The High Achievers Club Becca Powers

Not all endings mean goodbye. Sometimes, the end only signifies the start of something new.
We have truly achieved so much during this run of The High Achievers Club Podcast. Can you believe it, we made it through 16 strong episodes! I’m truly overwhelmed with the love and support that I have received from you, my hackers.
But as we wrap up the episodes for The High Achievers Club, I want to welcome you all to a new show I’ll be releasing in January 2023 called “The emPOWERed Half Hour: Level Up AND Thrive with Becca Powers” where our stories of high achievements are used to empower not only ourselves but others. It’s a show that uses this platform to share stories and everyday conversations with people who are living an empowered life to encourage others to make their own empowered choices as well.
So, there’s no saying goodbye to you, my hackers. It’s only, ta-ta for now but I’ll see you again real soon!
Wisdom To Live By 
“Success has its own definition for every single person. ” – Becca Powers “We spend so much time thinking about what we are doing rather than who we are. And I think that is one of the major flip-to-script moments that we can have ourselves when we think about success—what does success mean to us and who does it help us become? Not what is it that we achieve.” – Becca Powers “The best investment you can ever make is in yourself.” – Becca Powers “It's about providing a platform where you can see yourself in my conversations and the conversations with other people so that you can make the empowered changes that you need to make.” – Becca Powers Resources Mentioned
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It is undeniable—we live in a harsh world that burdens us with responsibilities and pressures us to excel. Every single time. 
It’s a tough competition, not with others around you but with the society that always watches and always expects. And so we run around, do things, and chase a life that the world tells us to live. Sometimes we go by, living life when we don’t understand what living life even means. And even those of us who live with passion, chasing their dreams, and fulfilling a mission still find themselves lost.
So, it is normal to feel tired. Lost. Exhausted. It is okay to feel burnt out. But when we do, we should also know that it’s okay to take a pause, to stop, and take things slowly. You don’t always need to rush and push yourself beyond your limits. The world may seem like it’s dictating to us what to do, but we have the agency to choose what we want and how we want it.
In the previous episodes, we learned that burnout might feel something like exhaustion. But it’s more than that. We also understood that burnout comes in phases. And it is through discussions like this that we can normalize and shed light on what dangers the continuous feeling of burnout might lead us to. Conversations like this allow us to introspect within ourselves and assess whether we are on the verge of burnout or we have already entered its stages. Through conversations like this, we are made aware, and with awareness comes preventions and solutions.
We have talked about the stages of burnout. Now, we wrap up this series by talking about the last stage—Stage 5: Devastations of the Ds. Understand what stage 5 is like as you tune in to this episode.
Wisdom To Live By 
“It was a monumental mountain of cleanup that I had to do, but at the same time, it was totally worth it because on the other side of burnout was my best life.” – Becca Powers “With understanding comes awareness. And with awareness, we can create change. Awareness is always the key to change.” – Becca Powers “Give yourself permission to prioritize your well-being.” – Becca Powers Resources Mentioned
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It cannot be emphasized enough that you have to take care of yourself first so that you can better take care of others. But as much as we want to stay healthy and avoid burnout, our daily activities and life circumstances often take a toll on our health and well-being. Consequently, we sometimes lose motivation, inspiration, and even our sense of joy.  
What do you do when you are at a low point in your life? Do you reach out to others or stay in tune with yourself instead? How do you handle stress to bounce back in life? Sometimes, we think that self-care should involve lavish activities or momentous decisions. Sure, we all deserve that much-needed vacation, or a trip to the spa or salon just to feel good, or to simply drop everything and spend quality time with our loved ones.
However, self-care also means taking time to do the little things that matter on a regular basis. Checking in with yourself and creating awareness about things that give you joy and motivation, finding the energy and will to nourish your body with good food or exercise, or spending quiet time so you can listen to yourself – are also examples of self-care activities. Whatever it is that allows you to find that alignment among your mental, physical, and emotional state, that is definitely going to be helpful in avoiding burnout.
Learn more about finding and sustaining this ‘alignment’ within yourself as Katy Bosso shares her pieces of advice in this episode. She also talks about her awesome book which focuses on the same theme.
Wisdom To Live By:
“We heal through relationships with people; we heal through support.” – Katy Bosso “The relationships that you surround yourself with can make or break your health.” – Katy Bosso “People are looking for so many cures everywhere and everything, and they go to all these different doctors. But a lot of the time, your wisdom is within you. It's been with you all along.” – Katy Bosso Know More About Katy Bosso:
Katy Bosso is a professor of counseling and a licensed mental health counselor in the state of Florida in private practice. She holds a doctorate in counselor education and works with clients to overcome anxiety, depression, and relationship issues by helping them connect to their most authentic selves. She enjoys working with children, teens, and adults to assist them in reaching a variety of emotional, relational, and behavioral health goals. One of her greatest passions is helping others achieve a deep sense of personal growth and find a life that brings them joy, abundant love, and a strong sense of purpose.
She helps clients with issues such as past traumatic experiences, depression, anxiety, relationship issues, codependency, shame, attachment, and low self-esteem. In addition to her work with adults, she also offers cognitive modalities, play therapy, and mindfulness techniques to help children find balance, solutions, and fulfillment.
