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Physician Assistant Burnout: Tips, Tools, and Interviews with PA and Life Coach Hope Cook Hope Cook, Physician Assistant (PA) Burnout Life Coach
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Are you a PA struggling with burnout, career overwhelm, or just life in general? Do you love your career some days and other days wonder what the heck you were thinking when you chose to spend your days married to medicine? Or maybe you’re a mom like me and find it impossible to “do it all” so you end up feeling like a failure more days than not.
I created this podcast because I’ve been there, which is also why I became a life coach. I now help other PAs like you get off the struggle bus of burnout. The tips, tools, and talks in this podcast are exactly what I needed when I was burned out!
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#198: PA Tajuana Lordeus will inspire you if you’re in a career rut. A PA for 23 yrs, she keeps reinventing herself with new roles, jobs, teaching, volunteering, & creative endeavors!
Tajuana is one of the easiest people to talk to, she made it seem like we’d known each other forever. If you’re feeling stuck, her zen vibe and can-do attitude will pull you out of your rut on this episode. Tijuana’s FB link and her email
Key points:
Give when you’re able, inspire when you can. Serving others can give you a sense of purpose.
Burnout can look like being Irritable, not wanting to meet the day, not being fully present in your life, and physical symptoms like being achy and inflamed.
Try mixing iti up with doing lots of different things both for your career and otherwise. . Burnout is lower in clinicians who work more than one job.
Add in creativity, it engages you in a new way.
Listen to those inner pulls for each season of life. Allow yourself to be gung ho and then phase out,
Even if your new endeavors don’t resonate with those around you, allow yourself to be a unicorn and do things that light you up.
Have fun, figure out what feels rewarding. Then try it out and learn about yourself in the process.
You can’t control circumstances in life but you can add in intentional practices like setting a timer twice a day to take a deep breath, stretching, yoga, or walks outside.
Have grace for yourself, sometimes you’ll make decisions that feel like mistakes. No one has all the answers, forgive yourself for the missteps and move forward, don’t be afraid to seek out help or take steps in a new direction.
You don’t have to just have one lane in life, you can have lots of identities, in fact, it will probably be more fulfilling.
If you liked what you heard and want help with your own burnout journey, I'd love to talk. I'm writing a book on how to heal from burnout (due out 1/25), and I have a group coaching starting mid-August after my wild kids go back to school.
If you'd like to be a podcast guest or want to discuss sponsorships or speaking engagements, reach out via email, hope.cook@gmail.com
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#197: 8 Ways to Change How You See Your Situation and Flip Your Mindset (esp when you’re in a funkity funk)
Have you heard of the 8 C’s (hint: Dr. Richard Schwartz came up with this)? The 8 C’s describe how to see your situation with new eyes, how to work on your situation without changing anything external. This type of therapy changed my life. I recommend all his books, but you can also find plenty of free videos and free podcasts with him doing demonstrations of this type of work.
Other book mentioned: Untethered Soul by Michael Singer
If you liked what you heard and want help with your own burnout journey, I'd love to talk. I'm writing a book on how to heal from burnout (due out 1/25), and I have a group coaching starting June 11th.
If you'd like to be a podcast guest or want to discuss sponsorships or speaking engagements, reach out via email, hope.cook@gmail.com
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# 196: How to fall back in love with medicine
What happens when you pour your heart (and money, time, and effort) into becoming a PA and you fall out of love with medicine? Can you salvage your career?
I'll tell you how!
If you liked what you heard and want help with your own burnout journey, I'd love to talk. I'm writing a book on how to heal from burnout (due out 1/25), and I have a group coaching starting June 11th.
If you'd like to be a podcast guest or want to discuss sponsorships or speaking engagements, reach out via email, hope.cook@gmail.com
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#195: John Albanese, DMSc & PA-C, worked in ER and trauma surgery, but burnout, a new baby, and deep soul-searching led him to Academics. He earned his doctorate and rediscovered joy as a PA professor
John is an inspiration, especially if you've thrived at the top of your game only to realize it wasn't "filling your cup." John realized he was letting work be the driver of his life, and it was leading to burnout and unhappiness. He made the courageous decision to talk to management and admit he was burned out, but they weren't willing to make changes. So he decided it was up to him to make the change. Hear how he made the shift to academics and the effect this had on the other areas of his life.
You can find John on Linked In or FB. He's also sharing his email if you want to contact him!
If you liked what you heard and want help with your own burnout journey, I'd love to talk. I'm writing a book on how to heal from burnout (due out 1/25), and I have a group coaching starting June 11th.
If you'd like to be a podcast guest or want to discuss sponsorships or speaking engagements, reach out via email, hope.cook@gmail.com
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#194: Do THIS When You're in a Bad Head Space
I'll share an embarrassing story of me yelling at a stranger and what it taught me about myself. I'll also share how to pinpoint what's underneath the scowl and how to keep a toolbox of mood flippers handy
Group coaching for a very discounted rate? Click here, the next session starts June 11.
Visit my website for more "words of Hope." My book is coming out later this year, and if you'd like to be on my list of first readers or beta readers, please let me know!
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#193: What if I made a HUGE mistake in taking this job, what now?
I hear this question a lot. Someone starts a job or maybe they've been at a job for a while and they get this horrible feeling that they made a mistake. Some freak out and jump ship, others go into shut-down mode. Here are 10 things you can do if you find yourself in this situation.
Thank you for listening! I'd love to get to know you; send me an email at hope.cook@gmail.com or visit my website for more "words of Hope." My book is coming out later this year, and if you'd like to be on my list of first readers or beta readers, please let me know!
Are you interested in having me speak at your event? Do you want to hear more about group coaching?
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