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The podcast for slightly dented execs and professionals seeking massive success, strong leadership and fulfilment. Weekly tips and techniques for high-achieving Type A professionals to beat burnout and restore outstanding leadership, performance and ease at work. Podcast hosted by Master Burnout Coach Dex Randall. - Burnout Recovery Coaching https://dexrandall.com - Burnout Recovery eCourse https://bit.ly/burnoutecourse - Guest Podcast Appearances https://bit.ly/dex-guest-appearances
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Send us a text There's something about burnout that grinds us down to a stump, until we have lost energy and hope, and almost stop trying to fix anything. Motivation hits an all-time low. We're missing deadlines right and left. Unfortunately, burnout thrives in this paralysis. To free up energy to make change, we might need a bit of help - from som…
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Send us a text Team leaders: you CAN help prevent your team burning out. Despite years of pioneering work into psychological safety at work, up to 67% of Australian workers felt burnt out in a three month period in 2024. How can this be? If you lead a team and they (or you!) are experiencing burnout, here are my top 10 suggestions to restore balanc…
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Send us a text If you're flat out disappointed most of the time in burnout, the good news is that this is avoidable. It's within your control to change your experience, because it's your expectations that sow the seeds of disappointment. And many of your expectations are actually redundant - they don't make your life better. Reducing your ne…
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Send us a text Becoming your strongest ally is a choice. Many people have not been taught the kind of self-belief that will protect them from burnout for life. Perhaps that's why you're here? I can teach you. Self-belief is a CHOICE, and we can LEARN how to do it. This, more than any other choice we might make, is the gift that keeps on giving and …
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Send us a text Burnout tells us it cannot be redeemed, that our golden days (if we had them!) are over! So here's how to rekindle the flame of your essential goodness post-burnout: What are the conditions to come back full force, better and stronger, after burnout? What has been lost, what must be regained? The answers may surprise you, because you…
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Ep#137 Alchemy - Transforming burnout to joy
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Send us a text The alchemy of transforming burnout into joy takes a little getting used to. But I cannot otherwise explain the transformation that clients go through, when they come in riddled with negativity, feeling dragged down and lifeless and coming out smiling, cheerful and full of optimism and enthusiasm. So listen in, here is the alchemy, b…
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Send us a text It can be oh-so-tempting to blame others for our burnout blues. Usually, we won't win that fight, and the cost will be more than we can bear, and our despair will increase. Whether others blame us, or we blame others, we might instead extract ourselves from the battle and soothe our bruised souls. Here's how. Show Notes: https://www.…
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Send us a text What you need to know about codependence and its detrimental effects on relationships. Codependent behaviors stem from fear of rejection and a commensurate need for approval and control, leading to dysfunctional relationship dynamics that impact self-esteem, emotional maturity and connection. It's possible to overcome such behaviors …
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Send us a text Somewhere in the depths of burnout, life may become so dark that we hide our bleak reality from ourselves. As if we're personally bankrupt - our previous capable self no longer available - and we retreat in distress. Happily, burnout is reversible, and the restoration includes your mood, performance, sociability, self-esteem, enthusi…
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Ep#133 Hannah Holden on Burnout Prevention
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Send us a text Hannah Holden, a Burnout Prevention expert from UK, speaks about her own burnout experience and how she now works with others. She shares mindfulness and breathing practices for calming the nervous system, being more present with one's children and living a healthier, happier, more purposeful life. Show Notes: Essential Toolkit for i…
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Send us a text Let's explore how extreme ownership can help you bounce back from burnout and boost your leadership skills. It's so powerful to own your actions, performance and mistakes, instead of overcommitting or trying to please everyone, or passing the buck. Understanding the pressures others face can really help with better communication and …
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Send us a text Childhood gave us rules for survival that worked well then, but can be counter-productive in adulthood. At work, our unresolved childhood fears pop up at random and trigger the amygdala, freezing our adult brain. We cannot (in the moment) solve a fear that happened decades ago. However, coaching is particularly successful in unburden…
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Send us a text If you don't know what burnout truly is, how can you tell if you're in it? Or what to do about it? Let's explode a few myths you may have heard about burnout, so you can get a clear understanding and find a solution if you need one. Seeking help early, and practising compassion for your battered self, will save you repeating painful …
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Send us a text Have you ever considered how safe you feel at work to speak up, take risks, or be yourself? And if you are a leader, how that affects your leadership and team? Here we tackle the much-discussed (but often not implemented) basics of psychological safety. It's more than a buzzword; it's the bedrock of team stability, where belonging, c…
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Send us a text Burnout recovery starts with safety. Until you feel safe at work, it will be a challenge to overcome your fear-driven reactivity and perform well.. Happily, you can create all the safety you need inside of you - by learning to give yourself the unconditional love, approval and acceptance you've always wanted. It works! Learn what lac…
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Send us a text Get my 4 best tips to prevent burnout here. Do ever wonder where the line is between chronic stress and burnout? And if you have crossed it? Or how to know if your loved ones or colleagues are burned out? This week's episode helps you recognize burnout and make good decisions about it, whether it's your burnout or someone else's. I o…
