Physician Assistant Burnout: Tips, Tools, and Interviews with PA and Life Coach Hope Cook – Details, episodes & analysis

I could listen to this lady for days! She's so grounded and generous with her wisdom. If you're feeling down and out or uncertain about your chosen career, sit back and listen.

If you'd like to connect with Sharon, she's on FB and IG

If you see this before Friday the 13th, there's still time to join my masterclass PA burnout group coaching. Reach out via email, hope.cook@gmail.com or go to my site!

If you'd like to be a guest on my podcast or vice versa, reach out via email, hope.cook@gmail.com

If you'd like to get periodic updates about my upcoming book on burnout, or if you'd like to download my free mini book on burnout, sign up on my website!

How can we make the best choice in a situation? What happens if you don't? How to handle regret and how to live life so it's less likely to happen. What if you really screw up, can you repair the damage? In this honest episode (not that the others aren't honest!) I share some of the questions I struggle with. How do I live a life that matters?

Oh! And I wanted to invite you to consider joining my group coaching:

• Starts on 9/13/24 at noon Eastern time
• One hour a week on Zoom
• You'll learn tools to help heal from burnout and chronic stress as well as map out your next chapter, all in a safe, supportive small group setting with other PAs
• Eight weeks total, $149
• Go to my ⁠website⁠ to sign up

My book on healing burnout will be out in 2025 (editing now!!); if you're interested in being on my advanced reader team, or would like a few sneak peeks beforehand, shoot me an email, hope.cook@gmail.com or sign up for any of my free resources on my ⁠website⁠

If you want to have me as a speaker or podcast guest or collaborate with me, use the email above to connect!

In this eye-opening interview with Amy Story, a PA who's transitioned out of clinical medicine into a very satisfying career with various healthcare technology companies, you'll learn how to reframe what you currently do as a PA into skills you can use in almost any job. I had no idea there were PAs doing what Amy's done, and she generously shared so many valuable pearls. I had a page of notes!

Key points:

1. Ask yourself if you can see yourself doing this in ten years?  If you can’t, go on a journey of “what’s out there?”

2. You know yourself better than anyone.  Are you numb?  Itching to grow and change?  Have you lost your sense of self? Does your internal temperament match with what you’re doing day to day?  

3. You can stay stuck or figure out a way out.  Acknowledging that you have agency is empowering and will give you a different mindset 

4. When you’re considering what to do next, look at the things that drive you crazy at work and that you think you’d be well suited to handle.  (processes, patient experience, communications etc)

5. Build your network, which is really just a community of people you talk to.  

6. When you read a job description, spend time translating all the skills listed into what you already do as a clinician.  

7. Once you make a career transition, know that you’ll have to change how you approach this job.  Give yourself grace to ease into a new role and a new mindset.  

8. Know yourself.  Don’t accommodate yourself to fit into a mold.  What’s in your best interest.  

9. When you first start out  you might have to take something that’s not the perfect role, but allows you to utilize your skills you’re good at and enjoy, then you can grow from there

If you'd like to be a podcast guest or want to discuss sponsorships or speaking engagements, reach out via email, hope.cook@gmail.com

If you can't seem to move forward on your path (or if you don't even have a path), start here.  I explain how past experiences can still play out decades later in your current life and how your thoughts about a situation get put on "rewind and repeat" in your head, keeping you stuck.  Plus, I share my own (unhelpful) thoughts after my hubby made a comment last night and explain how I'm trying to let it go.  

Want to talk more specifically about your thoughts and how they might be keeping you bogged down?  Let's have a complimentary session!  Shoot me an email at hope.cook@gmail.com or visit my website to learn more:  www.coachhopecook.com

I love how Michele not only shares her story of burnout, she tells us exactly what she does now to take care of her mind and body to stay healthy.  She gives practical, easy tips we could all benefit from implementing if we're feeling overwhelmed or simply want to prevent burnout.  

Plus, for those of you who are interested in podcasting or being a speaker on podcasts, you'll be fascinated by Michele's new company, QSTR.io  

For show notes and Michele's links, go to www.coachhopecook.com

If you'd like to set up a complimentary 30-60 minute session to talk about whatever is on your mind, email me at hope.cook@gmail.com or find me on IG @coachhopecook

We can't be "on" all the time.  We all have days or weeks where we find ourselves without wind in our sails.  It can feel like this stage will last forever.  It won't.  Here's what to do if you find yourself there.  (show notes www.coachhopecook.com)

Been in the Doldrums for far too long?  Let's talk!  Email me at hope.cook@gmail.com for a complimentary 30-60min discovery call.  

Helen King got a divorce, was diagnosed with breast cancer, and began a lonely journey through cancer treatments during a global pandemic.  She shares how she went from hopeless to discovering a new way to live.  She began to pay attention to what gave her life a sense of meaning and what detracted from her joy.  One day, she had an ah-ha moment at a redlight, realizing it was time to allow herself to thrive.  Helen now has a podcast called C Word Radio (C is for cancer), and has ultimately transformed her life.  

How often do you find yourself saying, "I just don't know what to do" or maybe you find yourself thinking in hindsight, "I knew I shouldn't trust him" or "I knew I shouldn't take that job".  This episode teaches how to know which path you should take based on your own internal body compass.  I also address how to know when you're making a choice based on societal norms.  I share my own struggle with my Inner Manager, Helga, who forces me to be polite and not rock the boat.  

Want to dig deeper and chart a new path going forward?  I'm taking new clients, so reach out, and let's talk!  You can find me on IG and FB @coachhopecook or email me at hope.cook@gmail.com  Website with more info is www.coachhopecook.com

Courtney Vickery is a local multi-passionate mom of two.  During COVID she chose to leave her job as a dietician with a hospital wellness center to start her own intuitive eating coaching business, working 1:1 with clients as a food therapist.   She also teaches at a local university and has a side business doing website design and branding!  Courtney explains how she periodically does an energy audit to determine which activities need to stay and which ones need to go.  For those of you who have a lot of balls in the air, you'll relate to Courtney!  I loved her honesty and courage as she talked about growing up with an eating disorder and how this helped chart her path to where she is today!

Whether you're stuck in a bad job, a bad relationship, or just bored to tears with your current life, you'll go through 4 distinct phases--from nose-to-the-ground surviving to dreaming of something different to taking action, and finally to the promised land.  I'll share how a frigid weekend of backpacking reminded me of what to expect during each of these phases.  No matter where you are in your life's journey, this quick episode will encourage you not to give up!

If you want help navigating your journey, reach out and we'll meet up on zoom or in person to chat!  The first chat is free!