by Dr. Susan Biali | Jul 23, 2019 | Burnout / Workplace, Examine your life, Mental Health
I had my first taste of burning out (along with overlapping depression) years ago, when I was an Emergency Medicine resident. Because I never wanted to hit bottom that hard, ever again, I decided to learn everything I could about resilience and mental wellness. I...
by Dr. Susan Biali | Jul 10, 2019 | Blog, Burnout / Workplace, Mental Health
A few years ago, I spoke about burnout at a national meeting of an association of specialist physicians. I’m always a little nervous when speaking to physician colleagues, and this was no exception. A few minutes before the presentation, I was doing something near the...
by Dr. Susan Biali | Apr 17, 2019 | Mental Health, Your Inner Life
Stress brings out the worst. Not just the worst behavior (such as being more irritable with others), but also the worst choices. If I’m stressed, my first response is to reach for comfort food. Cookies, cake or chocolate, and the more, the better. This soothes in the...
by Dr. Susan Biali | Mar 13, 2019 | Burnout / Workplace, Examine your life, Reflections for Your Journey
As a coach I work with a variety of leaders (from mid-level managers to high-ranking executives), helping them to reduce their stress, recover from burnout, improve work-life balance and operate more effectively. Time after time, after I do a little digging, a core...
by Dr. Susan Biali | Sep 12, 2018 | Burnout / Workplace, Examine your life, Reflections for Your Journey
People toss around the word “burnout” a lot these days. Every time I speak about burnout to a group or at a conference, people come up to me wide-eyed afterward, saying, “This is what’s wrong with me! I just thought I was exhausted and stressed.”...
