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Fried. The Burnout Podcast

317 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 133 ratings

FRIED. The Burnout Podcast is on a mission to #endburnoutculture. You'll hear interviews with guests who have been through it all and lived to tell the tale and solo episodes from FRIED's host - Cait Donovan and FRIED Burnout Coach Sarah Vosen. Our promise is that you'll have at least one major take away from every single episode that will help guide your recovery. FRIED releases on Sundays at 12:00am EST which has earned it the unofficial title of 'Burnout Church'. We're here with your sermons, it's time to change your life. FRIED was created and is hosted by Cait Donovan, Keynote speaker and coach on burnout, boundaries, and her favorite emotion - Resentment.

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Aesha Tahir: How Your Posture Affects Your Stress System and Your Burnout Recoverability

April 09, 2023 04:00 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MB

Aesha Tahir is the founder of Tone and Strengthen, a corporate wellness company, as well as an author and exercise physiologist. Her book, Unhunched: Discovering Wellness Through Posture, is set for release this Spring. Today, Aesha shares how posture impacts the stress system and burnout recoverability.    Aesha is no stranger to burnout after having experienced it twice. Her first experience led her to the ER, fearful that she was having a stroke when her left foot went completely numb...

#straightfromcait: Burnout and Exercise - What, How Much, and When

April 02, 2023 04:00 - 17 minutes - 16 MB

If you used to have an exercise routine before burning out, you may be wondering when it is safe to start exercising again. The truth is that it differs for everyone, and you know your body better than anyone else. Learning to listen to your body and make adjustments based on what it is telling you is key for burnout recovery. In today’s #straightfromcait episode, Cait Donovan, host and burnout speaker, shares tips for incorporating exercise into your burnout recovery.   Movement is crit...

Lauren Baptiste: The Magic of Small Steps for Burnout Recovery

March 26, 2023 04:00 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MB

Lauren Baptiste is the founder of Acheloa Wellness. She is approaching her 10 year burnout anniversary and attributes much of her healing to the practice of Ayurveda. Today, Lauren shares the magic of small steps for burnout recovery that helped her get to this point.    When Lauren began to burnout, her body reacted in very serious ways. She ended up covered head to toe in hives and needed to go to the emergency room. Even covered in hives, her boss expected her to bring her computer to...

#straightfromcait: Getting Your Energy Back During Burnout Recovery

March 19, 2023 04:00 - 9 minutes - 8.38 MB

During your burnout recovery, you will likely still not be at your original energy level for a while. It takes a different amount of time for everyone, but in Cait’s experience the average time frame has been around 18 months.  In today’s #straightfromcait episode, Cait Donovan, host and burnout speaker, shares 8 tips for helping to get your energy back during recovery.   Doing too much all at once can cause you to do more harm than good for your recovery. Start with choosing one thing t...

Ewa Błaszczak: Heal Your Burnout by Detoxing Your Communication

March 12, 2023 05:00 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MB

Ewa Błaszczak is a mentor for leaders and teams, an author, professional speaker, and coaching mentor to host Cait Donovan. Recently she wrote a book in Polish that began as a TED talk about the toxicity of sarcasm and developed into a deep dive on how to detoxify communication.    Communication toxins are a natural defense mechanism that developed in response to our reptilian brain’s need for psychological safety and early humans’ reliance on one another to survive. When you are in a to...

#straightfromcait: Healing a Burnt Out Brain

March 05, 2023 05:00 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MB

The steps for healing from burnout are different from what is required to prevent burnout. When you are burnt out and experiencing chronic stress, the part of your brain responsible for executive functioning actually loses neurons. This means that you may struggle more with memory loss and keeping up with all of the day to day responsibilities that come with adulting. In today’s #straightfromcait episode, Cait Donovan, host and burnout speaker, shares her tips for healing a burnt out brain. ...

