Burntout to Badass

I can't believe season 2 is already over. I got to have some amazing conversations with brilliant women who struggled through the darkness of burnout and are now living amazing lives. It's not going to stop here though!

There will be a Season 3 and I'm so excited about it. We're going to be testing out a new format and hearing the amazing stories of more brave and resilient female professionals.

If you've been struggling with burnout, check out my Burntout to Badass course. I know that it can help you find the balance you're looking for without the vision boards, journaling, and worksheets.

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If you have an amazing story of overcoming burnout, then shoot me an email at [email protected]. I want to hear it and I'd love to feature you on the podcast!

See you in the next season!

"It's not perfect. It's imperfectly Marvelous" Dr. Errin Weisman

Links and Resources

Burntout to Badass

3 WAYS TO GET INCREDIBLE HELP AT A LOW-COST!!!

1. Buy my Kindle Book,Doctor Me First, on Amazon
2. Join us for our Monthly Burnout Masterclass Series.
3. Come sit with me in the Badass Collective Slack Group.

Women are more often asked to do extra things at work than men. Things that do not translate into promotable actions, and we keep on saying yes to them. Listen as I chat with Kelli Thompson all about the invisible workload of women at work and how it contributes to burnout.

Kelli has spent more than 15 years in leadership, coaching, and training and has translated those skills into an amazing ability to help women find clarity and confidence in their careers. She was a chronic work addict and eventually realized that she was using work to avoid a terrible home life.

She only made the connection between her work and her home life after she finally left her first marriage. Once her home life calmed down, she started wanting to actually be home. So she had to start rebuilding and reinforcing her boundaries.

That was when she set out on a path to find her core values and implement them in a way that saw her life and career elevated.

Listen as she shares her story, how she finally made shifts to leave her burned out lifestyle, and why she's passionate about helping women everywhere to do the same. Your career does not have to be draining. Find your joy and you'll find the space you're meant to occupy both personally and professionally!

Kelli is truly a badass and you won't want to miss this conversation.

"Because if I was overworking, then I wouldn't have to face just how horrible of a situation I was in, in my marriage, and that was an 'aha' for me." Kelli Thompson

In this episode:

[01:55] Welcome Kelli Thompson to share her background and story.

[03:13] Kelli shares a story highlighting the invisible workload of women at work.

[07:39] What did her burnout look like from the outside?

[09:51] Did she have one particular moment where she realized her extra work wasn't paying off?

[12:27] What helped her realize she was drowning in her own invisible workload?

[14:54] How can you take steps toward evaluating your invisible workload?

[20:48] "You will disappoint some people, and that's okay."

[22:42] There's no reason for you to have to give an immediate answer to requests.

[24:36] Connect with Kelli.

Links and Resources Connect with Kelli:

Kelli's Website

LinkedIn | Instagram

3 WAYS TO GET INCREDIBLE HELP AT A LOW-COST!!!

1. Buy my Kindle Book,Doctor Me First, on Amazon
2. Join us for our Monthly Burnout Masterclass Series.
3. Come sit with me in the Badass Collective Slack Group.

What do you do when the world as you know it explodes out from under you? You pick yourself up, start healing, and move in a different direction. Listen as Vicki Bradley shares her story of going from corporate retail leader to conscious executive leadership coaching while raising two children on her own. Vicki was doing the damn thing. She was a President in the corporate retail space. She was traveling and making waves and taking care of everything and everyone in her sphere, until one day she couldn't anymore.

Hours before she was supposed to get on a flight from Toronto to Dallas, she woke up in bed completely unable to move. This was the first episode in a series that would finally take her away from the career she loved and had been building for her entire adult life.

Then the question became, what next?

When you're used to driving yourself to the absolute edge in order to take care of everything and everyone, what do you do when you have to stop?

Vicki's story is a powerful example of what burnout can do to the body and what it looks like when you finally come out of the dark pit. Listen in to hear it all! Hopefully she'll inspire you to make bold changes in your own life.

"I truly believe that if we are listening, our bodies will tell us what is happening." Vicki Bradley

In this episode:

[02:03] Welcome to the show, Vicki!

[02:36] Listen as Vicki shares her burnout story.

[06:20] I had to listen to my body even though my brain said otherwise.

[08:11] She discusses the driving force that kept her going.

[11:07] Vicki says that on the inside she knew that the world as she knew it was changing.

[12:19] Once she started talking about what she was going through it was like a little bit of light began to shine through.

[15:24] The most instrumental person in helping her get through and push forward.

[17:13] We all get stressed, it's about how long you stay in that state.

[17:45] Life after burnout.

[18:56] She gives some advice for anyone listening who is going through burnout.

[19:57] Find out where to connect with Vicki.

[21:12] Thank you so much for sharing your story!

