellbeing. | Read |
Wednesday 24th Nov
| How To Have A Thriving Career Dr Mat Daniel | I explore what a thriving career might look like to you, and shares some tools that you can apply yourself. I talk about values, and explore how some goals may be not so smart. I challenges some dogma around thriving, and philosophise on whether we have one self or multiple mini-identities. I hope that the presentation will help you create a thriving career that is right for you. [28 min] | Watch |
| Changing Careers: Good Idea or Bad Idea? Dr Anthony Llewellyn | Anthony will be discussing whether a career change is your solution out of burn out and some of the pitfalls you might face along the way. [16 min] | Watch |
| Finding The Right Career For You Dr Ashe Coxon: interview | Ashe shares how we can navigate our future career decisions and discover roles that suit our personality and unique needs. [25 min] | Watch |
| If you do not stand up for yourself, possibly no one else will Dr Liliana Sousa Nanji: written | Liliana reflects upon burnout as a healthcare practitioner, the shame of burnout, the impact upon our lives, and the unreasonable expectations of healthcare systems. | Read |
| Gentle Bold Confidence Yasmin: written | A story of motherhood, work, illness, and hope. | Read |
Thursday 25th Nov
| Burnout in Leadership and Life Dr Lachlan Fieldhouse: interview | Lachlan shares helpful frameworks to approach wellbeing from a leadership and personal perspective, how to manage uncertainty, and the importance of having more to life than just our work. [53 min] | Watch |
| Burnout In The Workplace Dr Amy Imms | Amy shares the impact of burnt-out employees on businesses and organisations, and a framework for reducing workplace burnout and creating a supportive culture with robust and effective wellbeing policies. [16 min] | Watch |
| Empowering overloaded professionals to thrive Dr Katya Miles: interview | Katya shares her expertise on leadership, career development, and maintaining good mental wellbeing so that we don’t burn out. [38 min] | Watch |
| Self-care: An essay from a GP Dr Lachlan Fieldhouse: written | Lachlan helps us to discover our unique needs in life, how to manage the self-judgement that arises from high expectations, being more than just your vocation, and self-care at work as well as home. | Read |
| Eat Yourself Happy +The Power of Pause Genevieve Ettia: written | Learn about 10 foods that may help lift your mood and positively impact your wellbeing, and a simple technique to help you pause and mindfully respond to situations and empower you. | Read |
Friday 26th Nov
| Burnout and Books: Bibliotherapy Dr Zewlan Moor | Books can be a powerful presence as we face challenges, learn more about ourselves, and develop our views on life and the world. [38 min] | Watch |
| Creative Writing for Wellbeing Dr Hilton Koppe: interview | Learn about how writing can be an aid to our wellbeing, and help us to explore challenges and enhance our ability to connect with others. [41 min] | Watch |
| The Art of Self-Care Dr Amy Imms | This session explores the value of expressing our creativity, and how we can do that in a deliberate way so that it becomes part of our wellbeing tool-kit. [12 min] | Watch |
| Stress Science: Burnout from a Physiological Perspective Chris Wilson | Why we use biomarkers to map stress states and identify those at risk of Burnout. [30 min] | Watch |
| A short message from Dr Ahmed | Ahmed Kazmi, a GP from Coventry, has turned his experience of general practice into comedy. Born in Canada, he grew up and qualified in England before moving to Australia, where friends found his anecdotes funny enough to inspire him to try stand-up comedy under the name Dr Ahmed. He sends a short message today about taking care of ourselves as doctors. [2 min] | Watch |
| How Many Patients Can I See In One House Call? I’m Losing My Patients. Dr Hilton Koppe: written | These pieces examine the challenges of caring for patients, and coming to terms with illness and death both on the doctor and patient. | Read |
Saturday 27th Nov
| Be You, Be Heard and Feel Better Penny Terry | Is there a ‘work you’ and a ‘home you’? It can be hard to be the best and truest version of yourself as you jump from team meetings to strategic directions to cooking dinner! In this presentation you’ll learn how to pinpoint what makes you authentic and how to feel comfortable to wear it on the outside, so you feel better on the inside. [43 min] | Watch |
| Beat Burnout with Boundaries Kylie Broadfoot | As we face a world of constant demands, and a pervasive difficulty to say ‘no’, learn how to set effective boundaries to reduce your risk of burnout and thrive! [35 min] | Watch |
| Self-Compassion: An Antidote to Burnout Dr Olivia Ong: interview | Olivia shows us how self-compassion can help us to live more sustainable and fulfilling lives as we face the internal and external struggles of life. [37 min] | Watch |
| Good Enough Dr Shireen Kumar: written | In a world which constantly demands more and more, what is ‘good enough’? | Read |
| My Burnout Story Chris – nearly 40: written | An honest account of the impact of burnout on life, the lessons learned, and the changes made. | Read |
| Closing: Better Together Dr Amy Imms | Isolation in a world with the appearance of pervasive connectedness is something we see every day. Even moreso with the tendency to withdraw when overwhelmed, exhausted, and burnt-out. By utilising the power or community and connection, we can help ourselves and one another to liver happier and more fulfilling lives. [9 min] | Watch |