In this week’s episode, I am joined by Melissa Russiano, a therapist by degree and experience, but a coach at heart and practice. With her unique blend of candor and quirky sense of humor, Melissa’s clients find themselves stepping out of perfectionistic prisons and into the life they have always dreamed of. Melissa and I discuss her personal story of burnout and how it has led her to where she is today in helping healthcare providers thrive as individuals and human beings. 

Melissa Russiano is a firecracker who wakes up stuck and stagnant people through Coaching, training, speaker and all around motivation. She provides a unique approach with clients that pulls in her clinical expertise, directed coaching skills as well as life experience to reach individuals on a deep and transformative level. Her passion is inspiring fierce curiosity and empowering high achievers to slow down, breathe and enjoy their perfectly imperfect adventure of a life. She openly shares how she loves to drink water from a wine glass, dreams of living in Fiji but resides in blizzard country and considered applying to be on Survivor until she learned she would have to give up caffeine. Melissa will challenge you to think differently, encourage you to embrace the fact that life is not perfect but if you are ready – it can be perfect for you.

Life is meant to be lived with fierce curiosity and a sense of adventure. Melissa’s mission is to inspire fierce curiosity, discover the amazing individual they are at the core so that they can live their life being the perfectly imperfect being that they are.

Tune in to this week’s episode to learn:

• What led to Melissa’s personal experience of burnout & the actions she took
• The role shame plays in burnout 
• How to distinguish imposter syndrome & identify your inner critic 
• Two steps you can follow in order to recognize and overcome burnout 
• How we can become more self-aware and heal from burnout both individually & collectively

Grab your drink of choice and join the conversation!

Resources

Website & Eight Week Burnout Proof Coaching Program: 

www.melissarussiano.com 

www.melissarussiano-ts.com 

Social Media: 

@melissarussianotherapy

@nevergiveuplifecoaching 

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Click here to check out my book about connecting and communicating with patients to empower their experiences!

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Jennifer George Author, Physiotherapist, Podcast Host

At the onset of my career as a Physiotherapist (PT) in 2007, I also became a caregiver to my chronically ill father. Throughout my career and caregiving, I saw both sides of the healthcare system – as a clinician and as a family member & caregiver – and I witnessed the gaps in communication between providers and patients. Walking into a medical appointment with my dad was always a psychological experience and quite often, his healing and our outlook was mainly impacted by the quality of the interactions.

When my dad died in 2018, I was inspired to write my first book, Communication is Care: 9 Empowering Strategies to Guide Patient Healing, published in June 2019. I wrote this book with the intention to help healthcare providers enhance their communication skills and be able to communicate with patients in such a way that it would help their patients achieve their highest level of function, recovery, and independence. My book has received a few awards and was an Amazon Bestseller upon its launch.

In October 2019, I further launched my podcast, The Healthcare Provider Happy Hour. The purpose of my podcast is to support the well-being of healthcare providers so that they may create the best patient experiences and minimize their risk of burnout. I’ve released over 200 episodes to date and have had the opportunity to chat with like-minded people on a similar mission over the past three years from all over the globe.”