Shawn Goldberg: Preventing Burnout at Work, Employee Assistance Program, and more | GYC Podcast E271

In this episode, Ben speaks with Shawn Goldberg, director and clinical psychologist at Mind Up Psychology.They discuss burnout and how it affects practitioners in the healthcare industry. The importance of Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) and how clinic owners can support their team members to prevent burnout. The conversation also touches on imposter syndrome and its connection to burnout. Tune in to gain valuable insights on managing and preventing burnout in the workplace.Quotes"Do you feel like you're living and working within your values?""Values and fairness are the two main reasons why people get burned out.""And when you feel like you're growing towards a core value or a belief, a mission, your own personal mission, of where you wanna be in your career, of what you want to do that would really give you a sense of passion, burnout will trickle away, because it's a bigger picture.""We know that in Australia, 50 to 60% of people experience burnout at work."Timestamps00:00 Intro 01:33 Burnout vs imposter syndrome02:08 6 Triggers of Burnout02:42 Surprising importance of fairness and values03:11 Signs/symptoms of burnout07:21 How clinic owners can support team experiencing burnout09:08 Why open-ended questions are best13:20 Brain hack: engage the frontal lobe 15:08 Key driver to work satisfaction: personal values17:04 Importance of boundaries and flexibility 22:33 Does your team have passion projects? It matters.30:35 Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) 36:07 How to introduce EAP to the team38:57 Autonomy and independence impact mental health42:57 Take a step back and see the bigger picture44:16 Mental health support in the healthcare industryConnect with ShawnMind Up Psychology - https://www.mindup.com.au/our-team/shawn-goldberg/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mindupclinicLinkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/mindupclinic/- - - - -If you found this episode valuable, please give us a thumbs up, share, comment, and give us your ratings on:iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grow-your-clinic/id1332920944?mt=2Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/03nmt7gYDfeeOPV6qBmVTuWatch on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@clinicmasteryWe appreciate your support and feedback!