Beyond the Breaking Point — Recovery Strategies for Different Types of High Performers

Why does the same boundary tool work brilliantly for one person and fall flat for the next? In this episode Dr Jo Braid unpacks why recovery strategies aren't one-size-fits-all, and how to stop forcing yourself into someone else's system. Prompted by a recent workshop with a room of physios and oc…

The Leadership Wellbeing Imperative: Why Your Team's Health Starts with Yours

Your team can't help how they feel walking into an uncertain situation. But you have enormous influence over what you bring into the room. In this episode, Jo shares a real story from ward cover — a complex new patient, a team already bracing for the next few weeks, and the deliberate choice to sh…

Ferocious Warmth: Why Great Leadership Needs Both Results and Relationships (with Tracey Ezard)

What if the thing standing between good results and a thriving team is just one letter? This week I'm joined by Tracey Ezard — author, facilitator, and creator of Ferocious Warmth — who I met on faculty at a Women in Leadership course in Prato, Italy. Tracey has spent two decades studying what sepa…

Industry Blind Spots: How Your Sector's Success Culture Fuels Burnout

Same burnout. Completely different costumes. Why the pressures driving a librarian, a trainee, and an entrepreneur toward burnout look nothing alike on the surface, and what leaders miss when they assume their own experience is the template. Signal: → Burnout shows up differently by role even with…

The Stress Spiral: When 'Sleep and Exercise' Isn't Enough

You're sleeping. You're exercising. You're doing all the things. So why do you still feel like you're white-knuckling through the week? In this episode, Dr Jo Braid explores why standard wellness advice can fall short for high performers — and what the science says is actually driving the stress s…

Culture by Design: What Makes You Want to Turn Up to Work?

Culture isn't something that happens to you. It's something you're already participating in — whether you lead a team, belong to one, or sit somewhere in between. This week, Dr Jo shares what a window taught her about workplace culture, why Appreciative Inquiry might be the most underused tool in …

Systems, Not Willpower: One Cardiologist's Approach to Burnout-Proofing a Big Career with Dr Jennifer Coller

What does it look like to build a big clinical career and stay well doing it? This week Jo sits down with Dr Jennifer Coller — senior cardiologist, regional practitioner, and founder of Pulse Point Academy — to find out. Jen's burnout never stopped her showing up to work. But it quietly hollowed o…

The Mid-Year Reset: 4 Signals You're Heading Toward Burnout (And What to Do About Each One)

We're halfway through 2026. And if your year has been relentless with very little genuine recovery built in — this episode is your reset. The most downloaded episode of this podcast ever is "How to Recover from Burnout" — over 2,100 listens. That question never stops being relevant. So today we go…

Your Squad Strategy: Building the Support Network High Performers Actually Need

High performers are exceptional at supporting others. They are often much less exceptional at being supported themselves. In this episode, Dr Jo Braid unpacks why professional isolation is so common in healthcare — and what to actually do about it. You'll hear: Why medical culture trains us to se…

The 80% Rule: Why Peak Performers Need to Leave Something in the Tank

You've been told that high performance means giving everything you've got. But what if that's exactly what's burning you out? In this episode — part two of the four-part series The High Performer's Paradox — Dr Jo Braid unpacks the 80% rule: the counterintuitive idea that deliberately leaving some…