Jul 6, 2026 · 34 min · 11 segments
Send us Fan Mail There might be a little bit of squealy fangirling from me today... I'm delighted to welcome Lee David to the podcast. Lee is a GP…
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Welcome to Bedside Reading, the podcast for bibliophile healthcare professionals who want to get some accidental CPD and ideas for their to-read pile.

Join me on your morning run, on your dog walk, whilst you're doing the washing up or snuggle on the sofa with a lap full of

and ran lots of amazing workshops around how we could use CBT principles in our consulting as GPs.

Lee now works for Practitioner Health, and she also hosts an amazing podcast of her own.

But we're here today to talk about a book called Defy by Sunita Sarr, which is about why we just go along with things, why sometimes...

Even when all of our body is crying out to us, no, no, no, this is a terrible mistake.

Do we agree to things? And how do we start to recognize that tension and to make different choices and keep our actions aligned with our values? Lee is an absolutely awesome wonderful speaker and she's somebody who really makes me think often when I listen to her podcast and it's been a real delight to host her online today and talk about this brilliant book.
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Welcome to Bedside Reading, the podcast for bibliophile healthcare professionals who want to get some accidental CPD and ideas for their to-read pile.

Join me on your morning run, on your dog walk, whilst you're doing the washing up or snuggle on the sofa with a lap full of

and ran lots of amazing workshops around how we could use CBT principles in our consulting as GPs.

Lee now works for Practitioner Health, and she also hosts an amazing podcast of her own.

But we're here today to talk about a book called Defy by Sunita Sarr, which is about why we just go along with things, why sometimes...

Even when all of our body is crying out to us, no, no, no, this is a terrible mistake.

Do we agree to things? And how do we start to recognize that tension and to make different choices and keep our actions aligned with our values? Lee is an absolutely awesome wonderful speaker and she's somebody who really makes me think often when I listen to her podcast and it's been a real delight to host her online today and talk about this brilliant book.