Somatic. Self-Compassionate. Lifestyle Medicine for the
Mind, Body & Spirit.
Burnout doesn't mean you're broken.
It means your nervous system needs care.
I'm Dr. Robyn Charlton, a psychiatrist, yoga and meditation teacher
and creator of the SOAR Self-Care Battery.
I help health professionals, neurodivergent clients, and parents reset their nervous systems and reconnect with meaning through evidence-based tools grounded in self-compassion, somatic practices, and lifestyle medicine.
We walk this path together, gently at your own pace toward healing that honours your mind, body and spirit.
Are you feeling your stress levels rising?
Start your journey with three free resources designed to help you reset and recharge
The SOAR BEYOND STRESS COURSE. Learn evidence-based micropractices from the SOAR Self-Care Battery, which you can use anytime, anywhere to feel more grounded and calm.
The SOAR WITHIN: BEGIN TO YIN COURSE. A free Yin Yoga series to help you slow down, soothe your nervous system and reconnect with your self-care batery.
Why its Just not you....
Burnout, shutdown, anxiety, and emotional exhaustion aren't personal failings.
They’re often signs your nervous system is doing its job, trying to protect you from
overload, internal pressure, and co-regulation fatigue.
At the MindFitness Doctor, we understand how our nervous system is shaped by:
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🌍 External drains: system pressures, moral injury, discrimination, overwork
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🧠 Internal drains: perfectionism, impostor syndrome, trauma patterns
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🤝 In-between drains: vicarious trauma, blurred boundaries, empathetic distress.
Your nervous system isn't broken.
It's overwhelmed, responding exactly as it should to prolonged stress caused by
these drains on our nervous system,
With the SOAR Self-Care Battery, you will learn to regulate your nervous system, protect your energy, rewire your brain, and connect with what matters in a way that is sustainable
I didn't create the SOAR self-care battery in theory. I created it in the midst of my own perfect storm.
After 20 years in clinical psychiatry, I reached a point of complete burnout.
But it wasn’t just work. It was the cumulative load —
A changing body through perimenopause, unresolved health issues, the emotional weight of caregiving, and the relentless drive to keep going.
I knew there had to be a kinder, gentler way to juggle a challenging career and a busy family life, without sacrificing my sanity or well-being.
It was a Mindful Self-Compassion course that gave me permission to pause, to stop pushing, to soften.
And it was Yin Yoga that helped my nervous system downregulate for the first time in decades.
From there, I returned to the tools I had once studied but never fully lived:
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Polyvagal theory and how our biology protects us
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The rewiring power of positive neuroplasticity
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The grounded support of ACT, CFT, and somatic practices.
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I realised that doctors, caregivers, and neurodivergent clients needn’t more pressure or unrealistic self-care plans but simple, science—based practices that are actually sustainable in daily life.
I’m Doctor Robyn Charlton, the Mind Fitness Dr
Micropractices that support the nervous system, protect energy, and gently rewire the brain toward calm, clarity, and connection.
That’s how the SOAR Self-Care Battery™ was born — a framework to help us stop, observe, allow, and recharge.
A practical, compassionate path for managing stress, preventing burnout, and supporting long-term wellbeing.
Now, I’ve returned to psychiatry in a way that aligns with my values —
offering integrative support for ADHD and perinatal clients, running burnout recovery programs, and teaching self-compassion to health professionals who give so much to others.
Your are not alone...
If you feel like you’re running on empty — from caregiving, medicine, neurodivergence, or simply trying to hold it all together —
To effectively care for others, we need to include ourselves in our care-giving circle, recharging our own self-care battery one micropractice at a time
Let me show you how-with the SOAR Self-Care Battery...
