Default to Happy

In our first podcast back after the summer break, Rachel talks with Dr Giles P Croft about his take on how to beat stress and burnout. Giles  is a psychology graduate and former NHS surgeon who stepped aside from clinical practice for a decade to explore a number of career paths, including health informatics, cycling journalism, public speaking and high street retail with his wife.He is now back in the healing profession, tackling the root cause of chronic mental stress and its many harmful effects by helping clients reconnect to their natural, inbuilt state of health. He lives and works in the Brecon Beacons National Park with his wife and 6 year old daughter.As human beings, we are designed to default to a setting which is at peace and happy. The problem is that so often our thinking gets in the way of this, causing feelings which make us feel that something is dreadfully wrong. Whilst feelings can be a useful indicator light to what’s going on with our thinking – they are rarely ‘ the absolute truth’ .Giles believes that if we can just stop trying to ‘do stuff’ to make ourselves feel better, and just leave ourselves to default to our innate factory settings, and live in the present, we will feel- and think much better, and our stress will disappear. We chat about how to avoid secondary suffering by layering unhelpful thoughts on top of events and talk about the ‘soft flute of intuition’ which will help tell us what we really need in any given moment. Giles’s top 3 tips are:Ask yourself ‘where are my feelings coming from right now?’Look at your hands regularly to stay in the present moment. The present is all there isGo back and listen to the podcast again – change comes through insightSign up here to receive a link to the CPD form downloads for each podcast which you can use for reflection and to submit for your appraisal. https://www.shapestoolkit.com/podcast-CPD-formsYou can download our Stop Start Continue Checklist tool here and you’ll also receive the Busy Leaders Guide to getting a Resilient Team which is launching on 8th Sept. Contact Rachel at [email protected] Find out more about the Resilient Team Academy membership for busy leaders. https://www.shapestoolkit.com/rta-waitlistWe are sending out a regular email with new resources, tips and useful content especially for professionals working throughout the COVID-19 crisis. If you’d like to receive this and other resources about thriving at work then please sign up here https://shapes-toolkit.mykajabi.com/free-team-wellbeing-toolkitYou can watch this podcast episode on YouTube herePodcast linksFollow Giles on twitter @gilespcroftContact him here https://gilespcroft.com/Check out Giles’s YouTube Channelhttps://facebook.com/drgilespcrofthttps://linkedin.com/in/drgilespcroft Find out more about the Shapes Toolkit training hereYou can download our Stop Start Continue Checklist tool hereYou can download our Thrive Week Planner hereMentioned in this episode:FrogXtra Gold Join the Frog podcast community🟦 Learn More About Our Training