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Crack open the books

June 26, 2019

What better time than summer to crack open the books you’ve longed to read all year long. The days are long, the pace is summer-slow, and the time is yours to catch up on yourself.

The Burnout Queens believe in the power of knowledge. With our psychology degrees, our coaching expertise, and a specialty in womens’ issues, we wanted to share just a few books that will help you jump any life hurdles and open you up to even more personal growth.

Here are a few of our ‘must reads’ to get you started.

Excuses Begone! (Dr. Wayne W. Dyer)
Be Happy. (Robert Holden, Ph.D.)
Quiet. (Susan Cain)

Happy Reading darling.

Dr Toby Silverton & Dr Bev McLagan aka…The Burnout Queens xx

Stop Overwhelm and Embrace Life!

June 7, 2019

Are you feeling ‘overdone from overdoing’? Did I hear a big ‘YES’ from you? Then darling, you are OVERWHELMED and that won’t be a surprise to you.

When we’re overwhelmed we just want to sit down and throw our hands up in the air…give up…and hope tomorrow will be better than it feels right now. I’m sure you can relate.

In our podcast today, Dr T is talking about OVERWHELM, giving you insight into

what overwhelm actually is (not what you think)
what happens to you when you’re overwhelmed (anxiety, getting stuck and experiencing a brain drain)
how to offset your overwhelm

The Burnout Queens’ podcast OVERWHELM GEMS give you 7 Gems that are pretty darn simple to put into motion and reap you big results.

Stop the Overwhelm and Embrace Life!

Love, Dr Toby & Dr Bev (The Burnout Queens)

You don’t have to be a mother on Mothering Sunday

March 30, 2019

You don’t have to be a ‘mother’ to celebrate darling.

Mothering Sunday is in fact, an old religious tradition for giving young women in service a day off to be with their families at church. It was reconfigured by the USA in the early 1900’s to celebrate nurturing of children and family. The trouble is Mother’s Day is thought to be only for mothers and leaves many women out of the equation for a number of reasons.

However, you don’t have to be ‘a mother’ to celebrate and be celebrated. Neither of The Burnout Queens have children, but over our careers we have nurtured hundreds (verging on thousands) of young women (and some men).

As psychotherapists and international coaches, we nurture our clients to grow, mature, expand their lives, marry, divorce, have children, decide to be childless, secure careers, change life direction, and become beautiful humans. For that we are proud of our mothering.

For us, however, the biggest mothering blessing is to witness clients finding their true soul’s desire.

So to all the women we know (and have yet to meet) who think today is only for those with children, celebrate helping and nurturing those around you. We and you are loved and make a massive difference!

Love, The Burnout Queens xx

Thank you to Caroline True Photography for the beautiful flower xx

It’s International Happiness Day!

March 20, 2019

The Burnout Queens hope you are feeling happy today of all days. Why not…March 20th is not only the first day of Spring, but International Happiness Day! We actually didn’t know it existed, but we are happy that it does because it gives us all time to reflect on the goodness in our life (I’m sure you can find something darling).

Happiness Day got us thinking about some fabulous resources that you might like to indulge in, but first why not try this little quiz.

READ THIS STUCK-TOGETHER SENTENCE OUT LOUD:

happinessisnowhere

What did your voice tell you? a) happiness is nowhere OR b) happiness is now here

Well, the differences are stark aren’t they. Does this sentence give you a glimpse into your attitude and approach to life and your feelings? Well…

If you read (B) then you will be feeling quite happy about how things are going. If you read (A) then you might take this Day of Happiness to seek some inspiration on how to, well, ‘feel happy’

The Burnout Queens recommend these resources.

Happiness Now! Timeless wisdom for feeling good fast. (by Robert Holden, PhD)

2. be happy. release the power of happiness in YOU (by Robert Holden, PhD)

And for those who love research:

3. Stumbling on Happiness (by Daniel Gilbert)

Here’s to a day of happiness!

Love, The Burnout Queens xx

Saluting International Women’s Day

March 8, 2019

Today is International Women’s Day, so we are saluting the fabulous women who we call our Burnout Queens. Who are these Burnout Queens?

They are an interesting and varied lot! Many are creative professionals; musicians, singers, artists, writers, poets, actors, screenwriters, jewellery designers, chefs, bakers, interior designers, event planners, fashion designers, theatre company managers and film production personnel. They are in business, education and health care. They are teachers, lawyers, health executives, social workers, pilots, financial advisors, academics, and business owners. Many work for themselves, or long to. They are entrepreneurs, solo-preneurs, and mum-preneurs!

Our Burnout Queens are strong, fabulous, creative, sensitive, and smart women. They come from big cities and small towns around the globe.

What they share is a personality that makes them prone to burnout. They are busy being their best! They are personal strivers, responsible, dependable, conscientious, perfectionistic, reliable, and, wow, they have drive and stick-to-it-ness. Throw in being creative, perceptive, sensitive, and intuitive, all it means to be a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), and you either have a recipe for burnout or the secret formula for high potential living.

We love our Burnout Queens. They dream big dreams; they dream of changing the world. They are inspiring and exciting.

We want you to value, accept, and learn to love the power and strength that comes from being a Burnout Queen! We want you to do your own thing, live your dreams your way because that will enrich the world for all of us and generations to come.

We salute and take our crowns off to all of you.

Love, Dr T & Dr B