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How to Say No Without the Guilt - A Masterclass for Overwhelmed Doctors

A live, practical workshop for overwhelmed doctors and other busy healthcare professionals from Dr Rachel Morris, host of the You Are Not A Frog podcast

Learn how to set boundaries, protect your energy, and stop the spiral into burnout — without letting anyone down

SAVE MY SPOT NOW

Learn how to set boundaries, say no, and put the brakes on overwhelm before it becomes burnout — even in a system under pressure.

Join live, or get the replay.

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You became a doctor to make a difference — not to drown in endless admin, back-to-back clinics, and the constant feeling that you’re letting someone down no matter how hard you work.

You’re exhausted. Overwhelmed. One crisis away from not coping.

And worst of all? You feel like you can’t say no.

Sound familiar?

You've tried pushing through. You’ve tried being more efficient. Maybe you’ve even tried pretending it’s fine but...

You’ve noticed the stress is getting worse.

[So have your family, friends and colleagues..]

You know you need to start saying no.

[But everyone's relying on you - and you don't want to let them down.]

You’re starting to question how long you can keep doing this

[Burning out or quitting can't be the only options - right?] 

 

You're not alone. 

We get it. And we've got you.

This masterclass was designed by Dr Rachel Morris, a former GP and host of the You Are Not A Frog podcast, and the Shapes Toolkit team. We understand the mental load, emotional guilt, and impossible expectations doctors face every day.

We know what it’s like to think:

“If I don’t do it, no one else will.”

“I should be able to handle this.”

“I don’t want to let my team down.”

You’re not the problem. But you do need a plan.

Here’s What You’ll Learn in This 90-Minute Masterclass... 

 🔍How to spot where you are on the burnout curve (before it’s too late)

🔍 How to use the Clarity-Control Matrix to focus only on what you can actually change

❌ How to say “no” with confidence and compassion — and without crumbling in the face of pushback

🔥How to create a 2-week Firebreak Plan to stop the overwhelm and reset your energy

These aren't just another time-management hack. They are mindset shifts which change everything. 

Yes I need this!

The Shapes Toolkit makes this work. 

This masterclass is based on the Shapes Toolkit™ — a set of simple, visual tools designed by doctors, for doctors. It gives you language, structure and confidence to manage your workload, protect your time, and reset your boundaries.

Using shapes like the Stress Curve and the Zone of Power, it helps you:

➡️ Spot when you're tipping into overwhelm

➡️ Make decisions faster and with less guilt

➡️ Set boundaries clearly and kindly

➡️ Stop trying to fix what was never yours to carry

 

The Shapes aren’t just pictures. They’re powerful mental models that make emotional and professional resilience do-able in real life.

If you’re a visual thinker or learn through taking action, the Shapes Toolkit will make this stick. 

Ready to Take Back Control?

This is your moment to stop the spiral and reset — before it gets worse. 

Join us for the masterclass live on Zoom:

🗓️ Date: 7.30pm, 3rd June 2025

📍 Replay available if you can't attend live

🎟️ Just £27

Here's what you'll get:

😰 A reality check that yes — burnout is a thing, and no — you’re not just “bad at coping”
🧠 A framework to figure out what’s actually yours to fix (and what’s not in your power)
🙅‍♀️ Guilt-free ways to say “no” without setting off a full-blown crisis
🔥 A 2-week Firebreak Plan to stop the spiral and get your head above water

SAVE MY SPOT NOW

What happens if you don't address this now?

If nothing changes… nothing changes.

You keep saying yes.

You keep running on empty.

And burnout isn’t a maybe — it’s a matter of time.

What happens if you do?

You’ll walk away with:

✅ Tools that actually work in the real world

✅ A clear plan to reduce the pressure

✅ The confidence to set boundaries without guilt

✅ And the breathing space to start feeling like yourself again

You’ll feel lighter. Clearer. In control.

