Sarah Dawn: Discovering Self-Worth and Self-Love to Conquer Burnout
Oct 27, 2019
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Sarah Dawn discusses the root cause of burnout - the belief that we are not enough. She shares her journey from burnout to building successful businesses. Topics include societal pressure, self-worth, navigating career paths, and rediscovering passion through self-reflection.
Belief in self-worth tied to overwork leads to burnout.
Setting boundaries and prioritizing self-care are key to success.
Deep dives
Valuing Yourself Beyond Career Expectations and Burnout Culture
The episode delves into the speaker's journey as an attorney and the pressure to define value through prestigious career choices, like becoming a lawyer. The narrative exposes the toxic belief that burnout equals success ingrained in educational structures and professional fields like law, where performance is dictated by high-stake tests and intense workloads, fostering an environment conducive to burnout.
Redefining Success and Work-Life Balance
The speaker recounts transitioning from legal practice to business coaching, highlighting the toxic work ethic of being available 24/7 for clients as a marketing strategy. The realization that prioritizing self-care and setting healthy boundaries rather than overwork is crucial to long-term success and well-being.
Recognizing Physical and Emotional Impact of Burnout
The episode delves into the physical and emotional toll of burnout, detailing personal experiences with Bell's Palsy as a wake-up call to reevaluate work-life balance. Acknowledging emotional burnout symptoms, like family conflicts and reliance on substances, as warning signs of deeper issues that require introspection and change.
Embracing Curiosity and Reassessing Paths
Sarah emphasizes the importance of embracing curiosity and letting go of paths that no longer serve one's well-being or passion. Challenging the fear of wasting time or credentials on unfulfilling endeavors and relationships, the speaker urges listeners to shine a light on internal narratives that hinder positive growth and self-care practices.
Sarah started this podcast off strong by going straight to the heart of what burnout is for so many of us - the hard work and stress that causes burnout is derived from an inner belief that we are not enough, we are not valuable unless we work really hard and prove ourselves. So, we run ourselves into the ground trying to prove our worth. Sarah Dawn is a business-lifestyle coach that has built $1mm+ businesses both in burnout mode and not. She guides clients through designing their businesses to work FOR them rather than burn them out.