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Stress and burnout have been constant topics of discussion throughout the years, and have been closely associated with work-related experiences and other overwhelming daily activities. In fact, there are numerous studies about the causes and effects of burnout, and there are a lot of available resources that provide tips on stress management. 
However, when people feel that there is no choice other than to stay in their situation and remain in what feels like a toxic work environment, their bodies begin to feel the mental, emotional, physical, spiritual, and even financial discomfort. Our bodies contain 80% of our innate wisdom, not our brains. When the aches and pains of our bodies are dismissed whether it be the clenching of the jaw, the tension in the shoulders, or the constant indigestion our bodies respond with anxiety, worry, and hopelessness as a few examples
Therefore, it is essential to recognize the 4th stage of burnout which is disharmony in the bodies. Going through the first stages of burnout will lead you to a point where your body is already giving you “signals” and telling you to take that much-needed pause. Tune in to this episode to know more about this stage and how you can truly listen to your body to avoid disharmony! 
Wisdom To Live By: 
“The two things that I would say are the most valuable to me right now are my time and my health. Because if I have time and I have my health, then I have time for myself. Then I have time for my family, and then I have time to do all the things I love.” – Becca Powers “Practice the pause; connect with your mind, body, and soul.” – Becca Powers “Awareness allows change to happen.” – Becca Powers Follow Becca:
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Your skills, talents, and/or actual capabilities are all essential elements in finding a job or establishing your career. Leaders and hiring managers would easily spot these attributes by looking at your credentials and background. 
But in the long run, there are certain intangible qualities that will really set a brilliant employee apart in a company. Motivation, curiosity, self-awareness, empathy, and grit – these are just some of the values that are often overlooked in the hiring process, and are also often diminished or not at all developed throughout a person’s career. 
When people keep on feeling undervalued or unappreciated, no matter how much they try to overcompensate – they enter into a new phase of burnout which puts them in a position where they lose, not just the passion, but the interest to go the extra mile and achieve their full potential. On the surface, it may seem like they are simply doing the bare minimum. But we have to analyze the intentions within and the reasons behind actions that hinder people from attaining a more solid and deeper level of success. 
In this episode, Adam Hommey brilliantly explains the experiences and perspectives of people who go through the burnout phase and, probably after questioning their value and belongingness, have simply settled with stability and compliance with rules and others’ expectations. Do you know someone who is in this state? Or maybe you, yourself, can relate. Tune in and learn more! 
Wisdom To Live By: 
“Underestimated is something that generally doesn't feel good unless you're using it strategically to exceed expectations and create a perception that you're an even greater winner than you are.” – Adam Hommey “Your malcontents are some of your company's greatest assets. They can shed light on your opportunities for growth, which could be your opportunities for success if simply addressed.” – Adam Hommey  “A danger zone for you is when a malcontent stops speaking up but they're still there.” – Adam Hommey “If they're complaining, they're selling, right? Because they're engaged, they're passionate, and something's going on. And the moment someone is silent and they're doing their job just well enough that they're not ending up on a spreadsheet somewhere and they're just flying under the radar, that's when you got to be concerned because something's going on.” – Becca Powers Know More About Adam:
Adam Hommey is a speaker, author, consultant, and trainer with nearly 20 years of experience working in a range of industries and supporting the growth of scores of small businesses and entrepreneurial ventures. He, himself has been an entrepreneur since 2003 and is the Chief Winning Officer and Situation Creator of The Business Creators' Institute which helps entrepreneurs and small businesses Emancipate the POWER of INFORMATION and Win at the Game of Business and Marketing. Adam is an international Amazon Best-Selling author of "Groundhog Day is an Event, Not a Business Strategy" as well as a contributing author to "Journeys to Success: The Millennial Edition".  He is also the host of the Business Creators’ Radio Show, one of the longest continuously-running entrepreneurial podcasts on the air today. 
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Too much stress, when not managed properly, can lead to burnout. And while stress can be short-term and may be reduced when addressed, burnout can be more challenging to handle and may become a cycle of negative emotions. 
Thus, it is important to understand what happens to your mind, heart, and body when you experience burnout. Consequently, knowing what stage you are in and your corresponding behaviors and responses will allow you to see patterns or habits that you can learn how to break. 
In previous episodes, we talked about the first two stages of burnout which are the “Unders” and the “Overs”. In these stages, it may be easy to recognize the signs of burnout because the manifestations are extremes – when you feel undervalued, you tend to sulk into a very low point in your life; as a result, you try to prove your worth by overcompensating. In Stage 3, however, you reach a point of exhaustion where you become uncertain what the purpose of trying hard is, and you no longer care as much as you used to if you are underappreciated. 
Do I make a difference? Am I making an impact? Do people care about me or the things that I accomplish? These are just some of the questions that may keep you up at night if you are transitioning into stage 3 of burnout which is called “Questioning Belonging”.  
Learn more about this phase of burnout and take note of some examples and tips as you tune in to this episode!  
Wisdom To Live By: 
“Change by far is one of the scariest things for people. The unknown on the other side of change keeps people stuck.” – Becca Powers “We were meant to thrive. You were born to rise. You were born with potential. You were born with a dream. You were born with a mission.  You were born to be alive. And when we don't feel alive,  our bodies are talking to us through [those] signs.” – Becca Powers “The biggest boundary that you can have is the boundary with yourself.” – Becca Powers Resources Mentioned
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