Dr. Robyn Charlton
The Mind Fitness Doctor with Dr Robyn Charlton: Helping Women navigate ADHD in the Perimenopause.
There is a specific kind of exhaustion that occurs when ADHD meets perimenopause. It can feel like the ground is shifting under your feet just when you thought you had it all figured out. This is the MindFitness Dr podcast—a quiet, dedicated space for clarity, evidence-based tools, and a roadmap through these hormonal shifts. I'm your host, and together, we’re going to get your brain back on your side. Let's begin."
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Dr. Robyn Charlton
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Jul 16, 2025
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Episodes
Week 1 – What Is Self-Compassion? | Workshop | Healing the Healers 16.07.2025 10:45
As a woman in the medical field, my journey with mindful self-compassion has become integral to my personal and professional well-being. It has also been tbe key to me healing from burnout as a psychiatrist, and allows me to find sanctuary and purpose in medicine. This practice is rooted in three key aspects: mindfulness, common humanity, and a multi-faceted approach to self-kindness that includes...
Week 1 – What Is Self-Compassion? | Bonus Workshop for Women in Medicine | Healing the Healers 30.12.2023 17:24
As a woman in the medical field, my journey with mindful self-compassion has become integral to my personal and professional well-being. It has been the key component to my recovery from burnout as a psychiatrist, and has given me tools to find sanctuary and purpose as I return to practicing clinical medicine. This practice is grounded in three key aspects: mindfulness, common humanity, and a mult...
Week 1 – What Is Self-Compassion? | Introduction | Healing the Healers Challenge 30.12.2023 4:29
Welcome to the Self-Compassion Challenge, tailored especially for women in the demanding field of medicine. This week, we’re focusing on understanding what self-compassion really means for medical professionals like you. This Week’s Focus: What is Self-Compassion? Your Task: Watch our introductory workshop and do the How Would I treat a Friend meditation. Also fill in Kristin Neffs questionnaire t...
Welcome to Healing the Healers:The Self-Compassion Challenge for Women in Medicine 30.12.2023 10:01
Healing the Healers:The Self-Compassion Challenge for Women in Medicine. Welcome to Your Journey of Healing your Mind, Body, and Soul. As a dedicated woman in the field of medicine, you tirelessly care for others. Now, it's time to turn that care inward. Join our Healing the Healers– Self-Compassion Challenge", specially designed to nurture the healers of our world. What is the Healing the Healers...
Mindful Self-Compassion Practice 5: Compassion with Equanimity : A mediation for burnout 20.01.2023 13:47
This is the meditation for week 5 of The Mindful Self- Compassion course for Medicine. Thus week we talk about caregiver fatigue, empathic resonance , vicarious traumatisation and burnout. This meditation helps us take experiential ownership of our own stress, but letting go of others experiential distress.
Mindful Self Compassion Practice 4: Soften, Soothe, Allow 24.06.2022 17:46
This is the practice 4 for week 4 if Mindful Self- Compassion for Medicine : Meeting Difficult Emotions in Medicine. We Nanette emotions to tame them and feel them to heal them , by becoming aware of the interoceptive signature of our emotions. We then soften the area physical and soothe the emotion mentally , decreasing the intensity of the emotion.
Mindful Self Compassion Pratice 3: A Compassionate Letter to Myself 24.06.2022 7:16
This is Week 3 practice of Mindful Self Compassion for Medicine : Findig our compassionate voice . This can be used in conjunction with the meditation Compassionate Friend. It helps is find that other kinder voice inside our head, apart from our internal critic.
Mindful Self-Compassion Practice 2: Comforting Gestures 06.06.2022 10:25
This is the second practice in The Mindful Self- Compassion course for Women in Medicine . We explore the physiology of self- compassion and how simple touch can activate our calming nervous system.
Mindful Self- Compassion Practice 1: Self-Compassionate Break 06.06.2022 14:32
This is the first self-care practice of Tge six- week Mindful Self - Compassion course for Women in Medicine. We go through the three components of Mindfulness, Common Humanity and Self- Kindness. Join The Mindful Self- Compassion course for Medicine
Day 4: How to Prevent Burnout in Medicine 03.05.2022 18:18
Today we explore how to prevent burnout in Medine , but developing inner resources to deal with stress. This is done through Positive Neuroplasticity and Savoring, neurones that fire together wire together. We explore the micro practice of Letting In The Good
Day 2: When Stress Becomes Burnout 03.05.2022 22:38
We explore when stress becomes burnout through the polyvagal theory , neuroscience of mirror neurones , empathic distress and vicarious traumatisation. We explore the Letting Go Practice.
Day3: How to Manage Stress in Medicine 03.05.2022 13:42
We look at how we can become aware of we can use mindfulness to become aware of our stress edge, through SOAR.We explore The MindFit practice of Letting It Be
Day 1: Introduction to The Stress Reset for Burnout in Medicine. 01.05.2022 19:22
We introduce what we will cover in the next four days of The Stress Reset and talk about The MindFitness Method of Self- Care.
How To Begin to Self- Care with The MindFitness Model for Self- Care 22.04.2022 24:02
Are you feeling stressed and exhausted from all the changes the pandemic has brought? Are your self- care battery levels running low , as you don’t have the energy to care for yourself as well as others ?Do you want to find your calm strength and recharge your self- care battery. Then learn the seven steps to self care through The MindFitness Method for Self- care: micro MindFitness practices you...
What is Self-Compassion and What is the Science Behind it. 16.04.2022 16:15
I talk about how self-compassion is learning to treat ourselves with the same care and concern that we would for a friend. We also explore the research behind it .
Why it is important and not selfish to Self-Care and The Neuroscience behind it. 23.01.2022 22:59
We talk about the neuroscience behind why it is important to self care . How regulating our emotions helps others around us to do the same , through our mirror neurones.
What is Self-Care in Health- Care? 16.09.2021 21:40
What really is self- care? We talk about the definition of self- care and what the types of self- care are conceptualised as Te Whare Tapa Wha and related to parts of the brain. Download our free Self- Care Starter Kit https://www.mindfitnessdoctor.co.nz/challenge-page/b4bab0c3-e402-4ece-b8cb-d2c3d757297f
How To Practice Mindfulness with SOAR 25.08.2021 13:14
How can we come out of the fog of thoughts and emotions around COVD, especially in our caregiving roles. How we can use the MicroMind Fitness practice of SOAR to be mindful , and respond to situations rather than react .
Finding Meaning and Purpose in HealthCare 18.08.2021 14:40
How to identify our values as being our internal compass or lighthouse , in our journey of life with all of the challenges.
The MicroMindFitness Practice Method for Self - Care 18.08.2021 21:38
The Micro MindFitness Practice method Is designed from evidence based mindfulness based therapeutic tools. It is delivered through The SOARING SYSTEM for Self care
The Story of TheMindFitnessDr 18.08.2021 54:47
An interview with Sarah Brenchley ( naturopath and nutritionist) about who I am, and why I am so passionate about who Cares for the Carers. How we can use micro MindFitness practices to care for ourselves at the moment, so we can care for others. It gives the story behind The Mind Fitness Doctor and Compassion Coaching. For more information and to subscribe to The MindFitnessDr Youtube channel f...
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