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Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#203 Trapped in the Shame Spiral of isolation and self-abandonmentWhen burnout hits, most people think they’re simply tired. But underneath the exhaustion, there’s often a deeper driver: shame — that quiet voice that says, “You’re failing. You should be stronger.”In this episode, Dex unpacks how shame silently fuels isolation and self-abandonment in high performers, and what it really takes to break that destructive cycle.Through the story of “Mark,” a high-achieving executive who spiralled into withdrawal and disconnection, Dex reveals the hidden mechanisms of shame and how they erode confidence, relationships, and health — all while convincing us to “work harder.”You’l...
2025-11-1311 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#202 Not Good EnoughIn this episode, Dex unpacks how early conditioning shapes what we see as “truth,” and how those truths quietly drive our adult stress, dissatisfaction, and burnout. You’ll hear how our sense of being “not good enough” often began as a misguided attempt to stay loved and safe—and how that same belief now keeps us disconnected from joy and ease.Dex shares a personal story about a moment of beauty that felt strangely unsatisfying—and how that revealed a buried old belief still running the show. He explores how to unlearn those inherited “truths,” and why the road back to p...
2025-11-0614 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#200 You're Trying to Control The Wrong ThingMost leaders think they’re holding it all together under duress. But often what they’re really doing is gripping the steering wheel of a car that’s already crashed.Control feels powerful, but it’s actually a symptom of fear. When fear runs the show, we end up managing people instead of leading them, and circumstances instead of ourselves. We seek approval and safety in all the wrong places, forgetting that real leadership begins inside us.In this episode, Dex unpacks why our craving for control is so strong, how it quietly fuels burnout, and what...
2025-10-2317 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#199 Finding New HopeIn this episode, Finding New Hope, Dex explores how professionals can rediscover hope and purpose after burnout. Drawing inspiration from Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning, Dex shows how meaning and purpose are not luxuries—they’re essential for resilience, recovery, and fulfillment.He examines why burnout so often erodes hope, how chronic stress distorts our perception of self-worth, and what it takes to reclaim your power and confidence when you’ve run dry. Through visualization, reflection, and self-compassion, Dex invites you to reconnect with your authentic, capable self—the one who still believes in your own fut...
2025-10-1616 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#196 How to Break Free From Your Stress HabitIn July 2017, I had a heart attack brought on by stress and burnout. Six months later, just as I was getting back on my feet, I was hit by a car. I spent three months in hospital with broken bones, unable to move, and doing hundreds of rehab reps from a hospital bed.It was painful. It was stressful. And it forced me to learn how to handle real stress—the kind that shakes your whole life.In this episode, I talk about:Why stress feels automatic and overwhelmingHow modern stress (mostly emotional) hijacks ou...
2025-09-2525 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#189 Breaking Unconscious Habits That Keep You In BurnoutIn this episode, Dex introduces systems thinking as a powerful tool for breaking burnout loops. Rather than blaming ourselves for exhaustion, Dex explains how unseen patterns — feedback loops, delays, and misguided leverage — quietly reinforce overwork, perfectionism, and stress.You’ll hear how professionals like lawyers and doctors get stuck in these systems and how small but strategic shifts can transform your experience of work. Dex shares client stories, practical mental models, and journaling prompts to help you spot the invisible loops keeping you stuck — and how to break free.What You’ll Learn:Why burn...
2025-08-1416 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#186 Top 5 Mind-Body Tools for High-Achievers Discover 5 powerful mind-body tools that support recovery from stress, anxiety, and burnout. Dex shares personal stories, client experiences, and science-backed modalities including Reiki, EFT, MBSR, Polyvagal-informed practices, and coaching. Whether you’re new to mind-body medicine or curious to go deeper, this episode offers insight, relief, and real tools for healing. References and Resources:https://www.burnouttoleadership.com/1849743/episodes/13521789-ep-92-how-to-create-safety-with-your-magical-vagus-nervehttps://www.burnouttoleadership.com/1849743/episodes/13654015-ep-94-when-feeling-safe-doesn-t-feel-safehttps://www.burnouttoleadership.com/1849743/episodes/13654091-ep-95-mastering-your-emotionshttps://www.burnouttoleadership.com/1849743/episodes/16001476-ep-151-the-art-of-recharging-managing-anxiety-and-timehttps://www.burnouttoleadership.com/1849743/episodes/16433664-ep-162-powertool-7-better-relationshipshttps://www...
