Burnout Solutions- Stress Management Tools For High Achievers and Healthcare Workers

Mona Tippets, RN, Certified Life Coach
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This podcast is all about understanding why your brain and nervous system get stressed and how to rewire to recover from feeling burned out and overwhelmed. I help healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses, veterinarians) as well as teachers, caregivers and parents with burnout. I understand high achievers and how they feel stress- I am an RN and Certified Life Coach and help clinics and hospitals with staff workshops to teach emotional resiliency skills and how to resolve stress and burnout in the workplace and in personal relationships. I also work with clients one on one.

  1. 1d ago

    Ep 72 How to Start This School Year Without Carrying It All and Staying in Your Lane

    Ep 72 How to Start This School Year Without Carrying It All and Staying in Your Lane Mona kicks off the new school year with reflections from a recent family cruise celebrating her parents’ 50th anniversary, then shifts into a conversation about how we can show up differently—especially as parents, nurses, and teachers—by learning the difference between caring and carrying. She explains how caring comes from a regulated, values-driven place, while carrying often comes from anxiety and survival responses that try to control outcomes. Mona shares examples from parenting and nursing, then walks through seven signals you may be carrying someone else’s load, along with practical ways to return to “overflow” support—pausing to check capacity, naming what’s yours versus theirs, resourcing instead of rescuing, allowing natural consequences, regulating yourself first, and releasing outcome-based scorekeeping. 00:00 Welcome and Life Update 01:11 New School Year Reset 04:05 Caring vs Carrying 06:06 Real World Examples 09:25 Seven Carrying Signals 14:47 Overflow vs Pressure 18:32 Six Practices to Stay in Lane 23:35 Closing and Next Steps To to find out more about how I can help your workplace or work with me one on one, please see www.monatippets.com Want to understand your stress a little better? Get my free Stress Management Guide for High Achievers here.

  2. Aug 10

    Ep 71 Reframing Self-Care as Self-Awareness

    Episode 71: Reframing Self-Care as Self-Awareness In episode 71, Mona reframes self-care as self-awareness—something you can practice in micro moments all day, not just through vacations or “treat yourself” routines. She shares practical ways to check in instead of checking out, ask better questions, build emotional vocabulary, and feel a fuller range of emotions without judging yourself. Mona also talks about learning your nervous system patterns, giving yourself permission to say no, letting people be wrong about you, and taking responsibility for your own peace, joy, and self-compassion. She closes by encouraging listeners to accept and ask for help—including professional support—and invites anyone who wants guidance to book a burnout recovery call through the link in the show notes. 00:00 Self Care Reframed 03:08 Check In Not Out 05:45 Ask Better Questions 07:31 Name Your Emotions 10:39 Permission To Say No 12:26 Nervous System Patterns 14:11 Let Them Be Wrong 16:17 Own Your Peace 17:15 Practice Self Compassion 18:21 Accept And Ask Help 20:08 Closing Recap And Invite To to find out more about how I can help your workplace or work with me one on one, please see www.monatippets.com Want to understand your stress a little better? Get my free Stress Management Guide for High Achievers here.

  3. Aug 3

    Ep 70: Three Ways to Outsmart Your Brain’s “I Don’t Want To”

    Three Ways to Outsmart Your Brain’s “I Don’t Want To” In episode 70 of Burnout Solutions, Mona talks about why “I don’t want to” shows up so often—even with things we planned and genuinely want—using her kids’ flower garden and her 26-mile King’s Peak hike as examples. She explains the brain’s motivational triad (seek pleasure, avoid pain, conserve energy) and how the valuation system favors close, immediate rewards over distant, vague ones—especially under chronic stress and burnout. Mona shares three practical reframes to help you work with your brain instead of against it: make the reward feel closer (including if-then planning), borrow the power of connection by doing hard things with others, and look for “double wins” that feel good now and matter later. She also reminds listeners that sometimes rest is the right choice, and invites them to book a burnout recovery call. 00:00 Welcome Back Summer Wrap 01:50 Why We Say I Dont Want 02:55 Motivational Triad Basics 05:02 Kings Peak Motivation Story 07:45 Valuation System Explained 10:25 Reframe One Make Rewards Near 12:44 Reframe Two Use Connection 16:27 Reframe Three Double Win 17:49 Rest Is A Valid Choice 18:30 Final Recap And Next Steps To to find out more about how I can help your workplace or work with me one on one, please see www.monatippets.com Want to understand your stress a little better? Get my free Stress Management Guide for High Achievers here.

