Burnout Recovery: Strategies for Professionals

Ep110 Hypersensitivity

25 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

 Sensitivity and hypersensitivity are common for people experiencing burnout.In fact, these days, they're just common for people!If you feel ove...

Ep109 Goals - fear of failure

18 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Ep108 Achieving Goals in Uncertain Times

11 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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-ma...

Ep107 How coaching works

04 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 tha...

Ep106 How Burnout Recovery works

28 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 s...

Ep105 Scrambled Eggs

21 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Ep#104 Perfectly Imperfect

14 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 th...

Ep#103 Post-Covid stress hangover

07 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Ep#102 Three Types of Ambition

30 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Ep#101 Your Next Big Leap Forward

23 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Ep#100 Surviving the holidays

16 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

 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...

Ep#99 Exposed, vulnerable and fragile

09 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

 Many people have been feeling a bit destabilised in these changing times - more exposed, vulnerable and fragile. Less in control. Especially those w...

Ep#98 Securing your financial future

02 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 sp...

Ep#97 Is burnout REALLY Curable?

26 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Ep#96 When you feel like the world is against you

19 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

 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 un...

Ep#95 Mastering your Emotions

12 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Ep#94 When feeling safe doesn't feel safe

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In these anxiety-ridden times, we need to talk about safety, and how to create a sense of safety inside ourselves that allows us to open up to this fu...

S023 Jonathan Pritchard the Million Dollar Mindreader

28 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast episode, Dex Randall interviews Jonathan Pritchard, a mentalist and showman known as the "million dollar mind reader." Jonat...

Ep#93 Controlling the Narrative

21 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Controlling the Narrative is often touted as a desirable outcome. But is it? Certainly, when we're experiencing burnout, it has some appeal! We h...

S022 - Lawyer Goli Kalkhoran on quitting your job

14 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Since quitting her own job as a lawyer, Goli Kalkhoran has transitioned to coaching and now hosts the "Lessons from a Quitter" podcast. She ...

Ep#92 How to create safety with your magical Vagus nerve

07 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's super-helpful to know how to use the vagus nerve to promote instant calm in your nervous system, mind and body.Otherwise, if your nervous sy...

S021 - Dr Laura Sicola - leadership communication and influence expert

31 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

 Dr. Laura Sicola is an expert in a skill that many of us lack - powerful and influential communication at the C-suite level. She knows how YOU can h...

Ep#91 Surviving being Type A

24 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Are you Type A and in burnout?If you reckon you have "Type A" behaviours, you might notice how they contribute to burnout. You're most ...

Ep#90 The 7 Deadly Sins of Burnout

17 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If you're wondering if you are in burnout, listen to the 7 deadly sins to find out. You also need to know why it's so hard to recover by you...

Ep#89 Quit self-neglect - find worthiness and self-approval

10 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

One of my clients asked me last week how to start giving himself approval. It's a great question, because in burnout we're pretty mean to ou...

Ep#88 Your amazing career growth after burnout

03 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's vital to know that you can have great success after burnout, since burnout comes with an extra dose of despair.So I'm going to say it h...

Ep#87 Getting started on burnout recovery

27 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The first step in burnout recovery can be daunting. Many men have no idea if, or how, burnout can be fixed - and facing the prospect of talking about ...

Ep#86 From burnout to next level career in 6 months

20 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Do you want your career to grow this year?In these times of interest rate hikes, escalating cost of living  and widespread job loss - you can protect...

Ep#85 How burnout recovery upgrades you career options

13 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

 You may have discovered that from the dark trenches of burnout, a new work role often looks very seductive. However, all is not as it seems.If you a...

Ep#84 Building new habits the easy way

06 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

 Getting new habits to stick can be a challenge(!), so here are some excellent tweaks to make habit-forming as close to effortless as it gets!Startin...

Ep#83 Self-Managing Teams

29 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As leaders, we  might be tempted to ..ahem.. over-manage our teams, but in fact the greatest success is much more likely to come from teaching them t...

S020 Cait Donovan on ACEs, burnout prevention and recovery

22 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Cait Donovan has just written a paper on ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) and burnout, so we talk here about that and her extensive experience as ...

Ep#82 The Anxious Leader

15 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Anxiety is the main axis around which all the other symptoms of burnout revolve and it's especially so for leaders, whose distress might be ampli...

Ep#81 How performative productivity slows you down

08 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Performative productivity sound good. Doesn't it?But in burnout, it isn't. It's looking like you're being productive, without actu...

Ep#80 Top 5 tips to tame your Inner Critic

01 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

 Our anguish in burnout tends to be magnified enormously by a merciless inner critic, that chips away at our self-esteem, morale and motivation all d...

Ep#79 Don't let dissociation keep you in burnout

25 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Many of us dissociate when confronted with overwhelming uncomfortable emotions. It's a habit we pick up as children, that we could easily drop as...

