Fang Farrier

In what promises to be another year of heightened stress, this episode explores the relationship between stress, recovery and resilience.

Taking lessons from sports performance and psychology, how we can use stress to grow more resilient and make sure our downtime is recovery.

Create space for and plan purposeful recovery activities everyday.

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Teaser for upcoming episodes 6 & 7

Stealing a quiet moment in the house to talk about upcoming episodes and introduce myself.

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Tired or burnt out, would you recognise the difference?

In a brain heavy occupation like dentistry it's easy to feel tired, especially in the lead up to Christmas.

But is it just fatigue or another symptom of burnout?

Burnout is a real risk for dentists with serious potential outcomes. Recognising it in yourself and others may save lives.

This episode I discuss this and more, if you'd like to join the discussion find me on Twitter @fang_farrier

*correction: grand master chess players have been found to burn 6000 calories in a day during a tournament ( mot 60,000!)

There are many reasons that working in dentistry can feel like working in a pressure cooker.  Time is a big one.

Pressure to keep to time, to not work through breaks, to not run late.  Add to this the pressure of all those emergencies that crawl out of the woodwork at this time of year, it's no wonder we finish the year exhausted, in a heap.

Does it have to be this way?

I don't think so, listen today for easy tips to make your run up to Christmas less stressful.

Is bullying prevalent in dentistry?
What are the power imbalances within the structure of a dental practice that allow this?
Are we as a profession leaning into bullying strategies as a management tool?
Does someone need to be the 'bad guy'?

Just part of the discussion, head to twitter fang_ farrier if you want to join this discussion.

Introducing self care, we're great at caring for others but what about us?

Discussing the importance of hydration in maintaining mental health and managing stress in the surgery.

Dentistry as an endurance sport and dentists her professional athletes.

S1 Ep1: What is resilience and why do we need it?

An introduction to resilience and building your own resilience tool kit.

Join the discussion on Twitter @fang_farrier

References:
VIA Strengths, take the test viacharacter.org
Books:
The Crossroads of Should and Must - Elle Luna
Black Box Thinking - Matthew Syed
Braving the Wilderness - Brené Brown
Resilient Grieving - Lucy Hone
Man's Search For Meaning - Viktor Frankl
The One Thing - Gary Keller

Discussing the tough topics and building every day resilience into life behind and beyond the mask.

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An award winning freelance professional music producer, writer and vocalist. Based right here in New Zealand.