2025-07-2414 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#185 Mind-Body Approaches to RecoveryIn this episode on mind-body recovery, Dex explores how physical, emotional, and nervous system practices can help you break the burnout cycle—even when nothing else seems to be working.Forget effort-based solutions. These are small, proven actions that calm your system, rebuild confidence, and reconnect you to purpose—without needing more energy or motivation.You’ll learn:Why most burnout solutions fall shortWhat a mind-body approach really is (and isn’t)Why skeptical professionals still benefitSimple practices to reduce stress in minutesHow to counter burnout culture with connection and self-trustResour...
2025-07-1714 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#184 The Neuroscience of BurnoutBurnout changes your brain — literally! In this episode, Dex explains how stress rewires your mind, and how to restore energy, clarity, and joy.You’ll learn:Why you’re foggy, anxious or flat — but not brokenThe brain science of burnout (amygdala, cortisol, executive function)Practical ways to calm your nervous system and rebuild clarity and driveIf you’re feeling numb, stuck or off your game, there’s a path back.ResourcesMan’s Search for Meaning – Viktor FranklBig Potential – Shawn AchorJoy on Demand – Chade-Meng TanThe Heart of Trauma – Bo...
2025-07-1026 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#183 Exploring the Quantum with Henning R. JensenWhat if energy, stress, and perception held the keys to physical and emotional healing? In this conversation, Dex sits down with Henning R. Jensen, quantum physics author and energy expert, to explore how the subtle forces of thought, emotion, and trauma affect our health, biology, and potential.You’ll learn how quantum principles apply to everyday life—and how understanding your energetic system might unlock healing, clarity, and joy. A must-listen for professionals curious about the deeper drivers of burnout, stress, and human performance.ResourcesHenning's Book https://www.amazon.com/You-C...
2025-07-0340 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#181 Why your promotion feels exhaustingWhen the Crown Feels Heavy: Why Promotions Burn You Out (and How to Grow Into Them)Stepping into a new leadership role should feel like a win — so why does it so often feel like stress, self-doubt, and exhaustion?In this episode, Dex reveals the hidden burnout risks that come with promotions, role changes, and leadership transitions. You’ll learn why these exciting career moments often trigger overwhelm — and how to consciously grow into your new identity without losing yourself or burning out.🔍 In this episode:Why stepping up often leads to...
2025-06-1916 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#180 Coaching or TherapyIn this week’s episode, Dex breaks down the crucial differences—and surprising overlaps—between coaching and psychotherapy, especially for professionals experiencing burnout.You'll learn:When therapy is essential—and when coaching may serve you betterWhy some people don’t get full relief from therapy or medication aloneHow coaching can transform burnout—even if your workplace or boss doesn’t changeThe real reason habits like overeating, overdrinking or doomscrolling creep in during burnout—and how they naturally fall away during recoveryA simple guide to help you decide which support you need right nowIf you've ever w...
2025-06-1208 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#179 For the Burned-Out Helper Gratitude as MedicineIn this episode, we explore a surprising yet research-backed path to recovery from burnout: gratitude. If you’re working in health care—or in any high-stress, high-stakes profession—you might feel like there’s no room for gratitude when your world is collapsing. But what if it could be one of the most powerful tools to reverse the helplessness and disconnection of burnout?Dex shares stories, science, and practical exercises to help you reconnect with what’s still working—even when everything else feels broken. We cover:Why gratitude doesn’t mean minimizing your sufferingHow it restores energ...
2025-06-0509 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#178 Take Back What Burnout Stole from YouBurnout steals more than energy — it robs you of pride, peace, and purpose. But you can take it back.In this episode, Dex pulls no punches. If burnout has dimmed your light, made you question your worth, or left you exhausted and underperforming, this is your wake-up call. Not to push harder — but to reclaim your power and reframe your career on your terms.You’ll learn:Why burnout is not a personal failure — but a call to transformation3 powerful mindset shifts that restore energy, optimism, and performance — without ch...
2025-05-2912 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#177 Chronic Stress vs BurnoutAre you “just” stressed, or quietly burning out?In high-stakes careers, chronic stress can feel normal—even expected. But when left unchecked, it turns into burnout: a state of emotional, mental, and physical depletion that affects your performance, relationships, and health.In this episode, Dex explores:The key differences between chronic stress and burnoutHow elite professionals unknowingly normalise stress10 workplace and societal forces that accelerate burnoutThe 12 warning signs you're slipping from stress into burnoutWhy burnout erodes your relationships—including the one with yourselfWhat to do when rest and recovery...
