{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F7c9aa35b-aeaa-446b-9161-f1d6235694f2","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Ep 53: Exhausted to Extraordinary with Dr Sharon Grossman","description":"On today\u2019s show I\u2019m joined by Dr Sharon Grossman.\n\nDr. Grossman is a Psychologist, Life Coach, and Speaker, who is an expert in Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and managing burnout in high achieving professionals. \n\nShe graduated more than two decades ago with a Bachelors in Psychology and since has completed a double Masters and a Doctorate in Counselling Psychology from Fordham University.\n\nFor the past two decades, Dr Grossman has worked with lawyers, doctors and other high-achieving professionals to help improve mental health and well-being, as all are prone to sacrificing their self-care as a result of work demands. Individuals she describes as having \u201ctoo much on their mind, no direction, and end up focussing on unimportant items while forgetting about more important ones\u201d. Thus entering a paradoxical downward spiral of perceived-underachievement, and eventually exhaustion. \n\nIf you\u2019re thinking this sounds eerily familiar, then you perhaps get why I was so keen to have Dr Grossman on the show!\n\nIn addition to her work as a psychologist and coach, Dr. Grossman published her best selling book \u2018The 7E Solution to Burnout\u2019 in 2020. A book she hopes will help more high achievers transform their lives from exhausted to extraordinary - a book I strongly recommend you check out.\n\nNow, just before we jump into the episode, a quick word from today\u2019s show sponsor which today is the Thrive community. If you are struggling with managing time, feeling like an imposter or burnout then you need to make a change. The good news is that you are not broken or a bad fit for the profession, you are simply missing some super-important skills no-one teaches at university. Skills you will learn as part of the VetX community. Thrive is a RACE accredited professional skills course where members receive training, toolkits and one-to-one coaching to develop these skills.\n \nJoin hundreds of other vets who have changed their careers for the better as a Thrive member. To learn more and find out if the class is a good fit for you visit www.vetxinternational.com today.\n \nNow back to the show...\n \nVeterinarians are no strangers to the subjects of exhaustion, burnout, compassion fatigue and worse. We\u2019re smart, we get that these things are risks. But despite this, too many seem to default to one of two options, collapse and leave a profession altogether, further exacerbating the effects for those that remain. Or grimly struggle on becoming ever more disillusioned with a career they once loved. \n\nWhat excited me about having this conversation with Dr Grossman was the opportunity to shine a light on a different pathway. To take a deeper dive into what burnout is and how we deal with work pressures. To explore some of the tools available to take control and manage our own experience, so we all have the chance to thrive in our career. One that, if more of us were willing to take, might reduce burnout, resurrect careers, and literally save lives. Vet med is after all for many of us, not just a job, it\u2019s a vocation.\n\nThis interview is a bit different from our normal format as it\u2019s more about a subject than person - during the show I share a few of my own struggles in the hope that by doing so, you can find context and courage to get to work on you. \n\nSo without further ado, find a couch, lay back, and enjoy this part conversation, part therapy session with the empowering Dr Sharon Grossman.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/04576857-71c0-4322-a230-6e4a05e5a6e8/artworks-p19njsjy5zizetcl-9mgzaw-t3000x3000.jpg"}