High-stress and high-performance professions like healthcare often push people beyond their limits. When this happens, stress and burnout are often the unfortunate consequences.

In this episode, Dr Sarah Coope joins us to discuss how to avoid burnout by embracing your capacity. She delves into finding your optimal stretching point for each of your limited resources. Sarah also examines the nature of our fear of saying no. And we explore the consequences and benefits of managing and maintaining your capacity.

If you find yourself stretched too thin, then this episode is for you. 

Here are three reasons why you should listen to the full episode:

1. Understand your limits and capacity. 
2. Discover how to shift your mindset and avoid burnout. 
3. Learn how to embrace your guilt. 

Episode Highlights

[10:30] Shifting Your Mindset to Embrace Your Capacity

[19:30] Saying No to Avoid Overstretching Yourself

[28:30] Identify Your Optimal Stretching Point

[38:30] Managing Emotions and Language Usage

[44:20] How to Deal with the Guilt From Saying No

Resources

• Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life by Nir Eyal
• Connect with Sarah on LinkedIn | Twitter
• Episode 99: How to Deal with Criticism When You’ve Reached Your Limit
• Episode 169: How to Avoid Amygdala Hijack
• Episode 171: How to Avoid Amygdala Hijack Part 2
• Learn 8 ways to set boundaries without stress with our Just Say No Toolkit
• Reach out to Rachel at [email protected] 
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