#straightfromcaitandsarah: Answering Your Most Common Burnout Questions

February 26, 2023 05:00 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MB

Recovering from burnout requires you to be okay with being uncomfortable. Rest is actually incredibly productive, and even though you might feel restless or guilty about sitting still it is vital for recovery. In today’s #straightfromcaitandsarah episode, Cait Donovan, host and burnout speaker, and Sarah Vosen, FRIED burnout coach, answer your most common burnout questions from the FRIED Facebook group.   If you are expending too much time and energy and not receiving enough resources ba...

Kute Blackson: Accept, Grieve, and then Surrender to Recover from Burnout

February 19, 2023 05:00 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MB

Kute Blackson is an inspirational speaker and transformational teacher. He is a member of the Transformational Leadership Council, a group of 100 of the world’s foremost authorities in the personal development industry. He learned about the power and the magic of surrender when his mother was diagnosed with stomach cancer and his time with her became more precious than ever before.    Surrender is a powerful tool for transformation and is an important part of burnout recovery. Humans are...

BONUS: FRIED Burnout Recovery Group Coaching with Sarah Vosen starts Feb 19th!

February 14, 2023 17:28 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MB

Hi All! Last minute episode to be sure that you know what's possible and what you'll get when you decide to join FRIED's group coaching program! You can find the full details on this PDF handout If you're ready to sign up, you can do that HERE. If you'd like to chat with Sarah this week to be sure you're a good fit - feel free to book that call HERE.   Questions? Come hang in the FB group and post your questions on the LIVE version of this podcast that aired on Valentines D...

#straightfromcait: The Workplace is a Trauma Recycling Center

February 12, 2023 05:00 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MB

There are two major theories when it comes to burnout. The first is that it is entirely preventable through a simple shift in workplace culture. The second is that burnout is not always avoidable but can be eliminated through self-care, establishing boundaries, and self-advocacy. According to Cait, the truth is somewhere in the middle. In today’s #straightfromcait episode, Cait, host and burnout speaker, talks about the workplace as a trauma recycling center and what that means for burnout. ...

Nina Blackshear: Eliminate Imposter Syndrome in High Achievers

February 05, 2023 05:00 - 58 minutes - 54 MB

SPONSOR: Bearaby - the antianxiety weighted blanket that Cait swears by! https://bearaby.com   Nina Blackshear is an attorney and executive coach who specializes in coaching high power and high potential women to overcome obstacles like imposter syndrome. She experienced burnout while working in a high achieving career at a large pharmaceutical company. Getting let go turned out to be a blessing in disguise, because the blinders came off to reveal the toxic environment Nina had been ke...

Susie Moore: Let It Be Easy

January 29, 2023 05:00 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MB

SPONSORS: Cuely - the AI + you tool to help you get those health habits in place - in a way that really works for your calendar! https://cuely.ai/FRIED Bearaby - the antianxiety weighted blanket that Cait swears by! https://bearaby.com   Susie Moore is a world renowned life coach, author of Let It Be Easy: Simple Ways to Stop Stressing and Start Living, as well as the host of the Let It Be Easy podcast. Susie’s life growing up was anything but easy. She grew up on welfare, moving fre...

#straightfromcait: Burnout, Depression, Anxiety, and Medication

January 22, 2023 05:00 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MB

SPONSORS: Cuely - the AI + you tool to help you get those health habits in place - in a way that really works for your calendar! https://cuely.ai/FRIED Bearaby - the antianxiety weighted blanket that Cait swears by! https://bearaby.com   Have you been feeling numb and mentally disconnected from your life? This is a very normal way to feel when you are experiencing burnout. There is a natural overlap that occurs between symptoms of burnout and symptoms of depression and anxiety. In to...

Julie Brown: Can I Just Get A Quick 3 Day Coma?

