Why Are Women More Susceptible To Overwhelm

Dental Boss Lady Leadership Academy Podcast

Welcome to Episode 36 of the re-launched Dental Boss Lady Leadership Academy Podcast with Dr. Terri Pukanich. In today's episode we are gonna be talking about feeling overwhelmed. We will discuss the unrealistic expectations we put on ourselves and why women are more susceptible to overwhelm. Finally, we will present some strategies to deal with feeling overwhelmed. All this and much more, up next.

Bullet points

(02:41) Feeling overwhelmed

(04:11) Why are women more susceptible to overwhelm: The many hats we try to wear as a woman

(06:13) The unrealistic expectations we put on ourselves

(08:01) Identity and women as caretakers: Feeling responsible for other people

(14:01) Taking care of the team who is taking care of you

(15:30) Acknowledge you are overwhelmed, step back, understand your priorities and draw a line

(20:20) Recognize you can get through anything

(23:23) What is the next step? Focus on important, not urgent

(25:38) The burden of expectations: Embody one role at a time

(27:01) It's all about balance, give yourself grace

(29:04) Tapping: Emotional Freedom Technique