How to Say No Without the Guilt and Stop the Slide into Burnout Masterclass

£27

Here's what's included in

Our interactive, live, 90-minute online training

(Value £97)

PART #1 The Stress-Performance Curve Reality Check

PART #2 The Zone of Power Control Clarity Tool​

PART #3 The Power Mantra Boundary Protection System​

PART #4 The 2-week Firebreak ‘Turn-down-the-heat’ Plan​​

INCLUDES: Course workbook & CPD reflection sheet.

AND: Access to our online resources centre containing the recording of the whole training to revisit or work through in your own time.

PLUS...

BONUS: How to escape from what’s holding you back  (Value £47) 

 UPDATE

Total value £144 

Today's price just £27 (inc VAT)

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Introducing

'How to Say No Without the Guilt and Stop the Slide into Burnout' Masterclass

A 90-minute, interactive live online workshop.

 

🗓️ Tuesday 3rd June 2025

⏰ 7.30 - 9pm BST

 

Join us LIVE on Zoom or work through the replay in your own time. 

Hosted by Dr Rachel Morris, host of the You Are Not A Frog Podcast, former GP and Creator of the Shapes Toolkit.

Since 2019, Rachel has hosted the popular Apple UK Business Top 100 podcast "You Are Not A Frog". Having had over 1 million downloads and over 270 episodes, she has spent hours interviewing experts, reading the latest books and trying out for herself what REALLY works on the frontline when it comes to managing overwhelm and getting on top of your workload. 

100% 7-day no-quibbles money back guarantee

If after attending this training you have got no benefit at all we’ll gladly refund you!

Yes please - sign me up!

✨ PLUS SPECIAL BONUS: ✨

Our special BONUS mini-training will help you take a step back and understand what humans really need to thrive, so you can spot the mindset traps that lead to burnout before they take hold.

“How to Escape From What’s Holding You Back" mini training

Get clear on the 5 core needs for human thriving and how our mindsets can contribute to burnout.

 

GET INSTANT ACCESS FOR JUST £27

"The Shapes Toolkit® changed the way I approached my workload, for good"

Hello! - I’m Rachel

I’m a former GP, Executive Coach and specialist in Resilience at Work.

All my working life I have struggled with feeling overwhelmed and guilty that I couldn’t do everything that people asked me to do, working on the frontline whilst juggling a family and several different roles. After training as a coach, I discovered some tools which changed the way I approached my work, and realised that the only way to avoid burnout caused by overwhelm and an unmanageable workload, is to think differently about my to-do list, make some difficult choices about what I will prioritise and focus my precious time and energy only on what’s important. I put these tools together to form the Shapes Toolkit

Now I love what I do, I know exactly what’s on my to-do list and I’ve got comfortable with not doing it all – even if no-one else will.

Over the past few years, through live training, online courses the You Are Not A Frog podcast, I’ve shared The Shapes Toolkit with thousands of doctors and other busy people in high stake roles like healthcare.

My mission is to help doctors and other busy professionals beat burnout, work happier and thrive in work AND life.

Dr Rachel Morris, Host of the Apple UK Business Top 100 'You Are Not A Frog' Podcast

Yes please, I'd love to join the masterclass

How to Say No Without the Guilt and Stop the Slide into Burnout

A 4-Step 90-minute Live Online Training - this is what you'll get...

STEP #1

The Stress-Performance Curve Reality Check

Pinpoint exactly where you are on the stress–performance curve and uncover the real causes behind your current stress levels, so you can face reality and take targeted action.

STEP #2

The Zone of Power Control Clarity Tool

Stop wasting precious energy on what’s beyond your control and focus on what you can change — even in a system that won’t. Get the courage to take action and feel released from the pressure of trying to fix everything.

STEP #3

The Power Mantra Boundary Protection System​

Learn simple, effective ‘Say No’ strategies so you can break free from guilt, people-pleasing, and perfectionism and safeguard your time and energy without feeling like you're letting others down

STEP #4

The 2-week Firebreak ‘Turn-down-the-heat’ Action Plan​

Create space to breathe, reset, and take realistic next steps toward feeling more in control and stop burnout in its tracks. You’ll get practical tools — including scripts, templates, and emergency strategies — to stabilise quickly, regain headspace, and plan your next move calmly and confidently.

