In this episode, I’m joined by the iridescent Bianca Best!

A woman on a mission to eradicate burnout and help people create big impact, without sacrificing their wellbeing. We dive into her burnout experience(s), energy work, and practical strategies that have helped Bianca and her clients move from surviving to soaring.

Expect to be inspired by:👉 Bianca’s personal journey through burnout🔥 The 8 energising strategies that form the foundation of her work🌿 What graceful productivity can really feel like

If you know there’s more to you than ticking boxes and chasing deadlines, and more to life than burnout, then this episode is here to uplift and empower you to reconnect to your energy, your values, and your purpose.

About Bianca: 

Bianca Best is an award-winning thought leader, global executive, mother of four, inspiring speaker, highly qualified coach and champion of graceful productivity. 

Bianca has experience within corporate roles and as an entrepreneur. She has developed proven strategies that empower individuals and organisations to thrive. And is now on a mission to eradicate the global burnout epidemic impassioned by the belief that work should be a JOY not a struggle.

Contact Bianca:

• Find out more about Bianca, her work and books on her website: https://biancabest.com/

• You’ll find her book “Big Impact Without Burnout: 8 Energizing Strategies to Stop Struggling and Start Soaring” anywhere books are sold!

• You also find her on all the socials as Bianca Best

Connect with Hannah Holden - The Burnout Alchemist  ✨ 

"Burnout Isn’t Necessary! 

It’s predictable, preventable, and fully recoverable - let me show you how "

Public Speaker | Trainer | Coach

• Connect with me on LinkedIn to follow my regular posts or better still, DM me with questions or for a chat: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-holden-bsc-hons-🔥-1a7b3b2⁠⁠⁠⁠
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• Join us in the Burnout Isn't Necessary community where we dive deeper and share our experiences together - it's free on Linkedin: ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13200292/⁠⁠
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• Nip stress in the bud with my Top Tips for Instant Calm here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://hannahholden.co.uk/essential⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Have you ever considered if you have any ADHD traits?

Do you even know what they are?

I didn’t really know until I met Sarah Morgan and guess what?! I tick many of the boxes and you might too especially if you’ve experienced burnout.  A whopping 93% of adults with ADHD experience burnout.

In this episode we talk about the symptoms of ADHD and what those of us who have these traits can do to maximise our wellbeing and minimise that burnout risk.

Contact Sarah:

• At LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahmorgan73/
• Via her website: www.luceat-coaching.co.uk 
• OR via email: [email protected]

Connect with Hannah Holden - The Burnout Alchemist  ✨ 

"Burnout Isn’t Necessary! 

It’s predictable, preventable, and fully recoverable - let me show you how "

Public Speaker | Trainer | Coach

• Connect with me on LinkedIn to follow my regular posts or better still, DM me with questions or for a chat: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-holden-bsc-hons-🔥-1a7b3b2⁠⁠⁠
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• Join us in the Burnout Isn't Necessary community where we dive deeper and share our experiences together - it's free on Linkedin: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13200292/⁠
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• Nip stress in the bud with my Top Tips for Instant Calm here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://hannahholden.co.uk/essential⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

A young father with a rare form of lung cancer who has been turned down for a transplant by several hospitals. A kid who was considered not “smart enough” to be worthy of a transplant. A young mother dying on the waiting list in front of her two small children.

These are the types of experiences faced by transplant surgeons every day.

Burnout rates are high in healthcare professionals and this episode gives us insights into the unique challenges they face.

And insights into the common challenges we all face across all professions. 

I’m joined by Dr David Weill 

He’s the former Director of the Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant Program at Stanford University Medical Center.

He now provides assistance to transplant programs across the country.

He’s also the author 2 books.

Join us as we explore:

Dr David Weill

David Weill is the former Director of the Center for Advanced Lung Disease and the Lung Transplant Program at Stanford. He is currently the Principal of Weill Consulting Group, which focuses on improving the delivery of transplant care.

Dr. Weill’s writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Salon, Newsweek, the Chicago Tribune, STAT, USA Today, and the Washington Post. He also has been interviewed on CNN and by the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Wall Street Journal.

Find out more about David and his books here:

www.davidweill.com/

Hannah Holden

🔥 The Burnout Alchemist 🔥

Many Women in Tech get struggle with overwhelm, imposter syndrome and burnout. I help them overcome these challenges so they can have the career they deserve and the home life they desire without burning out.

Connect on LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-holden-bsc-hons-🔥-1a7b3b2⁠

Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

When Agnieszka first told me about her experience with stress and how it impacted her son’s physical health I knew we had to do an episode together! 

In this episode you get insights into that and much more! 

