The Burnout Doc Blog

My life was stable and predictable until I turned eight. Since that time, I’ve experienced major changes in my life that required me to adapt, fit in, and evolve.  As a burnout coach, I often help my clients with these same issues as they pertain to the workplace....

If you’ve spent your entire life just giving, it may seem like an impossible task to break through this habit. The breakthrough has to start in your mind.  Overgivers don’t always recognize they are stuck in this pattern. This became clear to me at a recent conference...

You know how when you’re in a riveting relationship with someone, you’re super plugged into your partner? You hang onto their every word. You look forward to spending time together. You get excited about upcoming plans or come up with new things to explore as a...

There I was, sitting at a four-top, having brunch with my family at a restaurant my friend had recommended. It was Mother’s Day and all I could think about is how wrong I felt.  It wasn’t lost on me that I was spending Mother’s Day with my kids, that we were on a...

Have you ever felt like you were stuck between a rock and a hard place? Do you think about your life choices in black and white terms where either you do something you don’t want to do and feel miserable or you don’t do it and feel guilty? Your decisions don’t have to...

In a society where we measure our worthiness based on performance, it is no wonder high achievers work themselves to the point of exhaustion. But what if there was a way to work smarter, not harder? What if you could leverage resources to boost performance without...

Do you take on too many things until your life becomes unmanageable? Do you let people take your time because you feel guilty saying “no”? Do you get easily caught up in other people’s priorities and lose track of yourself? Are you the accommodator who figures out how...

Does it feel like even when you do your best and achieve your goals you still feel like you’re not enough? That’s the trap of perfectionism.  If you’ve burned out as a result of unrealistic expectations you set for yourself and are desperate for a reboot, but don’t...

Burnout is not specially reserved for professionals working in the corporate world. In fact, many business owners experience burnout regularly, perhaps for slightly different reasons.  Whether you are just starting out as an entrepreneur or are years into your...