Using the analogy of a battery on a phone that drains and we need to recharge is how I like to think about each aspect of Wellbeing. We often are aware when our phone is on red and needs to be plugged in. How often do we do a battery check for our own reserves? Traditionally we often think of ourselves as ‘draining’ reserves at work and ‘recharging’ at home. This however doesn’t enable us to function well for the whole of our working day. In reality we need to think about how

As the Easter holidays draw to a close for many in the UK, here at You Got This we’re coming to the end of a week away from work, and some much needed downtime. A wise friend and colleague once said “never let your annual leave come to an end without booking the next lot”. Another colleague always tells our new junior doctors at induction, “don’t save all your leave up to use in one go, spread it out over the year. You’ll need it.” Why is it so important to have time away