What Do You Have to Quit in Order to Stay?
Strategies to Sustain Our Careers
About the Video
Research on the “big quit” revealed that those who left their jobs were often those who spent the most time thinking about the past. These repeating narratives about “what I don’t like about my job” can go on endlessly and deplete our passion for our work. The difference between those who flourish and those who burn out is the way they talk about and think about their work. How do we get unstuck from these “mental ruts” so that we can move forward and build sustainable, healthy narratives?
In this session, Dr. Brian Miller will discuss the importance of noticing our narratives and cultivating realistic ways of improving our relationship to our job stress. He will offer strategies and skills to restore our energy and motivation so that we can enjoy our work for many years to come.
Recorded in June 2023 as part of the CARE4YOU conference
About the Presenters
Brian Miller
PhD
Dr. Brian Miller is an author, researcher, and trauma clinician. He is the developer of the CE-CERT model for intervening with secondary trauma in service providers and the Shielding model of trauma-informed supervision.
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