Boosting Your Mental Wellbeing - 10 minute steps for stressed healthcare professionals (David Lee (GP and Cognitive Behavioural Therapist Hertfordshire UK))(Paperback / softback)

This book describes key skills that allow us to thrive both at work and in our personal lives. Making time to boost our wellbeing is realistic and achievable, and making small changes in key life areas can have a surprisingly significant impact on mood.Key Features:Practical guidance to combat stress and burnout in primary care10-minute techniques, to fit in with busy lifestylesFeatures, CBT, Mindfulness and Behavioural Action techniquesWorking in primary care can be stressful and exhausting and our connection is easily broken with the aspects that made it rewarding and worthwhile. Once broken, it is all too easy to slip into a negative spiral of over-working, failing to switch off, and not spending enough time on rest and recuperation.The book introduces six GROWTH steps, all possible in 10 minutes. These are based on techniques such as CBT, mindfulness and behavioural activation, that help lead to positive mental health and significantly improved wellbeing. The first half of the book includes exercises and activities to help you practise and learn more about each of the GROWTH steps. The second half then focuses on applying the steps to some of the common difficulties that we all experience in primary care, such as:overcoming low mood, low motivation and burnoutcoping with anxiety, uncertainty and worry, especially if you are training, taking exams or simply feeling overwhelmedmanaging change and lossThe book can help you avoid imposter syndrome, strengthen important relati
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