S019 Duncan So - helping workplaces recover from burnout

23 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In 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 ...

Ep#78 I have to solve every problem

18 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When we're in burnout we might be trying to solve every problem - our own and other people's - often to save face and maintain status. The p...

S018 Sally Clarke on thriving after burnout

16 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sally Clarke and I discuss burnout - how people get it and what to do about it.Sally is Co-Director at Human Leaders,  a movement of leaders making w...

Ep#77 Confidence to surpass your previous best

11 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When we hold ourselves back from growing, it can simply be because we're judging and criticising ourselves, or we fear judgment and rejection fro...

S017 Robin Keesler on rekindling robust mental health

08 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Robin Keesler switched from working as a critical care flight paramedic in Alaska to coaching. Here she talks candidly about the challenges of working...

Ep#76 Confidence and self-esteem

04 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Two top tips to boost confidence or self-esteem.  Which comes first? Find out as we look at what happens in lack of confidence and what happens in lo...

Ep#75 Confidence with People

27 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Develop natural confidence around people - try these exercises to boost your confidence with people and feel less at the mercy of others' opinion...

Ep#74 How confidence, clarity and efficiency work together

20 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Is your work dying a slow and painful death because you 've lost self-confidence? In burnout and business-building, confidence is a key asset, w...

Ep#73 Creating a safe path to burnout recovery

13 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Burnout recovery depends first on creating a sense of safety. You'll find it hard to recover without one. This is why sometimes organisational su...

S016 Dr Laura Jurgens on somatics, sex and relationships

10 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Warning: Contains adult discussion of erotic energy, sexuality and relationships.An interview with Dr Laura Jurgens, a somatics, sex, relationship and...

S015 Burnout, optimism and entrepreneurship with Matt Drinkhahn

06 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

 Matt Drinkhahn had a few tough breaks in his life. I guess we all did? But it's always great to hear from a man who got things back into shape ...

Ep#72 How to Do Work You Love after Burnout

30 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Burnout recovery is available - don't let burnout be the final chapter in your work life.Once you recover from burnout, you'll get your mojo...

Ep#71 Healing the Emptiness Inside

23 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As burnout progresses, you might feel more and more empty inside as you progressively shut down the painful parts inside of you, until there's no...

S014 No BS Business with Corinne Crabtree

20 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Corinne Crabtree, host of the 'Losing 100lbs with Corinne' podcast with 50m downloads, talks to us about her business development over 15 ye...

Ep#70 How to stop other people hurting your feelings

16 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Imagine if you could be  in ANY situation, with ANY person, having ANY conversation...WITHOUT taking it personally and being reactive or defensive...

Ep#69 Your Worth versus Value

09 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Self-worth is always 100%, even if you tell yourself otherwise. You temporary burnout-driven behaviors can't dent it. Value, on the other hand, ...

S013 Doug Noll - How to calm an angry person in less than 90 seconds

06 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Award-winning lawyer turned mediator Doug Noll lets us in on his secret to calming an angry person, never arguing with your family or partner, reducin...

Ep#68 Leadership skills #4 - Managing Change with Ease

02 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Let's talk about managing change, since we've moved from the Covid upheaval to staring down the barrel of a recession. Great leaders in thes...

Ep#67 Leadership skills #3 - 3 top tips that will change how you lead

23 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

3 top tips for self-realization in leadership: If you have risen to leadership without formal management or leadership training, chances are you'...

Ep#66 Leadership skills #2 - Team Leadership

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Team 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 leadersh...

Ep#65 Leadership skills #1 - Top 4 Executive Skills

09 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

I 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 ...

Ep#64 Goals #5 Success Story - Sam the family man

02 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Goal 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 se...

Ep#63 Goals #4 Success Story - Pejman triples his business

02 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Goal 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...

Ep#62 Goals #3 Failing gracefully

26 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

4 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 t...

Ep#61 Goals #2 Motivation versus instant gratification

19 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Top 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 s...

Ep#60 Goals #1 Start your goal off the easy way

12 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Goals 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 i...

S012 Liam Caswell High Performance Nursing

05 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Liam Caswell is a former Nurse Unit Manager and highly qualifed career coach for nurses. His mission is to create a psychologically safe working envir...

S011 Dr Hannah Royster on medical training

31 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

An interview with Dr Hannah Royster, who trained as a doctor in Australia and has just released her book "In Turn" - a fictionalised memoir ...

Ep#59 The Goodness Within

29 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It'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 t...

Ep#58 Opening to Better Things

22 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Here 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, i...

Ep#57 Uncertainty and Anxiety

15 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Faced with uncertainty, many of us feel anxious and try to avoid whatever's happening by burying our heads in addictive behaviors like snacking, ...

Ep#56 Victimhood versus Authority

08 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Many 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&apo...

