Expert guests Melissa Caddell, David Gerber, and Laura Leffelaar discuss the concept of burnout and the importance of self-care. They explore symptoms and strategies for avoiding burnout, including building a team and prioritizing well-being. The chapter also highlights the role of community, maintaining energy, and focusing on personal vision to prevent burnout.
Recognizing the symptoms of burnout is crucial in order to prevent and address it effectively.
Practicing self-care and prioritizing activities that recharge and energize can help avoid burnout.
Deep dives
Recognizing Burnout and Its Effects
Burnout is characterized by a feeling of emptiness and chronic exhaustion that occurs when one's energy and motivation are consistently depleted. It is important to understand that burnout exists on a spectrum, with varying degrees experienced over time. Symptoms of burnout include emotional and physical fatigue, cynicism, lack of enjoyment, disconnection, and a sense of aimlessness. Recognizing these symptoms is crucial in order to prevent and address burnout effectively.
Avoiding Burnout through Self-Care
Practicing self-care is essential in avoiding burnout. Each individual's self-care routine may differ, but it is important to prioritize activities that recharge and energize. Self-awareness is key in determining what activities or practices work best for self-care. This may include physical exercises, meditation, breathwork, cold plunges, enjoying hobbies, or seeking support from communities. Building self-care into daily routines and calendars can help ensure its consistent practice.
The Role of Vision in Preventing Burnout
Maintaining a strong and passionate vision for life or work can be a powerful tool in preventing burnout. Connecting with a vision that excites and drives a person can contribute to a sense of purpose and motivation. Regularly revisiting and expanding upon this vision helps individuals stay connected, passionate, and resilient. By focusing on what is personally meaningful and exciting, individuals can avoid burnout and sustain their enthusiasm for their endeavors.
Coaching Strategies to Prevent Burnout
Coaches can play a vital role in supporting individuals in avoiding burnout. Coaching conversations can help shift beliefs and perspectives from a high-performance mindset to a meta-performance mindset. This involves reframing success from being the best to exploring personal capabilities and being curious about what is possible. Coaches can also guide clients in developing self-care practices tailored to their unique needs and in nurturing a strong and resilient vision. By coaching individuals to prioritize self-care, maintain a strong vision, and adopt empowering beliefs, coaches can help their clients navigate and prevent burnout.
ON COACHING | In this episode of On Coaching, Novus Global Chief Expansion Officer David Miller is joined by Melissa Caddell, David Gerber, and Laura Leffelaar to discuss how to avoid burnout and become a self-care master on the way to accomplishing your goals.
What is burnout? To us, it’s a spectrum and can happen to us in different ways. Whether it’s discouragement, lack of joy, or any of the litany of symptoms that come from running on empty; we as humans tend to burn our candle until we have nothing left to give. To what end? Who are we serving by spending our energy without any plans to gain it back?
One of the best ways we can show up for others, is to best understand how to take care of yourself. We’re really passionate that you’re able to do that.
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