How to Manage Your Energy and Avoid Burnout as a Coach

Let’s start this episode off with an honest statement:

Being a coach is an energy-intensive endeavor.

Every day you want to give your best – your all – to your clients and athletes.

But here’s one thing we don’t talk about enough:

How do we manage and maintain our own energy?

When you’re working hard and taking care of others, how to you take care of yourself so you don’t burnout in the process?

So today we’re going to dive into the practices and strategies I’ve cultivated over my 23 years of coaching, and figure out healthy ways for you to manage your energy on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.

Because ultimately if I’m taking great care of myself, it’s that much easier to take great care of my athletes.

You can love your job. You can love working with people. You can love coaching and all of the great things that come with that. But you have to make time for yourself. – Mike Robertson

This Week on the Physical Prep Podcast:

* The mindset I use with myself to make sure I can coach at a high-level

* The 3 goals I set for myself in every single coaching session.

* Why a great night of coaching ultimately starts the night before.

* How to dial in your sleep and making sure you’re rested and ready for a great day of coaching.

* Thoughts on the brain dump, and why planning your day the night before increases productivity.

* Morning routines you can use to have better training sessions.

* Why optimizing your workspace matters, and what my vision has always been for IFAST.

* The value of the mid-day break, and how it can help you crush your afternoon coaching sessions WITHOUT the need to crush more caffeine.

* Why you absolutely MUST be training yourself.

* The role of continuing education in keeping your brain stimulated and locked-in.

* Why weekends are so critical to your long-term energy needs, and using the Nick Littlehales rule to balance sleep needs.

* How your “inner circle” either gives or takes energy away, and why you should be cultivating your circle NOW.

* The role breaks and planned time away play in keeping energy up over the long haul.

Related Links:

* Nick Littlehales Podcast

* Erik Huddleston Podcast

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