When you are in a moment that necessitates self-advocacy, having a prepared script can be extremely helpful. Gain useful tools on how to craft statements that reflect your genuine needs, voice, and personality in the final episode of the series. Remember, trust your intuition, and don’t feel ashamed to advocate for yourself.

Building off the previous episode, this installment of the series dives deeper into your needs: physical, emotional, cognitive, financial, and professional. Listing all of this information allows you to better understand what you need to function successfully and happily. Use your list as a reference to analyze where self-advocacy shows up and how to act on those observations in this episode.

Before advocating your needs, you have to first determine what they are. Join Virgie in identifying your goals, grounding them, and coming up with a plan to make them happen. Be sure to have your journal and favorite pen ready to tap into your inner self and make your goals happen.

“Self-advocacy can be a form of building intuition and self-knowledge.” The only person that truly knows your needs is you, so listen to what your intuition, body, and mind are telling you! In this episode, learn strategies to become more aware of your body signals and how to put your feelings and emotions into words and actions.

Only you know your needs, wants, and desires, but sometimes putting that out in the universe can be frightening. Self-advocacy is the solution to this challenge, and Virgie is here to help you along the way. Gain a better understanding of what self-advocacy is in this episode of the series before diving into more actionable teachings and tasks.

There is no easy way to put it, running a business is hard work and takes a lot of mental energy. Sometimes the love and passion you have for your business can push you past a breaking point, taking a toll on your physical and mental health. In this five-episode series, join clinical psychologist Dr. Sherry Walling to learn helpful strategies on how to better understand, avoid, and recover from seasons of entrepreneurial burnout.

Recognizing what burnout is and looks like is the first step in preventing it from happening. There is an odd conception that feelings of burnout should be used as a measuring stick for success, but this can’t be further from the truth. Tackle the facts from fiction of burnout in this second episode of the series.

Knowing the signs of burnout can help you manage your mental health before you hit a breaking point. Lack of support, unclear goals, long to-do lists, and feeling a lack of control are possible contributors to burnout, so how do we reckon with this? This episode of the series seeks to provide you with tips and tricks to remind you of the great work you are doing to combat signs of burnout

It is important to know that experiencing burnout does not make you weak or unsuccessful. However, when in times of burnout, thinking of ways to get out of the funk you are in will allow you to return to working with a healthier mindset. Building your business should not make you miserable--lean into your feelings of burnout to work through them as opposed to living in them.

You may be thinking to yourself: am I feeling burnt out? Have I felt burnt out before? Seeking professional help is always the recommended option for those experiencing mental health challenges, but sometimes it is helpful to do some self-reflection to supplement that. In this episode of the series, learn ways to assess symptoms of burnout to navigate the best solutions for you.

Taking time to rest and decompress is something we can all do to help relieve stress. Breathing exercises are helpful to add to your toolbox when thinking of ways to prevent burnout. In the finale of the series, learn helpful techniques to reset your nervous system and counterbalance symptoms of burnout.