Here's how you can foster resilience in mindfulness professionals facing burnout.

You need to understand, honestly, what resilience is, to develop it, and as a society, I believe we have a problem with that. Often resilience seems, in people's minds, to be continuing to push through with multiple stressors, and being hard enough to just cope with that. Thats a scientific management approach, using the body as nothing but a unit of mere productivity from which maximum productivity can be forced. We are all so motivated to be good leaders to others but what about ourselves? We all know that the scientific mgmt approach is disastrous on productivity and profit based outcomes. Resilience is physiological - give the body what it needs (rest, deep breathing, good nutrients, exercise, nature). That's a mindful approach!

Think of self-care as recharging a battery. Just as a device cannot function optimally on a low charge, mindfulness professionals cannot provide the best care without recharging themselves. - Set aside time each day for meditation to clear the mind and center the spirit. - Engage in regular exercise to boost both physical and mental health. - Ensure there are quiet moments in the day for personal reflection and mental relaxation. - Establish boundaries to protect personal time and prevent overextension. - Maintain a balanced diet and ensure adequate sleep to support overall well-being. By integrating these practices, mindfulness professionals can maintain their health and continue to provide high-quality care to others.

Self care is incredibly important, not only for yourself but for your colleagues to. By starting your day with a self care ritual, even if it's just a 2 minute breath work practice or a 5 minute mindful eating practice while having breakfast, it's sets you up for a better day. Your mindset is an incredible thing.

??Build a schedule that matches your energy cycle. ?? Reduce the default duration of your meetings from 30 mins to 25 mins. This will provide you the opportunity to do some breath work before your next meeting starts. ?? Remove decision fatigue by simplifying your life

Taking care of yourself is important, but mindfulness professionals need people who "get it" too. Find a group – online, at conferences, or even start your own local squad. Why? Because sharing your struggles and successes with others who walk the walk feels amazing. You'll learn from each other, feel less alone, and be there to support one another.

Just as plants need water and sunlight to thrive, mindfulness professionals need continuous learning and growth. Here’s why: 1. Deepen your ROOTS! - Just as a tree grows stronger roots, diving deeper into mindfulness techniques or related fields like psychology and stress management can make your practice stronger. 2. Bloom with NEW Ideas! - Exploring new knowledge can be like adding fresh flowers to your garden, keeping your practice vibrant and exciting. 3. Prevent BURNOUT! - Just as a well-tended garden stays healthy, continuous learning can help you manage the challenges of your work, preventing feelings of stagnation and burnout. Keep nurturing your mind, and watch your practice flourish!

For many people including myself having a daily habit of learning, developing and stimulating yourself intellectually can be challenging because of a busy schedule. Instead of trying to find more hours in a day, what worked for me was to incorporate listening to podcasts or audio books into activities that I was already undertaking each day, be it taking care of household chores or during my workout.

A balanced lifestyle helps in maintaining perspective, reducing the risk of burnout, and fostering overall resilience. Think of life as a well-tended garden. Just as plants need a mix of sunlight, water, and nutrients to thrive, professionals need a blend of work, rest, and play to maintain their well-being and resilience.

Work life balance has become a spectrum of balancing all our responsibilities each day. It’s no longer simply choosing one side (work) or the other (life) to balance the scale of life, but to continually integrate our wellbeing practices into a routine that manages our stress levels no matter what activity we’re doing. Many people bring work home, or work from home these days, so there’s never really an end of a workday. Therefore, it’s important to define your priorities for both home and work, and to use mindful awareness to ensure we stick to our priorities. To do this, set your personal & professional priorities each morning, ensuring it’s not all work. Then use mindfulness to check in with yourself periodically to stay on track.

It’s ok to acknowledge when you feel stressed out, and it’s important to communicate a feeling of overload in your job. In order to avoid getting to the unmanageable level of burnout, we can use mindfulness to communicate our challenges. Starting with mindful self awareness, pay attention to your body’s stress cues. When you notice your stress level rising, it’s time to practice self compassion and communicate your needs to friends, family or workers. With mindfulness you can share your needs more clearly by avoiding emotions taking over. If you find yourself feeling angry, overwhelmed or resentful, use breathing techniques to shift your focus back to clear thinking to communicate your needs to avoid burnout.

Too often when people reflect on their experiences they do so through a lens of “what did I do wrong?”. Although identifying mistakes and areas of improvement is very important, it’s equally important to identify what you did right so you can replicate that behaviour. During reflection it’s also important to identify situations and circumstances that were completely out of your control so you can release the shame, guilt, and regret of unsuccessful outcomes.

Vulnerability. I once thought that I couldn’t own up to my reality because it would diminish my brand “If he’s hitting burnout with all these tools, how will I have a chance!?!?” Then I was told a story about a monk, teaching, who absolutely lost his sh#t when asked a question by someone in the audience. It out everything into perspective… we’re all human and just because we may have more tools, does not mean we are perfect and not susceptible to peaks and troughs of emotional resilience