E28: The Power of Discernment & the Importance of Knowing Where to Target Your Self-Care Efforts

If you’re like most therapists, there have undoubtedly been times in your career when you’ve found yourself struggling with work and trying to figure out why.  Figuring out the “why” to our struggles can be a great step towards finding ways to reduce our struggles.  Yet, at the same time, it’s not always easy to identify the source and, in fact, we believe it can be easy to get it wrong.  And when we misidentify the source of our struggles we’re at risk of feeling even more deflated and discouraged because our self-care solutions don’t create the change we’re hoping for.       In today’s episode we’re kicking off a new podcast mini-series where we’ll be highlighting the importance of discernment by looking at four discernment categories related to beliefs, boundaries, values, and our work environment, and ways of better targeting our self-care to the specific source of our workplace struggles.  Because when we target the true source of our workplace struggles good things start to happen.  Episode Highlights:Why professional dissatisfaction is rarely a binary 'it's me' vs 'it's the job'The 4 discernment categories:        (1) Belief misalignment        (2) Boundary misalignment        (3) Values (and seasonal capacity) misalignment        (4) Genuinely unhealthy environmentsOur own discernment experiencesSelf-care experimentConnect with Melissa & Karen at Intentional Therapist:https://www.intentionaltherapist.ca/  |  [email protected]  |   https://www.linkedin.com/in/drmelissatiessen/Share one of your own self-care experiments via our SpeakPipe page at:  https://www.speakpipe.com/intentionaltherapistReady to upgrade your self-care?  Check out the independent study version of our course, Thrivival Skills for Therapists, and earn 3 CE credits!  Because self-care is PART OF our jobs!  More info at:  https://intentional-therapist.newzenler.com/courses/thrivival-skills-for-therapists-independent-study  Disclaimer:  This podcast seeks to be educational in purpose and is not to be used as clinical advice.  Please connect with a therapist one-on-one for personalized support.