Discerning Self-Care from Self-Sabotage

High achieving professionals notoriously struggle with self-critical thoughts that often lead to minimizing self-care and feeling guilt when not being “productive.” Yet self-care is not self-indulgence. This investment in your well-being is critical so you can bring your best for your career, your important relationships, and yourself.

In this two-session online course, we will redefine productivity in a manner that fundamentally includes rest and replenishment. Through breakout rooms and engaging activities, we will demystify the seven types of procrastination to ensure that your self-care practice is not escapism in disguise. Lastly, we will learn why high achievers tend to be so self-critical and explore the three evidence-based responses to decrease the negative impact of self-judgment.

This class will not be recorded. Attendance requirement for incentive points – at least 80% of both sessions.

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Instructor: Meag-gan O’Riley, PhD, is a DEI and mental health consultant for companies including Google and the San Francisco Ballet. She completed her post-doctoral fellowship at Stanford University, where she then served as a staff psychologist and coordinator of outreach. Her private practice centers on trauma, high functioning depression, and high achiever stress, including imposter syndrome, perfectionism and burnout.

Class details are subject to change.