Items tagged with "overwhelm":
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...
The Best Book To Help You Prevent And Manage Burnout
We recently had a chance to sit down with Master Coach, Judy Klipin to talk about her latest book, Recover From Burnout. And, after chatting with Judy, we couldn’t wait to read the book from cover to cover because the truth is, burnout has the potential to affect every single one of us at some stage...
An inability to say no – and other bad habits of burnout
Judy Klipin experienced burnout. After becoming a life coach and seeing the need for it among her clients, she wrote a book, Recover from Burnout; Life Lessons to Regain Your Passion and Purpose. The SA Jewish Report caught up with her on her personal journey. What inspired you to write this book? My...
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...
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...
Burnout: When You Know Better, You Can Do Better
Eight years ago, when I first started to think, talk and write about Burnout, it was a relatively unusual and unique concept. Now, Burnout is the buzzword. Everyone seems to be talking about it and, sadly, lots of people seem to be experiencing it... On the surface it would appear to be Very Bad that...
How to Stay Sane in a World Gone Mad: 6 Ideas to Help You Stay Hopeful
I have started avoiding the news – in any and all forms. Things are so bad out there that it all feels too overwhelming. And, still, the horrors manage to filter through my defenses. Everywhere there is justified outrage about our incompetent-at-best and pathological-at-worst leaders, horror at...
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...
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...
Burnout: A Dying of Your Light
You know that feeling when you wake up and it feels like you haven’t had enough sleep – no matter how many hours ago you went to bed? Or that experience of being less articulate than usual: you know that you know the words you are looking for but you just can’t seem to find them? Or that...
Why am I so tired when I am doing what I love?
It’s very confusing. How can we, as coaches, have traded in the dead-end, soulless job to be doing work that we love, serving everyone else’s and our own higher good and still be feeling tired, overwhelmed, teary and sometimes downright homicidal? Over and over I see coaches who are feeling exhausted...
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)...
How You Do Anything is How You Do Everything
If you are anything like me (and the rest of the world), you have a few little habits that are microscopic reflections of your way of being in the world more broadly. Perhaps more than a few… If you pick one – any one – smallish habit you will see how it is reflected in bigger ways in other parts...
Adult Children and Burnout
I spent most of March resting. I was supposed to go to America but was grounded by my ear (please see previous blog post!). I found myself at home with nearly three weeks blocked out of my diary. For about three seconds I considered filling the time with work and then I was overwhelmed by a need...