Why are so many of us so awful at taking breaks? What it about our culture and conditioning as adults that prevents us from stepping away from our seemingly important tasks in order to briefly recharge?
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Have you had one of those days where you feel like your just slogging through it? Trying to cross off todo’s and be your normal kick ass,take names self, but instead of crushing it- you feel crushed by it?
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How did I get here??? A client asked in a recent conversation. As a career strategy and burnout coach, I hear this question ALOT.
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When I first left the corporate world, I was grateful to have my yoga “career” to fall back on. It was great to have to show up somewhere each week, deliver and to have a small but steady stream of income.
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Two Januaries ago I walked into my office after a long winter break filled with dread that I would waste another year in a job I didn’t like.
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Burning out had caused me to lose touch with my very core. For the first time ever, I found myself questioning how able I was, if I could ever find motivation again and even what value I provided. It was a horrible horrible place to be.
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A good friend just returned from a retreat in California; where she spent seven days (168 hours) in silence and mediation. A totally unfathomable idea to most of us. Vacations are for unplugging, relaxing and exploring right?
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Do you wake up feeling as if the day got started without you? Like you’re already running behind? Like you might never catch up? Is the list of all the things you thought you would’ve accomplished by now – but haven’t – growing by the day?
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One thing’s for sure, it’s a slow arduous road to burnout. Each person’s journey is different and yet there is at least one thing those of us who’ve walked this road have in common; we’ve stopped taking pleasure in life.
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I regularly hear my clients say, “I am so damn tired, I want to collapse. I don’t really want to do anything, I could sleep for a week. But I just need to hold it together until (insert key deadline or activity here), and then I can take a break.”
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