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Burn out is a topic we have covered before, but what happens when you are a high performer, working overseas far away from all your support networks and it hits you when you are completely unprepared for it? Dr Kellie Pritchard-Peschek is a performance scientist, executive health coach, and speaker who helps executive women on the brink of burnout restore their health and return to high performance. In a former life, Dr Kellie Pritchard-Peschek worked with Olympic athletes across Australia and Europe, supporting them in achieving medal-winning performances at international events such as the Olympic and Commonwealth Games, as well as World, European, and Pan Pacific Championships. It was her dream job but it was also where she neglected personal health and became a burned-out wreck

In this episode she shares:

• Her early career life and the kind of high performance lifestyle she led
• What happened when she went overseas
• What happened with the new job and move that had an impact on her
• What it was like when she realised how bad things had gotten
• Why she couldn’t even admit to herself how bad things were at the start
• The moment that forced her to stop
• How exercise turned from her support to the thing that made things worse
• The problem with keeping our struggles to ourselves
• What the process of unpacking and dealing with it was like for her
• The shame and guilt she felt around her burn out

Key Quotes

“I didn’t have family, I didn’t have friends to lean into when things got pressured and tough in that work situation

“I ignored those pebbles, those rocks, and it wasn’t until the boulder came that it stopped me in my tracks.”

“I remember walking the halls of my apartment in the cold, the dark, just crying in sheer frustration and utter exhaustion.”

More about Kellie

You can find her website here: https://www.drkellierose.com/home/

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drkellierose/

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