Burntout to Badass

After years and years of work, I can finally say that I’ve reached the pinnacle of my recovery from burnout. Would I say that I’m fully recovered from burnout? Not quite…

Recovery is a continuous process, not a one-time event. We will never be fully recovered because recovery has no endpoint. This applies in a big way to people who are recovering from addiction, and for those of us recovering from burnout - it translates perfectly.

The urge may come to slip back into old ways. To work, grind, push and handle the job, house, and kids while staying up late, getting up early, skipping meals, and neglecting our own needs to make sure the tasks get checked off.

The important thing to remember when we find ourselves looking in the face of old habits is to take a step back and trust ourselves. Trust yourself to make good decisions and trust your future self to get you through the tough times that wait down the road. 

Prioritizing rest and self-care are key components to recovering from burnout and challenging the guilt that lurks beneath the surface of putting yourself first is a battle that will be ongoing, but worth it in the end.

Listen as I wrap-up on season three of the Burnout to Badass Podcast. It is full of encouragement and warm fuzzies to keep you on the right track in your burnout recovery.

 

“Enough is a decision.” Dr. Errin Weisman

 

In this episode:

[00:17] Welcome to the wrapup episode for season 3!

[01:54] Where I am in my recovery from burnout.

[02:56] Recovery has no end point.

[04:13] My words of encouragement to my coaching clients are the same ones I use with my patients.

[04:57] The work of recovery will continue throughout the rest of our lives and evolve with us.

[05:47] Normalize your recovery

[07:26] Take the next best step for you.

[08:29] What do we do when burnout creeps back in?

[09:44] Identifying the messages behind the guilt we sometimes feel for putting ourselves first.

[11:52] You are the author of your own recovery plan with your very own support group.

[12:36] Parting words that challenge social norms.

Links and Resources 

Burntout to Badass: On Demand Course

Episode 305 - Burnout Relapse Masterclass with Dr. Marion McCrary

Nicola Jane Hobbs

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Many of my interviews speak from the perspective of doctors and the challenges we face in our professions. Another, very different, type of experience that happens right alongside us as doctors, is that of our nurses.

I chat with Jeanelle Classen about her journey as a nurse and the emotional roller coaster it took her on. After facing burnout in her grad year of nursing and the overwhelming feelings of guilt and angst that the career brought her, she needed to make a change and find a way to rid herself of burnout and help others nurses like her. 

For those of you in the medical field, you know how much responsibility and pressure is placed on the shoulders of nurses. With the high levels of stress and emotional exhaustion that nurses experience on a regular basis, due to the demanding nature of their work, it’s no wonder that they find themselves staring into the face of burnout.

We need to encourage nurses to take the steps that are necessary to take care of themselves in order to prevent burnout. Listen in to this episode to hear about the changes Jeanelle has made in her life and how she is pursuing her passion to raise awareness about the issue of nursing burnout.

 

“We need to learn to be healthfully selfish.” Jeanelle Classen, RN

In this episode:

[01:29] Welcome to the show, Jeanelle Classen and Michael!

[02:09] Jeanelle’s background and her mission to help nurses beat burnout.

[03:30] Jeanelle’s personal burnout story.

[06:00] The common feelings that we notice when we’re at the breaking point of burnout.

[10:13] Burnout culture in your career is evident when you see it in your coworkers.

[12:04] Identifying when it’s time to make the change and going against the flow to find it.

[14:40] How to beat burnout when you’re fighting against a broken system.

[16:51] Being healthfully selfish to establish your boundaries.

[18:56] Stress is truly selfish.

[19:44] The tools that were instrumental in Jeanelle’s shift away from burnout.

[21:46] You’re not alone in your burnout.

[22:16] A sneak peek into what’s new for Jeanelle.

[24:21] Connect with Jeanelle and the Mindfulness for Health community!

  Links and Resources 

Burntout to Badass: On Demand Course

Connect with Jeanelle:

Mindfulness for Health

Facebook | Instagram

Jeanelle’s LinkedIn

2 WAYS TO GET INCREDIBLE HELP AT LOW-COST!!!

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Oftentimes, while we’re trudging through our lives with our heads down, crushing our goals at all costs, and maintaining the title of “Top Performer,” it takes a crippling illness or injury to realize that we can’t sustain the patterns we’ve created for ourselves. 

In this episode, I chat with Rebecca Fleetwood Hession who shares her story about overcoming burnout. After years of avoiding any type of illness, Rebecca was crippled for months with a very scary case of pneumonia. During her time of recovery, she had the opportunity to reconnect with herself and identify that she was smack dab in the middle of burnout.

For many of us, burnout can be limited to our careers, but in some cases, it extends into multiple areas of life. Rebecca shares the story of peeling back the layers of her burnout to get to the root of her struggles and the process that she followed to rebuild herself from the ground up by incorporating daily stillness and reflection in her life.

