Tammi Miller Will See You Now: Work Addiction, Identity and The Perils of Pursuing It All

Today's guest is Tammi Miller - a Certified Practising Counsellor registered with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia. She works with people to improve mental wellbeing, improve health literacy and looks to facilitate a path towards happier, healthier and more mindful ways of living. I dare say a lot of us could benefit from this type of work.I've wanted to get Tammi on the show for a few months, so when the chance came up after reading her book Bare Therapy I jumped at it. It's reasonable to expect that many of us can struggle with our relationship to work when so much of the news and information we're exposed to is doomish and dread-inducing. Working in the fields of sustainability, climate action and social impact is exhausting and painful, and burnout is common. I have certainly struggled with maintaining my stability and wellbeing over the years, and it's felt shaky again the past few months working solely in the science and impacts of a changed and changing climate.Tammi is on the show to chat about identity, self worth, work addiction, meaning, the pursuit of it all and the perils of the pursuit of it all. Doing the inner work is essential I believe to all of us, helping to reveal with another what we cannot see for whatever reason, to identify new insights and give strength for an evolution of our existence to help align our meaning and dreams with the actions we can take every day, every moment.The rest of the year's events are being listed regularly - we've got three coming up in the next month and I hope to see as many of you at them as possible - head to humanitix.com and search for finding nature - hit follow so that you get automatically notified of listings and access to ticket sales.One last place you can sign up is at  findingnature.substack.com where each month I publish a series of contributions from other professionals working in the sustainability and impact fields on what motivates them, their philosophies and how that informs their daily lives. The most recent edition was published on the topic of help - the obvious necessity that it is for me, you and everyone else, but also the difficulty and torment it can bring up in exhibiting vulnerability and honesty when it's asked for or accepted. Entirely relevant in the context of this episode with Tammi.November is about hope at Finding Nature, and with Tammi on the show and all we spoke about and the work of change making, this quote from Lori Gottlieb stands out “Uncertainty, I'm starting to realise, doesn't mean the loss of hope - it means there's possibility. I don't know what will happen next - how potentially exciting!”Til next time, thanks for listening.Today's show is delivered with Altiorem. Use the code FindingNature10 to get your first month free on their gold and platinum plans. Today's show is delivered with Gilay Estate. Add Finding Nature to your booking reservation for free food bundles.Send me a messageThanks for listening. Follow Finding Nature on Instagram