APM event hosted by the Midlands Branch on 20 February 2024. Speaker: Elise Holmes - Therapeutic Coach, Coached by Elise Burnout is a bit of a buzzword right now, and Elise Holmes myth busted straight away and say she doesn’t see it as simply being about working too hard! Let’s dig deeper and look at what it might be in an individual that drives or allows them to continually exceed their capacity, and the impact that has. This event was held on 20 February 2024 So what do we mean by burnout, what might cause it, how might it be experienced and recognised, and importantly how can we spot warning signs and what are some practical approaches and tools to intervene? Elise also covered recovery strategies should anyone already be there, or find themselves there. She looked at the role of: Energy draining thought patterns Personality types Values, Identity and Purpose Elise offered a blend of scientific background, psychological mapping models and practical exercises for you to put into action in this informative, supportive and constructive talk. She identified some of the common personality and thought patterns that lead to burnout, and share some steps and tools to course correct this. Attendees gained an understanding of how and why burnout can happen and what that can look and feel like. Also, gained an awareness of how to tune in and listen to your own potential warning signs within your physical and mental health, and learn to respond to those with compassion. In exploring this, Elise overviewed a holistic way of looking at physical and mental health and energy management in individuals. In covering a variety of different potential contributing aspects to burnout, there’s likely to be something here that’s pertinent or of interest to everyone, in our human experience. She strongly believe that many of us have so much more potential that we’re able to open up into. Sometimes with clunky software still running in our brains, we push ourselves a really hard and long way around in pursuit of how we want to feel, our goals and dreams, at times leading to burnout. Let’s look at how we can shortcut that efficiently, ensure that where we’re headed truly is where we want to be, and take care of ourselves along the way. https://www.apm.org.uk/news/burnout-prevention-intervention-recovery/

1. Burnout: Prevention,
Intervention & Recovery
Elise Holmes
Therapeutic Coach

2. Aims
AWARENESS
⎼ It can happen!
⎼ What is burnout? How might it be experienced & recognised?
UNDERSTANDING
⎼ Underlying personality types and patterns
⎼ Science of the body in a stress state
CHOICE
⎼ Take different actions
⎼ Align with your values

3. Credit
With thanks to:
Alex Howard & Anna Duschinsky, Optimum Health Clinic, London, and founders
of Therapeutic CoachingTM
Salus Fatigue Foundation, Birmingham based charity

4. My Story…

5. What is burnout?
Many possible symptoms, unique set
Draining your cup
A process of depleting the body’s reserves
A message from your body
A gift?!

6. 5 Personality Types & Patterns
Achieving
Helping
Perfectionism
Anxiety
Control
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7. The Science
Polyvagal Theory (Dr. Stephen
Porges)
States of the nervous system
We want to aim to be in a social
state as much as possible
There are tools to support that

8. Let’s take a PAUSE…

9. Choice
With awareness and understanding we can choose to:
- Change our response/ Do something differently
- Take a pause
- Listen to our body
- Rest
- Align with our values
- Refill our cup

10. Your Values
What gets you out of bed in the morning?
What gets you angry?
What would you fight for?
What motivates you?
What’s most important to you?
And what’s important to you about that?

11. Refilling Your Cup
Align actions with values
Make conscious choices
Diversify
Indulge in hobbies
Play for the sake of play
Take weekends and holidays
Kindness & self-compassion

12. Takeaways
AWARENESS - Using up our reserves is unsustainable and burnout can happen
UNDERSTANDING
Patterns - what underlying patterns drive you?
Nervous System - Can you recognise when you’re in a stress state and take
a pause to train your nervous system back down?
CHOICE - How will you refill your cup?

13. Thank you!
Elise Holmes, Therapeutic Coach
elise@coachedbyelise.com
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