Dr Jill Williams Helps Us to Find Light After Burnout Create Your Kindspace

In this episode, with the help of the amazing Dr Jill William’s, we delve into the topic of burnout. There are many aspects to burnout. Contrary to popular belief, burnout is not working too hard. It’s about chronic stress and our bodies response to that stress. Often, it’s external factors, which are difficult to influence or resolve. Jill does such a great job of explaining the warning signs for burnout and the simple steps we can take to uptrain our brain to be more resilient to these pressures. And most importantly, make it out the other side.
Timestamps:
00:02:41             Jill’s journey, working in retail to lecturing at university
00:05:57             Experiencing burnout firsthand
00:10:01             Common warning signs
00:12:16             Burnout is multifaceted
00:14:06             Importance of confiding in a trusted coworker
00:15:45             Coming out of burnout with a new perspective
00:17:49             The stages of burnout
00:18:35             Self-employed and entrepreneurs
00:20:06             Jill’s road to recovery
00:20:50             That feeling of disconnect
00:21:38             The importance of taking time out
00:23:52             Peer support is a protective factor
00:25:34             Strategies for prevention
00:26:36             Doing the “opposites”
00:27:22             Societal factors, talking about our life outside work
00:31:50             Creativity and giving your brain space
00:37:50             The concept of rust-out
00:39:30             The uptrained brain
00:42:10             How to approach blocks and negative thinking
00:44:46             Unhelpful behaviours and risk factors
00:45:47             People pleasing
00:47:05             Putting a recovery plan together
00:52:18             Caregiver Burnout
 
00:55:43             How Jill creates her kind space
00:59:07             How to get in touch with Jill
00:59:37             Organisational changes are needed
 
Links:
Jill’s blog about her burnout experience; https://www.rethinktherapyconwy.com/post/if-a-psychologist-can-burn-out-my-personal-story-of-burnout
Uptrained Brain course & Book a discovery call with Jill: https://www.rethinktherapyconwy.com/uptrainedbrain
Free Recovery from Burnout Guide: https://www.rethinktherapyconwy.com/blog/categories/burnout-work-related-stress
Nick Petrie resources: https://www.nicholaspetrie.com/blog-1
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheUptrainedBrain
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-jill-williams-92a907255/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uptrainedbrain/
X: https://twitter.com/UptrainedBrain
 
Transcript:
https://createyourkindspace.com/dr-jill-williams-helps-us-to-find-light-after-burnout/
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