The Whole Story

Sustainable Healing

Part 2: Triggered by her own medically unexplained symptoms and a feeling of helplessness when working with patients experiencing the same Kath sought out a new way of consulting. From this emerged a route back to hope for patients, greater fulfilment and energy from work and a model which is gathering momentum both in her practice and in her business. Kath Jones talks about the concept of Sustainable Healing, as a facet of realistic medicine.

 

Resources from this episode:

‘From rescuer to coach’ Doctor’s article  

Wild Ness Health – Prescribing a New Approach to Health Kath’s website 

https://vimeo.com/1065796260 - With thanks to Judith for allowing us to share her experience of the sustainable healing method developed by Kath.  

 

 

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Dr Kath Jones, NHS GP, Lifestyle Medicine Physician & Founder of Wild-Ness 

Kath has a background in general practice and academia. She moved to Highland in 2016 to take up a post as an Associate Medical Director. After returning to clinical work in 2019 she struggled with brain fog and a collapse in confidence, prompting her to consider leaving medicine. Rediscovering a love of exercise and learning after a short period of coaching inspired her to re-train as a coach, lifestyle medicine physician and found Wild-Ness Retreats. She combines this venture with work as a GP at the Alness & Invergordon Medical Practice where she integrates western acupuncture and lifestyle medicine into her NHS consultations. Kath is launching a new movement next year called The Sustainable Healer to promote a shift in practice towards sustainable healing which helps patients, practitioners, and the planet. 

 

Dr Elaine Taylor

Elaine is a GP in Lothian. She is an Associate Adviser with NES, as Module Development lead for PBSGL and lead for the Whole Story Podcast series.

Elaine is passionate about professional development and has held roles in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education at both local and national levels with the RCGP and NES. She has a decade of experience as lead for Clinical Communication at Glasgow Medical School.

Elaine is an International Coaching Federation globally accredited Coach. She has a Masters in Clinical Education, whose research focus was professional identity development.

 

Sustainable Healing trailer

This is the trailer for part 2 of our Episode with Kath Jones. 

The full episode will be going live here next week. 

 

 

 

Career Journeys

Part 1: There may be times in our career where we feel we are on the wrong path, or when we notice our energy for our role is diminished. This may result in a building sense of disquiet, in mental unrest or physical symptoms. How can we make sense of these feelings and what options might we have for mitigating them and rediscovering our joy for work. In this episode Dr Kath Jones, GP and founder of Wild Ness, talks to us about her career journey, how it changed and developed, how she interleaved an emerging passion, and how she was able to stick with GP.  

 

Dr Kath Jones, NHS GP, Lifestyle Medicine Physician & Founder of Wild-Ness 

 

Kath has a background in general practice and academia. She moved to Highland in 2016 to take up a post as an Associate Medical Director. After returning to clinical work in 2019 she struggled with brain fog and a collapse in confidence, prompting her to consider leaving medicine. Rediscovering a love of exercise and learning after a short period of coaching inspired her to re-train as a coach, lifestyle medicine physician and found Wild-Ness Retreats. She combines this venture with work as a GP at the Alness & Invergordon Medical Practice where she integrates western acupuncture and lifestyle medicine into her NHS consultations. Kath is launching a new movement next year called The Sustainable Healer to promote a shift in practice towards sustainable healing which helps patients, practitioners, and the planet.

 

Contact the CPD connect team to request a transcript for the Belonging episode. 

Let us know what you think about our new channel and podcast content by filling out The whole story feedback form.

The information contained in this podcast is current at the point of publication, with no guarantee of future relevance.

The Whole Story podcast is part of NHS Education for Scotland's Podbean site. 

 

Dr Kath Jones, NHS GP, Lifestyle Medicine Physician & Founder of Wild-Ness 

Kath has a background in general practice and academia. She moved to Highland in 2016 to take up a post as an Associate Medical Director. After returning to clinical work in 2019 she struggled with brain fog and a collapse in confidence, prompting her to consider leaving medicine. Rediscovering a love of exercise and learning after a short period of coaching inspired her to re-train as a coach, lifestyle medicine physician and found Wild-Ness Retreats. She combines this venture with work as a GP at the Alness & Invergordon Medical Practice where she integrates western acupuncture and lifestyle medicine into her NHS consultations. Kath is launching a new movement next year called The Sustainable Healer to promote a shift in practice towards sustainable healing which helps patients, practitioners, and the planet. 

 

Dr Elaine Taylor

Elaine is a GP in Lothian. She is an Associate Adviser with NES, as Module Development lead for PBSGL and lead for the Whole Story Podcast series.

Elaine is passionate about professional development and has held roles in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education at both local and national levels with the RCGP and NES. She has a decade of experience as lead for Clinical Communication at Glasgow Medical School.

Elaine is an International Coaching Federation globally accredited Coach. She has a Masters in Clinical Education, whose research focus was professional identity development.

 

Career Journeys part 1 Trailer

We are thrilled to share the trailer for our first episode of The Whole Story, Season 2.

 

This conversation, Career Journeys, with Dr Kath Jones, GP, lifestyle Medicine physician and founder of Wild-ness has been split into two parts.

In part one we explore Kath's career journey, her experience of medically unexplained symptoms and burnout and how these began to change her thinking about life and work.

 

Full pt1 episode going live next week. 

 

Season 2 Trailer

We're delighted to announce Season 2 is coming very soon. 
Here's a reminder of what The Whole Story is about.