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Send us a text Burnout shuts us down big time, cramming us up inside with our negative emotions. We become automatons, plodding through our day, trying to satisfy others, forgetting about things we like to do. What we discard on the way is our authenticity, leaving a dull empty ache. In this episode I invite you to a better place, where being you i…
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Send us a text Special guest and fellow burnout recovery coach Eugene Lee talks about how he burned out at 27yo. I love this story because it represents young professionals who are burning out at ever increasing rates and very many are not receiving the support they need. I work with young men in college or recently graduated, because it's vital fo…
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Send us a text Change is fun, right? Well, not always, but anything has to be better than burnout :) Here are some ideas to boost your learning power and results in burnout recovery - to make change as easy, seamless and fun as possible. You will quickly restore energy and confidence through coaching as you get some wins on the board. I know you're…
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Send us a text Belonging is a gnarly topic to raise with anyone in burnout, who is caught between wanting to be seen as a high-performer, and guiltily slinking away, feeling like a failure. Belonging is widely misunderstood. We think it's conferred upon us by others. That's a limited view, because if we fail to offer ourselves belonging, we can't r…
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Send us a text Most people can't recover from burnout alone - because what got them into burnout will not get them out. It takes a mentor - but asking for help rarely comes naturally to those in burnout. Worse, many find it hard to receive the goodness of such help. Imposter Syndrome and feeling unworthy get in the way, along with the burning desir…
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Send us a text It can be hard for a successful executive or professional with an established reputation to admit to burnout. Yet for such a person, burnout recovery requires expert help. It's a rare human indeed who can pick themselves up alone, when the bootstraps are broken. We investigate here the pros and cons, where the best solutions come fro…
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Send us a text If you're struggling to deal with moral outrage or moral injury at work, and it's contributing to burnout for you, here are some ways you can heal your suffering. Don't stay in suffering, take action because you DO have some measure of control. When we accept the status quo, and change seems impossible, there is a new way to understa…
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Send us a text Are you stuck in burnout or career growth? Let's talk about breaking free from stuckness and overcoming burnout. The origins of stuckness lie in our self-belief and fears, and burnout symptoms prevent us seeing past them. This is the cycle of exhaustion and frustration, and the behaviors that perpetuate it, including busywork and sel…
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Send us a text Don't accept being stuck with an under-performing and fragile brain. Practice these simple exercises to gain more mastery over burnout. Replace the societal focus on over-achievement with productive authenticity to tune up your human potential and results. The simple act of releasing limiting inner voices speeds up burnout recovery. …
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Send us a text Our human bodies are designed to heal, but under a constant burden of high stress, not enough sleep, poor diet, lack of exercise, less than nourishing social connections and willful self-neglect, thriving is not always possible. At the peak of burnout, our bodies lose tone, vitality and resilience. Many new clients come to me with si…
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Send us a text It can be tough(!) to pause for self-care when burnt out, but those essential pauses can be transformative. I've learned that the act of being kind to oneself is not a luxury; it's a necessity - our souls die without it. Don't they? Do you wish people would support you more? Are you being a bit TOO tough on yourself? What do you thin…
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Send us a text Are your feeling burned out and stuck because of learned helplessness? It can happen to anyone! In a burnout context, Learned Helplessness can simply be an old pattern of thinking amenable to gentle self-supporting change. e.g. for me, around academic success. Overcoming it will help you regain control of your life. Becoming curious …
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Send us a text One of the most common indicators of burnout is feeling disrespected. We tend to feel unacknowledged, under-valued, unsupported and used. Which we naturally don't appreciate when we're also giving our all as highly skilled and over-worked professionals. So, this week here are my top 4 tips to handle the oversized emotional trigger of…
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Ep114 The Transformative Power of Self-Advocacy
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Send us a text Feeling undervalued and overwhelmed in your professional life? As someone who has navigated the murky waters of burnout, I've learned that self-advocacy isn't just about speaking up—it's about recognizing your worth. Let's talk about why asserting your needs can reignite passion in your work and how it's a game-changer for your emoti…
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Send us a text We humans spend much of our time lying outrageously to ourselves about ourselves and our own capabilities, twisting the data to match our beliefs. Which would be fine, except in burnout, when our beliefs suck. Specifically, we see limitations where none exist. Let's take a fresh look, and open up an exciting new world of possibility …
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Send us a text I want to let you know how different your life will look after burnout. But if I told you, you wouldn't believe me ;) So instead I'll show you WHY it's going to be different. And you can work out the details for yourself. ----------------------------------- Burnout Resources: Get 1-on-1 burnout recovery coaching at https:/mini.dexran…
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Send us a text I would (pre-burnout) have loved to be invincible. Sadly, I was shaking at the knees with raw vulnerability instead. Invincible would have been SO convenient and face-saving. Many of us disposed to burnout secretly give invincibility a try, even knowing it's a dud. Its apparent protective quality is so seductive. Unfortunately, it's …