January 15, 2023 05:00 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MB

SPONSORS: Cuely - the AI + you tool to help you get those health habits in place - in a way that really works for your calendar! https://cuely.ai/FRIED Bearaby - the antianxiety weighted blanket that Cait swears by! https://bearaby.com Julie Brown is a high energy Keynote Speaker who teaches the importance of networking. She is also the author of This Sh*t Works: A No Nonsense Guide to Networking Your Way to More Friends, More Adventures, and More Success, as well as the host of the Th...

#straightfromcait: How to Ask for Help

January 08, 2023 05:00 - 25 minutes - 22.9 MB

SPONSORS: https://cuely.ai/FRIED https://bearaby.com     Is asking for help something that makes you feel very uncomfortable? Do you struggle with figuring out your needs, feeling safe when asking for help, and with actually accepting the help that is offered? Contrary to what many of us like to believe, we cannot do everything on our own. People need each other. In today’s #straightfromcait episode, Cait, host and burnout speaker, talks about how to ask for help.    Asking for ...

BONUS EPISODE: The Burnout Panel Talks Quiet Quitting

January 01, 2023 05:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

Today, Cait reports live from The Burnout Panel. She joins Vanessa Zamy, Audrey Holst, Aileen Axtmayer, Dr. Sandra Lewis, and Dr. Sharon Grossman to talk about quiet quitting. These experts in the burnout field weigh in on what they believe is causing quiet quitting to be so rampant and the changes business leaders can make to help their employees feel included, safe, happy, and valued.    Quiet quitting is often a response to overwhelm and can be a coping mechanism for burnout. If your ...

BONUS: Introducing the Wellness While Walking Podcast with Carolyn Cohen

December 25, 2022 05:00 - 32 minutes - 29.3 MB

Today, Cait shares a podcast recommendation, an episode of Wellness While Walking Podcast, hosted by her friend Carolyn Cohen. Carolyn is a health coach that has designed her podcast as a way to inspire people to take the next step of their health journey. These episodes are 30 minutes long and are made to be listened to while taking a walk. There is even a handy beep at the halfway point in the episode to remind you to turn back around on your route. So, bundle up, put on some headphones, a...

Dr. Sharon Grossman: Decoding Your Burnout: Are You A Thinker, A Feeler, Or a Doer?

December 18, 2022 05:00 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MB

SPONSORS https://cuely.ai/FRIED https://bearaby.com Dr. Sharon Grossman is a clinical psychologist turned burnout coach, an author, a speaker, and host of the Decode Your Burnout podcast. When she was a psychology student, she attended a workshop about what it is like to work in private practice. The speaker talked a lot about how prevalent burnout is in the private practice world and this actually caused Dr. Sharon to shy away from going in that direction for many years. Eventually th...

#straightfromcait: How Companies Can Use Burnout to Heal Culture Issues

December 11, 2022 05:00 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MB

SPONSORS https://cuely.ai/FRIED https://bearaby.com It might seem odd to even consider seeing burnout as something that could potentially benefit a company. However, when burnout occurs frequently enough in the same workplace it can serve as a handy red flag. If you keep quiet while experiencing burnout, it will be more difficult for your employer to recognize and address a potential systemic issue. When multiple employees experience burnout it may be an indicator of a larger issue at ...

Zenica Chatman: How to Recover From Workplace Bullying that Leads to Burnout

December 04, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 60 MB

SPONSORS https://cuely.ai/FRIED https://bearaby.com Zenica Chatman is a life coach with a professional background in journalism and communications. While working as a communication strategist in what she initially excitedly thought of as her dream job, Zenica became the victim of workplace bullying by her manager. She felt like she was really crushing it at work, and yet her manager found ways to make even her strengths seem like a bad thing. She was continually put down and told that ...

#straightfromcait: How Do You Recover From Burnout While Still Working?

November 27, 2022 05:00 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MB

It would be incredible if every time you were burned out, you could stop working and run off to rest in a magical Cinderella fantasyland where talking mice take care of all your problems. Unfortunately, that’s not the case for most of us. It is not always possible to stop working when you are burned out, and actually by staying, you may be doing yourself a favor in the long run. If you take a break from the toxic environment that was causing your burnout and then try to go back when you are ...

