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You can't pour from an empty jug. Communication for our most valuable…

- - - - What are your triggers? Warning signals? De-stressors? Non-negiotables
        
        Digging deeper again. Why are these important.
    - - Fallacy of being too busy to improve
        
        importance of operationalising and front loading planning/admin/resources/templates to save time of doubling up later on
    - - Are you walking the walk or just talking the talk? We are used to guiding and advising our patient/clients
    - - Think about your big rocks first: Sleep, hydration, nutritiion
      - Beware the big business of self-care. Many companies will happily have you part with money in the name of self-care and treating yourself but is buying a material object really helping your situation.
      - Self-care doesn't mean that you have to do it yourself. Importance and nobility of asking for help. Resources available
      - Learning to say no/ importance of same
      - Individualise your toolkit.......exercise (low intensity vs high intensity), meditation, nature bathing, nutrition, socialising, resting napping etc, Get a burnout buddy.....look out for signs and symptoms in each other.
      - Managing your timetable, difficult conversations, build it and it will come.
  - - - When we work with individuals who have experienced trauma, hearing their stories and empathising can result in our internalising some of those feelings.
        
        Sleeplessness and/or nightmares
        
        Preoccupation
        
        Feelings of sadness, fear, apathy or hopelessness, anxiety, and depression.
        
        Use of poor coping strategies – substance use, isolation, bottling up of emotions
        
        As compassionate individuals are drawn to the helping professions, we are naturally more susceptible to experiencing compassion fatigue. Individual characteristics such as perfectionistic tendencies, over-assumption of personal responsibility, and lack of social support are further risk factors.
    - - The syndrome is characterised by an inherent fear that others will unmask you as a fraud which drives a developing sense of anxiety and depression in the work place. In essence it is a struggle to internalise success and often occurs in high achievers
        
        The Natural Genius
        
        The Soloist
        
        The Expert
        
        Superman/Woman
        
        The Perfectionist
    - - Burnout is a common phenomenon among all high-stress or busy professions. In the helping professions, potential stressors include difficult clients, unsupportive workplaces, time constraints and large caseloads, and administrative or organisational demands.
        
        Aversion to work
        
        Relational difficulties in the workplace – blaming others, impatient, irritable or hyper-critical with colleagues or clients.
        
        Apathy – previously conscientious work practices diminish
        
        Feelings of disillusionment, resentment, or lack of fulfilment
        
        Eroded empathy with clients