  4. Jul 27

    Ep 69 The Other Side of Fawning: When a Strong Personality Becomes “Pushy”

    The Other Side of Fawning: When a Strong Personality Becomes “Pushy” Mona builds on last week’s episode about fawning (the appeasing survival response) by exploring the “other side of the coin”: the strong, conflict-tolerant person who can unintentionally create an environment where others don’t feel safe to disagree. Using examples from church volunteering, her early marriage, and her nursing career, Mona explains how both fawning and fighting can be nervous system patterns rooted in fear, self-distrust, and a need for safety—just with different strategies. She shares practical ways she’s learning to soften the fighter pattern, including remembering there’s rarely one “right” answer, explicitly inviting disagreement, noticing when someone folds too fast, and watching for countermoves when challenged. She closes with what these patterns cost over time—energy, identity, relationships, and physical health—and offers compassion and hope for change on both sides. 00:00 Fawning Recap 01:50 Meet the Fighter 03:55 Church Volunteer Wakeup Call 07:25 Strong Personalities Explained 09:36 Fear Behind the Fight 14:31 Why Fawners and Fighters Pair 15:43 Where Do You Land 18:15 Four Ways to Soften 26:22 The Hidden Costs 30:18 Compassionate Closing To to find out more about how I can help your workplace or work with me one on one, please see www.monatippets.com Want to understand your stress a little better? Get my free Stress Management Guide for High Achievers here.

  5. Jul 20

    E68: The Fawn Response: When “Being Nice” Is Your Nervous System in Survival Mode

    The Fawn Response: When “Being Nice” Is Your Nervous System in Survival Mode Mona shares a coaching story about a talented choreographer/director who ran a children’s community play and couldn’t stop thinking about a cast-party moment where a parent pressured her into breaking a clear “cast members only” rule. Mona reframes this not as weakness or being a pushover, but as the nervous system choosing the fastest path to safety through the fawn response—appeasing to avoid conflict. She explains how fawning differs from simple people-pleasing, how it often forms through early experiences like emotional unavailability and learning to manage others’ moods, and what it can look like in adulthood (overexplaining, constant apologizing, anxiety around boundaries, resentment). Mona offers questions to spot fawning and emphasizes healing by building tolerance for the discomfort of saying no and holding boundaries. 00:00 Cast Party Conflict 02:59 Reframing as Fawn 04:13 What Is Fawning 07:04 Fawning vs People Pleasing 08:41 How Fawning Forms 12:02 Adult Signs of Fawning 15:32 Relationships and Burnout 17:38 Healthy Empathy vs Fawn 22:47 Why We Keep Fawning 28:25 Breaking the Pattern 29:39 Wrap Up and Next Time To to find out more about how I can help your workplace or work with me one on one, please see www.monatippets.com Want to understand your stress a little better? Get my free Stress Management Guide for High Achievers here.