Links and Resources Connect with Vicki:

Vicki Bradley and Company

WIL Talk Podcast

LinkedIn | Facebook

3 WAYS TO GET INCREDIBLE HELP AT A LOW-COST!!!

1. Buy my Kindle Book,Doctor Me First, on Amazon
2. Join us for our Monthly Burnout Masterclass Series.
3. Come sit with me in the Badass Collective Slack Group.

Have you ever found yourself taking ownership of a situation in a way that keeps you stuck? Char Watson helped two failing dental practices come back from the brink and when the situation became untenable, she couldn't let go. She's sharing her story and why her burnout inspired her to create her business and her course!

Char always knew she wanted to be in healthcare, but she didn't realize which capacity she'd be in. Rather than being in the medical field, she became an office manager for a dentist's office in her area.

When she started the office was in shambles. He was months away from having to close his doors. Through patience and hard work she took his office away from the brink and it began to thrive.

She later did it again when he merged with another practice that was in even worse shape than his own. Only this time she had two precious babies and her priorities had shifted.

His behavior and the amount of the work was just too much. After her husband and one of the office workers from the merged office brought up how much she'd changed, she knew it was time. Her husband then received orders to deploy and she left the practice.

Now she's running her own business and training practice managers. Listen as she bares it all and explains why she's so passionate about helping your future practice DOO avoid burnout.

"The bandaid didn't solve the problem I was still crying every morning before work.." Char Watson

In this episode:

[01:53] Welcome to the show, Char!

[02:17] She shares her background and what her burnout looked like from the outside.

[04:14] She discusses how she felt in the moment while trying to keep a dental practice afloat.

[04:55] Char talks about when it went from good to bad.

[08:42] She speaks about the years leading up to her burnout.

[09:59] She shares the moment she realized she was at the bottom.

[12:00] She believes her babies were instrumental in helping through her burnout journey.

[12:55] Char talks about how her husband's deployment was the catalyst for her to start her own business.

[15:12] She took the time she needed to heal what needed to be healed.

[16:13] She shares some final words with the audience.

[18:32] Char discusses her business and what she does.

[21:19] Thank you for being on the show!

Links and Resources Connect with Char:

The Providers DOO

The CEO Doctors Podcast

LinkedIn | Email

3 WAYS TO GET INCREDIBLE HELP AT A LOW-COST!!!

1. Buy my Kindle Book,Doctor Me First, on Amazon
2. Join us for our Monthly Burnout Masterclass Series.
3. Come sit with me in the Badass Collective Slack Group.

Through high school, college, medical school, residency, and beyond, we spend our lives being told what to think. But why do we think these things? Dr. Payton Fennell joins me to chat about his burnout and why he had to burn it all down to rise again.

Payton is staring straight at the years that are meant to be his prime as a physician, but he doesn't feel like he's there. He went to school, got out and went to the Navy, and then came back home to begin working in sports medicine.

Everything was going great, but he didn't feel it.

Instead of continuing on when everything felt off and wrong, he closed down his practice and spent a month in the wilderness. He needed the pause. He needed the time to get away and figure out what was going on in his head.

You're not meant to have it all figured out and gone are the days of coming out of residency, finding the perfect job, and staying there. Listen in to learn more about Payton and his story.

"Fear is something that holds us back but it can also drive us." Dr. Payton Fennell

In this episode:

[01:49] Welcome to the show, Dr. Payton!

[01:59] His background and the journey to where he is now.

[08:06] How fear can hold us back or drive us.

[11:10] When his burnout started.

[13:08] He made many changes during burnout but they didn't really help.

[14:43] Taking a pause, reading and journaling were important in getting through burnout.

[16:26] "Your journey is your own, nobody can tell you what to do" is what he wants the listeners to take away from his story.

[18:21] Thank you so much for being on the show!

Links and Resources Connect with Payton:

LinkedIn

3 WAYS TO GET INCREDIBLE HELP AT A LOW-COST!!!

1. Buy my Kindle Book,Doctor Me First, on Amazon
2. Join us for our Monthly Burnout Masterclass Series.
3. Come sit with me in the Badass Collective Slack Group.

Burnout is never innocuous but sometimes it can have much bigger health implications. Catherine Shearer is a personal injury attorney who from the outside had everything together. On the inside, however, it was a different story. Listen in to hear her burnout tale and what it took for her to get out of the deep dark pit.

Catherine was killing it in her career. She was on every committee, took on every extra responsibility, and was rising through the ranks of her practice. But she was burning the candle at both ends and never felt like she could take a breath.

Soon it was apparent that there was something truly wrong. She had no energy and she couldn't focus. She went to the doctor, and after months of testing, it was determined that she had Hashimoto's disease.

