Most of us grew up in school + family systems that reward standardized testing, quantitative results + efficient performance. We validate cramming for tests to get the A rather than emphasizing the integration and digestion of learning. From the time we enter kindergarten, our lives revolve around how we perform.
So it makes sense that we grow up into adults who see life as a linear progression of accomplishments. Our lives shift from revolving around school to revolving around our career.
We override sensations from our body telling us to rest, to make space to breathe, to integrate.
We’ve normalized overwork and burnout culture that we not only expect it, we accept the inevitability of it. This is what we think “adulting” is all about.
These days, I am questioning the systems that we all participate in without even knowing we are enmeshed. I am examining the stories that make me feel trapped (and I certainly felt trapped in my career as an acupuncturist despite knowing that I was good at what I did). Most of all, I am consciously unlearning how I “should” do things.
To explore this topic of burnout, I’ve invited Julianne Chapman to be our guest this week. Julianne is a licensed Clinical Social Worker who worked with victims of child abuse for 8 years. While that time was formative in the experiential learning of trauma and attachment, she experienced a deep level of burnout. Shifting away from social work initiated a 2 year personal healing journey to recover and repair the vicarious trauma that she collected from sitting in crisis with abused families.
During her healing journey, she became certified as a Yoga Teacher, Shamanic Breath-Work Facilitator and was introduced to the healing world of psychedelic medicine. Julianne is dedicated to treating the whole person; body, mind and spirit, and believes strongly in each individual's own healing guidance and intuition. Her approach of non-judgmental curiosity allows each person to freely explore their own story and experience healing through the development of compassion for their own story.
LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE IF…
You are craving a different relationship to hustle culture to prevent burnout
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Julianne Chapman is a licensed Clinical Social Worker, certified Yoga Teacher, breath-work facilitator and Integrative Health Practitioner. She is dedicated to treating the whole person and believes strongly in the healing properties of movement, culinary medicine, human connection and plant medicine.
Kat HoSoo Lee is a trauma-informed Spiritual Business Mentor and host of The Rooted Business Podcast. She uses the tools of somatic and emotional alchemy to guide soulful entrepreneurs to approach their business as a spiritual practice. This allows them to cultivate businesses that are rooted in conscious values, ethical marketing and purposeful service.
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This podcast is made possible with sound production by Andre Lagace.