Joyful Doctor

By Dr Caroline Walker

Welcome to the Joyful Doctor Podcast!

Dr Caroline Walker, founder of The Joyful Doctor, interviews a host of inspiring doctors and healthcare professionals from around the world.

Listen in for inspi... more

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FAQs about Joyful Doctor:

How many episodes does Joyful Doctor have?

The podcast currently has 30 episodes available.

Joyful Doctor episodes:

December 11, 2019 Soma Ghosh
Welcome to the 9th episode of the Joyful Doctor Podcast!

In this episode, Caroline chats with the fabulous Soma Ghosh – Careers adviser

Show notes:

Top tips: Connect with others

Seek help with a professional, either a counsellor or a coach

Connect with people you can trust

Time is very precious

Put yourself first

Listen to yourself

Rest and eat when you need

Approval comes from within

Allocate time for family and friends

Listen to podcasts that you relate to

Contact Soma…

Facebook group: The Career Happiness Mentor

Twitter: @sgcareers27

Instagram: The Career Happiness Mentor

LinkedIn: Soma Ghosh
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33min
September 25, 2019 Dr Katya Miles
Welcome to the 8th episode of the Joyful Doctor Podcast!
In this episode, Caroline chats with the fabulous Dr Katya Miles – Occupational health physician and wellbeing trainer and speaker.

Show notes:
Top tips: Value yourself and meet your needs.
The 3 strands - Awareness, permission and a tool kit.
Attend to your own health and wellbeing.
Write down the sentence ‘I give myself permission to ...’ (whatever it is that you want to change or put in place).

Contact Katya:
Facebook group: Katya Miles Working Well Instagram: @working_well_doctor
Twitter: WorkingWellDr @WorkingWellExp Linked In: katya-miles-61595967

Recommended books:
Also Human - Caroline Elton
Mindfulness A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World - Mark Williams and Danny Penman
How to Fail - Elizabeth Day (Also podcast)
Recommended podcasts:
How to Fail - Elizabeth Day (Also book)
Positive Group Pie
Positive The Resilient Road
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19min
July 30, 2019 Dr Haidar Al-Hakim
**WARNING - SOME STRONG LANGUAGE THROUGHOUT**

Welcome to the 7th episode of the Joyful Doctor Podcast!
In this episode, Caroline chats with the inspirational Dr Haidar Al-Hakim - The Third Eye Doctor - author, speaker, surgeon and coach.

Show notes:
Top tip: Reach out for help. There are lots of people out there willing and able to help you.

Contact Haidar:
Dr Haidar Al-Hakim - The Third Eye Doctor - www.thethirdeyedoctor.co.uk
Twitter: @thethirdeyedoc
LinkedIn: Haidar Al-Hakim

Recommended websites:
Lorraine Dickey - The Narrative Initiative LLC - www.thenarrativeinitiative.com
The Joyful Doctor - www.joyfuldoctor.com

Recommended Podcasts:
The Surgical Spirit Podcast - https://www.thethirdeyedoctor.co.uk/surgical-spirit-podcast/
Joe Rogan Podcast - http://podcasts.joerogan.net

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27min
April 02, 2019 Dr Andrew Dennison
Welcome to the 6th episode of the Joyful Doctor Podcast!
In this episode, Caroline chats with the wonderful Dr Andrew Dennison - a passionate GP, husband and father of two living in Dorset, England.

Show notes:
The Practitioner Health Programme/ GP Health Service - Free and confidential NHS services for doctors across England
www.php.nhs.uk -
0203 049 4505 - [email protected]
www.gphealth.nhs.uk -
0300 0303 300 - [email protected]
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23min
March 20, 2019 Dr Abeyna Bubbers-Jones
Welcome to the 5th episode of the Joyful Doctor Podcast!
In this episode, Caroline chats with the fabulous Dr Abeyna Bubbers-Jones - Co-founder of Medic Footprints - an incredible organisation dedicated to diversifying careers for doctors and improving their wellbeing.

Show notes:
Top tips: Value yourself and be kind to yourself. Go offline and go to events.

Medic Footprints:https://medicfootprints.org/
Facebook group: Alternative Careers for Doctors
Contact Abeyna: [email protected]

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18min
February 19, 2019 Dr Grace Castronovo
Welcome to the 4th episode of the Joyful Doctor Podcast!
In this episode, Caroline chats with the lovely Dr Grace Castronovo - a GP trainee with some great advice for surviving the emotional pressures of the job.

Show notes:
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @graciercast
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11min
October 10, 2018 Dr Jonathan Mercer
Welcome to the 3rd episode of the Joyful Doctor Podcast!
In this episode, Caroline chats with the amazing Dr Jonathan Mercer - a lifelong GP with some great advice for surviving the emotional pressures of the job.

Show notes:

Jonathan's recommended book:

Being Mortal, Atul Gawande

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23min
September 17, 2018 Dr Julia Baxendine-Jones
Welcome to the 2nd episode of the Joyful Doctor Podcast!
In this episode, Caroline chats with the amazing Dr Julia Baxendine-Jones - a pathologist and artist with a life-long history of OCD.
Listen in to hear Julia's inspiring story of recovery and hope.

Show notes:

Julia's recommended book:
Mad Girl - Briony Gordon
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23min
July 24, 2018 Joyful Doctor 1 - Josie Jenkinson
My very first Joyful Doctor podcast with the amazing Josie Jenkinson!
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38min
June 08, 2018 Dr Josie Jenkinson
Welcome to the FIRST EVER episode of the Joyful Doctor Podcast!
In this episode, The Joyful Doctor Caroline chats with the amazing Dr Josie Jenkinson - Consultant Psychiatrist and Founder of Equility UK, a horse-based therapy and training company.
Listen in to hear about Josie's brush with depression as a doctor and how she stays well balanced as a busy working mum of 2 (horses that is!).

Show notes:

Recommended support services for doctors in England:
The Practitioner Health Programme
www.php.nhs.uk
The GP Health Service
www.gphealth.nhs.uk

Josie's recommended books:
Thrive - Arianna Huffington
Magic - Elizabeth Gilbert
Getting Things Done - David Allen
Vishen Lakhiani - Code of the Extraordinary Mind The Chimp Paradox - Prof Steve Peters (NOT Martin/Matthew or whatever we said in the episode - sorry Prof Steve!)
Josie's recommended Podcasts (apart from the Joyful Doctor podcast obviously!):
The Tim Ferris Show
The Guilty Feminist LeadX with Kevin Kruse (a favourite of Caroline's too!)
Josie's recommended Apps:
Insight Timer (meditation app)
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38min

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How many episodes does Joyful Doctor have?

The podcast currently has 30 episodes available.

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