Breaking the rumination trap
Have you ever been stuck in a swirl of negative thoughts, rehashing things that you should or shouldn’t have said or done? Most of us will recognise this circular self-battering, a process known as ru...
Kate Little is a GP locum and founder of Physician Burnout and Clinical Champion for Physical Activity (PHE). Clinical Lead for NHS GP Health Service. Working on projects improving population health and well-being.
Making stress your friend
With ever mounting workload, increasing patient complexity and rising patient expectations and complaints, work is becoming increasingly stressful in the NHS. Life outside work is more stressful too. ...
Staying safe: easy steps to avert a personal crisis
Many of us will have experienced a time of emotional crisis. It could follow a break-up of a relationship, a bereavement, a traumatic event, financial worries or an adjustment to a big change. We migh...
Wounded healers; what makes GPs so vulnerable to mental ill-health?
You may have seen Victoria Derbyshire’s BBC show “Doctors’ mental health at tipping point”, a powerful piece on the scale of mental ill-health and high suicide rate in doctors and some of the barriers...
Are you another victim of the attention economy?
Are we turning into 'phone zombies'? Zoning in on our phones may mean we're zoning out on a more fulfilling life. Kate Little from physicianburnout.co.uk explains the risks, and how to win our lives b...
Gauging stress before the crash
Ever had that feeling that you have too many things to do, all of them important, that you don’t quite know where to start? Kate Little looks at ways of recognising when your stress levels are getting...
Three good things
Holiday season. We are stuck in traffic at a standstill on the A303. Grey cloud and rain. Kids bickering in the back. “Daft Punk”, our holiday music, blaring from the speakers in defiance of it all. W...
Keep on spinning – the journey to wellbeing
Dr Kate Little from Physician Burnout has advice for us on how to look after ourselves using the "Wheel of Wellbeing” model. Many of us will be familiar with patients who have recovered from an episod...
Getting a good nights sleep
Dr Kate Little talks about the links between sleep and health, the consequences of poor sleep, and how we can get better sleep. I was asked at my last appraisal if I was sleep deprived. When consideri...
Could physical activity be our miracle cure?
Dr Kate Little has recently been appointed as a GP Clinical Champion for Physical Activity for SE England. She discusses the health benefits of physical activity and the health risks of being sedentar...
New health service for GPs with mental health problems
Mental ill-health in doctors is a global phenomenon. Doctors experience more mental ill health and addiction than other professional groups. The numbers in the UK are high. A recent survey of 600 doct...