2025-05-2209 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#174 From Numb to UnstoppableDex takes you on a powerful journey—out of burnout, numbness, and self-doubt, and back into power, clarity, and authentic performance. If you’ve lost your mojo and can’t remember what it felt like to thrive at work, this episode is for you.What You’ll Learn:Why burnout often masquerades as “just a slump”;How Type A high performers collapse under the weight of their own expectations;The real reason self-criticism is so destructive—and how to stop it;A 4-step practice to rebuild self-trust and inner safety;Why self-compassio...
2025-05-0109 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#171 The Discipline Trap – Why Pushing Harder Won’t Cure Your BurnoutIs self-discipline the cure for burnout—or part of the problem?If you’ve ever told yourself, “I just need to get my act together,” or felt ashamed for not being able to power through exhaustion, this episode is for you.We unpack one of the most damaging myths around burnout: that you can fix it by trying harder. For high-performing professionals, this trap is especially dangerous. The very trait that’s propelled you forward—relentless self-discipline—can become the force that drives you to collapse.In this honest and compassionate conversation, you’ll learn:-W...
2025-04-1009 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#167 What to Do About DespairDo you feel crushed by despair? Today we delve into the nature of despair, its physical and emotional signs, and understanding your experiences with burnout and despair. Healing starts with acknowledging your feelings and finding a trusted person outside your family as a guide to combat the challenges. Antidotes include finding hope, perspective, and positive connection, and if you are struggling to create a more fulfilling life and career, speak with Dex about coaching. Show Notes We Need To Talk About Shame, Brene Brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C6UELitWkw
2025-03-1319 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#155 10 Burnout Recovery Powertools This week launches series 3 of the podcast, starting with 10 episodes with all the wisdom from 7 years of burnout coaching, distilled into the 10 vital powertools YOU need to master recovery from burnout.Follow each weekly episode and practice the techniques you learn, watching your daily stress reduce as your skills build.Today's episode introduces the series and explains what you will achieve with these powertools and why they work.Each episode is bundled with free resources for you, such as worksheets, complementary podcast topics, and the exercises to practice. Show Notes:J...
2024-12-1914 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp105 Scrambled EggsYou 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 back to more helpful states.This was Dex's experience during his own burnout - overtiredness causing scrambled thoughts. You are not broken - any labels you associate with 'the scramble', such as ADHD, anxiety, imposter, burnout do not d...
2023-12-2117 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsS023 Jonathan Pritchard the Million Dollar MindreaderIn this podcast episode, Dex Randall interviews Jonathan Pritchard, a mentalist and showman known as the "million dollar mind reader." Jonathan shares his journey in the world of mentalism, starting with his interest in magic tricks and eventually becoming a professional magician and martial arts."100% engaged, 0% attached is a very strong kung fu lesson".Jonathan discusses the importance of defining the desired effect and outcome in magic performances and the power of a good script. Dex and Jonathan also talk about being introverts in performative roles and how they have found success in their careers...
2023-09-2844 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsS019 Duncan So - helping workplaces recover from burnoutIn this episode I chew the fat on burnout recovery with renowned expert Duncan So. We share the view that burnout is a wake-up call - the body's catalyst to a magical transition into your next level of power and success.Duncan is an engineer turned burnout recovery expert. He reveals profound insights into burnout at a societal, organisational and personal level. Duncan delivers clinical burnout retreat experiences to leaders and is based in Toronto, Canada. He is also a Master Practitioner of NLP, MER, and Clinical Hypnotherapy and works with psychedelics in burnout recovery.
2023-05-2336 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#66 Leadership skills #2 - Team LeadershipTeam Leadership is part 2 of the Leadership skills 101 series for the technical person.You will learn my top tips in the 5 main areas of team leadership: Trust; Building a Team; Inspiring on a common goal; Developing talent; and Accountability.If your leadership is impersonal, focussed more on financial or technical success than empowering your team - you're leaving a lot of money on the table - this episode is for you.You CAN develop the skills of a high-acheiving leader that will propel you up the ladder for the rest of your l...
