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Let's talk about Mental Health! Our mission is to change the perceptions of mental health for those working in the medical sector and to develop bespoke mental health support for doctors. We are committed to developing a body of research that supports evaluated the effect of the varying work environments on doctors’ mental health with a hope to change perceptions and breaks taboo. Welcome to our podcast. We hope you enjoy the range of topics and open discussions about doctors mental and physical wellbeing. You Okay, Doc? is a charity supporting the mental health and wellbeing of doctors. As a charity, we need your help to keep going and develop to support and raise awareness of mental health for Doctors. Please check out our website https://youokaydoc.org.uk/ and our Instagram page to find out more and stay up to date with us. If you would like, you can also text donate to support the You Okay, Doc? charity by texting. To donate £3 text 'DOCTOR' to 70331, or to donate £5 text 'DOCTOR' to 70970. Thank you for listening and we look forward to creating more content.

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Navigating Change as a Doctor: The perspective of Emergency Medicine Consultant, Dr Meenal Galal

September 01, 2021 • Season 3 • Episode 5

Hello and welcome to this week's YOD Pod.

We are very excited to bring you one of our inspirational Trustees, Dr Meenal Galal, as this episode's guest. Dr Galal is an Emergency Medicine Consultant at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, with a past career in corporate investment banking as well as holding an MBA. She is a huge advocate of mental health support for doctors as well as optimising performance through wellbeing.

Here she joins our host and psychotherapist Chris Cherry and CEO & Founder, Dr Daniel Gearon, in exploring the mental health challenges we face as doctors, the emotional experience of navigating the enormous change put on us as doctors, the power of building community to support us through that change - as well as the huge joys of the job and the benefits YOD brings!

The webinars of the brilliant psychotherapist, Julia Samuel, and military veteran, Brandon Young, were referenced in this episode and can be found on our YouTube channel and on our website.

It is worth noting that this is a conversational piece and the opinions and views are of those in this discussion in its own context at that time of the recording. You Okay, Doc? is a charity supporting the mental health and wellbeing of doctors. Throughout our podcasts, we discuss issues affecting physical, emotional and mental wellbeing that at times some may find upsetting, if you find yourself affected by these please seek professional help.

As a charity, we need your help to keep going and develop to support and raise awareness of mental health for Doctors. Please check out our website https://youokaydoc.org.uk/ and our Instagram page to find out more and stay up to date with us. If you would like, you can also text donate to support the You Okay, Doc? charity by texting. To donate £3 text 'DOCTOR' to 70331, or to donate £5 text 'DOCTOR' to 70970. Thank you for listening and we look forward to creating more content. See you on the next YOD pod.