FRIED. The Burnout Podcast

Henna Pryor: Embracing Awkward and Using AI to Reduce Burnout

Oct 8, 2023

Henna Pryor, a performance expert and professional coach, discusses using AI to reduce burnout and embracing awkwardness for personal growth. She shares how AI makes work easier and stress-free, and why high-performers should embrace vulnerability. The podcast also explores the benefits of embracing uniqueness and awkwardness, enhancing likability and resilience, and using AI to simplify tasks.

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Quick takeaways

The power of AI can be harnessed to reduce burnout, making work faster, more convenient, and stress-free.

Embracing awkwardness can lead to increased likability and relatability, fostering connection and support from others.

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The Link Between Awkwardness and Burnout

The first step towards embracing awkwardness is to slow down and build awareness of how much time is spent performing and catering to others' expectations at work. The data shows that continuously trying to eliminate awkwardness through performing and catering not only exhausts individuals but also decreases their workplace performance. Recognizing the impact of catering and performing can help individuals transition towards being their authentic selves, embracing their uniqueness, and showing up as their raw, imperfect selves. The key is to stay in the uncomfortable space of embracing and accepting awkwardness, rather than running away from it.

Introduction

6min

Using AI to Reduce Burnout and Enhance Productivity

12min

Embracing Awkwardness and Personal Growth

10min

Embracing Uniqueness for Resilience

2min

Embracing Awkwardness: Enhancing Likability and Reducing Burnout

17min

Finding the Book, Using AI, and Embracing Vulnerability

3min

Artificial intelligence, or AI, is one of the latest trends in the world of technology. People use it in various ways, and constant research is done to maximize its potential. But have you heard of using AI as a tool to reduce stress? In today's episode, I invited Henna Pryor, performance expert, award-winning 2x TEDx, global keynote speaker, virtual presenter, team facilitator, and a professional certified coach. She is also the author of the upcoming book Good Awkard: How to Embrace the Embarrassing and Celebrate the Cringe to Become The Bravest You. Henna will discuss how we can utilize the power of AI to reduce burnout and why embracing awkwardness can make our lives easier. Stay tuned to learn more!

Episode Highlights:

Henna Pryor shares her insight about the connection of AI in reducing burnout. As a mother and an entrepreneur, her time is always occupied with what she needs to do. Thus, she started to find a way to make her life easier. And that’s how Henna stumbles upon the AI technology. With its power, her work becomes faster, more convenient, and stress-free, reducing the possibility of burnout.

Henna talks about why we should embrace awkwardness and how it can make you vulnerable. Often, high-performers have expectations they think they must meet no matter what. However, having his mindset can be exhausting, eventually leading to burnout and a downgrade in performance.

Small steps are the best step. And so take your time towards vulnerability. Don’t rush; it only becomes impossible. Learn to be comfortable with being awkward, and you’ll be there in no time.

Connect with Henna Pryor:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hennapryor/

https://www.facebook.com/hennapryorcoach/

https://www.instagram.com/hennapryor

Good Awkward: https://pryoritygroup.com/book/

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