  6. Jul 13

    E67: Disappointed? You can blame your biology

    E66: Disappointed? You Can Blame Your Biology Mona shares how her son’s door-to-door fiber internet sales job shows the emotional toll of repeated rejection, then connects that experience to what she’s learning in neuroscience about burnout. She explains the habenula—especially the lateral habenula—a tiny brain structure that tracks when effort doesn’t match reward and can suppress dopamine and serotonin when stress and disappointment become chronic. Mona describes how this “nothing good is coming” signal can show up as loss of motivation, anhedonia, brain fog, decision fatigue, sleep disruption, and feeling unrewarded even when good things happen. She emphasizes burnout isn’t a character flaw, and outlines what helps: intentional small wins, movement, safe social connection, addressing what’s truly uncontrollable, reframing after regulation, and protecting sleep, plus an invitation to book a burnout call. 00:00 Door to Door Reality 01:28 Coaching Through Highs Lows 04:23 Burnout Has Biology 07:20 Meet the Habenula 09:27 Disappointment Center Explained 11:20 When Stress Sensitizes 13:36 Son Example and Burnout Loop 16:49 Signs of Hyperactivity 20:53 What Actually Helps 29:38 Recap and Next Steps To to find out more about how I can help your workplace or work with me one on one, please see www.monatippets.com Want to understand your stress a little better? Get my free Stress Management Guide for High Achievers here.

  7. Jul 6

    E 66: Declaring Emotional Independence

    Declaring Emotional Independence (Replay) Mona shares that summer parenting with teenagers and getting less sleep in Boise has made her more emotionally reactive, so she’s replaying a popular episode on emotional independence in the spirit of the 4th of July. She explains how many of us hand the “remote control” of our feelings to kids, spouses, coworkers, or strangers, and how codependency and old wounds can keep us stuck in reactivity. Mona blends life coaching concepts with nervous system regulation, emphasizing that dysregulation narrows our window of tolerance and blocks agency and intuition. She walks through a practical process for when you’re triggered: notice dysregulation, do a mindful release, meet physical needs, clarify the relationship, separate facts from story, process emotions, consider what’s true and not true, reclaim how you want to feel, set boundaries, and let love and compassion be the final word. 00:00 Summer Parenting Struggles 00:45 Replay Episode Setup 02:22 What Emotional Independence Means 03:20 Remote Control And Codependency 06:58 Agency Intuition And Regulation 10:09 Triggers And Window Of Tolerance 10:55 Text Message Trigger Example 13:21 Mindful Release Exercise 17:36 Facts Versus Stories 20:14 Processing Emotions Properly 23:22 Finding Truth And Disagreement 25:42 Reclaim Power And Choose Love 29:21 Recap And Next Steps 32:46 Closing Coaching Invitation To to find out more about how I can help your workplace or work with me one on one, please see www.monatippets.com Want to understand your stress a little better? Get my free Stress Management Guide for High Achievers here.

  8. Jun 29

    E65: Resentment- What It's Really About

    Resentment- What It's Really About Mona unpacks what resentment really is and why it shows up when an unspoken need goes unmet or a boundary never gets drawn (or held). Using familiar examples—summer parenting overload, saying yes to a “quick” favor that keeps expanding, or always picking up extra shifts—she explains how resentment can feel like it’s about other people, but is often a mirror pointing back to what we needed and didn’t ask for. Mona shares Brené Brown’s definition of resentment, connects it to nervous system patterns and chronic low-grade stress, and explores why speaking up can feel dangerous, especially for helpers in caregiving roles. She offers three questions to start untangling resentment and invites listeners to take small, honest steps toward clearer communication and self-trust. 00:00 Resentment Warning Signs 02:35 What Resentment Feels Like 04:23 Resentment As A Mirror 05:45 Brene Brown Definition 10:55 Nervous System And Safety 15:18 Self Blame In Disguise 18:25 Why We Stay Silent 23:47 Three Questions To Untangle 27:45 Reframe And Wrap Up 30:15 Final Encouragement And Next Steps To to find out more about how I can help your workplace or work with me one on one, please see www.monatippets.com Want to understand your stress a little better? Get my free Stress Management Guide for High Achievers here.

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This podcast is all about understanding why your brain and nervous system get stressed and how to rewire to recover from feeling burned out and overwhelmed. I help healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses, veterinarians) as well as teachers, caregivers and parents with burnout. I understand high achievers and how they feel stress- I am an RN and Certified Life Coach and help clinics and hospitals with staff workshops to teach emotional resiliency skills and how to resolve stress and burnout in the workplace and in personal relationships. I also work with clients one on one.

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