Becca Powers: Burnout Stages 1 & 2 - The Unders that Lead to the Overs

November 20, 2022 05:00 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MB

SPONSORS https://cuely.ai/FRIED https://bearaby.com Becca Powers is an award winning fortune 500 high tech sales executive, founder and CEO of Powers Peak Potential, a best selling author and a speaker. With over 20 years of high level sales experience, she spent most of her life being an overachiever and unwittingly drove herself into major burnout. Becca’s burnout came after a particularly challenging sequence of 12 hour work days in a job where she was majorly overextending herself ...

#straightfromcait: Quiet Quitting, Loud Quitting, and Resentment

November 13, 2022 05:00 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MB

Quiet quitting is not a new concept, but has gotten a lot of attention recently after the pandemic shook up the job market. The basic idea of quiet quitting is being disengaged from your work and this can often be mistaken for burnout. The key difference is that quiet quitting is intentional, whereas if you are burned out, you are likely to be disengaged as a result rather than as a choice. In today’s #straightfromcait episode, Cait explains quiet quitting vs. loud quitting, and the way rese...

Newton Cheng: I Burned Out in Corporate and Stayed - This Is How

November 06, 2022 04:00 - 58 minutes - 53.1 MB

Newton Cheng is the Director of Health and Performance at Google, a world champion powerlifter, and a father. Throughout his 14 year career at Google, he overworked himself due to people-pleasing tendencies and began getting misaligned from his priorities and values, leading Newton to take a mental health leave in January of 2022. In February of 2021 his symptoms of burnout, anxiety, and depression got to the point where he started to realize just how significant the toll on his mental healt...

RE-RELEASE: Elizabeth Collins: The Burnout Witch Talks Leaky Gut, Tarot, and Optimal Blood Work

October 30, 2022 04:00 - 54 minutes - 50 MB

“Just keep going, it will change.” This is Elizabeth Collins’s burnout story, simplified into six words. The Cait-proclaimed Burnout Witch, Elizabeth now specializes in helping others recover from burnout. However, she was only able to truly thrive in this role after confronting her own feelings of not-enough-ness and developing the boundaries and coping skills she needed to regain a sense of balance in both body and brain.    Elizabeth is the owner and director of The East West Company,...

#straightfromcait: Are You Exhausted Trying To Meet Other People's Assumed Expectations?

October 23, 2022 04:00 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MB

Are you always trying to meet other people’s expectations, even when those expectations may not be completely clear? Unclear expectations for a role, whether that be in relation to a job or a relationship, can reduce feelings of psychological safety and increase the potential for burnout. In today’s #straightfromcait episode, Cait explains the research behind why external expectations and role ambiguity play a role in burnout and how to ask for clarity when it is lacking.    When you are...

Farnoosh Torabi: Financial Safety, Knowing When to Quit, and Creative Money Making

October 16, 2022 04:00 - 51 minutes - 47 MB

Farnoosh Torabi is an award winning personal finance journalist, author, keynote speaker, television reporter, and host of the So Money podcast. She uses her 20 years of experience to help people master their money. While living in New York City with her husband, she realized that changes needed to be made to their lifestyle to reduce stress and improve their overall quality of life. They ended up deciding to move out of the city to save money, which ultimately reduced stress and opened up m...

#straightfromcait: Burnout Risk Factors - A Holistic View

October 09, 2022 04:00 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MB

There are many risk factors for burnout. The good news is that each risk factor is multidirectional and by working on any one of them, you are likely to positively change others. It can feel overwhelming to confront all of the risk factors for burnout, so in today’s #straightfromcait episode, Cait breaks them all down into six overarching categories. These categories are workplace, family, self, culture, environment, and health.    Here in the United States there is an extreme amount of ...