2023-02-1628 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#65 Leadership skills #1 - Top 4 Executive SkillsI help men emerge from burnout, which I love to do. Seeing a man get back on his feet, return to the helm of his life and enjoy work, people and life is delightful. Watching his career blossom again- it's magic. Hearing the quality of his relationships deepen - excellent!But it doesn't stop there. The high-achieving men who come to me are natural born leaders, but they're often held back by hidden forces within themselves.Leadership skills are just skills. Anyone can learn them. I teach them, as most men I work with have...
2023-02-0925 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#64 Goals #5 Success Story - Sam the family manGoal Success Story #2, as told by my client Sam in this interview. Sam emerged from burnout and rebuilt his work self in a way that inspired him to set and achieve big career goals and more importantly to do this calmly, with optimism, confidence and positivity. Sam's other goal was caring for his family - his wife, son and new baby.Hear Sam talk about how he did it.Send us a text----------------------------------- Burnout Resources:Start 1-on-1 burnout recovery at https:/mini.dexrandall.comChat with Dex...
2023-02-0212 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#63 Goals #4 Success Story - Pejman triples his businessGoal Success Story #1, as told by my client Pejman in this interview. Pejman emerged from burnout and rebuilt his work self in a way that inspired him to achieve business goals that he'd set 3 years ago. He tripled his business revenue and that was just the start.Hear Pejman talk about how he did it.Send us a text----------------------------------- Burnout Resources:Start 1-on-1 burnout recovery at https:/mini.dexrandall.comChat with Dex AI Coach https://app.coachvox.ai/share/dexrandallConfidential. Expert. Free. Solve problems fast.
2023-02-0215 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#62 Goals #3 Failing gracefully4 top tips to manage fails when you're working on goals.Goals can be a great adventure, but so often we set them up in a punishing way and find them hard to enjoy. The worst part is often embracing the inevitable fails and managing our reluctance to take action in the face of potential failure.Here we will explore the best way to tackle fear of failure, doubt, confusion, frustration and other showstopping emotions that can block our way to achieiving any goal.Complete your own Goal Failure Protocol worksheet, to decide ahead...
2023-01-2623 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#61 Goals #2 Motivation versus instant gratificationTop 2 tips to get you started taking action on your goal without giving in to endless distractions, fear, doubt and procrastination.My best tips for starting (or resuming) work on a goal with clear intention, high motivation and sufficient self-support to keep going.You will achieve any goal with persistence. Listen here to help you develop that persistence through kindness, not threat.Send us a text----------------------------------- Burnout Resources:Start 1-on-1 burnout recovery at https:/mini.dexrandall.comChat with Dex AI Coach https://app.coachvox.ai/share...
2023-01-1916 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#60 Goals #1 Start your goal off the easy wayGoals challenge us, but they don't have to be a dreaded slog, filled with procrastinationa and remorse. Make it easy on yourself using the tips in this episode. Connecting a goal with meaning and purpose will give your goal the best chance of survival! As you set the goal, explore WHY it's important to you and who you will become on the achieving of it. Where, on life's journey, will it take you?Above all, don't set a goal because you 'should'., e.g. I should do more yoga, meditate or lose weight. Those goals, a...
2023-01-1220 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsS012 Liam Caswell High Performance NursingLiam Caswell is a former Nurse Unit Manager and highly qualifed career coach for nurses. His mission is to create a psychologically safe working environment for nurses to thrive within their careers. This is an aim I'm very much aligned with - I believe our health care workers in general do an incredible job under often very stressful, demanding and sometimes unsupportive conditions.If you're a nurse looking to uplevel your career, you can reach Liam viaLiam Caswell CoachingHigh Performance Nursing podcastInstagramHow to build your healthcare career Facebook Group
2023-01-0532 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsS011 Dr Hannah Royster on medical trainingAn interview with Dr Hannah Royster, who trained as a doctor in Australia and has just released her book "In Turn" - a fictionalised memoir of her hospital internship.Hannah battled deafness, epilepsy and brain cancer in childhood, missing substantial schooling, but miraculously went on to graduate medical school. She tells the story in this episode of her challenging medical training, internship and burnout.Show Notes:Audio/book: "In Turn" by Hannah RoysterInstagram: @h.g.roysterFacebook: @hannahgrace.roysterWeb: hgroyster.comSend us a text...
