Very interesting story. You might be interested in Brene Brown’s quiz on wholehearted living, since you’re into personal growth.
I think it’s her book, The Gifts of Imperfection, where she talks about the 10 guideposts for wholehearted living. You can retake the quiz (yearly, for example) and identify your weak spots so you can pick one or two to focus on as a quarterly or year project. Or you can simply see how much you’ve changed year after year. It’s free online.
You post also reminds me of what she calls the dig deep button. It’s certainly in The Gifts of Imperfection. The end of each chapter talks about how the wholehearted dig deep. When she burned out she thought her dig deep button was broken. But it never is.
I love Berne’s work. She’s for the smart overthinker / over worker. Especially the Gen X’s. But her work is clear and can be universally applied.
Happy to point people in the right direction. I’ve read a lot about burnout and her work (and Dr. Kristen Neff’s) is more impactful than any book with “burnout” or “overwhelm” or “how to” or “guide” on the cover.
It’s wild how so many of us are waking up to the same truth at once. Just dropped something that came from a deep place—feel free to check it if that’s your lane
This resonated with me. Middle school is brutal. It seems to always start there. I write about that as well. If you are interested, check out this: https://open.substack.com/pub/gwendolynrectormacleod/p/0012-going-cattywampus-middle-school?r=4oxi7p&utm_medium=ios
Yeah, middle school was rough! Thanks for sharing, I’ll check it out.
Very interesting story. You might be interested in Brene Brown’s quiz on wholehearted living, since you’re into personal growth.
I think it’s her book, The Gifts of Imperfection, where she talks about the 10 guideposts for wholehearted living. You can retake the quiz (yearly, for example) and identify your weak spots so you can pick one or two to focus on as a quarterly or year project. Or you can simply see how much you’ve changed year after year. It’s free online.
You post also reminds me of what she calls the dig deep button. It’s certainly in The Gifts of Imperfection. The end of each chapter talks about how the wholehearted dig deep. When she burned out she thought her dig deep button was broken. But it never is.
Interesting, I'll be sure to check that out, thank you for taking the time to share this with me :)
I love Berne’s work. She’s for the smart overthinker / over worker. Especially the Gen X’s. But her work is clear and can be universally applied.
Happy to point people in the right direction. I’ve read a lot about burnout and her work (and Dr. Kristen Neff’s) is more impactful than any book with “burnout” or “overwhelm” or “how to” or “guide” on the cover.
PS Brown is a Dr. as well. Smart ladies
https://open.substack.com/pub/huntermc/p/the-only-thing-real-is-reality?r=5i2o2u&utm_medium=ios
It’s wild how so many of us are waking up to the same truth at once. Just dropped something that came from a deep place—feel free to check it if that’s your lane