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Mental Status Megan Kelly
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Fatigued. Anxious. Irritable. Depressed. How are you actually doing?
Welcome to Mental Status, a podcast made for burnt-out therapists looking to reignite their life beyond the chair. Each episode, your host Meg explores the ins, outs, ups and downs of being a professional helper in the modern age, and ways to help the most important person of all—yourself.
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MS46: Belma McCaffrey, CEO of Work Bigger [recorded June 2022]
About Today's Guest:
Belma McCaffrey is a Career & Leadership Coach, and CEO and Founder of Work Bigger [www.workbigger.co]. She helps high-achievers figure out what they really want to do with their career and life so that they can find the fulfillment they’re craving. At Work Bigger, Belma and her team integrate deep mindset work and neuroscience into their coaching, combined with career planning to help high-achieving clients save time and money.
Resources & Links:
Audio training & workbook to shift from the "Away State" into the "Toward State": https://workbigger.activehosted.com/f/82
Credits, links & other things:
Intro & Outro Music: DriftMaster by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.comMental Status IG: @mentalstatuspodTalk to me: mentalstatuspod [at] gmail.comApply to be a guest on this show: Interviewee Interest form -
Mental Status: One Year of Hibernation
Meg chats about moving through liminal space, taking a podcast break, expanding into the real world, and the future of Mental Status.
Listen to Jenny Blake's episode about Liminal Space here: Penney & Jenny Show — Embracing Liminal Space (the In-Between) -
MS44: Rachel Elder, LMHC: "don't hate the story—learn to integrate it"
Is this episode, Meg sits down with Rachel as she explores her journey through intense agency burnout, learning to hold boundaries for herself (because nobody else is gonna do it for her) and learning to 'not hate the story—but learn to integrate it.'
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MS43: Jacqueline Hurst Explores her Burnout to Breakthrough Journey
Meg sits down with UK's leading Life Coach, Jacqueline Hurst, and they explore all the ways we can move through the journey from burnout to breakthrough.
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MS42: Happy Freakin' Birthday to Mental Status!
Holy cannoli, Mental Status is 1 year old! This episode is a celebration of you, all of the guests who shared their stories, the show in general, and the greater effects that this show has had on my life since that very first episode came out on July 19, 2021. So, to all of my listeners and guests—THANK YOU!! We did it!!
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MS41: Liza Mordkovich, Licensed Social Worker, talks feeling guilty when making changes—and doing it anyway
Meg and Liza sit down to chat about the different systems and supports we can put into place to create an anti-burnout culture among mental health workers. We also chat about doing the things that help us feel better, even when we feel guilty.
Customer Reviews
Found when needed
At the height of my own first burnout, I found your podcast. Thank you so much for speaking about your experiences. I’m 1 episode in and feel like I’m not alone.
BingeWorthy.
So grateful for the brave, wonderful work you’re doing, Megan! 👏🙌🙏
Real, authentic, relatable
I am hooked after listening to the episode on burnout and anti-hustle culture/mindset. I’m an LCSW in CT and have worked for nursing homes, EMPS, the local hospital in the adolescent IOP, adult IOP, DDIOP, and the ER and have found my way into private practice at a young age as well. I was feeling the burnout in the hospital/agency setting, especially in the pandemic. I started counting the weeks to when we “thought” things would be better. At week 42, I couldn’t anymore; each proposal I made for a raise, or discount on my benefits, for adding a few more paid hours to account for the overtime I did regularly, or asking about student loan forgiveness, I was met with the idea that I should feel indebted and grateful for my employment. I decided I made them TONS of money and it was time to make me money and actually have a balanced life that wasn’t exhausted, crying on the weekends, and trying to sandwich all my hobbies, memories with family and rest into 48 hours. This podcast made me feel less alone, more empowered that my choices are solid choices that other social workers make when they are able to take risks, and it overall really resonated with me. You have me hooked and I am a believer in this podcast!