SLP Happy Hour

SLP Happy Hour is a podcast for caring SLPs who want more calm and less chaos in their workday. We are passionate about combating perfectionism and helping SLPs create stronger and healthier relationships with their work worlds, and to have more fun and calm at home. On the podcast, we talk about happiness, SLP lesson fails, easy (lazy) lessons, new habits we are trying to create, and tips and tricks for maintaining more SLP calm.

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Episodes

Ep. 10: Interview with Beautiful Speech Life

On this podcast, we answer a listener question - How to do you connect with difficult-to-reach clients? We share our thoughts on everything from building rapport with teenagers, to establishing rapport with adult clients to forming a relationship with young clients with Autism and identifying what they will work for and creating sessions so clients will want to work with us. We also talk about what is new in our speech room - which is being chronically late this time of year (because we are over...

May 18, 2018•44 min

Ep. 9: Take A Break, Sharing Difficult News & a Trick to Flip Your Perspective

This episode answers a listener question: The job of being an SLP is so busy and I feel like there is always more to do. How do you know when you just need to keep your nose to the grindstone and hustle away at the work, and when it’s time to stop, step away, and take a break? If you find yourself powering through a season of overwork or deadlines, this is the episode for you. Sarah shares how powering through is sometimes helpful and when she’s had to do it. Sarie shares that powering through i...

May 10, 2018•37 min

Ep. 8: Changing SLP Settings & Work Transitions

On this Episode, Sarah shares some SLP advice she should have taken (but didn't) and what she's doing about it. Sarie shares a lesson gone wrong that involves clients getting a bit too competitive. Sarie interviews Sarah about the topic of switching SLP settings and making work transitions, and the following questions are answered (and more!): Do you think leaving a job helps or hurts the profession? How do you know when you need to leave a job? How many times have you changed jobs? What do you ...

Apr 26, 2018•32 min

Ep. 7: SLPs and Perfectionism, Your First SLP Job

This episode, we talk about some SLP advice that has helped us lately, perfectionism in the SLP world, and advice for your first year as an SLP. Whether you are an SLP student, a new SLP, or someone who has been in the game for a long time, we hope you enjoy this conversation and pick up some tips along the way for managing some common pitfalls in the workplace. This episode is perfect for anyone who is battling perfectionism as an SLP (aren’t we all?) or who is starting a new job or is starting...

Apr 08, 2018•35 min

Ep. 6: All About Email

This week, we are digging in to ways that work email can make you miserable and actionable steps about what to do about it. We also answer a listener question: what work settings do we work in? If you ever find yourself shuddering over that next email ding, overwhelmed by your inbox, or even repeatedly checking your email, this episode is for you! We’ll talk about how you may not be using your email well and how to make it work for you. We shared six email tips: 1. Turn off all notifications 2. ...

Mar 15, 2018•29 min

Ep. 5: When Self Care Doesn't Feel Good

This week, on Sarah’s first solo podcast, you’ll learn four situations in which self care doesn’t feel good. This episode is perfect for anyone who wants to learn a bit about switching a job setting, how to quit, or how to have tough conversations with others to draw boundaries. Sarah shares surprising ways to care for yourself that might not feel great in the moment, but are essential for your SLP survival. This episode ends with an SLP pep talk for all you SLPs out there who need to hear some ...

Feb 28, 2018•19 min

Ep. 4: Stress & Time

This week, we are digging into your relationship with time and how time impacts your stress level. If you ever find yourself overwhelmed with to-dos or just feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day, this episode is for you! We’ll define a Hustle Season and give you some tips to get through it. We also discussed the definition of a work mantra and why you should find yours. Our SLP Wisdom this episode is understanding our connection between stress and time and how to identify a “found momen...

Feb 03, 2018•55 min

Ep. 3: Like Lists, Saying "No", and Lazy Lessons

In this episode we discuss a listener question: do you really have a happy hour while recording this podcast? We also talk about a “like list,” how it can help with workplace stress, and what’s on ours. We also share a lazy lesson (or is it an “efficient lesson?”) that we tried this week. Sarie shares her concept of a “Frankenstein job” and what it means. We also talk about what to do when you need to say no to your boss (!), and SLP advice that will encourage you to go for that goal you have in...

Feb 03, 2018•39 min

Ep. 2: Asking for Help

This week, a speech-language pathology conversation on asking for help. This episode is perfect for anyone who wants to learn to identify your helpers, hear about a lesson gone wrong (holy vulnerability!), and learn about how to increase courage and vulnerability as an SLP. Sarie really digs in to how she’s identified helpers in her work setting and how she’s learned to ask for help, even when it’s hard. Sarah shares a lesson that bombed big time, we talk about how we all make SLP mistakes....

Feb 03, 2018•29 min

Ep. 1: Welcome to SLP Happy Hour!

This week we are exploring guilty self-care pleasures and what to do when you have a bad speech-language pathology day. If you find yourself sorting through SLP situations where emotions are running high, or times when you are criticized for your work this episode is for you! We talk about strategies to deal with difficult days including: active listening, having an "SLP bubble," and what to ask yourself when someone criticizes you. Sarie also shared some SLP advice on how realizing we are not i...

Jan 24, 2018•25 min

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