Ep#55 Dex and the Deathly Hallows

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Exploring burnout, trauma and Type A behavior to discover the connection between childhood experiences and later susceptibility to burnout. And sharin...

Ep#54 Recession Proof your Career

24 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Are you in daily stress, overwork, frustration and exhaustion? That's not good.If we're heading for recession, you need to be in better shap...

Ep#53 What Becomes Possible

17 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If 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 trul...

Special 010: Andrew Lustig ND, humanitarian aid in Ukraine

10 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Lustig ND left being CEO of a media corporation in NYC to found Global Outreach Doctors, sending teams to offer humanitarian medical support on...

Ep#52 Quiet Quitting

03 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Quiet 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...

Ep#51 When Things Fall Apart

27 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It'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 al...

Ep#50 You are not broken

20 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Burning 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 w...

Ep#49 Predictably irrational decison-making

13 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Why 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 ...

Ep#48 What's NOT wrong with you

06 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Here's Dr James Davies' tweet on his top 9 completely fictitious psych-diagnoses. Oddly, they all relate to burnout, and are difficulties my...

Ep#47 How to fix stubborn problems

29 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With 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 t...

Ep#46 How to fix problems

22 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

There 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. Le...

Ep#45 Working with trauma

15 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Most of us have experienced traumatic experiences in our lives, if we use the broader definition of trauma. I'm not talking about PTSD here (&quo...

Ep#44 Growth versus Fixed mindset

07 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How to cultivate a growth mindset, to move away from burnout and create what you want. When you understand the difference between fixed and growth min...

Ep#43 Seven ways to create self-confidence

01 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Self-confidence - the feeling of trust in one's abilities, qualities and judgement - is something you can boost at any time. One of the quickest ...

Special 009: Jonathan Friedman on youth mental health

25 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan's career with youth mental health counselling set him up for his own venture "The Journal That Talks Back" where young people ...

Special 008: Yewande Faloyin on career development

18 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Meet Yewande, a leadership coach from UK who had a similar career path to me, through software development, consulting, leadership, entrepreneurship.....

Ep#42 How to succeed with your goal

11 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Learn the 6 essential steps to realising any goal.  Once you have created a goal and set a deadline, here's how to make the most effective progr...

Ep#41 Working with people

04 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Learn why our opinions of others, and what we think others think about us, are so important.In burnout, we adopt a rather pessimistic view of ourselve...

Special 007: My Story

28 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Here is a little of what tipped me in to burnout in my career in software development and leadership.  It was a long, slow grisly drag that ended qui...

Special 006: Interview with Master Coach TaVona Denise

21 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

TaVona Denise is a Master Coach peer who has moved from coaching burnout to coaching entrepreneurs. Listen here to her thoughts about Physical Therapi...

Ep#40 Time Management

14 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How and why we are losing time in burnout.How to save yourself time, even if you think you can't.Other tools for saving time and energy.Being pre...

Ep#39 Combating the Loneliness of Burnout

07 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Why are we lonely?Loneliness, disconnection and worthiness.What to do to combat loneliness.Discover THE key factor in beating burnoutLissa Rankin TEDx...

Ep#38 Creating Safety

01 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

When our sense of security falls apart.How loss of safety and trust blows up in burnout.Generating a sense of wellbeing.Championing yourself.Send us a...

Ep#37 Feeling Discouraged

23 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Why we feel discouraged.Falling in the pit of inadequacy and imposter syndrome in burnout.How to encourage yourself back from overwhelm.Acknowledging ...

Ep#36 Championing Yourself

16 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Champion yoursef - the antidote to self-criticism.How we get stuck in needing approval.BE the approval you wish you could have from others.Become MORE...

Ep#35 Taking your power back

09 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Executive reinvention for leaders who must make the impossible happen.What got us here won't take us there.Letting go of interpreting what SHOULD...

Special 005: Physician Burnout

02 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Three physician clients talk about physician burnout, their experiences and recovery.Send us a text----------------------------------- Burnout Resourc...

Ep#34 When your best isn't good enough

26 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How we stop winning and think we're losing.Falling into the trap of "I'm not enough".What's really happening when we 'fa...

Ep#33 I can't do it

19 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What are we doing, telling ourselves we can't do things?The cost of 'I can't do it'.Self-doubt is a pre-fail.Self-confidence doesn...

Ep#32 5 steps to manage shame

12 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Where we get shame from.How shame differs from guilt.The redundancy of shame.5 steps to reduce shame.Send us a text-----------------------------------...

Ep#31 The upside of discipline

05 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Does discipline sound like fun?How self-discipline is a friend to cultivate.Where we fall down - discipline compared to the alternatives.The biggest f...

Ep#30 7 tips to reduce resentment

28 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The connection between resentment and envyWhy we resent people and can't stopHow resentment stops us feeling joy7 tips to reduce resentmentSend u...