How's your inner critic? Are you feeling a bit bashed around by it?Let's start to turn it down, because that will help restore your confidence and spirits, and it's entirely within your control to do that.Burnout recovery is all about pausing to notice the good - primarily in YOU!This is not some fluffy self-care or positive affirmation, it's a practical tool to change your experience at work (and at home). Don't knock it until you've tried it - it's a game-changer!Join 10 Burnout Recovery Po...
Powertool #2 will help you begin the rebuild of your energy, hope and wellbeing. You have much more power to do this than you realise, and it's free! You don't need to wait for someone else to fix your burnout!Right now, is there a mean voice in your head reminding you at every turn how bad things are? Or YOU are? That's one thing you can start to reverse to boost your modd, but there are so many more!For the full set of Powertool learning resources, join free at https://go.dexrandall.com/pow...
Powertool #1 is all about pain-reduction. And in deepest burnout, one of the quickest ways to do that is to reduce anxiety - that insidious thief of energy and morale.Listen in for the fastest skills you can use to reduce the spin cycle of anxiety in your moments of stress. Then practice every day. You can do it!Join 10 Burnout Recovery Powertools FREE at https://go.dexrandall.com/powerfor all resources and exercisesSend us a text----------------------------------- Burnout Resources:Get 1-on-...
This week launches series 3 of the podcast, starting with 10 episodes with all the wisdom from 7 years of burnout coaching, distilled into the 10 vital powertools YOU need to master recovery from burnout.Follow each weekly episode and practice the techniques you learn, watching your daily stress reduce as your skills build.Today's episode introduces the series and explains what you will achieve with these powertools and why they work.Each episode is bundled with free resources for you, ...
Has someone spoken to you lately in a way that made you feel 'less than'?And - even though what they said wasn't true - you started to believe them?Would you like to be done with the shame, humiliation and embarrassment, and back yourself to the hilt instead?What if you knew that much stronger self-belief had many pleasant side-effects and no downside?Show Notes:Natural Great Peace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE0MTzSzkas&t=35sEp#36 Championing Yourself https://www.burnouttoleadership....
How do you navigate and survive life's crises during times of extreme burnout?Learn 20 survival skills to restore calm from the paralyzing effects of emotional exhaustion and overwhelm.In 'When Things Fall Apart,' Pema Chodron emphasizes the importance of giving up control and accepting the chaos. Here's how to do that without falling apart yourself!Show NotesWhen Things Fall Apart by Pema ChodronSend us a text----------------------------------- Burnout Resources:Get 1-on-1 burnout recovery c...
Had enough of EAPs, management fails and toxic culture?You are not alone, my friend! This is a hot button topic for most of my clients in burnout!Meet Amy Fox, who runs a management consultancy, and helps leaders create a culture that staff never want to leave.This episode is for you if you are on the receiving end of a challenging work culture, either as an employee/contractor or as a leader yourself. Leadership skills and emotional intelligence can be introduced whatever your situation, and...
Learn specific techniques to recharge your energy and beat that overwhelming feeling of burnout. This isn't a luxury - it's vital to your normal functioning.We'll also explore the vicious cycle of anxiety, and some cool breathing exercises to calm your nerves. Plus, real-world tips on managing your time better and reducing stress, encouraging you to make tiny changes for a big impact. If you're feeling overworked, anxious, or just plain fried, this episode is full of friendly, practical ...
Dr. Jonathan Fisher, a cardiologist from Charlotte and author of "Just One Heart", co-host of the Ending Clinician Burnout Global Summit, focuses on healing the heart in the broadest sense, encompassing both the physical and emotional aspects of cardiac care.Here Dr Jonathan shares many useful insights and tips for taking care of your one precious heart, shielding it from the adverse effects of stress and burnout and re-opening it to joy and connection.Show Notes:https://www.drjonathanfisher....
It may surprise you to learn that peace is our fundamental natural state. Chronic stress is not!In burnout, peace is more likely to be painfully elusive. So listen here to discover how to return your shattered mind to a restful and peaceful state.It IS possible to achieve this via meditation, yoga, or escapes into nature - provided you're able to practice those whilst burnt out. Not everyone can!But there is a more powerful, longer term solution that will make peace available to you, on...
