ENCORE: Burnout in High-Achieving Mental Health Professionals

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The perfect recipe for burnout is to work in a caring profession, be a slave to perfectionism, and neglect your needs. As clinicians, we realize that we work in a flawed healthcare system in the US, but how do we exist in this environment to do good work and sustain ourselves from a holistic perspective that goes way beyond basic self-care? We are diving into this topic with today’s guest. Join us!

Our Featured Guest

Dr. Jessi Gold

Dr. Jessi Gold is the first Chief Wellness Officer for the University of Tennessee System, which comprises five campuses and more than 60,000 students. Also serving as an associate professor of psychiatry, Dr. Gold is a speaker, media advocate, author, and mental health consultant. She recently wrote How Do You Feel? One Doctor's Search for the Humanity in Medicine. In today’s session, Jessi shares her experience in teetering on the edge of burnout and what she learned about herself.

Dr. Jessi Gold

You’ll Learn:

The basics of Dr. Jessi’s role with the University of Tennessee and what it means to be a Chief Wellness Officer
The differences and barriers from campus to campus in a university system
“Silo-breaking” as it relates to mental health
The difficulty in caring for ourselves while caring for others
Perfectionism, burnout, and why “it’s OK not to be OK”
The pandemic’s part in training us to wear a “badge of honor” for not caring for ourselves and our mental health
We are human—and we forget that very often.
The event that was the impetus for Dr. Jessi’s book—and why it left her feeling horrible
Signs of early burnout that Dr. Jessi only noticed in hindsight
Making the shift to navigate perfectionist tendencies to prevent burnout
The importance of having self-compassion and reframing the mean things we say to ourselves
The value of timeout for ME

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