Ep 26 allows the listener to learn from Clinical Psychologist Rebecca Black about two important areas associated with burnout: chronic illness - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & Fibromyalgia, & Unrelenting Standards Schema. Schemas are mental structures of preconceived ideas, a framework representing aspects of the world, or a system of organising & perceiving new information. Rebecca blends her lived experience in both areas with her experience as a schema therapist working with people wi...
Oct 04, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 26
About Episode Episode 25, Part 2 brings you the next chapter of April's work and burnout lived experience. In this second half, she moves into the education field again, but this time early education to help bring a balance to her life now that she is a mother. This time, she faces systematic issues such as role ambiguity/conflict, poor leadership and management, under-resourcing, and lack of training. If you haven't caught the first half of her story, it's worth checking out before delving into...
Sep 20, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Season 4Ep. 25
About Episode Episode 25, Part 1 brings you the work and burnout lived experience of April Lauer. A story that spans over 20 years with the ebbs and flows of burnout as she comes up against several systemic issues that clash with her values, interests and needs. From a primary school teacher at the tender age of 21, navigating the world as a young adult, to taking a leap of faith into a new career, leaving teaching behind and experiencing both government and private sector positions that have gi...
Sep 06, 2023•1 hr 26 min•Season 4Ep. 25
About Episode Episode 24 brings you another brave soul's story of burnout. Edwina's experience will be of particular benefit to authors, creators, editors, teachers, mothers of teenagers, the neurodiverse, the grievers, women, and those who experience relationship struggles or break-ups during burnout. It is amazing how much wisdom can be shared in a conversation that lasts just under an hour. I love what I do. I get to witness someone's vulnerability and how it paved the way for their growth. I...
Aug 02, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 4Ep. 24
About Episode In this episode, I share updated evidence-based information on burnout and the recovery and prevention of it with a blend of lived experiences from myself and past guests to give awareness and hope to move beyond burnout. You will also get a chance to be guided through a few psychological practices to assist you in making a start on responding, preventing and growing from burnout. About the Host/Guest My name is Shannon Swales, and I am a perfectly imperfect Clinical Psychologist ....
Jul 05, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 4Ep. 23
About Episode and Guest Some of you may find yourself struggling with an inner critic, a critic that likes to tell you that you are not enough - you are not a good enough psychologist, doctor, teacher, partner, friend, etc. A critic that judges you and leaves you feeling guilt and shame, further debilitating your health and well-being and impairing your functioning. The good news is compassion is an excellent antidote for our inner critic. Compassion is noticing suffering in self or others and t...
May 31, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 4Ep. 22
Episode 21 of Burnout Psychology Support (formerly known as BURNOUT: A Different Kind of GAP Year) Podcast focuses on the challenges of returning to your work/career post-burnout. It will focus on my journey from leaving my career as a clinical psychologist, unsure if I would ever return, to making the steps back. It will also infuse elements of scientific knowledge to help support others who find themselves at this point or are fearful about taking that break from their career. I genuinely beli...
May 03, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 4Ep. 21
Episode 20 of Burnout Psychology Support (formerly known as BURNOUT: A Different Kind of GAP Year) Podcast brings you the burnout to recovery experience of Population Health Lead Eva James. Sitting down with Eva to hear about her burnout and recovery experience was a pleasure. Like me, she took a 'time-out' (aka GAP) from her work to help support her health and well-being. However, unlike me, her experience was compounded by grief and loss. Eva shares her signs that she was burning out, how she ...
Apr 05, 2023•59 min•Season 4Ep. 20
Have you ever been told you are 'sensitive' or maybe even 'too sensitive'? I have, one too many times. If you answered yes or even know someone who has, this episode is for you. Last year I met this episode's expert guest, Becky Corbett, a registered holistic nurse and sensitivity expert. I was a guest on her podcast called The Gentle Living Nurse, where I talked about my sensitivity and burnout experience. It was through Becky that I recognised I am a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) and that bein...