Tune in to this episode to hear more about Rebecca’s story and to gain insight into how you can add daily stillness and reflection into your routine before you find yourself buried under layers of burnout. This episode is teeming with the value of incorporating rest into your life and your family’s life and I can’t wait to share it with you.

“Caught up isn’t a place.” Rebecca Fleetwood Hession

In this episode:

[00:58] Welcome to the show, Rebecca!

[01:39] Rebecca’s experience with burnout.

[03:32] How illness helped her identify her burnout.

[05:16] By listening to her inner voice, Rebecca was able to reconnect with herself.

[10:35] Unraveling the layers of burnout to find the space you need.

[15:08] Suggestions to put stillness into your life to offer daily reflection.

[17:41] Individualizing your stillness time and demonstrating the habit of stillness for your children.

[22:04] You already have everything you need to thrive.

[23:17] Connect with Rebecca!

 

Links and Resources 

Burntout to Badass: On Demand Course

Connect with Rebecca:

WEthrive.live

Facebook 

Write Your OWN Story Podcast

Write Your OWN Story: Three Keys to Rise and Thrive as a Badass Career Woman

2 WAYS TO GET INCREDIBLE HELP AT LOW-COST!!!

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When we escape the clutches of burnout and take the time to look back on what actually caused it, we are often shocked to see that we were surviving in burnout mode for several years.

In this episode, I talk with Dr. Ronnie Shalev who shares her story about how burnout started to creep in on her just two short years after her residency. And in true physician, nose-to-the-grindstone fashion, she continued her career with the white coat for a decade afterward.

Dr. Ronnie shares how she got her start in real estate while performing as an emergency physician and how it provided her with the opportunity to choose when push came to shove and she couldn’t take the abuse of the ER anymore.

By generating passive income from her investments, Dr. Ronnie stumbled upon a wealth of freedom that comes when you’re no longer wearing the golden handcuffs of a career that is burying you in burnout. 

Tune in to this episode to hear more about Dr. Ronnie’s experience with burnout, how she beat it, and how she’s paving the way for others to get their start in real estate investments so they can experience the same freedom that brought peace back to her life. 

“Proximity is power.” Dr. Ronnie Shalev

In this episode:

[00:50] Welcome to the show, Dr. Shalev!

[01:20] Dr. Ronnie’s experience with burnout.

[03:30] The recurring themes that caused Dr. Ronnie to realize that she was facing burnout.

[07:00] How Dr. Ronnie got her start in real estate.

[08:11] Real estate investments gave Dr. Shalev the freedom to choose.

[09:45] Real estate investments are not a get-rich-quick scheme.

[13:03] Physicians can’t care for their patients if they don’t care for themselves first

[13:41] The instruments in Dr. Ronnie’s dreams and success.

[16:58] Advice for physicians who feel stuck.

[18:10] The background of Shalwin Properties and how it can serve others who want to invest in real estate

[19:33] Imagine what freedom can do for you and how you can connect with Dr. Ronnie.

Links and Resources 

Burntout to Badass: On Demand Course

Connect with Ronnie Shalev MD:

Shalwin Properties

Facebook | Instagram

2 WAYS TO GET INCREDIBLE HELP AT LOW-COST!!!

1. Buy my Kindle Book,Doctor Me First, on Amazon
2. Come sit with me in the Badass Collective Slack Group.

Realizing that you’re smack dab in the throws of burnout doesn’t always happen when things start to look like they’re going awry. For many of us, our lives look absolutely pristine from the outside while we’re floundering on the inside looking for an escape from the life we’re living. 

Dr. Sogol joins me on this episode and we talk about her experience with burnout that happened right at the height of her career as she had achieved everything on the list of the “American Dream.” Sometimes, reconciling with burnout is taking a step back from everything we think we should be doing and transitioning into the things we need to be doing. 

A lot of the recovery from burnout happens in the form of recognizing our emotions and where they sit in our bodies. As physicians, this is a tricky concept because many of us become so desensitized from our work. Giving dire news to one patient’s family and then walking into the next patient's room, upbeat and encouraging makes it hard to be in tune with how you really feel. 

Dr. Sogol and I talk all about the tips, tricks, and tools that we use to keep our minds and bodies connected and how we continue to battle against burnout with the accumulative effects of awareness and mindfulness. 

Join us today to gain some insight into improving your demeanor with a handful of simple actions that can make a big payoff with consistent practice. 

“I kept changing everything outside of me hoping that it would change something within me and it didn’t.” Dr. Sogol Pahlavan

In this episode:

[01:26] Welcome to the show, Dr. Sogol!

[01:47] Dr. Sogol’s background and her burnout story.

