Counselling for Stress & Burnout
Building a lifestyle of balance and rest
Perhaps your journey brought you here because…
You struggle to enjoy life the way you used to, despite everything seeming relatively ‘okay’ or feeling that others ‘have it worse.’
You experience high levels of work-related stress for prolonged periods of time, or you experience seasons of intense stress periodically throughout the year.
You feel emotionally and/or physically exhausted and cannot seem to recover from it.
You struggle to care or empathize with others, either at work or at home.
You have noticed a decrease in your productivity and how efficient you are.
You are questioning whether you can maintain your current work-life situation.
Managing stress is about living a balanced life
Stress is a psychological and physiological state. We experience stress throughout most aspects of life. For example, hunger induces a type of stress that motivates us to eat. So stress can encourage us to act, but too much stress interrupts our ability to act and experience life.
We spend resources whenever we experience stress. Everyone has a ‘reserve’ or ‘collection’ of personal resources. This includes physical resources, which usually involves physical health, sleep, and nutrition, as well as psychological resources for thinking and feeling.
We reach a point of exhaustion when we run out of resources. Whenever we’re exhausted, it becomes difficult to function until we recover our personal reserves. Good rest is critical to managing stress, whether our rest involves improving our sleep or how we relax.
Yet life has very real demands that continue to take resources from us and make it hard to recover. It is possible to keep working past the point of exhaustion, but it makes it that much harder to recover. So setting boundaries with life’s demands can be equally as important.
Burnout happens when we’re stuck in a pattern of exhaustion. The more often we reach our point of exhaustion, the easier it is for us to become exhausted. Eventually, this can turn into a cycle of weekly or daily exhaustion. Avoiding burnout therefore means breaking the cycle.
The path to recovery is a lifestyle change. While everyone has a different path to recovery, we can build a better work-life balance for ourselves and improve how we rest. We can live in a way that still feelings rewarding without it feeling overwhelming.
We can learn to live restful lives in spite of the stress and demands of life
My experience with stress and how I can help
The people I’ve worked with the most are those who manage incredibly busy lives. Before entering into mental healthcare, I worked in academics where I supported leaders in business, ministry, and international work who had returned to school. Often, these people were trying to balance their jobs(s) with family commitments, community obligations, and their education, while also trying to find to relax! Living life like that can be difficult, but I have noticed how very rewarding it is when people not only learn to survive but begin to thrive again.
I want to see that in your life too. While your responsibilities and sources of stress may vary from season-to-season, I hope to join you in whatever your current season of life is. Together we can explore everything that is happening. We can find ways to make more space in your life, so you can breathe and take a break from the stress. And we can find ways to help you improve the quality of rest you’re getting so you feel more refreshed each day. Then, we can create a plan to help you maintain a good rhythm for managing stress and enjoying life.
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