Agnieszka has not had burnout but she has been a go-getter and had a successful career so what made her different? How did she become immune to burnout?

She’s about to share her experiences and insights and I’m sure you’ll have plenty of takeaways from this conversation.

About Agnieszka:

Agnieszka is a transformation coach who specialises in reawakening people's passion and energy for their work by helping them to discover their purpose. 

She works with ambitious people who might feel stuck in their life or career. They might lack motivation or be struggling to follow-through on promises to themselves. 

She helps them to create a life where they wake up each day feeling energised, motivated and confident in their direction. A life where they achieve the goals they set for themselves, thriving at work because it fulfils them deeply.

Connect with Agnieszka on linkedIn here: ⁠www.linkedin.com/in/agnieszkastalder⁠

Find out more about Agnieszka on her website here: ⁠https://www.staldercoaching.ch/⁠

Got questions? Email Agnieszka here: [email protected]

Connect with Hannah Holden - The Burnout Alchemist

My burnout inspires me to help Women in Tech increase impact and prevent burnout, using my Seven Rs of Stress Mastery System, so you can have live the life you deserve ✨

Learn to spot stress before it takes you by surprise by identying your unique Stress Symptoms here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://hannahholden.co.uk/stress_symptoms⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Nip stress in the bud with my Top Tips for Instant Calm here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://hannahholden.co.uk/essential⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Connect with me on LinkedIn for my regular posts, newsletters and online chat here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-holden-bsc-hons-🔥-1a7b3b2⁠⁠

Email me with questions or to arrange a time to chat here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

I am thrilled to welcome Dr Shola Ezeokoli onto the show!

Dr Shola shares her burnout experience of being a new mum and  young doctor in a new country. She also shares inspiring stories of the transformations her clients have achieved through some remarkable changes in their lives.

Listen to:

👉 Learn why burnout isn't a personal failure.

🔄 Update your habits to match your current reality

👉 Be inspired by real-life success stories of burnout recovery.

Dr Shola Ezeokoli:

Dr. Shola is the founder and CEO of Balance with Dr. Shola LLC and the Physician Heal Yourself brand. 

After a career in medicine spanning nearly 20 years Dr. Shola now helps early to mid-career physicians create lives of more wealth, autonomy, freedom, and fun through her work as a professional coach, speaker, and author.

If you’d like to find out more about Dr Shola’s work or get in contact with her then you can checkout her website at

www.sholaezeokoli.com

Hannah Holden - The Burnout Alchemist

My burnout inspires me to help Women in Tech increase impact and prevent burnout, using my Seven Rs of Stress Mastery System, so you can have live the life you deserve ✨

Learn to spot stress before it takes you by surprise by identying your unique Stress Symptoms here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://hannahholden.co.uk/stress_symptoms⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Nip stress in the bud with my Top Tips for Instant Calm here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://hannahholden.co.uk/essential⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Connect with me on LinkedIn for my regular posts, newsletters and online chat here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-holden-bsc-hons-🔥-1a7b3b2⁠

Email me with questions or to arrange a time to chat here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

There are 3 pillars of Self-Esteem:

1. Self-worth

2. Self-belief

3. Assertion

In this episode Jo Watt and I are discussing these 3 pillars and how you can use self-esteem to save you from burnout. You will learn how to identify if you're in a toxic work environment, what self-esteem, the benefits of self-esteem and how to bolster your own self-esteem. Jo describes how adopting an assertive communication style helps to protect you but also boosts other's self-esteem and even improves the success of the business you're working in since a "diversity of opinion creates a robust business". Listen in to hear how you can become a "pebble in the ocean" creating your own ripple effect of self-esteem in those you meet.

Jo Watt:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/artoftalentza/?originalSubdomain=za

https://artoftalent.co.za/

About Hannah Holden:

Resources:

So many of us have a habit of investing all that we have in the success of our career or business.

My guest today has researched this phenomenon by interviewing 50 to 60 business owners and coalescing that research into his best-selling book called Emotional Overdraft.

Today it’s my pleasure to have Andy Brown on the podcast. Andy has over 30 years’ experience as an award-winning adviser and coach for people-based businesses. 

In his research Andy identified 10 drivers that take us into an emotional overdraft and today he’s sharing insights into his research and his book along with his own experiences of going into his emotional overdraft.

Andy is also a podcast host so don’t miss out on the sister episode we did on his podcast where Andy interviewed me!

Enjoy the insights from this conversation.

Listen to the sister episode on Andy's podcast here:

Andy Brown

Andy has over 30 years’ experience as an award-winning adviser and coach for people-based businesses. He’s also a podcast host and the author of Amazon #1 best seller, ‘The Emotional Overdraft: 10 simple changes for balancing business success and wellbeing’ a book for entrepreneurs, leaders and founders that articulates the often overlooked mental and physical costs of leadership.