[04:00] The definition of burnout and how it showed up for Dr. Sogol.

[09:07] Gaining empowerment from burnout and changing your awareness.

[10:03] Going beyond awareness and connecting with your body.

[10:24] Struggling to connect emotions with your body after spending years as a physician

[13:00] How to reconnect with your subconscious by looking back at previous versions of yourself throughout your life.

[16:18] Negative attributes and feelings that you struggle with are really defense mechanisms.

[20:23] Bridging the gap between how you’re feeling and how you want to feel.

[21:50] How to sustain the work you’ve done to get out of burnout and staying present.

[27:05] Give yourself time to practice the art of recovering from burnout.

[29:05] Dr. Sogol’s next moves in life and business.

  Links and Resources 

Burntout to Badass: On Demand Course

Connect with Dr. Sogol:

Mindful Living with Dr. Sogol Podcast

2 WAYS TO GET INCREDIBLE HELP AT LOW-COST!!!

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2. Come sit with me in the Badass Collective Slack Group.

You are not broken and you are not the only one experiencing burnout. I know I say this all the time but joining me is Dr. Debbie Bradley and she 100% agrees. Listen as she shares her burnout story and why she’s so passionate about helping other female physicians who don’t have it all figured out. 

For Debbie, burnout itself snuck up on her. She was practicing and realizing that she didn’t have the same time to get out and do the things that she loves and that recharge her batteries, but she didn’t realize she was truly burned out.

Instead it took one particular patient. A young patient who was healthy and active who had a very aggressive disease. The prognosis was terrible and it caused Debbie to look at her life and ask the question, if two weeks from now I was given this diagnosis, would I have regrets about how I’d lived my life? 

The answer was a resounding yes, and she knew she had to change it. 

Debbie has left clinical medicine because she no longer felt called to heal in that way. Now she’s a Certified Executive Coach helping physicians figure out what it is they want to do with their lives and how they want to do it. 

Her story is definitely one you’ll want to hear if you’re feeling like your calling is no longer in medicine!

“I think that burnout can really sneak up on you.” Dr. Debbie Bradley

In this episode:

[01:39] Welcome to the show, Dr. Debbie Bradley!

[02:00] Learn more about Dr. Debbie Bradley and what burnout looked like for her. 

[05:23] Burnout is so common and it’s so important to normalize that we’re not broken. 

[06:38] It was an eye opening experience to realize that she didn’t know anything about herself. 

[08:07] The moment she realized she was deep in the pit of burnout. 

[14:19] Dr. Bradley shares what her personal board of directors is and why they’re necessary. 

[18:56] Debbie shares what she’s doing now and how she’s impacting the world. 

Links and Resources 

Burntout to Badass: On Demand Course

Connect with Dr. Bradley:

Debbie Bradley MD

Facebook | Instagram | LInkedIn | Email

2 WAYS TO GET INCREDIBLE HELP AT LOW-COST!!!

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You are not stuck. You have options. No matter what it feels like right now, you are not easily replaceable. Once Dr. Karen Wolowick realized the truth of these words, her entire life changed. Listen as she shares her burnout story and why she’s so happy she conquered her fears so she could do life and gynecology practice her way. 

When Dr. Wolowick started in practice after medical school, everything seemed fine. But it wasn’t too much later that she realized that was not the case. She loved what she did, but she hated the way in which she was doing it. 

She was working in practice at a large facility constantly on the go and feeling like she never had enough time to really sit down with and address her patient’s concerns. After talking with her partner, she knew she had to find another path. 

So she quit, and spent some time healing and figuring out what it was she wanted to do. It was during that time that she recognized that she’s a damn good doctor and that’s what she’s meant to be doing… but her way. 

She learned how to start her own practice and did the damn thing. Now she owns her time, she owns her schedule, and she owns the way in which she’s able to show up and serve her patients. 

Dr. Wolowick is truly inspirational and it’s amazing how much her story and mine feel and seem the same. Listen in to hear it all and learn why you really do have options!

“Doctors are marketable.” Dr. Karen Wolowick

In this episode:

[01:35] Welcome to the show, Dr. Karen Wolowick!

[02:01] Learn what burnout looked like for Dr. Wolowick, both inside and out.

[03:58] Did she have one big defining moment or was it a gradual decline? 

[05:44] What was the straw that broke the camel’s back? 

[07:36] Did she do anything to deal with the emotions and feelings she had as she left the practice she was working in? 

[09:02] Learn how she figured out how to start her own practice. 

[10:35] How does she keep herself balanced now that she recognizes her burnout tendencies? 

[11:35] What does Dr. Wolowick mean when she says that doctors and professionals have options? 

[14:26] It’s terrible to feel stuck. Take a moment to slow down and find what you love.

