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I welcome hearing from you via the phone number above or via my contact form.
You have the reassurance of my first session guarantee. If you feel that you receive no benefit, then pay absolutely nothing!
Crossroads
LIFE COACHING
48b Standish Street
Myrtleford VIC 3737
657 David Street
ALBURY NSW 2640
LIFE COACHING
48b Standish Street
Myrtleford VIC 3737
657 David Street
ALBURY NSW 2640
Burnout - not just a slang term...
PART 1 of a 4-part series
Burnout is not just a slang term that we use to define how tired we are. It is a real condition that can lead to mental and emotional fatigue, a feeling of personal failure, self doubt, low self esteem, anxiety and sometimes depression.
My purpose today is to:
1. Familiarise you with the condition burnout.
2. Develop possible strategies to avoid or overcome burnout.
3. To encourage you to take action on these strategies, for what is a plan without action but words on a page.
Today’s society is fast past and action packed. Everyday more and more products are being developed to assist us to get the job done fast, things such as the Internet, mobile phones and faster cars. This increase in tools seems to have a roll-on effect. While these tools were designed to decrease the time necessary to do a task so that we might focus on our lives, on our families and on us as individuals, instead we cram that previous moment with yet another task, and that task takes longer than the moment we have available and stretches over into the next activity and we run behind and this creates stress until some clever person develops the next time saving tool, and so it goes!
We put pressure on ourselves to meet up to other people’s expectations and to our own expectations, which are often extremely high. We want our peers to see us as capable, inspiring people who have it all together and can do so much without looking the least bit ruffled and so we don’t reach out for help or advice when we first need it. This is often not a conscious decision, we don’t wake up one morning and say, “Hey, I think I might cram so many tasks into my life that I slowly feel like I’m going insane…what a lovely way to spend my life.” It is a process that occurs over time, and most confusingly it usually begins due to us doing something that gave us great joy like being a parent, a devoted wife, a breadwinning husband, owning our own business, working in the healthcare or education system or volunteering. We simply forget to set boundaries, to say no when we need to, to remember to have balance in our lives and we forget to stay in touch with who we are and what we want to achieve next in our lives. Often it is that we loved our work too much and become totally immersed in it and lose sign and perspective on the critical and holistic balance required for our well-being.
Burnout is something that we can all experience no matter what our profession or our life’s journey and for that reason I felt it was an important topic to talk about. Below are some phrases that I have heard from people suffering from burnout.
“…suddenly one day I awoke and realised this wasn’t fun anymore. How did I get to place without noticing it?”
“Initially I loved my work and found it very rewarding…but eventually I began to notice that I could never get away from my work and it brought to me a feeling of dread and I realised that this wasn’t as much fun as it was in the beginning.”
“I was so excited when we finally became pregnant. I had decided to leave my job and spend those first precious years with our baby…I noticed that I resented the many demands that were placed on me and I thought I would go crazy if I didn’t get some time to myself, but I didn’t know what it was that I could do anymore.”
“…I was exhausted and emotionally drained. I just wanted to sit down and currently. I needed a rest but couldn’t seem to get away from the endless demands for my time. I felt so alone.”
Continue to PART 2 in this series
Improving your level of self-care
PART 1 of a 4-part series
Burnout is not just a slang term that we use to define how tired we are. It is a real condition that can lead to mental and emotional fatigue, a feeling of personal failure, self doubt, low self esteem, anxiety and sometimes depression.
My purpose today is to:
1. Familiarise you with the condition burnout.
2. Develop possible strategies to avoid or overcome burnout.
3. To encourage you to take action on these strategies, for what is a plan without action but words on a page.
Today’s society is fast past and action packed. Everyday more and more products are being developed to assist us to get the job done fast, things such as the Internet, mobile phones and faster cars. This increase in tools seems to have a roll-on effect. While these tools were designed to decrease the time necessary to do a task so that we might focus on our lives, on our families and on us as individuals, instead we cram that previous moment with yet another task, and that task takes longer than the moment we have available and stretches over into the next activity and we run behind and this creates stress until some clever person develops the next time saving tool, and so it goes!
We put pressure on ourselves to meet up to other people’s expectations and to our own expectations, which are often extremely high. We want our peers to see us as capable, inspiring people who have it all together and can do so much without looking the least bit ruffled and so we don’t reach out for help or advice when we first need it. This is often not a conscious decision, we don’t wake up one morning and say, “Hey, I think I might cram so many tasks into my life that I slowly feel like I’m going insane…what a lovely way to spend my life.” It is a process that occurs over time, and most confusingly it usually begins due to us doing something that gave us great joy like being a parent, a devoted wife, a breadwinning husband, owning our own business, working in the healthcare or education system or volunteering. We simply forget to set boundaries, to say no when we need to, to remember to have balance in our lives and we forget to stay in touch with who we are and what we want to achieve next in our lives. Often it is that we loved our work too much and become totally immersed in it and lose sign and perspective on the critical and holistic balance required for our well-being.
Burnout is something that we can all experience no matter what our profession or our life’s journey and for that reason I felt it was an important topic to talk about. Below are some phrases that I have heard from people suffering from burnout.
“…suddenly one day I awoke and realised this wasn’t fun anymore. How did I get to place without noticing it?”
“Initially I loved my work and found it very rewarding…but eventually I began to notice that I could never get away from my work and it brought to me a feeling of dread and I realised that this wasn’t as much fun as it was in the beginning.”
“I was so excited when we finally became pregnant. I had decided to leave my job and spend those first precious years with our baby…I noticed that I resented the many demands that were placed on me and I thought I would go crazy if I didn’t get some time to myself, but I didn’t know what it was that I could do anymore.”
“…I was exhausted and emotionally drained. I just wanted to sit down and currently. I needed a rest but couldn’t seem to get away from the endless demands for my time. I felt so alone.”
Continue to PART 2 in this series
Improving your level of self-care