SPARK Change for Self-Care
In light of my personal and professional encounters with burnout, as well as the challenges of effectively addressing it, I've developed the SPARKS approach to self-care. SPARKS is all about cultivating small, sustainable habits that enhance resilience and mitigate or combat burnout, all while addressing the underlying self-sacrificing and perfectionistic tendencies that often lead to burnout in the first place.
By signing up to our mailing list below, you'll gain exclusive early access to our upcoming SPARKS webinar, eBook and upcoming self-paced, online, coaching program. These resources are designed to assist you in integrating customisable, enduring daily habits into your life, SPARK-ing profound and enduring changes in long-established, unproductive neural pathways.
If you'd like to check out the past videos from the August SPARK Change Challenge where I introduced the SPARKS approach, then check out our YouTube channel HERE to catch up on the daily video logs.
You can also book a one-on-one SPARKS coaching session by emailing: [email protected]
I’m Danielle Graber, a clinical psychologist, animal-assisted therapist, board-approved supervisor, and the Director of 12 Points Psychology, a group Private Practice in Melbourne, and Therapeutic Tools of the Trade, an online CPD membership program.
I’m also a lifelong Star Wars fan, a hypercompetitive board game addict, a perfectionistic people-pleaser, a wife, friend, sister, daughter, and proud pet parent to 3 dogs, 2 cats, a bearded dragon, an axolotl, and a variety of fish. And yes, in case you were wondering after that introduction, I’m also an ADHD-er.
I share this with you so that when I tell you I know what it means to juggle, you’ll believe me. When I say I’ve found a better way to manage that juggle, perhaps you might even believe that!
My Big Burnout
In what came as no surprise to anyone but me, 2020 saw me experience a significant burnout episode.
With nearly 30 years of experience in healthcare and over a decade as a therapist, I had experienced periods of the ‘mehs’ before, as we all do. But this time was different—it was full-blown, resenting clients, snapping at everyone, and withdrawing into a blubbering antisocial ball on weekends. This was Big Burnout (BB).
And the SPARKS approach grew out of:
- my almost 3 year recovery (including periods of recovery and relapse and recovery and relapse),
- my 30 years in healthcare, including my knowledge of biology and medicine, neurology and psychology,
- my fervent desire to help other people from ending up in the same place I did!
If you've signed up to the SPARKS mailing list, well done you! You've taken a really big and positive step towards real, sustainable self-care.
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