She took great care to change her lifestyle and finally asked for the help that she needed. Now she's still practicing but with the support she needs. She also started the Happy Lawyer Podcast to have conversations and share her wisdom and advice with other female lawyers.

The number of female attorneys who leave the profession rather than ask for the help they need is staggering. She's hoping to combat that by giving them the tools to ask for the support that will help them keep going.

"Slowly and surely I was burning the candle at both ends and I couldn't really stay above water anymore." Catherine Shearer

In this episode:

[01:53] Welcome to the show, Catherine!

[02:50] She shares her burnout story.

[04:14] What burnout looked like from the outside.

[05:34] Being diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder was one of the catalysts for change.

[09:12] She believes a eureka moment caused a change.

[10:28] Catherine discusses those who were instrumental in helping her make changes.

[13:28] She talks about the accommodations she has made for herself.

[16:50] Listen as she shares about The Happy Lawyer Podcast.

[20:03] Thank you so much for being on the show!

Links and Resources Connect with Catherine:

The Happy Lawyer

The Happy Lawyer Podcast

LinkedIn

3 WAYS TO GET INCREDIBLE HELP AT A LOW-COST!!!

1. Buy my Kindle Book,Doctor Me First, on Amazon
2. Join us for our Monthly Burnout Masterclass Series.
3. Come sit with me in the Badass Collective Slack Group.

What do you do when you're at the top of your game but feel unappreciated and as if your work isn't valued? Fall into burnout. But then you pick yourself up, realize that your work is extremely valuable, and effect change in your specialty by becoming a physician coach. At least that's what Laura Berenstain, M.D. has done as a pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist who now helps coach and mentor others!

Laura was killing herself for her career. It took her husband raising his voice to her for the first time in their entire marriage for for her to realize something had to change.

The demons on her shoulders of anger and depression were riding her hard and she knew she had to make a change. But she didn't want to quit. She loved her job and her patients, she just needed something more.

She now helps coaches and mentors women physicians and especially pediatric anesthesiologists and intensivists because there is such a need for them. Coaching has completely changed how she looks at her potential, and she wants that for others too.

Listen in as Dr. Laura shares her story and how she's working to empower other women and change culture and systems in medicine.

"For the first time in our relationship, he actually raised his voice to me and said you need to get out before this kills you." Dr. Laura Berenstain

In this episode:

[01:53] Welcome to the show, Dr. Laura Berenstain!

[02:15] Listen as Dr. Laura shares how her burnout presented itself.

[03:00] What she believes her burnout looked like from the outside.

[03:33] Hear about her background.

[04:44] Dr. Laura discusses where she believes her anger came from.

[05:29] It was a dark night of the soul moment that shook her up.

[06:22] How she navigated her way out.

[08:31] Learn about an initiative called the Women's Empowerment and Leadership Initiative.

[09:49] "Mentorship goes both ways and is lifelong."

[11:21] What she means when she says 'even when it seems it's over it's not.'

[13:26] Find out where to connect with Dr. Laura.

Links and Resources

Women's Empowerment and Leadership Initiative

Connect with Laura:

Laura Berenstain, MD

LinkedIn | Twitter

Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia: A Case-Based Approach by Dr. Laura K. Berenstain & James P. Spaeth.

3 WAYS TO GET INCREDIBLE HELP AT A LOW-COST!!!

1. Buy my Kindle Book,Doctor Me First, on Amazon
2. Join us for our Monthly Burnout Masterclass Series.
3. Come sit with me in the Badass Collective Slack Group.

Everyone experiences burnout differently. For Katrina McGhee it was a slow burn that left her totally crispy inside. After going to business school to start what she thought was her dream career, she realized it most certainly wasn't.

She kept pushing through and tried to stay optimistic, but things just kept getting worse and worse. There she was, in her early 30s, living a shell of the life she thought she'd have.

That's when she decided to make a change. She worked hard and paid off all of her debt, saved up a good chunk of money, quit her job, and hit the road. Instead of staying stuck, she set out to live the life she'd dreamed of.

Now she helps others find their healing through taking sabbaticals. Getting out into the world and seeing things outside of her normal view helped her tremendously and she knows it can do the same for others.

Listen as Katrina shares her story and gives us tips for taking our own sabbatical.

"I really felt like my insides were crisping like they were just toasted. There wasn't a lot to give to my own life to fill my own cup and there wasn't a lot to give to the world outside of me." Katrina McGhee

In this episode:

[02:28] Welcome to the show, Katrina!

[02:52] She shares her burnout story.

[04:43] She talks about what she thinks people saw when they looked at her.

[07:19] She discusses the rock bottom and eureka moments she had.

[10:22] Listen as Katrina shares the next steps going forward out of burnout.

[12:33] She talks about what she wants people to know after hearing her story.

[14:54] Taking a pause is so important and don't "should" all over yourself just take the pause.

