Episode 83: When Work isn’t the Most Important Thing

In this episode, the cohosts each share four changes they’ve made this year to prioritize their home lives over their work lives, and what they are still struggling with.

In this episode of the SLP Happy Hour Podcast, you'll learn tips to prioritize your home life when your worklife seems more stressful than ever, plus some easy lessons and a self care challenge.

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Sarah and Sarie each share four tips for prioritizing your home life including: making sure your to-do list includes both home and work items, scheduling out your day in 30-minute increments with work and home priorities, having an after work wind down routine, protecting and defending boundaries (including work emails, phone calls, and texts on non-work days or after work hours), having a buddy who keeps you accountable leave work on time, cultivating a mental brain space where you don’t think about work when you aren’t there (which takes time and practice), and creating a to-do list that includes both work and home items.

The cohosts share two easy lessons on this episode. Sarah shares how reading about unusual animals has been motivating for her older language and articulation students and recommends reading more about the Sea Lamprey. Sarie shares a Google Form where you can do a Harry Potter escape room.

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In this episode of the SLP Happy Hour Podcast, you'll learn tips to prioritize your home life when your worklife seems more stressful than ever, plus some easy lessons and a self care challenge.






Episode 82: 5 Essential Factors To Consider Before You Leave Your Job

Are you unhappy in your job this year? Feeling a bit more stressed than usual? Considering making a change in the future? In this episode, the cohosts share 5 factors to consider first, which will get you more clarity and more motion - whatever you decide to do next.

Also in this episode, Sarie shares about GoGo Speech and their green screen activities.

Sarah asks - is your check engine light on? And references this podcast episode.

5 Things To Consider Before You Leave Your Job

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Episode 81: Stepping Away From My Job Midyear with Jenn Alcorn

Have you thought about leaving your job this year?


According to our informal poll, 70% of you don’t know if you’ll be finishing out your work contract this year or have had moments where you’ve considered quitting.

With rising demands on SLPs and increased rules and regulations and less support around Coronavirus, many SLPs have reported feeling unhappy with their current work situation. But is it time to leave? How do you know when it’s time to leave? How can a job change be a part of your self care plan? And how to do make a graceful exit when you can’t leave midyear, but know you won’t be going back?

These questions are answered by Jenn Alcorn who runs the popular Crazy Speech World Blog.

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Ep 78: Do This if You Need Help Releasing & Letting Go

In this solo episode Sarah shares her experience with schools stress trying to make Coronavirus therapy - and the backlog of evaluations - work.


This episode discusses:

  1. Why now is a time when many SLPs are feeling impostor syndrome

  2. The definition of stress and why now is a time of unprecedented SLP stress - at least in our current careers

  3. What to do with feelings of ineffectiveness, dread, & overwhelm at work

  4. “I choose to not resist,” and on not hooking in our emotions to what is happening. Acceptance is giving into the reality.

  5. Developing our distress tolerance in times of adversity

  6. What do you think the year “should be”? Have you taken time to grieve that loss?

  7. Noting - what am I feel right now?

  8. Look for what is not unpleasant.

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