Dr Bek’s Blogs
Dr. Bek Clinical Psychologist
Unlocking Entrepreneurial Success: Because your Ideas Matter!
As a female entrepreneur driving your small business, your success can be impacted by a combination of external and internal factors. External influences, like socio-economic drivers, market forces, and financial challenges, often lie beyond your immediate control...
My top tips for avoiding financial burnout
If you are a female entrepreneur, your journey is unique, and so are the factors that contribute to your financial well-being. In a landscape shaped by both personal experiences and societal norms, developing strategies for your financial success becomes essential in...
Made, not born: key skills for entrepreneurial success
It requires a unique skill set to be an entrepreneur. In addition to various technical and business acumen, research has identified specific personality factors associated with people who innovate successful businesses. Proactively enhancing these character strengths...
Imposter syndrome, burnout and the pressure on women to be ‘warm’ and ‘likeable’
Emily Blunt is the star of the hit movie, ‘Oppenheimer’ and one of the biggest British female movie stars of her generation. You may think you have very little in common with her. However, in a recent article in The Guardian, Emily spoke of the pressure to be warm and...
Single Session Interventions
One of the most common questions I get asked is “how long will it take”? The answer, of course, is “it depends”. Factors such as how much distress you are in, your level of commitment to do the work necessary to effect meaningful change, and the resources you have...
Resources for dealing with burnout: for people in the medical, nursing, and veterinary fields.
Listed here are some of the available online resources specific to your profession. Medicine/Nursing Doctors' Health Advisory Service New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory: 02 9437 6552 Doctors' Health Advisory Service Western Australia: 08 9321 3098 ...
Addressing anxiety
Excessive worry and anxiety can be debilitating for many people, and the search for a pathway to recovery can be confusing and overwhelming.
Moments of connection
Our core internal stress management systems tend to respond to a sense of connection. Where’s my connection? People in Burnout often report feeling dislocated from colleagues, loved ones, and friends. There can be a sense that for every spare minute, there is an...
Grow your mindset
Emotional exhaustion is at the heart of Burnout. When we are depleted, it is difficult to face the prospect of change.
Change requires committed action
Getting back on track Burnout Recovery (and Prevention)
We enter Burnout because of the discrepancy between what we want to happen in our life and what happens, day in, day out. For many people, Burnout seems to start from the demands of our work. When there is a vast divide between the professional we want to be, doing...
You’re not crazy – even though you may wonder sometimes!
People in Burnout often feel like their central coping skills are broken. Somehow, somewhere, the wheels came off. The important thing to recognise is that not all stressors are equal. Anxiety-producing events with a clear beginning, middle and end are more...
How are you measuring success?
We all want to be masters of our destiny, and we work hard to achieve success on our terms. Our definition of success is shaped by cultural, familial, and personal beliefs and expectations. Our sense of a meaningful life is guided by our personal values, and we...
You’re not broken, only trapped
Living in Burnout can feel like living with a maelstrom of dread, shame, and anguish. Your inner voice constantly relaying the internal messages of personal deficiencies only adds to your distress. Burnout Recovery is learning better ways to move past the pain. Our...
Focus on what matters for change
Typically, when we are in pain, we seek to get away from it as quickly as possible. We also learn from experience. This is adaptive. In an evolutionary sense, learning from our mistakes saves lives. Our rational brain seeks to use the same approach to tackle emotional...
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