#1 Avoiding Burnout w/ Neha Sangwan | How To Avoid Burnout By Finding Alignment With What You Do
Nov 22, 2023
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Guest: Neha Sangwan, An expert in avoiding burnout who has experienced it firsthand as a doctor juggling 18 critically ill patients per day and surviving on sugar and caffeine during long shifts. Summary: Neha Sangwan discusses her personal experience with burnout as a doctor and the importance of finding alignment in order to avoid burnout. Topics include the differences between burnout and depression, coping mechanisms for burnout, listening to body signals, finding alignment in different aspects of life, and the link between control and burnout in healthcare professions.
Recognizing the symptoms and understanding the phases of burnout are crucial in preventing or addressing burnout.
Developing inner awareness and addressing the root causes of stress can help avoid burnout.
Saying no with love and compassion, setting healthy boundaries, and aligning decisions with values are essential in maintaining well-being and preventing burnout.
Deep dives
The Definition and Phases of Burnout
Burnout is a triad of exhaustion, cynicism, and ineffectiveness. It doesn't happen suddenly but develops over time. There are three phases: alarm, chronic adaptation, and exhaustion. Understanding the symptoms and recognizing where one falls on the burnout spectrum is crucial.
Unique Body Communication and Root Causes
Recognizing how your body communicates with you is important in preventing or addressing burnout. Each person has a unique way, such as throat constriction or stomach turning, that signals a need for alignment. Addressing the root causes of stress and developing an inner awareness can help to avoid burnout.
The Impact of External Factors
The external factors affecting burnout include societal expectations, the belief that faster is better, and the emphasis on external achievements. These external pressures can lead to a disconnection from one's own body and inner alignment, contributing to burnout.
The Opposite of Burnout
The opposite of burnout is a vibrant, healthy, integrated, and balanced life. It involves being attuned to one's own needs, purpose, and finding fulfillment in all aspects of life - physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual.
Understanding the importance of balance and integration
Balance and integration are crucial in addressing burnout and maintaining well-being. Burnout often occurs when there is a lack of balance and integration in multiple areas of life, including physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual realms. It is not simply about doing too much or too little, but rather about ensuring that these different areas are aligned and integrated. Financial stress, for example, can impact various aspects of our lives, including our physical, emotional, social, and spiritual well-being. By understanding and addressing these different dimensions, we can work towards achieving balance and integration in our lives.
The power of saying no and aligning with personal values
Saying no is a crucial aspect of maintaining well-being and avoiding burnout. When we say yes to something, we are also saying no to other things, and it is important to consider what we are saying yes to and what we truly value. Setting healthy boundaries and saying no with love and compassion allows us to prioritize what is most meaningful to us. This involves understanding our values and aligning our decisions and actions with them. By doing so, we can make choices that support our well-being and prevent burnout. Understanding the different ways in which individuals seek control, such as through autonomy, time, or emotional connection, also plays a role in finding our own balance and avoiding burnout.
We are taking on the very real and present danger of…burnout. Something that happens when your drive is out of alignment. What you want and why is not resonating. My expert is Dr Neha Sangwan who comes from her own story as a doctor juggling 18 critically ill patients per day and barely surviving 36-hour shifts fueled by sugar and caffeine in her early 30s. She did it…till she couldn’t. And she realized something had to give. She used her scientific background to jumpstart her journey of renewal and catalyze her mission to heal humanity. And that is what happens. We keep going and keep doing…until we can’t. That is the risk. If you are on the path to burnout, there will be an end. So we’re here to help you avoid this. Neha’s new book is titled, Powered by Me: From Burned out to Fully Charged at Work and in Life and connect with her as intuitiveintelligenceinc.com
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