What Do We Do About Burnout?

ShrinkChicks

Jennifer Chaiken, LMFT and Emmalee Bierly, LMFT

Mental Health, Education, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Relationships

5 • 717 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

This week on ShrinkChicks, Mercury is in retrograde, so naturally, Emmalee's flight got canceled. Nikki, Emmalee and Jen's producer, is filling in and joining Jen to talk about all things burnout. Jen and Nikki discuss the early signs of burnout & how to recognize it, the personality types that are prone to burnout, the various professions at risk of ignoring burnout, and two different kinds of burnout to pay attention to. They answer your questions about spotting burnout before your breaking point, setting boundaries at work when others do not set their own, how to know when to make a job change, recovering from burnout, and so much more! Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! PS: Fast forward to around 6:40 to skip the intro and get straight to today’s content. Sometimes Therapy is Awkward by Nicole Arzt Get Matched With One of Our Therapists at The Therapy Group! ShrinkChicks on Instagram Our Know Yourself Grow Yourself Journal!! Check out ShrinkChicks on YouTube by subscribing here! https://youtube.com/channel/UCrxuhDqoL4ML3UE8b2J2BBg A special thank you to this week's sponsors for supporting ShrinkChicks! We have these exclusive offers for our listeners: Wildgrain: Get $30 off your first box - PLUS free croissants in every box - when you go to Wildgrain.com/SHRINKCHICKS to start your subscription or use code SHRINKCHICKS at checkout Factor: Get started at factormeals.com/FACTORPODCAST and use code FACTORPODCAST to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Prose: See the difference custom care can make with 50% off your first haircare subscription order at prose.com/shrinkchicks Mint Mobile: Shop plans at mintmobile.com/shrinkchicks Quince: Go to quince.com/shrinkchicks for free shipping and 365-day returns on your next order Spot & Tango: go to spotandtango.com/shrinkchicks and use code SHRINKCHICKS to get 50% off your first order

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0:00.0	This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation.
0:04.0	Even when you speak about social media and there's like, oh, you know, you're feeling burnt out, like journal, take a vacation, you know, do something, go for a walk. Of course. All of those things are awesome. But if it's more the external burnout, those things, you know, journaling isn't necessarily going to fix the dysregulated nervous system that happens when you walk into your office.
0:31.2	So I think that it's kind of just recognizing that, like, of course, those things, self-care is so important.
0:37.4	But like recognizing that like if the self things self-care is so important but like recognizing that like
0:38.7	if the self-care isn't helping if you take a vacation and you come back and you're like that did
0:44.3	nothing then that could be a good indicator that like perhaps the environment is is the problem
0:49.9	and you can take a look at that environment and say, okay, is there anything in my control?
0:55.0	Is there anything that I can do here?
1:00.6	Welcome back to another episode of shrink chicks.
1:09.4	Take a seat on our virtual therapy couch and get ready to learn all about, well, you.
1:14.5	I'm Emily Beerley.
1:15.6	And I'm Jennifer Chakin.
1:16.9	And we're both licensed, marriage and family therapist and relationship experts.
1:21.0	We're the owners and founders of the therapy group, a nationwide psychotherapy practice with down-to-earth therapists just like us.
1:28.0	Your session is starting, so get ready to know yourself and grow yourself.
1:35.1	Hi, Nick.
1:36.7	Hi, Jen.
1:38.5	If you're listening to this and you're used to the episodes, usually I'll say hi, M,
1:43.0	but we are joined by the beautiful Nikki Cox today.
1:47.4	Thank you so much for having me. I'm so excited to have you. So M got stuck in Florida. There were tornadoes.
1:56.7	Yep. It is a last resort situation, but we're making the most of it.
2:01.6	And true to form, we love to procrastinate here. So we were real behind on episodes.
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