Burnout Recovery

Time is the resource we use to provide value at work. Yet so many of us in burnout, expert though we may be, are using it inefficiently, often ruled by our fears and desires. Yet we have a strange resistance to changing our habits for the better.

In this episode learn the 5 most effective skills to optimise balance between effort and results, in a way that feels rewarding and freeing.

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There's nothing more fundamental to burnout recovery than a sense of wellbeing. In burnout, you probably don't feel safe, let alone resilient?

In the Powertools podcast series you will learn many new skills to help you feel better, and in this episode we add 4 more vital tools to your toolkit.

Creating a sense of it being safe to be you, just as you are, is where wellbeing and confidence begin.

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Relationships are meant to be joyful, sustaining, warm and nourishing!

Yet one of the deepest blights of burnout is its dampening effect on relationships, as you suffer anxiety, fear and loss of trust in yourself and other humans. So here are some high quality practices to help you improve the quality and depth of relationships, so you can relax and enjoy them more.

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 In burnout, confidence implodes in a self-perpetuating cycle of overwork, perceived fails, being hard on ourselves, and experiencing disapproval.

This implosion can be reversed more easily than you think, in tandem with turning down your inner critic. I promise you that you are still good on the inside. Learn how to resurrect that goodness AND confidence.

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Powertool #5: Learning to Champion Yourself. If you're feeling burned out, overwhelmed, or caught in a cycle of self-criticism, this episode is for you. Learn practical techniques to help you reconnect with your inner strength, offering yourself instead the love and support you deserve.

Championing yourself is a huge step toward healing and recovery from burnout. Let’s dive in and rediscover your true worth.

If you find your own emotions disturbing, and you urgently distract yourself to escape them, this episode is for you. Emotional avoidance is at the root of every addictive process - we try to escape one feeling, to grasp at another. It's normal human behavior, you're just following your biology - but it impacts work, life and relationships.

Learn practical exercises to come home peacefully to your feelings, without shame, ...

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...

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 se...

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!

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 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 ...

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?

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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!

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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. Lead...

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'...

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 burnou...

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!

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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. 

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 ou...

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 associa...