Decode Your Burnout (formerly Optimize Your Life)

Even busy professionals need to make time for self-care. In this episode, Dr. Sharon Grossman breaks self-care down into activities that focus on your well-being both internally and externally, including how to take care of yourself when you’re facing other people. 

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You lead a busy life and perhaps you’re convinced that you’ll get to self-care when you have more time or energy. But where does that strategy lead you? It puts you are risk for burnout. In this episode, Dr. Sharon Grossman shares the most common mindset obstacles to self-care and how to rethink this paradigm.

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When you were growing up, were you the parent to your parents? Were you expected to take care of your parent, younger siblings, or the household because your parent wasn’t able to step up? If so, you might still be carrying a heavy load even now which can lead to burnout. In this episode, Dr. Sharon Grossman shares all the ways being a parentified child is draining your energy and tips of how to get back to yourself without the fear, resentment, or guilt. 

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If you’re a perfectionist, you already know how consuming these unrealistic standards can be, but you may not be able to shake it off. Join Dr. Sharon Grossman as she shares a perfect alternative for perfectionism that will help you be more productive with less stress.

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Work can feel daunting. If you find yourself procrastinating, it’s important for you to understand what’s happening and why. Join Dr. Sharon Grossman as she reviews five possible contributors to procrastination and 5 anti-procrastination techniques you can put to use to get back on track. 

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Are you someone who tends to be pessimistic but wishes you weren’t? It may be challenging to turn your negative mindset to a positive one, but what if there was some place in between? In this episode, Dr. Sharon shares about how you can turn negative thoughts to more neutral ones. Find out how.

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Do you find that you’re disengaged at work? It could be because your values and those of your environment are incongruent. Join Dr. Sharon Grossman as she shares about the importance of value congruence and shares practical resources you can use to increase self-awareness of your values, how you can reach self-actualization, and take back control of your mind. 

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When faced with uncertainty, do you become fearful? Does your mind tend to catastrophize about the worst possible outcome and try to grasp to the familiar? If so, this is totally normal AND you can absolutely reduce your anxiety by embracing adaptability. In this episode, Dr. Sharon shows you how and shares her personal journey towards resilience.

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If there was a simple strategy you could put into practice that would improve your mental and physical health as well as your social connections, would you do it? In this episode, Dr. Sharon talks about how focusing your mind on what is going right is a practice worth developing and shares some of the research findings that back this up. Are you up for the challenge?

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When it comes to your work, do you feel excited and challenged or bored? If it feels like your job is missing some juice, it might be because it lack variety. In this episode, Dr. Sharon explains about the importance of two types of varieties to look for that can significantly increase your work satisfaction: Task variety and skill variety.

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