Burnout robs you of the energy, enthusiasm and passion you need to live your life fully, successfully, and healthily. Ask yourself….

• Does your daily life leave you stressed and stretched?

• Do you feel like the demands of your life and work have squeezed you out of the picture?

• Do you feel like you have blown a fuse?

• Do you fantasize about “running away” to a tropical island?

The Burnout Trap will save your life right now! Our “think and do” book for adults teaches you to turn your burnout around, so that you can once again feel energized by life instead of drained by stress.

Still brushing off the ash and embers of ‘your Level 4 Burnout’ (wish I had this book 3 years ago), I volunteered to do a burnout presentation for administrators and teachers. I am starting to notice self care is an issue for teachers (trying to protect ourselves from all the demands put on us). Many teachers and I fit the profile of the most likely to burnout and found your ‘burnout profile list’, very enlightening. Other colleagues heartily agree.
Shannon McL. (teacher, New Delhi, India)

Let us introduce ourselves…

We are Dr. Toby Silverton and Dr. Bev McLagan of Silverton McLagan Coaching. For over 2+ decades as therapists and coaches, we have helped hundreds of clients regain happier and healthier lives. Along the way we became the reluctant burnout to balance experts! How did we end up with this dubious distinction?...

…We were busy professionals, busy women, very busy, living overwhelming, pressured, over-stressed, highly achieving and successful lives. We juggled a thriving private practice, teaching commitments, graduate schools, the business- end of business, writing books and articles, aging parents, sick animals, family life, and anything else we could squeeze into the mix.

At the same time we were becoming ‘experts’ in an entirely different area of womens’ lives (self-identity and eating disorders), we were also unknowingly becoming long-term burnouts, chalking up burnout points with every “yes” we said. When we finally woke up and smelled the coffee (and not just for the caffeine jolt) we decided to change our lives. We developed our own way to go from burnout to balance to bliss.

We want to help you do the same!

The Burnout Trap offers you a proven method of taking control of your stress and burnout; a method based on our own personal stories and experiences with burnout, and those of literally hundreds of our busy, successful, international clients. All of this great experience provides the foundation of our ‘think and do’ book. Our method will change the way you deal with chronic stress and burnout forever. Guaranteed!

There is nothing daunting about this book! Dr. T & Dr. B. provide a powerful tool to scrape the crusty bits off of your overdone self. They have written the perfect blend of an honest account of their own experiences with easy to read material on the topic of burnout. And they don’t stop there! The self-evaluations and exercises helped me manage the consequences of burnout and stop the pattern in its tracks.

C.T. Wilms, M.A.
Founder, CareHelperU

Here are 7 GREAT reasons to live a successful life without burnout!


Can you imagine...

1. Feeling alive for the first time in a long time.

2. Having more energy than you know what to do with.

3. Looking forward to time with friends, family, lovers and yourself.

4. Knowing that your dreams and goals are within reach.

5. Starting and ending every day without being tired.

6. Having fun again.

7. Enjoying your health.

    

Our book INSTANTLY changes people’s quality of life. If you could feel energized and back in charge of your life again, instead of robbed of your enthusiasm and drained by your daily stress, then we have to ask, “Why haven’t you read this book yet?”

the “am I burned out…or slightly overdone?” quiz

Think about your life over the past 6-12 months: both at work and at home. Then answer each question “No – Sometimes – Yes”

1. Do you feel like you are working harder and harder and accomplishing less and less?

2. Do you find yourself “too busy” to return phone calls, answer emails, read the report, visit with friends, drop by to see family members?

3. Do you just not care like you used to about stuff, people, things?

4. Are you having difficulty concentrating?

5. Do you keep forgetting simple things: appointments, car keys, where you parked, etc?

6. Do familiar/simple tasks sometimes feel like too much to take on or like the last straw?

7. Are you putting things off, postponing and procrastinating more than usual?

8. Do you feel fatigued and tired more than you feel rested and refreshed?

9. Has your sleep pattern changed? (either sleeping more than usual or having difficulty sleeping?)

10. Are you experiencing more physical complaints (headaches, muscle tension, digestive upsets, colds, viruses)?

11. Have you lost your sense of humour and just can’t laugh at yourself anymore?

12. Are other people becoming “irritating and/or boring” to you?

13. Do you fantasize about “running away” to a tropical island?

14. Do you feel like you’ve blown a fuse?

15. Does it just feel easier to spend more time alone than being with others?

If you said YES to the majority of these questions, you need to take action now. Chances are you are suffering from burnout.

taken from: THE BURNOUT TRAP: Bounce Back from Over-Busy, Over-Tired and Overwhelmed! (2005)

What did our Quiz tell you about how burned out you really are? Thought so….

Escape your burnout trap today! Our book makes it simple, doable and you will see results immediately. When you read the book you begin to understand:

• Your burnout profile

• Where you suffer Role Fatigue in your life

• How to Identify Your Patterns of Stress

• Everyday hassles that affect your life each and every day.

• Plus many more strategies for turning down the dial on your stress-filled world.

The Burnout Trap takes you beyond just reading, beyond just talking about, beyond just understanding burnout…this book will have you changing. If you do the exercises, you are guaranteed to understand where you are in the burnout cycle and how to design a plan of prevention and recovery. We promise.

That we live in a highly stressful and anxiety prone society is undeniable. The fast pace of daily life and work produces ever increasing demands on most everyone that taxes even the best of relationships, undermines personal values, and sabotages our health and well being. Drawing on personal and professional life experience, Drs. Silverton and McLagan have provided an invaluable road map that can help even the most stressed among us to successfully navigate a desired life path, and produce greater self care and awareness on a daily basis. Whether you, or someone you love, is suffering from burnout – or is simply getting crispy around the edges – this work can begin a process of taking charge of your life again, and setting a new course toward your desired direction.

Dr. James S. Vuocolo, Redlands, CA.
Life Strategists and Master Certified Coach
Canada

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to feel the full impact of living a more balance-friendly life? Wouldn’t it be terrific to live beyond that constant state of fatigue and stress! It is possible….it is achievable…and we have now made it simple.

Since initially offering our ground-breaking “think and do” book online we are pleased to announce it is now being used in several professional settings throughout the world to help teachers, child and youth care workers, administrators, and their staff and teams deal with the stress and strain in their personal and professional lives.

I utilized this online book with students in a Child and Youth Care programme and was amazed at the results it produced. Students loved the usefulness and relevance of the resource in both their personal and professional lives. The Burnout Trap continues to be part of the curriculum in the Child and Youth Care programme.

C.T. Wilms, M.A. Program Director & Founder
CareHelperU, Vancouver, Canada

Your ebook has great burnout information and I would like permission to use information from your book for my burnout presentation for administrators and teachers in our school. I would also like to list it as a helpful resource. Thanks, Shannon

PS: I will be happy to send you a testimonial once I have completed our quarter grades!

Shannon McL (teacher, New Delhi, India)

The Burnout Trap: Bounce Back from Over-Busy, Over-Tired and Overwhelmed!

We are so glad that YOU, like hundreds of other busy overstretched women, are taking the BOLD step to escape your burnout trap. We believe that the information and strategies in The Burnout Trap will reduce your stress and increase the quality and longevity of your life.




Here’s to a lifetime of success and health!

Dr. Toby and Dr. Bev

Dr Toby Silverton & Dr Bev McLagan
Silverton McLagan Coaching
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