When Your Empathy Becomes Your Exhaustion: A Gentle Path to Boundary-Setting

Poh Gan

Published on: 28/03/2025

I sat in my car after a particularly draining clinic day, feeling that familiar tightness in my chest. My clients' stories and emotions were still echoing in my mind, and I had to now rush to pick up my children from school and then off to after-school activities and dinner preparation.

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Honouring Our Journey: Key Lessons from 2024

Poh Gan

Published on: 16/12/2024

This isn't your typical "year in review" post with highlight reels and achievements. Instead, let's honour the real journey – the messy, beautiful, challenging evolution we've experienced as helpers trying to help ourselves too.

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Before You Plan for 2025, Read This: A Burnout-Aware Approach to Goal-Setting

Poh Gan

Published on: 07/12/2024

Check out the 3 tips to shift from traditional yearly planning to burnout-aware planning and my REST method.

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The unexpected twist of burnout journey

Poh Gan

Published on: 02/12/2024

My post-workshop reflection after presenting my first face-to-face workshop about burnout prevention: How my burnout led me back to self-trust and healing.

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