Mental Status

Meg gives 7 tips to help survive the holiday surge.

Show Notes

About Today's Episode

In this episode, Meg goes over 7 tips to help beat burnout during holiday surges:
  • Look at your emotions with soft eyes
  • Build end-of-day rituals
  • Delegate tasks!
  • Use scripts to set & maintain boundaries
  • Communicate what your needs look like when it comes to holiday celebrations
  • Demonstrate what healthy boundaries look like by using them for yourself
  • Create an ideal professional roadmap for the year ahead
Bonus! If you want a deeper dive into the rituals & scripts, join the Patreon community for exclusive access to a Patron-only episode where I discuss specific rituals & scripts + downloadable PDFs full of actual ritual ideas & actual scripts you can use with clients, staff, colleagues, and admins.

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Disclaimer, y'all: This is a podcast meant for education and entertainment purposes only. I'm not your therapist. This podcast doesn't replace therapy or clinical supervision and isn't supposed to replace those things. If you need a therapist or supervisor, please find one. My opinions are my own and don't reflect the opinion(s) of my past/present/future employers.

What is Mental Status?

Fatigued. Anxious. Irritable. Depressed. How are you actually doing?

Welcome to Mental Status, a podcast made for burnt-out therapists looking to reignite their life beyond the chair. Each episode, your host Meg explores the ins, outs, ups and downs of being a professional helper in the modern age, and ways to help the most important person of all—yourself.