Healthcare Burnout & Business Beginnings: Real Talk About Energy, Boundaries, and Self-Knowledge
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Time | Segment |
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00:00 – Meet Emma Leivesley: Wellbeing and burnout coach for healthcare workers | |
01:00 – Guilt and stress in medicine: “I’m the doctor—why am I struggling?” | |
02:30 – The holistic coaching approach: uncovering values and energy drains | |
04:00 – Time thieves: what they are and how to spot them | |
05:30 – When helping others becomes too much: protecting your bandwidth | |
07:00 – The illusion of rest: why zoning out with Netflix isn't really recovery | |
08:15 – Environment and noise: finding your focus zone | |
09:00 – Social media comparison and burnout triggers | |
10:30 – Sharing the load: equality in parenting and household mental load | |
12:00 – The “two-hour rule” for presence and clarity | |
13:00 – How rest sparks creativity and better decisions | |
14:00 – Physical symptoms of burnout: Emma’s ER story and what she ignored | |
16:00 – Why your body will eventually force you to stop | |
17:30 – Calming reminders and subconscious stress patterns | |
18:30 – Nikki reflects on sensory overload, coping, and body signals | |
20:00 – Emma’s leap into self-employment (and the adjustment shock) | |
21:30 – Nikki on boundaries and working through insomnia | |
23:00 – Starting a business: where to begin and what to avoid | |
24:30 – Taking stock of your skills (drawing, tech, networking, etc.) | |
26:00 – A reality check: if you can’t troubleshoot tech, freelancing may not be ideal | |
27:30 – Business and mental health: how they intersect | |
29:00 – Charging for your value, not just your time | |
31:00 – Don’t underprice hand-made or skilled work | |
33:00 – Honoring your mental health while being self-employed | |
34:00 – Craft pricing logic: materials, time, and market demand | |
35:30 – Finishing what you start and avoiding burnout from overpromising | |
37:00 – Legal, ethical business ideas with real-life value | |
38:30 – Nikki on disliking money management but working around it | |
40:00 – Building gates in your business to avoid overload | |
41:00 – When (and how) to open or close services to maintain sanity | |
43:00 – The demand for handy skills and the value of reliability | |
45:00 – Nikki explains VA work, energy pacing, and setting expectations | |
47:00 – Final thoughts: Do what brings joy—and makes sense for your life |
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