Booktopia Podcast: Yumiko Kadota on Emotional Female

#YumikoKadota is a medical doctor from Sydney. She resigned from public hospital work after experiencing burnout and now works in medical education and private health. Her story entered mainstream media after she blogged in February 2019 about her experiences as a trainee in the health system. Nowadays she’s rebuilding herself, starting with her health. She blogs on wide range of topics that reflect her various interests; eco-warrior, yogi, book worm. Ahead of the release of her new book ’Emotional Female’, Joel and Shanu chatted with Yumiko about her new book, burnout, issues within the hospital system, systemic racism, how emotions help with memory and more. Books mentioned in this podcast: ’Emotional Female’ - Yumiko Kadota: