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How do I slow down and start enjoying life?
Getting off the Hamster Wheel A few years ago, I was forced to slow down. There was no choice involved and I desperately didn’t want to. I’d burnt out before, several times, but this time was different. It hit me more physically, as I struggled to get up in the...
How do I find Work Life Balance?
As a therapeutic coach, the second most common question I get asked is: ‘How do I find better work-life balance?’ (The first being how to manage stress & anxiety). Generally, when people say they want to improve their work-life balance, what they are asking is...
5 Simple Ways to Support yourself with Fatigue and Burnout
For the longest time I didn’t recognise that I was burnt out. For years I went in cycles of boom and bust, not understanding what was happening, and why I couldn’t keep up, despite doing a stressful job in toxic conditions. I blamed myself for not being up to it. I imagined I should be this superhero figure who could cope with anything. And that was all without understanding the impact of my own early childhood difficulties, and long held pattern of anxiety, and how stress impacted my nervous system.
What is Burnout?
Burnout is a state of physical and emotional exhaustion. It can occur when you experience long-term stress in your job, or when you have worked in a physically or emotionally draining role for a long time. (Mental Health UK)
The World Health Organisation (WHO) define burnout as a syndrome, not a medical condition or mental disorder. They report that it is caused by ‘chronic, work-related stress that has not been successfully managed.’
An Embodied Guide to Recovery from Burnout
Have you felt the kind of tiredness as if you’re dragging yourself through life, days merging into one another, with a mantra on repeat: ‘I’ve got to just keep going’ (like those images of people crawling through a desert to find water and therefore, survival)?
It’s time to fly….
A few years ago, I watched a nature programme on TV documenting the lives of some fledgling birds getting ready to leave the nest. I remember my feelings of terror and fascination as I watched them perching, one by one, on the nest edge, before launching themselves...
How much love do you deserve? (Or: Why we need to stop being so hard on ourselves)
Do you believe that you’re fully deserving of love? I mean, totally 100% worthy. I’m talking about not even having a flicker of a doubt about it (but I’m not talking about arrogance or feelings of superiority). Can you put your hand on your heart and say ‘Yes, I’m...
Why self-awareness is the key to our lives
Ask yourself this: Would you prefer to be aware of yourself or unaware of yourself? Simple to answer, isn’t it? People sometimes ask me why I talk so much about ‘awareness’ and what I actually mean by it. Awareness is purely having understanding of what you’re...