Redefining Rest for Public Health Professionals

Are you wishing you could quit your job? Just fed up with it all? Today I'm going to share exactly why you shouldn't quit...just yet. I know you are exhausted and frustrated, but right now you have the opportunity to develop the most important professional skill of your career. Join me this week to find out why it is and why you need to stay in your job to learn it. *FREE* How to Make Decisions Gu...

Admitting we hate our job feels like a betrayal to public health. It's hard to know if what you are feeling is hating your job, or just what public health is suppose to be like. Join me this week as I share: How you can tell if you secretly hate your job Why it is so hard to admit that, even if just to yourself And what to do next *FREE GUIDE* How to Make a Confident Decision in 3 Simple Steps 👇...

While you know the benefit of taking work off when you are sick, you don't. You think it's because you can't, there's too much to do, other's depend on you, and work will pile up if you do. But that's not the reason. You don't take your sick days because deep down, you believe if you do then it means you are a bad employee. Join me this week as I unpack our underlying belief system preventing us f...

How many times do you say to yourself "I don't want to, but I have to"? How many times do you tell other people that you have to do something? Did you know that little phrase of "I have to", is creating the anxiety, dread, frustration and resentment you are experiencing at work? Did you also know, that "I have to" is NOT true? Yup, you don't have to do nearly...anything! It is all a choice. And it...

What does pride and self-love have to do with one another? The answer is everything. And let's be clear, it's pride generated internally for yourself on purpose that is a part of the self-love journey. It's not the pride you seek from external sources. That is what Jessica discovered through coaching and she is here today to share her insights and transformations with you all! Questions? Comments?...

Last week, we talked about the feeling of pride - What it is, what it isn't, and why you should create more of it for yourself. This week, I am sharing a simple yet powerful tool in creating pride, the Pride Jar. Creating pride in yourself is a skill that you have to learn and develop. Join me as I share the steps of this activity and an example of how powerful the practice of generating pride can...

When was the last time you felt proud of yourself? Was it yesterday? A week ago? A month ago? Several months? A year? This week, I will be unpacking why we deny ourselves the opportunity to feel proud of ourselves and why changing our definition of pride is key to a journey not only to achieving our goals, but to self-love. Questions? Comments? I'd love to hear from you! Email me at info@mckoolcoa...

Do you find yourself avoiding responding to emails? Dread opening your inbox? Do any and every task to delay dealing with those messages from your boss or coworker? Yup, we have all been there. Today, join me as I explain *why* you are doing this and the additional stress this pattern is creating for your mind. I will share how to change your relationship to your inbox so you can reduce your anxie...

Do you find yourself constantly checking emails? Feeling like you have to reply immediately? What you might not know, is that this causing you so much unnecessary stress and anxiety. Join me this week as I dive into why you have a constant urge to check and reply to emails and how to change your relationship with email so you can reduce your stress and anxiety. Questions? Comments? I'd love to hea...

This week we are talking about how to make a decision. This isn't a pro or con list episode, no. In fact, I don't believe pro and con lists work to help you make a decision. Instead, I will share a value based approach to making a decision. Questions? Comments? I'd love to hear from you! Email me at info@mckoolcoaching.com Sign up for a coaching consultation here: https://www.mckoolcoaching.com/co...

Do you struggle with making decisions? Find yourself passing decisions off to others? Standing in the cereal aisle for 10 minutes trying to just pick one? Join me this week as I dive into the three reasons why you are not making a decision: You believe you can't make a decision with any doubts You believe there is a right and wrong decision You believe decisions are final Guess what, these are all...

This week, we are doing something a little different. I have penned a love letter to public health professional and students that Im sharing on the podcast. To anyone who works in public health, this past year has been hard. I'm here to tell you that you deserve to be loved, appreciated, celebrated, and honored.

How many times a week do you tell yourself you have not done enough? Haven't gotten enough done? That something you did was not good enough? Join me on today's episode as I unpack how fixating on enough actually prevents us from doing more and how to start accepting what you have done so you can stop chasing what you have not done. Questions? Comments? I'd love to hear from you! Email me at info@m...

Do you need a vacation? Do you have a trip coming up? Did you just come back from vacation? In order to fully experience and reap all the benefits of a vacation, it's important to understand your brain while on vacation. Why? So you can better manage your brain and actually experience rest and recharge. So many of us don't even realize we are sabotaging our own time off because of the way we think...

Join me on today's episode as I have an in-depth conversation about using thoughtwork with my dear friend, former roommate, and public health colleague Michelle, who introduced me to thoughtwork three years ago. Since then, we have both grown in both similar and distinct ways and have supported each other throughout our journey. Thoughtwork on its own is life changing, but thoughtwork in community...

The work of becoming anti-racist starts in your brain. In order to be able to take sustainable anti-racist action to make your community, workplace, city, and the world more anti-racist, the work starts in uncovering your bias and racist thoughts. Join me on this episode as I unpack how and why we all have racist thoughts (you heard that right), and how to use thoughtwork to address those thoughts...

Join me and two of my students, Erin and Xenia, as we talk about how to reduce stress through organization. Erin and Xenia have both taken my Stress Less, Do More course and have had amazing transformations in their life that they are going to share with you today! Tune in to learn about: Why your emails are stressing you out How your to-do list system isn't working What rest really is And how the...

Join me for this special bonus episode as I share a little bit about my story. I will be diving into my journey in public health and how I came across thought-work and coaching. I'll share insights into the life transformations I have experience since discovering coaching and thought work so you can start to imagine whats possible for you too! Questions? Comments? I'd love to hear from you! Email...

Do you ever think about how often you are betting on other people and other things to succeed, to overcome? Your sports team, favorite movie character, your partner. But how often are you betting on yourself to succeed, to be able to obtain that big goal, to go after your dreams? Join me as I talk about the importance of betting on yourself, and why are you scared to do so. Questions? Comments? I'...

Where do our thoughts come from? How do we come to believe them? And how to we change how we think? Join me on this episode as I answer those questions and provide step by step, concrete tools to start changing your thinking, so you can start to change how you experience life. Questions? Comments? I'd love to hear from you! Email me at info@mckoolcoaching.com Interested in getting coached? Check o...

Are you finding you want things to change right now? Rushing to feel better? In a hurry to change your experience? Most people once they learn their thoughts cause their feelings, want to change their thinking right away. Join me on this episode to hear why that is not useful, and how actually awareness is the best tool to getting exactly what you want out of life. On this episode, I'll dive into...

When we learn that other people don't cause our feelings, often the question we ask is "What about intent vs. impact? Are you just saying people can be mean, rude, racist, etc?". Join me in this episode as we unpack how the current way we teach intent vs. impact is not useful, and explore the real intent and impact of our current thinking. This is a must listen episode for anyone doing social just...

Is your boss making you frustrated? Is your mother making you angry? Are your kids making you overwhelmed? Is your partner making you sad? On today's episode we are diving into the relationship between other people and your feelings. I'll be explaining that no one else can cause your feelings. And how this is actually the best news. Questions? Comments? I'd love to hear from you! Email me at info@...

Join me this week to learn about the difference between data and drama, that is the circumstances in life and your thoughts about those circumstances. Separating circumstances from thoughts is the first step to managing your mind, changing your thinking, and improving how you feel. Find episode transcripts here: https://www.mckoolcoaching.com/podcast

On this episode, I will be sharing two things you can do RIGHT NOW to reduce your stress at work. Ill go over what you are doing wrong and why, and how to change your thinking and your actions to reduce your stress. These are actionable thought and system changes that will result in getting your energy and time back. Want to take the Stress Less, Do More course? Check it out here: https://www.mcko...