ACCESSING YOUR INTUITION
Transforming Your Burnout to Soul Bliss
is around reciprocity — as you give, you also receive. Yet, the scales were drastically tipped. I was giving out so much and receiving back very little, hence the burnout. I was pouring from an empty cup. So WKHTXHVWLRQEHFRPHVKRZGR,¿OOLWEDFNWRRYHUÀRZ" I had to go back to the basics. Why did I initially choose my profes- VLRQ"6RRIWHQZHEHFRPHGLVLOOXVLRQHGZLWKRXUSUDFWLFHDIWHUKDYLQJ WRQHJRWLDWHWKHSROLFLHVDQGH[SHFWDWLRQVRIRXURUJDQL]DWLRQ:HHQG up losing sight of our true purpose by serving the company more than our initial goals. 7KH¿UVWVWHSLVWRFRQQHFWZLWKRXUVHQVHRISHUVRQDODJHQF\:KHUH LVP\ SRZHU LQ WKLV VLWXDWLRQ" $P , LQ ORYH ZLWK ZKDW , GR" ,I QRW ZKDWLVWKHSXUSRVH")LQDQFLDOJDLQ")RUFHRIKDELW",WLVVRLPSRUWDQW that we reconnect with our purpose and passion. We are here on this planet to serve the collective based on our unique gifts and talents, and they need an outlet of expression. Yes, your purpose is absolutely a divine right and a necessity to unleash. If it remains stagnant we fall LQWRWKHVHDUHDVRIEXUQRXWFDXVLQJRXULQWHUQDOÀDPHWRGLPXQGHU the pressure of ego driven expectations instead of spiritually aligned DFWLRQDQGÀRZ The next step is reconnecting with what lights you up within. If your passion is connected to your work, it is vital you are expressing it in ways that nourishes your inner waters, as well as the receivers of it. We are not called to this physical realm just to be workers. We are not living life only to earn a paycheck. We are here to collectively heal during this incarnation to raise our spiritual consciousness. Your pur- pose is vitally necessary for the expansion of collective wisdom and
BY KATHERINE SEARCY, M.DIV, LICSW, RMT
The topic of career burnout has been a central theme, as we experi- ence waves of employees resigning from their positions in this season RI ZKDW KDV EHHQ WHUPHG ³7KH *UHDW 5HVLJQDWLRQ´ ,W LV DQ DUHD RI peak interest to me because I, too, am a participant of this movement. I have worked in the healthcare industry for over a decade. Although I IRXQGLWH[WUHPHO\UHZDUGLQJWRR̆HUVXSSRUWKHDOLQJDQGUHVRXUFHV to those who are underserved, I also found myself experiencing ex- treme exhaustion and fatigue during my work week. This is a condi- WLRQWKH:RUOG+HDOWK2UJDQL]DWLRQKDVFODVVL¿HGDV³ZRUNSODFHEXUQ - out”. It is my belief that many of us have or are currently experiencing WKHH̆HFWVRIWKLVSKHQRPHQRQEXWZHVLPSO\PLQLPL]HLWVV\PSWRPV DQGRUQRUPDOL]HWKHVLWXDWLRQ,DPKHUHWRWHOO\RXLWLVQRWQRUPDO Burnout is a manifestation of chronic stress — emotional and mental — disconnection, and lack of investment into one’s sense of work and purpose. As a social worker and energy practitioner, I did not correlate my exhaustion to my work. I thought that because I was pouring into oth- HUV VXUHO\ WKH 8QLYHUVH ZRXOG UH¿OOP\ FXS , FRXOG QRW KDYH EHHQ PRUHPLVDOLJQHG5HÀHFWLQJEDFNZKDW,WKRXJKWZDVDQJHUDQGQRW IHHOLQJYDOXHGDVDFOLQLFLDQZKLFKGH¿QLWHO\DGGHGWRWKHVWUHVVZDV actually energy imbalance. The consistent value I provided to my cli- ents was not met in terms of compensation, sense of worth and value with the company’s culture, or the expression of my most authentic self in my spiritual work. In energy practice, one of the core principles
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PATHWAYS—Spring 22—23
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