In this episode, we discuss: – Katie’s story about when she was fired for “trying to do too much” and/or an “insensitive” social media post, how it affected her and fueled her to expose a punitive culture for nurses, and to help others in similar situations – Katie’s entrepreneurial journey Read more…
Sarah Putt is an occupational therapist in California. She currently practices in Early Intervention, working with young children and their families within their home environment. Her passions within the field of occupational therapy include: being a fieldwork educator, pediatrics, hippotherapy, leadership, advocacy, private practice, and learning & promoting the profession Read more…
Stephanie Essenfeld has been dedicated to the study and practice of family psychology and therapy for the past eight years. She loves working in collaboration with her clients and helps them take advantage of their strengths to solve their problems. She focuses in effective communication, empathy, rebuilding self-esteem, boundaries, decision Read more…
This is Part one of a multi-part series exploring some of the root causes of burnout in healthcare professionals. As an occupational therapist, I have experienced burnout early on as a New Grad. This experience was a roller coaster to say the least. I felt like despite the good and Read more…
In this episode of the Burnt Out to Lit Up Podcast, Brandy talks about seven energy levels that have a core thought, feeling and emotion that goes with it. These energy levels impact how we show up at work, in our personal lives, in our relationships- everywhere. THE SEVEN ENERGY Read more…
In this Burnt Out to Lit Up Podcast interview, I chat with Alyssa Mancao, LCSW all about trauma. Trauma is anything that overwhelms our capacity to cope. Big T’s are the wars, violence, the things you see on TV. The Little T’s are things that can happen everyday- i.e. the Read more…
We know that burnout is a deeply-rooted problem within our healthcare system. Yet, the term ‘burnout’ has received some backlash from different healthcare professionals online. Burnout has been a well-defined construct for over 30 years- it consists of emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and decreased self-efficacy. What has happened is that the Read more…
What would you do if you knew you were going to fail? Did you just do a double-take? Because the typical question is “What would you do if you knew you knew you couldn’t fail?” This is a tough question to answer because we don’t want to fail. We are Read more…
How to succeed in healthcare? Wali shares his words of wisdom about that and how to be a better human. Wali is a trauma nurse working in the heart of the west side in Chicago. He never thought he would be where he is at right now. He got into Read more…
Side hustles are popular- they’re IN right? In healthcare, many professionals are developing side hustles and working full-time or part-time shifts to create more balance in their lives and do the things most meaningful to them. These two full-time physical therapy students didn’t wait to get out of school to Read more…
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