{"podcast":{"title":"You Are Not A Frog","slug":"you-are-not-a-frog-345034","podcast_index_feed_id":345034,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/you-are-not-a-frog/","website_url":"https://youarenotafrog.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/3dc0a38f-c5c3-4ad6-8220-5bf9aaf5834d/8IBFaM3Ife12SXT0hEC0P2iI.png","author":"Dr Rachel Morris | Burnout Podcast","episode_count":300,"summary":"The podcast for GPs, hospital doctors and other professionals in high-stakes, high-stress jobs who want to thrive rather than just survive. You studied for years, you’re really good at what you do but you’ve noticed that you’re starting to feel overwhelmed, overworked and under-resourced. You may be comparing yourself to a frog in boiling water - the heat has built up so slowly that you haven’t noticed the extra-long days becoming the norm. You may feel on the edge and trapped in the very job that you’ve spent years working towards. Here’s the problem, frogs only have two choices; stay and be boiled alive, or jump out of the pan. The good news is that you are not a frog. You have many more choices than you think you do. You don’t have to quit, and nor should stress and burnout be inevitable. It is possible to be master of your own destiny, to craft your work life and career so that you can thrive even in the most difficult of situations. There are simple changes you can make which will make a huge difference to your stress levels and help you enjoy life again. Your host is Dr Rachel Morris, GP turned Executive Coach and Specialist in Resilience at Work who knows what it’s like to…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T10:21:29.675819+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/you-are-not-a-frog-345034"},"episode":{"title":"Masking, Over-Functioning and the Shame That Keeps You Stuck","slug":"masking-over-functioning-and-the-shame-that-keeps-you-stuck","published_at":"2026-06-15T23:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/you-are-not-a-frog-345034/masking-over-functioning-and-the-shame-that-keeps-you-stuck","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/you-are-not-a-frog-345034","url":"http://youarenotafrog.com/325","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/e2c93c23-e156-497e-958c-867fe92acac5.mp3","summary":"If you've always felt like everyone else got an unwritten handbook about how to behave at work - and you've had to figure it out yourself, one interaction at a time - this episode is for you. This week, Rachel’s in conversation with Kirstie Pickles: vet, autistic ADHD professional, and EDI advocate. Kirstie was diagnosed as an adult - after years of masking in a high-stakes clinical role, performing competence while running on empty underneath. We talk about: What masking really costs - not just after one hard day, but across a career Neurodivergent burnout: why it is different from regular burnout, and why the usual advice doesn't work The shame of late diagnosis - and what it means to finally have a name for it What colleagues and leaders can do to make workplaces work for everyone You don't need a diagnosis to recognise yourself here. A lot of us in high-achieving, high-pressure roles have neurodivergent traits we have never had a name for. We just learned to mask through it. Our ingrained programming tells us to keep performing, keep adapting, keep looking like we're coping fine. But that performance has a cost - and it will affect your next decision, and the one after that. Different is not defective. 🎙️ Listen to the full podcast: http://youarenotafrog.com/episodes/324 📩 Join 20,000 professionals: https://youarenotafrog.com/welcome/ 🐸 Get more episodes and resources by joining FrogXtra Mentioned in this episode: 🌞 [FREE DOWNLOAD] Summer Recharge Checklist for Doctors 🟦 Permission to Thrive","meta_description":"If you've always felt like everyone else got an unwritten handbook about how to behave at work - and you've had to figure it out yourself, one interaction…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4105,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/you-are-not-a-frog-345034/episodes/masking-over-functioning-and-the-shame-that-keeps-you-stuck/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/you-are-not-a-frog-345034/masking-over-functioning-and-the-shame-that-keeps-you-stuck.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}