How To Manage Burnout & Build a Pleasure Toolkit with Sarah Tomchesson & Anne Hodder-Shipp
Mar 8, 2024
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Experts Sarah Tomchesson & Anne Hodder-Shipp discuss managing burnout and building pleasure toolkits. They cover recognizing burnout, coping mechanisms, radical pleasure, and wellness practices. The podcast explores expanding definitions of pleasure, setting boundaries, and the nuances of pleasure. They also introduce a transformative four-week course focused on self-care and vulnerability.
Recognizing burnout involves physical symptoms like chest tightness and sacral heaviness, prompting the need to address stressors.
Embracing pleasure as essential promotes joy, meaningful connections, and diverse relationships beyond society's limited definition.
Deep dives
Defining Burnout and Recognizing Its Signs
Burnout is described as a result of multiple coping mechanisms being stripped away, leading to a feeling of heaviness and physical manifestations like chronic pain or frequent illnesses. Signs of burnout include a tightening in the chest and a heavy feeling around the sacrum, indicating a need to address stressors and acknowledge the body's responses.
Pleasure as a Radical Necessity
The podcast challenges the notion that pleasure is frivolous, emphasizing its essential role in maintaining joy and abundance in life. Pleasure is presented as a radical necessity, crucial for fostering meaningful connections, experiences, and relationships. By expanding the definition of pleasure beyond the sexual realm, individuals can build a more comprehensive relationship with pleasure.
Evolving and Evaluating the Pleasure Toolbox
The evolution of one's pleasure toolkit is described as a dynamic process influenced by personal experiences and changing perspectives. It involves discerning between practices that genuinely bring joy versus those influenced by societal expectations or trends. Encouragement is given to assess the return on investment of pleasure activities, considering emotional, physical, and time expenses to ensure alignment with personal needs.
Overview of the 'Pleasure Attitudes' Course
The 'Pleasure Attitudes' course offers an interactive platform to explore personalized self-care practices centered on pleasure. Participants engage in exercises and discussions to identify individual pleasure tools and address barriers to pleasure. With a focus on communal support and genuine experiences, the course aims to help participants integrate pleasure into their daily lives and prioritize self-care practices that resonate with their true needs.
This week we're talking ALL about how to manage burnout. What it is, how to recognize it, and how we can begin to support our lifestyles to manage our wellbeing.