In these challenging and toxic times, our bodies have much innate wisdom to help us heal and thrive. If you haven't been listening and attending to your body's messages, here's how.It's the perfect accompaniment to burnout recovery coaching, reducing stress in the body as you reduce stress in your mind, to stimulate better physical health.Listen today for the why and the how. Show Notes:https://www.meandqi.com/tcm-education-center/diseases/migrainehttps://scienceofprevention.com/h...
In the depths of our exhaustion in burnout, we often turn our frustration on ourselves, and on others. Unfortunately, this escalates OUR suffering.Learn a better way: giving yourself the gift of releasing judgment. This will free up a lot of good energy in you, that you really need to thrive.It's not our job to police every other human.We're much better if we can return to our good hearts, love ourselves, and make a little room for other people too, with all their different ways. Show N...
Times are tough in this world of ours. The environment has challenges our ancestors did not have to face. There are many apparent global threats to our wellbeing.Yet recently, voices of research on the human health crisis have become more prominent, finally reaching the US senate in September. I think this is good news!But let's take this personal, and look for a moment at potential impacts on your own health associated with burnout, and what corrective action you can take.Show Notes:Chris Pa...
Humans have many inner mechanisms that try to save our butts when we're going off track. They can attract our attention in painful ways, though, and that's inconvenient, to say the least.But if you know how to decode their messages - impulses that spring up in your mind, body pain, self-criticism and off-key behaviors - you can heal the cause of the problems. Then your burnout will magically melt away.So this episode is about dealing skillfully with those irritating inner voices!Show Notes:ht...
Compassion is a gift of gentle care that we can offer to ourselves in burnout. When we learn to do this - offer ourselves support in our suffering - it revives our spirits. Listen for the path to compassion, even when you feel down on yourself and are not seeing yourself as worthy. Show Notes:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2hLhWSlOl0 Lissa Rankin MD, TED talk #1 public health issue doctors arent talking abouthttps://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health...
One of burnout's devastating effects is to diminish our confidence in ourselves, through constant self-criticism and self-diminishment.When we experience this low self-esteem, we sense a loss of control and our need to be right increases proportionately. Sadly, the way this plays out is often to make us look even less competent in front of our colleagues.Listen in for an easier, better way to re-assert yourself.Show Notes:https://www.burnouttoleadership.com/1849743/13521795-ep-93-controlling-...
There's something about burnout that grinds us down to a stump, until we have lost energy and hope, and almost stop trying to fix anything. Motivation hits an all-time low. We're missing deadlines right and left.Unfortunately, burnout thrives in this paralysis. To free up energy to make change, we might need a bit of help - from someone who believes in us. I can be that person for you, and I can show you how to return to full capacity and performance at work.Show Notes:https://www.burnouttole...
Team leaders: you CAN help prevent your team burning out.Despite years of pioneering work into psychological safety at work, up to 67% of Australian workers felt burnt out in a three month period in 2024. How can this be?If you lead a team and they (or you!) are experiencing burnout, here are my top 10 suggestions to restore balance, wellbeing, resilience and performance. Show Notes:Good to Great, Jim CollinsCreativity Inc, Ed Catmull10x is easier than 2X, Dan SullivanEssentialism, Greg ...
If you're flat out disappointed most of the time in burnout, the good news is that this is avoidable. It's within your control to change your experience, because it's your expectations that sow the seeds of disappointment. And many of your expectations are actually redundant - they don't make your life better.Reducing your need for the world to make your life good is a powerful stand to take, and when you offer yourself optimal love, safety, approval and care, that prize is ...
Becoming your strongest ally is a choice.Many people have not been taught the kind of self-belief that will protect them from burnout for life. Perhaps that's why you're here?I can teach you. Self-belief is a CHOICE, and we can LEARN how to do it. This, more than any other choice we might make, is the gift that keeps on giving and it's never too late.I can't recommend it highly enough to change the flavour of your daily existence, for the better.Send us a text---------------------------------...