Mar 01, 2023•53 min•Season 4Ep. 19
Episode 18 of Burnout: A Different Kind of GAP Year Podcast brings you the burnout to recovery experience of a business owner, husband and father, Glen. Looking back at his burnout experience with the wisdom he now has from his recovery offers you a unique perspective of the signs that contributed to his burnout, things he didn't or couldn't see at the time. Things like not resting, not prioritising self-care, pushing through, doing it on his own, and not setting boundaries, to name a few. It to...
Jan 24, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 3Ep. 18
Episode 17 of Burnout: A Different Kind of GAP Year Podcast showcases a therapeutic tool that played a significant role in my burnout recovery process, journaling. As a Clinical Psychologist and a person with lived experience of burnout, I would like to share my knowledge and expertise with journaling to support those who are going through, suspect that they are, or have recovered from burnout and want to prevent it from happening again or are curious about this condition. In this episode, I aim...
Nov 30, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 17
Episode 16 of Burnout: A Different Kind of GAP Year Podcast brings you the first of many episodes like this one, where I, a Clinical Psychologist, share knowledge and skills to raise awareness and provide support to those who suspect that they are or are going through burnout, want to prevent it or are curious about it. In this episode, I aim to provide you with information that will help you Be able to detect burnout in yourself Be able to detect burnout in others Be able to respond to your bur...
Nov 02, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 16
Episode 15 of Burnout: A Different Kind of GAP Year Podcast brings you Heart Place Hospital creator and champion Jacqui O'Connor's (aka "love rock star" and "hope merchant") burnout to recovery experience. Jacqui takes us on a journey from a busy nurse, nurse manager, mum and wife who believed she was hitting all the culturally appropriate success markers to the 'mack truck' moment (aka burnout) that set her life in a new direction. As she describes it, she went from an "unhealed healer" to a "h...
Oct 05, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Episode 14 of Burnout: A Different Kind of GAP Year Podcast brings you the burnout stories of two remarkable women, one of whom experienced job burnout (higher education industry) and the other mum burnout. Together they have created their movement based on sharing their own and others' resilience stories on their podcast and life happened . You can follow them on Instagram @and_lifehappened. Jessica and Samantha openly share their separate burnout to recovery experiences in this episode. Jessic...
Aug 31, 2022•56 min•Season 3Ep. 14
Episode 13 of Burnout: A Different Kind of GAP Year Podcast brings you my new friend, Erin, a primary school teacher who is no stranger to experiencing burnout. She shares with you her journey to awareness of suffering from burnout, what she has learnt so far that contributes to her experience of it, and what she has come to find out helps support her mental health to prevent further relapses into burnout. It is a definite must-listen, considering we will all have a teacher in our lives. Thank y...
Aug 02, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 13
In this final episode of the podcast's second season, your guest is...................ME :) I've come back on the show to celebrate several massive milestones that I have reached over my GAP year after burning out working as a clinical psychologist in clinical practice. Besides sharing and celebrating these milestones with you all, I will also be sharing exclusive news for BURNOUT: A Different Kind of GAP Year (blog, podcast, and social media community).I have particularly loved making this epis...
Jun 22, 2022•36 min•Season 2Ep. 12
This month's episode brings you a hypnotherapist's burnout to recovery experience, Sarah Kuipers. Sarah takes us on her journey of self-discovery, learning and growth from burnout to recovery (twice over); coming out the other side thriving in a new career direction (burnout researcher, lecturer, author, and counsellor). Like all my guests, Sarah has a lot of wisdom to share that not only comes from her lived experience but from her extensive research in the area. Sarah is a strong advocate for ...
Jun 01, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 11
This month's episode brings you a Clinical Psychologist's burnout to recovery experience, Eunice's. Eunice takes us through what contributed to her burnout both internally (e.g., perfectionism, focus on caring for others, high expectations, etc.) and externally (e.g., pandemic pressures - at home schooling, increased workload, etc.) and what supported her to recovery (e.g., therapy, support from loved ones, decreasing her workload, time off, etc.).Her experience highlights the challenges of expe...