2022-12-3140 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#59 The Goodness WithinIt's my contention that - no matter how deep in burnout you may be - you are a glorious human being. Your current suffering is more superficial than intrinsic.So let's explore and excavate that inner goodness. It will relieve your suffering to re-connect first with yourself and then others.Send us a text----------------------------------- Burnout Resources:Start 1-on-1 burnout recovery at https:/mini.dexrandall.comChat with Dex AI Coach https://app.coachvox.ai/share/dexrandallConfidential. Expert. Free. Solve problems fast.For even more TIPS...
2022-12-2918 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#58 Opening to Better ThingsHere are 5 reasons you might baulk when someone makes you a wonderful offer to create a better life. I show you how to overcome your own objections, if the offer's something you actually do want.92% of New Year's Resolutions end up in the weeds. Learn how to put yourself in the 8% that make theirs happen.Our brains are biased against new ideas, but if you understand where your reservations are coming from, you CAN create the change you seek.As we come on to the New Year, you can use this understanding to...
2022-12-2218 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#57 Uncertainty and AnxietyFaced with uncertainty, many of us feel anxious and try to avoid whatever's happening by burying our heads in addictive behaviors like snacking, drinking, gaming or doom-scrolling.Since life is fundamentally always uncertain, and since our anxiety is a very poor predictor of what happens next, we can instead develop a softer relationship with uncertainty and become curious. We can save ourselves a lot of suffering, by opening to life as it is.---Show notes:Comfortable with Uncertainty, Pema ChodronSend us a text----------------------------------- Burnout Resources:
2022-12-1516 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#56 Victimhood versus AuthorityMany of us don't feel safe in burnout and see ourselves as victims of an unfair system. We grasp for control, seeking the safety we lack.That's not working, eh?Even if the system IS treacherous, trying to reform it can be fruitless and leave us feeling even more helpless and resentful. No problem! If this sounds like your situation, you have MUCH more control over your own experience than you think. Don't wait for the system, find out how to return to genuine power and authority over your life. A sense...
2022-12-0818 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#55 Dex and the Deathly HallowsExploring burnout, trauma and Type A behavior to discover the connection between childhood experiences and later susceptibility to burnout. And sharing some of my own journey and study on trauma.Show NotesType A personality theory In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness, Peter A LevineThe Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture, Gabor MateSend us a text----------------------------------- Burnout Resources:Start 1-on-1 burnout recovery at https:/mini.dexrandall.comChat with Dex AI Coach h...
2022-12-0118 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#54 Recession Proof your CareerAre you in daily stress, overwork, frustration and exhaustion? That's not good.If we're heading for recession, you need to be in better shape!Let's create a really robust YOU at work, right now.Don't wait for the crash, that won't be fun!Start Burnout Recovery NowBecause if a recession is your chance to stand out, you need at least to be standing up and being counted when it arrives. This coaching program will more than get you there. With coaching, you CAN lead the charge...
2022-11-2421 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#53 What Becomes PossibleIf you're ready for big change in your life but somehow you're holding yourself back, here's how to release yourself in to what is truly possible for you.It starts with letting go of your limited view of yourself, what you have achieved so far and (by extension) what you think you reasonably might achieve in the future.No big leap forward was ever made by iteration.Reinvention is the game, and shedding your old skin is the cost of entry.Are you ready?Send us a text
2022-11-1721 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsSpecial 010: Andrew Lustig ND, humanitarian aid in UkraineAndrew Lustig ND left being CEO of a media corporation in NYC to found Global Outreach Doctors, sending teams to offer humanitarian medical support on the frontline in Ukraine, and other humanitarian crises across the world. Hear Andrew's journey, what took him on this courageous new life course and his experiences in disaster zones over the years.Andrew talks about life and what matters to him, as well as his experience of burnout.Please support Andrew's work supplying medical aid in Ukraine and other world humanitarian crises by charitable donatation at:
2022-11-1040 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#52 Quiet QuittingQuiet Quitting - turning up for one's job and doing the bare minimum - what do you think ? I've been hearing many opinions that strike me as unsympathetic, so here I choose to redress the balance.If you're burnt out and quiet quitting, that seems like a rational response, but it's unlikely to help you feel better. I believe resolving burnout itself gives you much broader and more powerful options.So, listen for tips on resolving Quiet Quitting as an individual or as a leader.Show Notes:Good to Great, Jim Collins
2022-11-0312 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#51 When Things Fall ApartIt's that moment when fear blows up in our faces and suddenly we CAN'T hold it together any more. Things stop working and we're left alone with our feelings.Life is trying to tell us something. In my case, that there is deeper post-burnout growth available, there's more truth to face. It's another layer of the onion and I'm choosing to stay open and present to that. Let the reinvention begin!Show Notes:What's Happening at Work Part 1, Brene BrownReflections from my summer sabbatical, Brene BrownWhen Things Fall Apart, Pema...
