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 out everything outside of it. What changed wasn't willpower. It was systems, environment, and intentional design.

In this episode:

• Why the clinicians most at risk are often the ones who care the most
• How Jen redesigned her environment to make sustainability the default
• The power of micro-recoveries over waiting for annual leave Identifying your personal yellow flags before you need them
• Women's heart health — the gaps that are still being missed

About Dr Jennifer Coller: Senior cardiologist based in Shepparton, VIC, and founder of Pulse Point Academy — delivering accessible, evidence-based cardiovascular education to regional and rural clinicians across Australia. 🌐 pulsepointacademy.com.au

Reflection question: Where are you relying on willpower to sustain something that probably needs a system?

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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 healthcare teams, and how you can shape the environment around you — regardless of your job title.

In this episode:

• Why small environmental details signal something much bigger about belonging
• What Appreciative Inquiry is (and why it's not toxic positivity)
• The neuroscience of deficit-focused workplaces — and what chronic "what's wrong here" culture does to your prefrontal cortex
• How a two-minute huddle can change the temperature of an entire day
• Culture by design vs. culture by default drift

Researchers referenced: David Cooperrider (Appreciative Inquiry), Dr Kim Cameron (positive organisational scholarship), Dr Christina Maslach (lack of community as a burnout driver), Harvard Centre for Sleep and Cognition

This week's action step: Try one appreciative question — with yourself or your team. When were we at our best? or What went well today? Just one. Notice what shifts.

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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 spiral underneath.

In this episode:
— Why tracking recovery can make the stress response worse (Stanford research)
— What allostatic load means and why sleep alone can't clear the debt
— How rumination hijacks your resting brain (UCLA neuroscience)
— Values distillation: getting from ten words to two
— The difference between solo wellness and nervous system co-regulation
— One action: take a one-week break from a tracking tool

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