Burnout

OMG Burnout! We are hearing so much about it and I am thrilled. Lets talk about it and keep talking about it, how to notice it and recover while maintaining balance to prevent it. I have attended training by Emily Nagoski and adore her books on burnout and sexual health. I assist clients in identifying their unmet needs, use science to "complete the stress cycle," and use tools to stay balanced so we don't repeatedly get burnout.

Sometimes, burnout can feel like a dark tunnel with no end in sight. But here's the thing - it doesn't have to be this way. With my professional expertise and data-backed strategies, I can help guide you out of this tunnel. Together, we'll explore your stressors, identify coping mechanisms, and develop a personalized plan to restore balance in your life.

Have you worked hard to have a career you're passionate about only to find yourself burned out and resentful? Burnout involves feelings of emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and reduced feelings of accomplishment. While all people are prone to burnout, helping professionals are especially vulnerable. It is vitally important for those in jobs that involve healing to cultivate a discipline of hope and renewable "fuel" for our work.

Burnout is often associated with prolonged stress in the workplace, but I apply this term also to relationships, personal goals, school & burnout related to neurodiversity & sensory burnout. Once one is in burnout we feel emotionally unwell, psychologically stuck & physically exhausted. It is challenging to find our way out once we are at this point. I help clients to acknowledge burnout & begin to address stress & the build-up of prolonged stress or exposure to toxic environments.

Burnout is something that is so difficult to recognize, because it happens so slowly. Sometimes we recognize these stressful things, and we tell ourselves that we can handle it. But then it keeps happening again and again. Eventually we can't handle it anymore, and that's burnout. We can make changes in our lives to deal with burnout though. It may not feel this way right now, but you can make positive changes in your life.

I have extensive experience supporting this topic both in the therapy space and in the workplace as a workplace culture consultant. I am passionate about the overlap between burnout and identity work, supporting clients in looking at the core issues being triggered by overextension and exacerbated by burnout.

I'll help you figure out how to be resentful about work again, leave the stress of the job at the office, and be present with your partner so you can finally start to enjoy your life.

Burnout is a state of physical or emotional exhaustion (or both) that also involves a sense of reduced accomplishment and loss of personal identity. It's important to note that solutions to burnout often involve changes in the external world and working environment. From a therapy standpoint, I work with burnout by helping clients identify the changes they would like to see, empowering and practicing advocacy, and using coping strategies in the interim.

I am a certified meditation teacher completing my yoga training and mindfulness coaching certification. My connection and experience with meditation and yoga provide me with skills and tools, alongside my academic training, to assist potential clients in opening self-awareness of how environments affect how we physically and mentally experience burnout and then developing a plan that helps them decrease stress areas in their lives.

Burnout is a state of physical or emotional exhaustion (or both) that also involves a sense of reduced accomplishment and loss of personal identity. It's important to note that solutions to burnout often involve changes in the external world and working environment. From a therapy standpoint, I work with burnout by helping clients identify the changes they would like to see, empowering and practicing advocacy, and using coping strategies in the interim.

Burnout has a way of sneaking up on us—one day, you're powering through, and the next, you're totally drained. I specialize in helping people recognize the signs of burnout and work through the exhaustion. Together, we'll build tools to restore your energy and find balance again. You don't have to push through it alone—let’s get you back to feeling like yourself, with more calm, clarity, and room to breathe.

Coping with unreasonable expectations and feelings of overwhelm in the workplace; restoring energy, balance, and motivation.

It's like your brain has stopped working. You have so much to do, but sometimes it just switches off and you realize you’ve been staring at your computer screen for 20 minutes. You’re constantly exhausted, and can’t understand how everyone else is keeping all these balls in the air! What’s wrong with me? Is it ADHD? Burnout? Maybe just existential dread? You’re not alone; Capitalism is a harsh mistress. I can’t fix the world, but I can help you learn how to cope, and how to recharge your brain!

Ever feel like everything is just too much? Not getting as much done as you used to? Nothing feels worth it anymore? You may be experiencing burnout. Recognizing what's happening is a critical first step, and then working on balancing work and life--and giving yourself permission to do that--is important. We may also explore boundary setting and other workplace skills, as well as taking time for yourself: therapy is that first step.

There is little to no time for the things that you enjoy doing. You are afraid that if you say “no” to work or to the people in your life, you are letting them down. You often feel responsible for other’s emotional reactions, trying to smooth things over. You walk on eggshells and are so focused on not upsetting anyone that you constantly second guess yourself. You spend a lot of time feeling guilty.

Around 50%, if not more, of the clients I see have experienced burnout at some point during our work together. Additionally, I have lived experience developing my own skills to manage burnout as well as support peers, friends, and family through their process of practicing self-care, setting boundaries, and learning skills that allowed them to minimize their burnout. I have also established supportive resources around it.

During the pandemic I worked alongside my medical colleagues in overburdened hospital systems. I am acutely aware that healthcare providers, high achievers, caregivers and front line staff are exposed to vicarious trauma on a daily basis. Many of us feel more than simply burned out – we are experiencing moral injury. We feel listless, numb, disengaged, and drained. I understand the isolation of this experience and have both lived the experience and trained in skills to help.

Managing and recovering from stressors that lead to feelings of decreased motivation and disconnection from the self; practicing effective self-care and finding ways to relax both physically and mentally.