Nicole Kalil: Head Trash vs Inner Knowing: How to Build Self Trust and Confidence

October 02, 2022 04:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MB

Nicole Kalil is a speaker, leadership strategist, respected coach, author, and podcast host. She spent 15 years working for a financial planning company where she was frequently the only woman in the room. After so many years of working hard for promotions, pushing down her feminine qualities in favor of leaning into more stereotypically masculine traits, Nicole realized she no longer even knew who she was authentically anymore. She had become so burned out that she hated her job, hated the ...

#straightfromsarah: Can High Sensitivity Decrease as We Heal from Burnout?

September 25, 2022 04:00 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MB

Highly sensitive people often assume they are simply wired that way from birth and that there is nothing that can be done to change their sensitivity. In this week’s #straightfromsarah episode, FRIED Burnout Coach Sarah Vosen discusses changes in her sensitivity levels that she has experienced since recovering from burnout and the potential for negative effects of high sensitivity to lessen as the nervous system heals.  Chronic stress can cause our nervous system to get stuck in a feedback ...

Dr. Crystal Frazee: Burnout Recovery Happens In Your Body (It's time to get out of your head!)

September 18, 2022 04:00 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MB

Dr. Crystal Frazee is a burnout recovery and stress resilience coach with 16 years of experience. She grew up in the South raised by strong, independent women with the ingrained mindset that women were supposed to take on everything themselves and be able to have it all. She spent many years working as a yoga teacher and yoga therapist and had a keen sense of bodily awareness. When she started to notice a disconnect between being able to feel and notice her own bodily sensations and emotions...

#straighfromcait: Is Crashing During Burnout Recovery Normal?

September 11, 2022 04:00 - 9 minutes - 8.65 MB

During the process of burnout recovery, you are likely to overdo it and cause yourself to feel fatigued. This is perfectly natural as you are re-learning how to interact with your environment, relationships, and your body in a healthier way. As you explore these boundaries to your own energy, you will slowly start to recognize them more and more and be able to better understand your body’s signals. In today’s #straightfromcait episode, Cait explains how to handle the frustration that comes w...

Martha Bodyfelt: Use Your Empowered Voice To Recover From Burnout

September 04, 2022 04:00 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MB

Martha Bodyfelt is a divorce recovery coach with an extensive military background. She spent decades suffering from burnout after enlisting in the military at 23, dealing with immigration difficulties for her Iranian now-ex husband, and experiencing secondary PTSD from handling the internal allegations of sexual harassment and assault made by fellow female military personnel. After a terrible training accident where she injured her spine so badly that it was a miracle she was not paralyzed, ...

Martha Bodyfelt: Use Your Empowered Voice To Recover From Burnout

September 04, 2022 04:00 - 55 minutes - 102 MB

Martha Bodyfelt is a divorce recovery coach with an extensive military background. She spent decades suffering from burnout after enlisting in the military at 23, dealing with immigration difficulties for her Iranian now-ex husband, and experiencing secondary PTSD from handling the internal allegations of sexual harassment and assault made by fellow female military personnel. After a terrible training accident where she injured her spine so badly that it was a miracle she was not paralyzed, ...

#straightfromsarah: Guided Meditation for Grounding, Filling up, and Protection

August 28, 2022 04:00 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MB

Guided meditation is a great way to center yourself by reconnecting with your body and the Earth around you. Meditation provides a safe space for your body to heal and replenish itself while keeping your mind clear enough for you to receive messages from your heart. In this week’s #straightfromsarah episode, FRIED Burnout Coach Sarah Vosen guides listeners through a meditation for grounding, filling up the body with energy, and creating a protected space.  Often burnout occurs after a long ...

