Hitting the Invisible Wall with Dr. Shanna Teel - a podcast by Jessica Sun

Burnout is your body’s message to you, alerting you to something that you have been overlooking for a long time. Listen in to learn about how the invisible wall is a hint that your old stories and goals might be outdated, and how grief plays a role in it all even if you don’t think it does. 

Shanna is an Industrial Psychologist and Leadership & Health Expert. She helps leaders feel better and perform better. She hit the invisible wall of burnout six years ago, which led to her to redefine success and health for herself. Now she helps others do the same by focusing on integrative health of the body, mind, and spirit.

Quotes to remember: 

“There is an invisible wall that people hit, whether it starts with a health event… or starting to get negative feedback.”

“I realized, I haven’t updated my dreams in a while.” 

“When we are under threat, we’re looking to confirm what we already know.” 

“To deny our grief, to deny our pain, our sadness… it has a way of finding us.” 

Takeaways:

• We are constantly reshaping and reforming who we are
• Sometimes our goals are outdated
• It’s difficult to admit that parts of your work aren’t working anymore
• Go to your opposite to develop yourself
• Our old stories served as at one point and may not serve you now
• Deep breathing is such a powerful tool because it calms the nervous system
• There is a lot of unspoken grieving now with the pandemic which we may not have considered grieving
• Call it what it is when it comes to how you feel and your emotional state; the label will empower you
• Events need to be felt, processed, then understood; then healing occurs
• The grief will always catch up with you one day; incomplete grief becomes chronic grief
• There is no amount of achievement, recognition, or wealth that will treat your unfelt grief
• Every abandoned child will subconsciously feel as though it is their fault

What you’ll learn:

• What to do when we are rewarded for high achievement yet it is detrimental to our health
• About Shanna’s wake-up call 6 years ago to listen to her body
• How she redefined health and wellness for herself when her body hit a wall three times over
• The steps to letting the old go and accepting the new
• What to do to get in touch with yourself if you’re an anxious high achiever
• How to end your emotional hijacking and become able to separate perceived threat from real threat
• How Shanna grieved the loss of both her parents, her significant other, and her dog

Mentioned on the podcast: 

• https://drshanna.com/
• The Artist’s Way - Julia Cameron
• Natalie Goldberg

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