Surviving the System Without Losing Your Soul

Health and Social Care professionals often enter the field with compassion, purpose and a genuine desire to help. But navigating a system full of targets, cuts, paperwork and pressure can chip away at the very values that brought you here.​

Staying connected to your purpose, while protecting your peace, is a skill worth developing.​

Tips to stay grounded in the storm:​

• Reconnect with your ‘why’ regularly, write it down if needed.​

• Speak up when something feels wrong, even quietly.​

• Find colleagues who remind you what really matters.​

• Create personal boundaries that help you feel in control.​

• Give yourself permission to rest without guilt.​

  
  

Make Your Self-care Inevitable. ​

Recommended reading:​ This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay – a raw and humorous look at life inside the NHS.​

The Compassionate Mind by Paul Gilbert – a brilliant insight into why kindness to yourself matters.​

The Art of Being Brilliant by Andy Cope and Andy Whittaker – an easy read, humorous and uplifting take on staying positive and energised.​