Sophia Lepage: Reconnect with Deep Core Desires to Recover from Burnout

August 21, 2022 04:00 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MB

Sophia Lepage is a feminine embodiment and leadership coach who has spent the last 4 years helping women break free from the good girl mentality, reclaim pleasure, reconnect with their femininity, and recover from burnout. Sophia lived her entire early life trying to be a “good girl” at the expense of herself. She got so caught up in people-pleasing to avoid conflict and the potential of being the outcast that she lost sight of who she was and what she really wanted for her life. When an aff...

#straightfromcait: How to Deal with Guilt Associated with Burnout

August 14, 2022 04:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MB

No one likes to feel guilty. Most often people will choose resentment over guilt, because it feels easier to blame someone else than it does to process their guilt. Resentment takes a large toll on relationships and overall mental health and can worsen burnout. In today’s #straightfromcait episode, Cait explains how to skip over the resentment stage and instead process your guilt in order to be better protected from burnout long term.  Resentment occurs when you do an action you don’t agree...

Rebecca Kase: EMDR for Healing Trauma, Self-Care Cakes, and Hope for the Future

August 07, 2022 04:00 - 53 minutes - 49 MB

Rebecca Kase is a licensed clinical social worker and expert in EMDR. She experienced her worst burnout when working with a nonprofit organization in community mental health. A combination of toxic authoritarian leadership, unsafe work environment, and clinically challenging patients was the perfect recipe for burnout. Rebecca started to fall into maladaptive coping behaviors and received signals from her body that it was time to change paths. She realized she could not fix the problems with...

#straightfromsarah: What “Healing Isn't Linear” Means for Your Burnout Recovery

July 31, 2022 04:00 - 26 minutes - 48.7 MB

Are you having a hard time recognizing whether you’re recovering from burnout due to the ebbs and flows of the healing process? Healing is not linear and at times you may feel worse before you feel better. In this week’s #straightfromsarah episode, FRIED Burnout Coach Sarah Vosen talks about how to recognize the signs that you are in fact recovering and explains that healing is not linear, because nothing in life is linear.  When Sarah began to heal from her burnout and her adrenaline stopp...

#straightfromsarah: What “Healing Isn't Linear” Means for Your Burnout Recovery

July 31, 2022 04:00 - 26 minutes - 24 MB

Are you having a hard time recognizing whether you’re recovering from burnout due to the ebbs and flows of the healing process? Healing is not linear and at times you may feel worse before you feel better. In this week’s #straightfromsarah episode, FRIED Burnout Coach Sarah Vosen talks about how to recognize the signs that you are in fact recovering and explains that healing is not linear, because nothing in life is linear.  When Sarah began to heal from her burnout and her adrenaline stopp...

Danielle Cobo: Transforming Self Doubt and Using Resilience as a Resource

July 24, 2022 04:00 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MB

Danielle Cobo is a fascinating and inspiring force of a woman. She works as a career leadership and sales performance coach, hosts The Dream Job with Danielle Cobo podcast, and is a devoted military wife and mother. Her challenging life experiences helped her to become resilient and lead her down the path to entrepreneurship after a career in sales. Kidnapped by her mother at the age of 2, forced to grow up faster due to being left to fend for herself often from an early age, and kicked out ...

#straightfromcait: How Do I Know if I’m Recovering From Burnout or Stuck on the Burnout Cycle

July 17, 2022 04:00 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MB

During your burnout recovery, it may feel difficult to tell whether you are truly on the right path to recovery or still trapped in the burnout cycle. You will have ups and downs that may cause you to feel that your recovery is slipping back toward burnout again. In today’s #straightfromcait episode, Cait explains five signs to watch for that will let you know that you are on the right path.  Burnout recovery can feel a bit like a seesaw with all its ups and downs, but that is perfectly nat...

Merel Kriegsman: Success on Your Own Terms, Suicidal Ideations, Erotica, and All

July 10, 2022 04:00 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MB

Merel Kriegsman is the CEO and founder of her own company which helps women achieve their full wealth potential by marketing their most valuable gifts. She has helped countless women become successful entrepreneurs by assisting them with selling premium offers and programs. Merel began her career as an opera singer and then started her own business as a conversion copywriter which quickly grew into a business mentorship program. As she fought to maintain her expanding career, raise her child...

