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A Therapist’s Insight: Employees & Manager Overwhelm

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A Tough Love™️ Letter to Managers (and Their Leaders) A therapist’s note you might want to forward to your boss. Today, I’ve got another love letter for managers, but this one leans more into Tough Love™️. Maybe some of you will even pass it along to your company’s leadership, like a note from your therapist, […]

A Love Letter to Managers from a Work Stress/Burnout Therapist

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I started this newsletter with tips on how individuals can define and protect their boundaries. I began there because boundaries are one of the few things we can control, and yes, even leaders have this need. Now that I have your attention, let’s talk about the broader system. I’m pivoting to some love letters for […]

A Therapist’s Guide to Work Stress, Boundaries, and Burnout

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Welcome to the First Edition of Work Shrink Hi, I’m Megan, an Oakland, California licensed professional clinical counselor specializing in work stress, burnout, workplace mental health, and helping people recover from toxic work experiences. Why Care About Work Stress? Work stress is an epidemic. Here are a few powerful stats: Dreaming of Being… Severed? There’s a […]