Heather and I are talking about feeling overwhelmed in a helping role

• Feelings are complicated
• Burnout isn’t a final destination
• Plans change

Heather and I want to hear about ways you help yourself when you are feeling overwhelmed in your professional role. 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-family-caregiver/202404/caregiving-is-stressful-under-any-circumstance

Heather and I are talking about how we can avoid enabling in supervision. 

• Enabling hinders personal growth
• Supporting doesn’t mean shielding
• Our task is empower independence

Heather and I want to hear about times when you have caught yourself enabling a supervisee. 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/liking-the-child-you-love/202402/the-5-pitfalls-of-enabling-adult-children

Heather and I are talking about giving supervisees room to play and grow. 

• Let kids be kids
• Build trust and belief in themselves
• Play is an opportunity 

Heather and I want to hear about ways that you allow your supervisees to grow and be themselves. 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/202401/let-kids-have-fun-on-the-sports-field

Heather and I are talking about feeling average. 

• Most people that think they are average
• People call themselves average
• What are the benefits or drawbacks of thinking you are average 

Heather and I want to hear about you support your supervisees to see how they are exceptional. 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psychology-yesterday/202402/why-most-americans-believe-they-are-middle-class

Heather and I are talking about the impact of expectations on learning. 

• Pressure to perform
• Over focus on outcomes
• Managing expectation of others

Heather and I want to hear about how you help your supervisees to manage their expectations. 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sport-between-the-ears/202312/how-expectations-can-lead-to-frustration-and-misery-in-sports

Heather and I are talking about getting organized in the new year. 

• Start small
• Buy yourself some space
• Organization includes brain tricks 

Heather and I would love for you to share some of your organization hacks that have helped you. 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/decisions-and-the-brain/202312/three-self-help-tricks-for-busy-people

Heather and I are talking about the overuse of labels. 

• Narcissistic personality disorder, all diagnosis is complex
• Labels keep us from seeing people more clearly
• A rose by any other name would smell as sweet

Heather and I want to hear about a time you were given a label that didn’t fit. 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/beyond-mental-health/202312/lets-stop-calling-each-other-narcissists

Heather and I are talking about finding the chaos that helps us do our best work. 

• Orderly doesn’t equal healthy
• Not too much, not too little…just right
• Take a closer look

Heather and I want to hear about the system of chaos that works best for you. 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/embrace-the-unknown/202312/a-healthy-human-mind-has-elements-of-chaos

Heather and I are talking about being aware of differences and similarities in communication styles. 

• Non verbal communication varies between culture 
• Context impacts communication
• Awareness is increasing your sensitivity

Heather and I want to hear about some snafus you have had with communication and how you recovered. 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/non-weird-science/202309/unveiling-cross-cultural-communication-styles

Heather and I are talking about how the past can repeat itself. 

• Patterns are hard to break
• Patterns are unconscious
• Patterns can repeat at work

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brothers-sisters-strangers/202309/5-ways-the-sibling-dynamic-reappears-in-adult-relationships