Links and Resources 

Burntout to Badass: On Demand Course

Connect with Dr. Wolowick:

Wolowick Womens’s Health

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Dr. Seema Desai finished dental school in 2008 and has been practicing off and on ever since. The problem was that no matter where she worked, who she worked with, or who her patients were, she never felt fulfilled. Why couldn’t she be happy “having it all”? 

Instead of digging deeper into the cause of her dissatisfaction, she shifted gears and checked another box. She became a mom. She took a few years off with her first child, but ended up deep in the pit of undiagnosed postpartum depression. 

Looking back she wishes she’d had the courage to seek professional help, but at the time she took steps to acknowledge where she was at, seek help from her inner circle, and invest in coaching. Her coach was also a yoga teacher and when she started her own yoga ritual she finally started to find her place. 

Listen as Dr. Seema shares her story and the advice she wishes someone had given her when she was at her lowest. We had an amazing conversation that you won't want to miss if you’ve found yourself questioning whether or not checking all the boxes is truly fulfilling your purpose.

“Even the smallest advocacy for five minutes, for ten minutes for an hour, whatever it takes. That’s ok.” Dr. Seema Desai

In this episode:

[02:20] Welcome to the show, Dr. Seema Desai!

[02:44] When did Dr. Seema realize she was deep in the pit of burnout? 

[06:29] “When you start to see the little signs of burnout, take steps to course correct.” 

[07:58] What were the years that she was experiencing burnout and what did it look like from the outside? 

[10:08] How did she feel on the inside during burnout? 

[13:42] Does she think the generational trauma has impacted her burnout journey? 

[15:52] Did she have a specific moment when she realized she was burned out? 

[17:24] What did she do when she had her revelation? 

[19:28] How yoga has impacted her recovery from burnout. 

[22:33] Listen as she shares where she’s at now and how she approaches each day.

Links and Resources 

Burntout to Badass: On Demand Course

Connect with Dr. Desai:

Dr Seema DasaI

Connected: Discovering Your Inner Guides: A Kid’s Guide to Navigating Their Emotions by Seema Desai

LinkedIn | Instagram

I cannot believe we are in Season 3 of Burntout to Badass. I got to have some amazing conversations with men and women who have made it through their own burnout battles and are now happily living on the other side. 

If you feel like you’re on the brink of burnout or maybe, just maybe, you’re deep in the pit of it, then this is the podcast for you! This is the place where we’re normalizing the conversation around burnout, because you are not alone. 

Listen in as we get Season 3 started! 

Links and Resources 

Burntout to Badass: On Demand Course

2 WAYS TO GET INCREDIBLE HELP AT LOW-COST!!!

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Financial security is something that we talk about a lot on the show, typically as it relates to our practices and how stepping away in the face of burnout can be very scary when we don’t know what the financial future may hold with that decision on our shoulders. 

But, it doesn’t always have to be a scary thing!

If you have someone on your side who can help you navigate the financial aspects of life from your savings account to your debts to your financial goals - it makes a world of difference in what is actually feasible for you. 

I chat with my financial advisor and good friend, Jeffrey Berger, this week about how he approaches financial plans and goals for his clients and what that process looks like. Financial planning is a custom process that looks at each person individually and helps them develop the best plan for their future by meeting them where they’re at, which is an amazing way for anyone in any field with any salary to start building their wealth. 

If you haven’t taken the time to consider a financial planner in your life, you’ll want to listen in to this episode to see what it’s all about and how it can be a game changer for your pocketbook and your possibilities when you’re ready to make a big change in your life and career.

 “Investing is all about time. It’s not about what investments you pick.” Jeffrey Berger

In this episode:

[01:42] Welcome to the Show, Jeffrey! 

[02:55] Jeffrey’s background as a financial advisor and his involvement with physicians. 

[05:00] How Jeffrey caters to everyone’s individual money plans.

[06:43] Meeting people where they are and approaching finances with an air of honesty to achieve desired financial goals. 

[07:34] Having plans, insurances, and proper healthcare documents in place are also key to financial security.

[10:55] Why emergency funds are important to have.

[16:19] Damage control plans are important to have when making career changes or facing burnout.

[18:02] Check-ups with your financial advisor are almost like check-ups with your patients. 

[18:49] Wealth management for entrepreneurs and side hustles.

[21:23] Developing a plan to manage the debts accrued from student loans and graduate degrees.

[24:19] Different tools and types of investments that you can incorporate into your financial portfolio.

[25:40] Real estate as a diversifier in your financial portfolio. 

[29:33] Off-the-beaten-path types of ways to add to your financial portfolio.

[33:19] Starting off simple for financial security.

Links and Resources Connect with Jeffrey Berger:

Berger Wealth Services

LinkedIn | Email

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