[17:00] Thank you for being on the show!

Links and Resources Connect with Katrina:

Katrina McGhee Coach

Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook |

3 WAYS TO GET INCREDIBLE HELP AT A LOW-COST!!!

1. Buy my Kindle Book,Doctor Me First, on Amazon
2. Join us for our Monthly Burnout Masterclass Series.
3. Come sit with me in the Badass Collective Slack Group.

**TRIGGER WARNING - There is discussion about a period of time that includes sexual assault.**

Despite making very good money in an industry that she'd always dreamed of being in, Cherry Tung was not happy. The reason for that could lie in the fact that the illusion of ethics and truth was shattered when someone in the industry drugged and raped her. Listen as she shares her story and what it took for her to create her own business to help more people find wealth.

Cherry was raised by a very traditional Chinese family. The expectation was that she would go to school, get a good job, and build her portfolio over years. When the assault happened however she realized that the plan was flawed.

She still got her degree and she even later worked in the industry at a different firm, but she soon had an epiphany. She didn't want her boss's job. If she didn't want to become the boss, what was she doing wasting her time there?

Eventually she sought therapy and was diagnosed with ADHD, anxiety, and depression and was subsequently put on some very strong medications. Through therapy, working out, journaling and more she began to conquer her low self esteem and her wealth coaching business was born.

Cherry's story is extremely unique while at the same time being all too similar. Listen in to learn more.

"I kept uploading videos on YouTube and Instagram just to feel alive but deep inside I was really broken." Cherry Tung

In this episode:

[01:25] Welcome to the show, Cherry!

[01:44] Listen as Cherry shares what her first burnout looked like.

[04:08] When she was going through burnout, she hid it from her family.

[05:23] Cherry talks about her second burnout.

[07:45] Who helped her through the rough times.

[09:20] How the journey has been since she went on leave.

[10:50] She was fired when she went back to work.

[12:08] Cherry discusses talking to a therapist, getting off her meds, and how being fired got her out of a dark place.

[14:45] Where she is at now in her marvelously imperfect life.

[16:39] Learn about her wealth coaching business.

[18:14] If you want to avoid burnout you have to have some form of passive income.

[19:53] Thank you so much for being on the show!

Links and Resources Connect with Cherry:

Cherry Tung Wealth Coach for 9 to 5 Employees

Facebook | Instagram | Youtube

3 WAYS TO GET INCREDIBLE HELP AT A LOW-COST!!!

1. Buy my Kindle Book,Doctor Me First, on Amazon
2. Join us for our Monthly Burnout Masterclass Series.
3. Come sit with me in the Badass Collective Slack Group.

It's only been in recent years that the impact of neurodiversity has been recognized as impacting work product and learning. Alex Gilbert was diagnosed with ADHD and Dyslexia at the age of 8 due to the persistence of her mother. Listen as she shares how her neurodiverse brain has contributed to her burnout.

In Alex's words, she's been working harder and harder and harder to get things right, even though her extra work rarely provides the results she wants. Society hasn't been designed with her in mind and her constant push to do and be more, directly contributed to her burnout.

The constant need to do and be more however pushed her mental health to the brink. It took time, but she realized that leaning into her strengths was far more productive than worrying about the things she wasn't good at.

Now she's a coach helping individuals to create proper coping mechanisms to deal with work and ADHD. She also consults for businesses looking to create more inclusive workplaces for those struggling with neurodiversity.

Alex's story is extremely inspirational. Get ready to learn what it means to truly lean into your strengths and find your purpose.

"I have Dyslexia and ADHD and I'm always burnt out. I'm always burnt out because I'm trying something over and over and over again and trying to fit into a society that's not made for me." Alex Gilbert

In this episode:

[01:59] Welcome to the show, Alex!

[02:16] Listen as Alex shares her story of burnout.

[04:01] She speaks about being diagnosed with Dyslexia and ADHD at eight years old.

[06:26] Women internalize a lot of things and never ask for help.

[07:16] Alex discusses how her mental health has suffered over the years.

[09:09] She shares about the people who have been instrumental in her journey.

[11:30] She talks about what helped her realize she was unique and could solve problems in unique ways.

[13:30] She speaks about where she is now in her journey.

[15:53] Alex describes how she helps people who connect with her.

[17:10] She shares what she wants the listeners to walk away with today.

[17:44] Thank you for being on the show!

Links and Resources Connect with Alex:

Cape-Able Consulting

Instagram | Facebook | LinkedIn

3 WAYS TO GET INCREDIBLE HELP AT A LOW-COST!!!

1. Buy my Kindle Book,Doctor Me First, on Amazon
2. Join us for our Monthly Burnout Masterclass Series.
3. Come sit with me in the Badass Collective Slack Group.