*INSIDER TIP 

You perform your clinical duties meticulously. Now it’s time to take seriously your professional responsibility to keep yourself fit and well. When you start to see setting boundaries as an essential part of your complex role, it gets easier to handle the short-term discomfort of saying no, because you understand the long-term impact of avoiding burnout.

"I can't keep doing this anymore. But if I don't do it - no one will" 

Working in high-stakes healthcare roles, where no one else will pick up the tasks on your plate, it’s easy to feel the day-to-day stress turning into full on overwhelm. You know you’re heading towards burnout, but have no idea how to put the brakes on - and wonder if it’s even possible in a system that's stretched past breaking point.

I’ve been there. Feeling responsible for patients, colleagues, family, and everything else. The pressure to keep it all together can be suffocating. But the worse the overwhelm gets, the harder it becomes to step back.

This is why, for so many doctors and healthcare professionals, the outcome is career-ending burnout - or quitting altogether.

When I realised I couldn’t keep pushing myself, I discovered that there were tools I could use to open up more possibilities than I thought I had. (I wish they taught us this stuff in med school!) Using the Shapes Toolkit, I realised I had a CHOICE in how I managed my time and energy.

I was able to face the reality of my stress and burnout. To get clear on what I needed to tackle immediately, what I could plan for later, and what I needed to let go of - without feeling guilty for not doing it all.

That’s why I created this Masterclass.

It’s for you if you’re ready to stop feeling overwhelmed, regain control of your workload, and leave work at work - without the guilt, pressure, or fear of burnout.

SAVE YOUR SPOT NOW

When you’ve used the Shapes Toolkit Stress-Performance Curve Reality Check, tried The Zone of Power Clarito Tool Performance Zone 3C’s Protection System​ and put our Zone of Power Acceptance tool in place, you’ll know exactly what to do to put our 2-week Firebreak ‘Turn-down-the-heat’ Plan into action.​

 

The best part is that you'll finally get the time and headspace to focus on your own wellbeing and start to enjoy work again.

 

Without the guilt taking over...

 

That’s the kind of care that YOU deserve!

🚨 Here’s how setting boundaries frees you from overwhelm and stops you from burning out...🚨

👉 If you want to take control of your own well-being and get out of the burnout cycle, you have to realise you CAN’T possibly do everything.

Saying no isn't selfish - it's survival. 

👉 That means… you need to do LESS not more and learn how to prioritise powerfully and get comfortable with saying no without feeling guilty about 'dumping on your colleagues'. 

The way to stop yourself from feeling powerless about your slide into burnout is to prioritise what you CAN control, what you have CAPACITY to handle, and ditch the GUILT of not doing everything.

 

…and that’s where the ‘How to Say No Without the Guilt’ Masterclass comes in

⭐️ WHAT OUR PARTICIPANTS SAY ⭐️

Game changer!

Enlightening! Game changer! I could apply what has been learned to personal relationships as well as work.

Interesting!

Gives you space to think about things that you normally just deal with on a reflex action

Thought-Provoking!

It's excellent! Thought-provoking and well-delivered by a really knowledgeable speaker.

After the Masterclass, you’ll be able to: 

1.

Build new habits that support energy, clarity, and sustainable success

2.

Ditch the guilt about not being able to do things which are OUTSIDE of your control

3.

Understand exactly what’s driving your stress (and how to change it)

4.

Reframe perfectionism, people-pleasing, and unrealistic expectations

5.

Hit pause, breathe, and create a plan for a healthier future

6.

Escape the guilt cycle and work from a place of strength, not survival

Got questions?

Get in touch!

We're here to help. Whether you’re wondering if this masterclass is right for you or just need a little clarity, reach out—we’d love to chat. No pressure, just support.

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