Hannah Holden

🔥 Stress & Burnout Alchemist 🔥

Helping Tech Professionals & Consultants Go from Burned-Out to Purpose-Fueled so You Can Be Impactful at Work, Present at Home, and Live with Purpose ✨

Bill Carson has such a wealth of experience in having difficult conversations with people about their wellbeing. He’s spent years volunteering on Australia’s Lifeline Volunteer service - thats the equivalent of the Samaritans in the UK. The callers he speaks to are in dire need of support and he has over 700 hours of experience taking those calls. 

He also brings years of experience teaching managers and individuals within corporate settings on how to have these challenging mental health conversations.

In today’s episode wet alk about what to look out for, when and how to go about those conversations, why Bill is passionate about this topic. We talk about the stress response. The 3 layers of empathy and how to offer empathy to others without taking it all on yourself. 

This episode is value-packed with actionable tips and Bill makes multiple references to other materials and research which will be valuable to you.

So get your pen and paper ready, here we go!

Bill Carson

Bill specialises in helping companies to implement psychosocial/psychological safety management into workplaces for mental health safety and performance wellbeing.

He provides training, coaching, awareness, strategy, resources, surveys & programs.

Bill  clients repeatedly report that he is easy to work with and makes implementing mental health safety a seamless and gratifying experience. 

Bill is also an author. He recently wrote 'SAFE Conversations for Work and Life' (available on Amazon). It's all about how to have mental health and wellbeing conversations. The book focuses on having these conversations in the workplace but much of this applies when having a wellbeing conversation with anyone in your life.

How to access the first 2 chapters for free

How to buy the book:
Buy the book here: https://inspirelearning.au/get-safe-conversations-for-work-and-life-book/

Hannah Holden

🔥 Stress & Burnout Alchemist 🔥

Helping Tech Professionals & Consultants Go from Burned-Out to Purpose-Fueled so You Can Be Impactful at Work, Present at Home, and Live with Purpose ✨

Neelu and I have been planning this conversation for probably a year and it was well worth the wait, I’m sure you’ll agree.

The main theme of the conversation is self-advocacy in other words speaking up for yourself. When you have ideas, when you present your work, when you need time off, when you need help, 

Neelu gives us tips on how we can get better at this.

We talk about the connection between self-advocacy and burnout but also links to the success of organisations who need people to self-advocate in order to have a future-facing, innovative culture.

Neelu also explores the role of culture and cultural expectations in mental wellbeing, something we haven’t looked at in the podcast before.

She wasn’t always a big self-advocate and shares her journey to becoming her own best cheerleader which is really relatable.

About Neelu:

Neelu Kaur is an author, Speaker, exec leadership coach, and self-advocacy champion. She teaches us how to own and express our worth, leading to happier, healthier employees and more innovative and competitive organisations.

(NB: The commission Hannah earns from this link is invested in improving this podcast)

Ekotex:

About Hannah Holden:

Hannah helps IT professionals & consultants to navigate workplace stress by adopting mindful techniques and habits so they can maintain their calm amid the chaos.

I am inviting you into a conversation unlike any other.

Yes, Susie and I talk about trauma but we do it in an experiential way.

It’s not a theoretical conversation punctuated with examples but a conversation between friends of how trauma shows up in the lives of clients and ourselves. You will learn what that looks like, what the consequences are, what you can do about it and more.

This conversation is about the human experience and is very relatable. 

You are going to have lightbulb moments and have plenty of takeaways from this episode.

I hope you enjoy this episode and be prepared to rewind or re-listen to the entire episode because it’s packed full of goodness just for you…

About Susie:

Susie is an experienced trauma-informed coach and psychotherapist. 

Susie has featured in loads of publications including The Guardian, The Independent, The Telegraph, Hello! Magazine., The Metro and more.

• Connect with Susie on LInkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susie-masterson
• Find out more on her website here: https://www.ultraliving.uk/
  

Ekotex:

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• (NB: The commission Hannah earns from this link is invested in improving this podcast)

About Hannah Holden:

Hannah helps IT professionals & consultants to navigate workplace stress by adopting mindful techniques and habits so they can maintain their calm amid the chaos.

• Do you know your unique stress symptoms?! Learn more by downloading the My Stress Symptoms Checklist here:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://hannahholden.co.uk/stress_symptoms⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• Not sure where to start in managing stress?! I recommend starting here by learning techniques to find calm in an instant: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://hannahholden.co.uk/essential⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-holden-1a7b3b2/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• Email: ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