May 02, 2022•59 min•Season 2Ep. 10
I have been wanting to interview a nurse since the conception of my podcast and episode 9 brings you a nurse's burnout story, Nichola Browning. I have worked alongside nurses here and there during my psychology career and this profession strikes me as one who is particularly vulnerable to burnout, compassionate fatigue, and vicarious trauma and mental health conditions such as depression and PTSD, and the research evidence agrees. Sixty-one percent of healthcare workers report burnout and 28% re...
Apr 06, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Episode 8 of Burnout: A Different Kind of GAP Year brings you the burnout experience of a young woman called Tahlia @goodluck_charliepod who experienced burnout during her senior years of high school. In this episode she talks candidly about her burnout experience and how she stepped her way through it whilst completing year 12. She shares in hope that it will help others to recognise the signs and get the help they need. A must listen for all high school students and their carers (parents, teac...
Mar 10, 2022•46 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Episode 7 of Burnout: A Different Kind of GAP Year brings you the story of Tracey Wood, a lady who bestowed kindness on me, at a time I needed it most. During one of our catch ups, she shared with me her own work gap experiences. Upon hearing her experiences, I knew her story would benefit others, so I asked her to be on the show; thankfully she agreed. Tracey is a mother, a daughter, a wife, a worker and above all, she is herself, Tracey, a compassionate human being. Her work/life GAP experienc...
Feb 06, 2022•52 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Episode 6 of Career Burnout: A Different Kind of GAP Year brings you the next instalment of my GAP year since having to leave work abruptly because of my health in Feb 2021.Just like Episode 1, where I talked candidly about my mental health experiences at the time, I will do so again, but from where I left off. I will share with you what has been going on for me and how I am moving forward (sometimes backwards) through it. My hope by sharing part 2 of my mental health story that you and/or those...
Nov 30, 2021•59 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Episode 5 of Career Burnout: A Different Kind of Gap Year brings you the story of my colleague and friend, who in my early days of my mental health breakdown was there for me in a simple but powerful way; she said “me too”. It was so powerful to hear a fellow psychologist say that she suffered from burnout and compassion fatigue to and had to take a leave of absence. It helps, because it breaks the SHAME you often feel for suffering, especially as a mental health professional, where there is an ...
Oct 27, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Episode 4 of Career Burnout: A Different Kind of Gap Year brings you a story from a woman, who in my opinion faces a tough role within the mental health field. Not only does she face a complex array of client traumas and losses, she also is a mum to 2 young kids. She talks candidly about the dual roles and how there was a lot of care going out, but not a lot coming back in.Jenni is someone I met through social media after she reached out to me. She reached out to let me know she had found listen...
Sep 14, 2021•35 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Episode 3 of Career Burnout: A Different Kind of Gap Year brings you a story from an unlikely profession, the legal profession. It’s a story that ran a lot of parallels to my own. It’s Sarah’s story of her mental health and career. Sarah is someone I met through social media after a friend of mine discovered she had a similar story to my own. After reaching out to her about my podcast and asking her to be part of it, it didn’t take Sarah long to come onboard. I am so grateful to have her as a gu...
Aug 29, 2021•59 min•Season 1Ep. 3
A Different Kind of Gap Year Podcast Episode 2 brings you my brave friend, ex-colleague and fellow helping professional, Tricia Whipple’s story of her mental health and career.Tricia is my very first DKGY podcast so I am super excited to bring her story to life. Tricia has done such an amazing job in recounting her mental health and career story in this episode. It is a long episode (unedited). I don’t believe in editing someone’s story, all of it is important and tells us something about that p...
Jul 20, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 2
I am so excited to welcome you to the very first podcast episode of A Different Kind of Gap Year where I will be talking candidly with you about my mental health breakdown brought about by my work as a Clinical Psychologist. Check out my profile for more information on my podcast. Disclaimer Engaging with this podcast does not intend to create, nor does it create, a therapist-client relationship between you and Shannon A Swales . All views, opinions, and tips expressed by me or my guests are gen...
Jun 10, 2021•35 min•Season 1Ep. 1
