Starting and running your own business can sometimes be exhausting, especially if you are trying to balance another full-time career, a family, or other responsibilities. Today on Start Scale Succeed, Nicole is chatting to Katie Phillips, burnout expert, business coach, and mentor, about dealing with being overwhelmed and burnout.

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Stress can feel like an overstimulation, whereas burnout is bottoming out.
• You can change your job or location, but the thing you need to change to avoid burnout is your habits.
• The early signs of burnout are trouble sleeping, being irritable, being withdrawn, aches and pains, and skin irritation.
• Katie recommends keeping track of your feelings to avoid burnout. If you become aware of what you feel and the things that make you feel that way then you can change your habit to avoid that thing. The same is true for the reverse, if you note the things that make you feel good then doing them can help you release stress.
• You can also apply this to your work. Keep track of when you’re distracted while working and what the common themes are when you feel you’re working really well. Pinpointing is key.
• Burnout is not a weakness, it’s just a sign that you’ve been doing too much without support. Support is so important for taking the pressure off, even in ways you wouldn’t even think. Things like getting your shopping delivered can just take out one of those tiny tasks, freeing your time.
• If you notice signs of burnout in an employee or co-worker, then don’t be afraid to have a chat, just remember to keep to the facts and not project any assumptions onto the person.
• Remember to understand that anyone you work with, whether it’s a client or employee, they have a life outside of work with challenges and struggles.
• Keep your work space separate from your living space. Turn the laptop off and switch off from work at the end of the day.

 

BEST MOMENTS

 

‘My sleep was terrible, an absolute classic sign of stress’

 

‘Rest, do not push through, do not keep going’

 

‘We’re human beings, we don’t send one part of ourselves to work and keep another part for home life’

 

ABOUT THE GUEST

 

Katie Phillips is a burnout expert and business mentor. She burned out 3.5 times during a 15-year career in communication and project management - the last of which led to chronic anxiety and depression that left her sick for a year. Since recovering she has dedicated herself to helping ambitious but overwhelmed humans and businesses to balance professional success and wellbeing. She does this with 1:1 coaching, group workshops and corporate training.

She's also a qualified Mental Health First Aider that has helped hundreds of people to manage stress, improve their productivity and feel healthier and happier at work.

She describes herself as "the caring but firm friend that will help you find gentler, smarter ways of working that are right for you."

She and her work have been featured in The Independent, The Telegraph, EuroNews and more…

 

VALUABLE RESOURCES

 Www.kdp.coach/the-reset

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www.instagram.com/katiephill

 

ABOUT THE HOST

 

Buying & retail expert Nicole Higgins spent the last 18 years working for companies such as Primark, M&S, Debenhams and Asda, sourcing & developing products from all over the world, building strategies for blue chip businesses, and increasing bottom line sales and profit, adding over £40 million in incremental business to the bottom line.

Nicole now uses that experience and works as a consultant and coach for entrepreneurs and small to medium sized business owners, helping them start and scale their product businesses as The Buyer And Retail Coach (TM)

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