Items tagged with "exhaustion":

How to Cure a Case of Novemberitis (and Coviditis)

Every November I post my blog about Novemberitis. This year I have updated it to include the new affliction of Coviditis…. Ah November! Such an in between time of the year. Winter (or summer) has left and summer (or winter) hasn’t arrived. The current year is almost over and the new year hasn’t...

How to Address Decision Fatigue as a Chief Everything Officer

Anyone who runs their own coaching business knows how complex and demanding being a solopreneur can be. We have to be making all the decisions about everything all the time. We need to decide what to charge, how to charge, when to charge. We need to do invoicing, reconciliations and tax returns. We...

3 Habits to Reverse Burnout

Every aspect of life is affected by burnout. When we have burnout, we are not just physically tired or emotionally delicate. We don’t just feel existentially unsure or question all our life choices. It’s not only that our brains feel mushy and we struggle to remember things. We are not merely easily...

Women and Burnout

Every year, there is much attention and fanfare about International Women’s day. The week that 8 March falls in is filled with news and views about women and the importance of recognising our importance. While some people are not convinced that there should be a day dedicated to thinking about women...

When a Holiday is Not Enough

You’ve just had a 3-week holiday. You should be feeling rested and rejuvenated and ready to take on the world. Instead, after just a few days (or possibly even hours) back in the saddle of your life, you are feeling weak, weary and more than a little weepy. It is a truth not universally acknowledged...

Less Tired, More Inspired

If I could distil all of the things that my clients most yearn for into two things, they would be: Feeling less tired, and Feeling more inspired. It seems that more and more of us are feeling increased exhaustion and overwhelm, and decreased enthusiasm for things that we used to feel inspired...

How to Listen to Your Body

Have you ever got to the end of the day and realised that you forgot to have lunch? Or drink any water? Or that you’ve been gritting your teeth so hard that your neck and shoulders have gone into a spasm – and probably have been in it for hours? Sometimes (OK, often), work becomes so busy and...

All We Really Need is Breathing Space

One of the many reasons we choose to work is because of the stimulation that is promised by going out and doing a job every day. We are stimulated by the work that we do, the people who we do it with, and by the environment that we work in. If we are lucky, that stimulation is predominantly positive....

From AlwaysOn to OftenOff

Happy Equinox! The 21st of March, in addition to being Human Rights Day in South Africa, is the Autumn/Spring Equinox. All over the planet, day and night both last 12 hours - give or take a few minutes. Dark and light are equally balanced. The sun and the stars get equal airtime. Nocturnal creatures...

Rebuild Your Resilience to Recover from Burnout

Have you ever found yourself saying, “if one more person asks me to do something I might crack”? Felt as though you are stretched so far that you fear you might snap? Had a to-do list that took on a life of its own, with each item you tick off being replaced by three or four more? All of...

Burnout Makes Us Feel Hapless, Hopeless and Helpless

We all have moments in our lives when we feel a little at sea and as though we have lost our way. When we feel as though we are bobbing around; isolated, lonely and afraid. When we question many of our life choices: work, love, friendships… Like a boat in a storm. We don’t know where we are going...

Sunday Night Blues

You’ve had a wonderful holiday. Resting, relaxing and being in the moment. No worrying about the report that is due, the presentation you need to make at the next meeting, the conversation with your hated boss/client/colleague that you have to have. No work worries at all. But, now, the party is...

Why Don’t We Pay More Attention to Ourselves?

Last week I gave a free continuing education phone seminar for coaches. The topic was “Understanding and Preventing Compassion Fatigue for Coaches”. Having been on the receiving end of compassion fatigue more than a couple of times, and having witnessed and coached a not inconsiderable number...

Is Your Relationship Burning Out?

Relationships, just like people, are living, breathing entities and are therefore vulnerable to the same complexities and challenges that individuals experience. Burnout is a modern condition that is increasingly prevalent amongst people and relationships – not just romantic relationships (although...

Express Yourself

Burnout is a horrible, debilitating condition that we need to understand better so we can manage and prevent it better. Not just the physical manifestations of it, but the thoughts, beliefs and behaviours that give rise to it. I am often asked why people get burnout. There are countless factors that...

Eight Ways to Regain Control

Local and global events have been unsettling and even alarming of late. There is so much that is unpredictable, and out of our control. Rather than allowing that which we can’t change to destabilise us, now is the time to turn our attention to what we can influence and control; our own habits, choices...

Nurture Yourself in Nature

What is free, easily accessible and good for your health? Depending on who you are and where you live, you may be thinking: oxygen, wifi, water, sex, happiness, laughter… All of which may be true, but the answer I am looking for is: Nature. Albert Einstein (who was, as we know, a genius)...

O is for…

...Others-centred The opposite of self-centred, when we are others-centred we put everybody else first and ourselves last.  We do what others expect of us  - or what we think others expect of us.  We feel responsible for others.  We consider others before we consider ourselves. It is exhausting...

I is for…

I The word ‘life’ has the letter I in the centre.  Which is exactly where we should be in our own lives. This does not come naturally to adult children, who tend to be what I call ‘others-centred’ – we put others at the centre of our lives and ourselves on the outside, looking in. Looking...

The Spirit is Willing…..

I am tired.  The kind of happy, contented, feel-good tired that comes from coaching up a storm all day. When I first started coaching my plan for myself was to see 15 clients a week and run one weekend workshop a month.  I was quite put out when one of the coach trainers told me that I was being too...