You can’t handle everything. And that’s okay.
Just accept it.You won’t be able to meet all of your deadlines.To reach all of your goals. You can’t be everything for everyone.You can’t handle everything. It’s a fact. I’m
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(Re)writing the culture of work,
one step per day.
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(Re)writing the culture of work,
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Before you use the word “deadline” at work again, read this:
When working on a project, it is common to use “deadline” as the desired date that something must be accomplished. But why? Why use something that starts with “dead” as such a vital part of our work terminology?
Yes, you are burned out: burnout denial & accepting that you are not well
Why is it so difficult to accept we are burned out, how can you know if you are at risk and what to do next.
I don’t believe we are limitless.
I don’t buy into the, “if you miss your bus, be your own bus”, story. This probably doesn’t translate well, but I found this quote often in Brazil recently. It’s
What does it mean to be a “Better Achiever” anyway?
It took me six months to share this picture. Earlier this year, I pitched a 5-minute talk to be one of the speakers in the first ever edition of#TEDxTilburg. I
Morning Pages: The Joy of Writing Upon Awakening
In the early stages recovery from my second burnout, I came across a book called The Artist’s Way, by Julia Cameron. She created a 12-week program aimed at helping people
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Carol Milters
Carol Milters
Writer, speaker Mental Health in the Workplace, Burnout & Workaholism
Born in Brazil and living in the Netherlands since 2017, I write, research and share healthier ways of working.
When facing Burnout with all its symptoms and consequences, twice, I radically changed my life and today I help other people, through my texts, videos, social networks and this support platform, to repurpose work and their relationships with it.
When writing and producing content from my own experience with anxiety, depression and panic caused by Burnout, my purpose is to raise awareness about mental health at work and Burnout syndrome, inspiring people to prioritise compassion as a tool for individual transformation and social.
ONE
STEP
PER
DAY
Meditations to begin again,
whenever you need
You can walk into whom you were meant to be,
one step per day.
Written by Carol Milters,
with illustrations by Marcos Oliveira
My Morning Pages: Chronicles of living through Burnout
“It certainly was a wake-up call in a very
proper moment of my life”
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