#straightfromsarah: Honoring Cycles to Boost Burnout Recovery

July 03, 2022 04:00 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MB

Have you been trying to live a linear lifestyle in a cyclical world? The truth is, Western society tends to look at life through a linear lens with a big focus on getting from point A to point B. In reality, life is cyclical and when we live out of sync with those cycles, we can be more susceptible to burnout. In this week’s #straightfromsarah episode, FRIED Burnout Coach Sarah Vosen talks about how we can honor the natural cycles in our world by acknowledging them and aligning our lifestyle...

Vanessa Zamy - Toxic Work Environments, Building a Side Hustle, and Being the Core of Your Life

June 26, 2022 04:00 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MB

Vanessa Zamy, The Business Defibrillator, is a keynote speaker, business expert, and bestselling author with her own consulting company. Her burnout occurred when she was working in a corporate job for a toxic, narcissistic boss while also trying to support and grow her new business on the side. She tried for months to make things work with her boss all while the universe kept sending her signs that it was time to leave that environment. Vanessa shares her experience with toxic work environm...

#straightfromcait: How To Tell People About Your Burnout

June 19, 2022 04:00 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MB

There comes a time when you may need to tell the people in your life about your burnout. Certain people like your HR department or your spouse will need to know in explicit detail in order to support your recovery to the best of their abilities. Others like co-workers or clients may not need to know as many details, but still need to know how it will impact them. In today’s #straightfromcait episode, Cait explains how to approach these conversations differently depending on whether you are s...

Dr. Kristen Donnelly: The Truth Behind Empathy As A Tool For Healing From Burnout

June 12, 2022 04:00 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MB

Dr. Kristen Donnelly, one of The Good Doctors of Abbey Research, is an international empathy educator. She has two decades of experience and an educational background in social work. Dr. Donnelly uses her PhD in social sciences to help people all over the world learn about empathy through her Ted Talks and hybrid, in-person, and virtual coaching. She shares her tips for how to use empathy to counter burnout after it helped her get through her own burnout in 2020. Tune into this episode to le...

The Truth Behind Empathy As A Tool For Healing From Burnout

June 12, 2022 04:00 - 52 minutes

Dr. Kristen Donnelly, one of The Good Doctors of Abbey Research, is an international empathy educator. She has two decades of experience and an educational background in social work. Dr. Donnelly uses her PhD in social sciences to help people all over the world learn about empathy through her Ted Talks and hybrid, in-person, and virtual coaching. She shares her tips for how to use empathy to counter burnout after it helped her get through her own burnout in 2020. Tune into this episode to lea...

#straightfromsarah: Knowing and Accepting Yourself Makes Burnout Recovery Faster

June 05, 2022 04:00 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MB

Do you feel like you’re not actually suited for the role you are trying to fill in your life? That role might not be the ideal one for you! In this week’s #straightfromsarah episode, FRIED Burnout Coach Sarah Vosen talks about ways to get to know yourself better and how to apply what you learn to help lead a more fulfilling and more burnout-proof life.  When Sarah realized she wasn’t thriving in her chosen profession, she could not understand why at first. However, once she started taking s...

Helena Lucia: Money, Burnout, and Interrupting Old Patterns After Leaving a Cult

May 29, 2022 04:00 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MB

Helena Lucia, founder and CEO of SISU Journey, is a speaker, podcast host and trauma-informed money coach. Her experiences growing up in an extreme fundamentalist religious cult led her down a path where she became passionate about helping others heal from childhood trauma through gaining a better relationship with money. She shares her tips for interrupting old patterns of behavior, healing from burnout, and rethinking how we view money. Tune into this episode to learn more. “Instead of ha...

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