2022-10-2719 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#50 You are not brokenBurning out is what your brain does to protect you when you've been going too hard for too long and need to slow down. Nothing is fundamentally wrong with you, and you will make a 100% recovery when you learn how.Listen to real life examples of men experiencing burnout - it's different for each of them.BUT the recovery toolset works for everyone. With coaching, you will learn all the tools and I will help you apply them to your flavour of burnout to recover your mojo, your success and your enjoyment at workand in...
2022-10-2023 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#49 Predictably irrational decison-makingWhy do smart people make irrational decisions every day? The answers will surprise you. Humans are a bit quirky in our decison-making. It's more of an art than a science.In fact, we make decisions based to a large extent on our survival instincts, ego, emotions - ANYTHING but logical anaylsis.This week I review Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely to deep-dive into how we make decisions. You will be amazed!Predictably Irrational by Dan ArielySend us a text----------------------------------- Burnout Resources:Start 1-on-1 burnout recovery at https:/mini...
2022-10-1315 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#48 What's NOT wrong with youHere's Dr James Davies' tweet on his top 9 completely fictitious psych-diagnoses. Oddly, they all relate to burnout, and are difficulties my clients resolve through the Burnout Recovery program.The suffering inherent in these conditions is immense, and it's no wonder that burnout sufferers buckle under the collective weight of them.In this episode I give you some tips on how to deal with each of them, using the same methods that work for all my clients. You absolutely CAN recover from burnout and thrive again, at a level beyond anything you think possible.
2022-10-0619 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#47 How to fix stubborn problemsWith coaching we can solve any problem. But sometimes we're so used to the old way of reacting to things, or to people we know, that we abandon the solution in favour of what we used to do, that didn't work so well. So here's what to do in that case, to handle stubborn problems.Send us a text----------------------------------- Burnout Resources:Start 1-on-1 burnout recovery at https:/mini.dexrandall.comChat with Dex AI Coach https://app.coachvox.ai/share/dexrandallConfidential. Expert. Free. Solve problems fast.For...
2022-09-2920 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#46 How to fix problemsThere is a primary coaching and self-coaching tool that you can learn to fix any problem. It's called the model and here's how to use it. Learn how the brain works, what causes us to see 'problems' everywhere, and what to do about it. You can't fix the world, what happens in it, or other people, but you can feel better about it nonetheless.Self-coaching model The Life Coach School Fixed vv Growth Mindset Carol DweckIf you are in burnout, come and talk to me and let's make a plan to fix that.
2022-09-2213 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#45 Working with traumaMost of us have experienced traumatic experiences in our lives, if we use the broader definition of trauma. I'm not talking about PTSD here ("big T" trauma, which requires a different therapeutic approach to resolve), but challenging events we've experienced in the past that pinged our amygdala and left an imprint on our memories, colouring our present-day reactions to similar situations. Often these will have occurred during childhood, before we developed adult capacities to manage our emotions. If you are in burnout and find yourself in an amygdala response, that takes over how you behave and brings...
2022-09-1519 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#44 Growth versus Fixed mindsetHow to cultivate a growth mindset, to move away from burnout and create what you want. When you understand the difference between fixed and growth mindset, you can invest more belief in yourself. Becoming unlimited is the secret to letting your brain learn and grow. You can find new ways to BE in the world; to develop curiosity and be inquisitive about how to expand your capacity and intelligence.See Mindset - Changing The Way You think To Fulfil Your Potential by Dr Carol DweckSend us a text----------------------------------- Burnout Resources:...
2022-09-0713 min
Burnout Recovery: Strategies for ProfessionalsEp#43 Seven ways to create self-confidenceSelf-confidence - the feeling of trust in one's abilities, qualities and judgement - is something you can boost at any time. One of the quickest ways is to simply focus on your assets not your flaws - something many of us forget to do!In this episode I give you 7 ways to create self-confidence that you can practise right now.Send us a text----------------------------------- Burnout Resources:Start 1-on-1 burnout recovery at https:/mini.dexrandall.comChat with Dex AI Coach https://app.coachvox.ai/share/dexrandallConfidential. Expert...
2022-09-0114 min