What You’ll Learn From This Episode:

Feel like you're running on empty or dangerously approaching it? We know how you feel and so do our clients.

Today, Madeline and Cynthia explore days when we feel helpless, overloaded, or unappreciated—when dragging ourselves out of bed requires the determination of Hercules. In other words…”burnout” - a gradual process that doesn't happen overnight, but it can creep up on you.

We discuss helpful ways to pause and change direction and learn how you can help yourself overcome burnout and feel healthy and positive again.

What we discussed:

(00:44) Topic intro: learning to allocate your resources

(02:01) Being reactive instead of proactive with energy

(03:05) What to do when you're "hanging from the cliff"

(05:12) Are we really limitless?

(07:11) What is "wasted" time?

(10:12) Being purposeful with your resources

(13:42) Shifting your priorities and "slices"

(14:53) Shifting your resources from one place to another

(16:37) What is real self-care?

(17:38) How to determine your baseline needs

(20:13) The seven types of rest + replenishing your resources

(23:20) Charging your batteries from zero

(24:47) Your 10-min sabbatical

(26:27) Making a self-check-in a habit

(27:48) Bringing it all together

(29:20) Ending with a quote

For further reading and tools:

Tools and resources we discussed in the episode:

- Explore the 7 Types of Rest

- Commit to allocation of time and energy

- List of things that deplete us (where in your life do you feel driven by frantic nervous energy?) and things that fill us (where in your life do you feel expansive, calm and grounded?)

- Take a 10-minute sabbatical for a check-in with myself routine

More resources to explore this topic:

“Sacred Rest: Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity” by Saundra Dalton-Smith

The Wheel of Life Template

Work of Liz Fosslein

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Hosts & Guests

Cynthia Garrett, LMHC Host

Madeline Farquharson Host

Information

Show: The Knomii Podcast

Published 10/10/2022

Season 1

Rating: Clean

Frequency: Updated Bi-monthly

Length: 30 min

Episode 3