Burnout Buster - Shed the Stress!
How stressed are you right now?!This is the podcast for people who work too hard and don't take enough rest. Burnout Buster helps you to recognise your burnout habits and swap them for practical, effective techniques to reduce stress and promote wellbeing.Hosted by People Booster, Pam Burrows, from the city of Nottingham, UK. Her mission is to cheer you up, calm you down and stop you going 'pop'.Most of all, she's here to show you how to take good care of your precious self.Find more about Pam and see her in action on stage at www.pamburrows.com and on YouTube as Pam Burrows People Booster.
Episodes
36 episodes
How to make your self-talk more useful
NEW SERIES! Episode 1It's easy to fall into the habit of criticising and berating ourselves without even realising it.Other people might knock our confidence but sometimes we continue to think those negative thoughts right ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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28:21
Over-revving & Burnout
How long have you been at full revs? It's time to change the level you're working at, before the wheel start to fall off!Looking at research by Dr Hans Selye - godfather of studying stress - via some techniques to reclaim y...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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19:27
Let's Break Into Song!
Do you have days when your brain races with worries about what's happened, or what might happen?In this episode I'm exploring a fun way to change your mindset, reduce stress hormones and feel calmer and brighter.Add in some shou...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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18:41
What You Really REALLY Want
SPA TICKET FOR YOU!Before I say anything else - if you're reading this before Nov 29th 2021, here's the link to grab yourself a FREE ticket to my online Virtual Spa Retreat!6:30pm til 7:30pm with foot spa, reflexology, sh...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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18:43
Psychoneuroimmunology!!
What?!Psycho Neuro Immunology!!It's the science of how you think and feel affecting your immune system.So, let's address how you can improve all of that.We use the 'A' of the CARE Wellbeing model and get active...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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18:05
Self Care and Forming New Habits
Huge thanks to Annabel, a dedicated podcast listener since last spring, for emailing me with some ideas that she'd find helpful in future podcasts...To that end, in this episode we're asking 'why don't I do the self care things that wou...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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30:36
Overworked & Underpaid
In my wellbeing workshops for organisations, I've seen a huge change as a result of working from home.So many employers used to be nervous of allowing people to work anywhere they couldn't keep an eye on them. Now that so many people are st...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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24:55
Loving what you do
It's great to love what you do...most of the time.But what if it becomes an obsession, or takes priority over some really important things like eating, hydrating, sleeping and having positive relationships?In this episode we experim...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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23:32
How's The Future looking?
How's the future looking from where you are?In this episode we use a 'swimming technique' (what really?!) to let go of tension and explore the way we might imagine the future. And how to do it in a way that fills us with strength and op...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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32:38
The Toxicity of Comparison
Is your colleague performing better than you?Is someone doing a trillion miles for charity putting you to shame?Are there people on your social media with smarter cars, bigger businesses, fabulous houses?FORGET THEM!Let'...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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20:56
Values & Decision Making
How conscious are you of your values - the stuff that really matters to you?Being clear on your priority for life, can make it easier to make decisions.Listen in and found out how!
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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29:25
Little Wins For Wellbeing
Sometimes wellbeing or even just healthy choices feel like a big effort.In episode 25 we're exploring the idea of quick wins that can give you a sense of progress, like you're actually doing something towards your health.With a tech...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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27:10
It's Them, Not Me!
Are people being more irritating, more obstructive, just more annoying lately?If you're noticing a bit of road rage, pet peeves or relative ranting, this episode is for you!Red Flag number 14 from my Burnout Buster book, suggest...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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27:24
Energy Vampires
Who or what saps your energy?And more importantly, what can you do about it??In this episode I'm exploring the way in which we give away our energy and a nifty little to keep the 'books balanced' when it comes to the give and take o...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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30:54
Great Expectations - Friend or Foe?
How much are you expecting of yourself right now?If you set yourself a huge to-do list, criticise yourself for not getting everything done and worry about not making things perfect, you're heading for burnout.In this episode we expl...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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26:25
More sleep tips than you can handle?
This episode is SO packed full of tips for good sleep that you may need a notebook handy!With techniques to try at the beginning and the end and a whole lot of fabulousness going on in the middle :)Here's the playlist of 'Switch-off...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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35:32
What blocks your self care time?
It's not rocket science to work out you need to eat well, stay hydrated, rest and sleep well, and pace yourself so that you don't burn out.And yet, we don't always keep those things in balance, even though we notice the negative consequence...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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25:59
Let's get smushy! (and sane)
There's a definite risk of smushiness in this episode. But it's all in a good cause.Burnout happens when we work too hard, for too long, without looking after ourselves.But in this episode I explore what's behind all that o...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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34:14
Other People's Nonsense! And how to avoid it.
OPN - Other People's Nonsense (or crisis, or drama, stress or distress) is not yours to shoulder.When you collect up other people's stuff, you're increasing your risk of burnout.In this episode I talk about how we collect it up, the...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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33:33
How much do you give? 110% ?
Giving 110% sounds like commitment, passion, hard-work...and impossible.Although you could try and give that 10% extra, it's going to put you into a dangerous kind of debt.In this episode, we're talking about how not to burn out by ...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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29:11
Reacting versus Responding
There are plenty of things we can't control right now and receiving bad news is one of them!It might hit you from left field and scupper your plans, it might drop on you like a ton of bricks. However, there's a difference between that first...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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25:38
Have you got enough?
Have you got enough?Are you good enough?Have you done enough?There are many ways in which 'enough' plays a role in our lives.In this episode I'm exploring how we focus on enough in the negative sense and how to switch it...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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28:20
4 Key Aspects to Wellbeing - CARE
In this episode I describe the 4 key aspects that can make or break your wellbeing.Using the framework of my CARE Model of wellbeing, you'll get some tools to add to your life that you could really need right now.We also have a go a...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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30:18
Your Superpower! (and how it becomes your superproblem)
Before you have chance to disagree with me, let me just say this:You DO have a superpower, even if you're not sure what it is.Firstly it's a good idea to realise what it is and then secondly, it's even more important to stop it from...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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19:07
Talking to yourself (can be good for you)
Talking to yourself *can* be good for you, but what's that tone you're using? And what do you say to yourself when you get stuff wrong?And did you just roll your eyes at yourself, did you say "oh trust me!"?Maybe it's time to re...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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27:32