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S24 Your Heart Was Made For This - Oren Jay Sofer
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Send us a text Spiritual heart advice for troubled times! Oren is a meditation and non-violent communication teacher, somatic practitioner and author of "Your Heart Was Made for This: Contemplative Practices to Meet a World In Crisis with Courage, Integrity, and Love." He teaches at Spirit Rock and the book is a practical guide to cultivating skill…
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Send us a text Sensitivity and hypersensitivity are common for people experiencing burnout. In fact, these days, they're just common for people! If you feel overly sensitive when you are under duress, anxious and living on adrenaline - that makes sense, doesn't it? But don't worry, this will change through burnout recovery, as you build greater ene…
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Send us a text If your goal's lying in the weeds, it's never too late to re-start it and be your own hero after all. Here's how. Chances are it's fear of failure (or a similarly unwelcome emotion) that stopped you. That would be why 91% of people fail at goals. But if you could handle the suck of not knowing how you will succeed, until you do... If…
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Send us a text We live in uncertain times - Covid, economy, politics - and it's important to notice how you feel about that, and how it affects your decision-making. Success thinking dwindles whenever we lose confidence, but at such times it's more important than ever to focus on your goals. A bold attitude shines brighter when others are in retrea…
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Send us a text If you've ever wondered how burnout coaching works in practice, this is the episode for you. I break down each of the components and services that combine to guide you smoothly out of burnout. Every step of the way is tailored to your experience, your challenges and whatever you personally need to progress towards your goal with the …
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Send us a text If you've wondered how and why burnout recovery coaching is so effective, or wondered if it's for you, find out here. Learn about the core skills that will transform your work life completely. ----------------------------------- Burnout Resources: Get 1-on-1 burnout recovery coaching at https:/mini.dexrandall.com Burnout Recovery eCo…
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Send us a text You may find that under chronic stress your brain goes a bit wonky and starts feeding you suboptimal thoughts about life. That could be due to fatigue, distraction, overwhelm...etc. Remember that your thoughts at such moments are not facts - false beliefs, exhaustion and memories can muddle your thinking - but you CAN find your way b…
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Send us a text Type A super-achievers can be rather obsessed with being the one who can fix every problem, and whose work ethic and performance are top shelf. But this ultimately contributes to burnout! If that's you, burnout recovery is a gift that keeps on giving. You will learn a gentler way to be brilliant and deliver your best work to the worl…
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Send us a text Are you feeling on shakier ground since Covid? Did you experience an ongoing shift in your world view? Many people appear to have lost confidence in the world since Covid, and certainly in my coaching practice I see people's optimism suppressed. Planet Money tells us that consumer confidence is still way down. Let's examine why we st…
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Send us a text There are important and revealing questions to ask yourself about your ambition, or lack of it. Why do/don't you feel driven to achieve something? What itch are you trying to scratch? Is your ambition driven by scarcity or abundance? Learn about the 3 types of ambition, and discover when and how it's easiest to kickstart new goals, i…
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Send us a text Towards year end is the perfect time to plan for next year. What do you want more of? Less of? What would a perfect year look like? Because if we set a direct course, we're infinitely more likely to be gratified than if we dwell in fear and doubt, not daring to set any firm goal. Silently backburnering your year before it even starts…
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Send us a text As Thanksgiving, school break, the festive season and the new work year descend upon us - How can we set ourselves up for ease and enjoyment, rather than increasing bouts of pressure and irritation? Be the host you want to be - focus on enjoyment, delegate tasks, and create a welcoming atmosphere at your home. Be the guest and compan…
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Send us a text Many people have been feeling a bit destabilised in these changing times - more exposed, vulnerable and fragile. Less in control. Especially those who tend towards chronic anxiety and burnout. Today we look at the perfect storm that got us here, and I share some practical exercises for you to self-right when you feel this way. Coachi…
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Send us a text One of the least fun(!) parts of burnout can be how it affects our financial security - perhaps because we're not selling, earning, saving, or spending in our most rational and effective way. Or because we're suspended from work, off sick or between jobs. Or simply because the economy has turned down and we're feeling the pinch. Not …
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Send us a text The first step in burnout recovery is being clear about what problem you're trying to solve. Then step 2 is finding an effective cure. Many people come to me with what they THINK might be burnout, because my speciality is executive and professional burnout. They tend to have four main questions for me: Is this burnout? If so, why am …
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Ep#96 When you feel like the world is against you
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Send us a text Sometimes in life, when we hit a low point in our own energy and start seeing problems everywhere, we feel like the world is against us. It's understandable in our modern culture AND it can be a hard spot to bounce back from. So today, let's take a look at why that might happen in burnout and the things we CAN do about that. There ar…
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Send us a text In burnout, we are typically over-run with all kinds of negative emotions, that wear us down, reduce our effectiveness at work and impact our mood and energy. Once we're very tired, this experience can become the norm and our defence against it is often to shut down our painful feelings, so we can get through our day. Sadly, we canno…
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