Hi there! I’m Shikah, I have helped thousands of coaches save time, save money and also make money by offering done-for-you coaching tools using my counselling experience.
For today, let’s talk about 3 mindset shifts your clients can do to face stress with self-compassion and prevent burnout. You can share these tips with your audience in emails, reels or other social media platforms.

The first mindset shift to help your clients handle stress with self compassion is to install the belief that people around us, our colleagues, our family members, friends and the world in general are kinder to us than we think.

Our stress sometimes comes from the mindset that other people will be ‘let down’, disappointed, angry or have some sort of negative emotion when we do not ‘do a good job’. Your clients may have a less-than-positive viewpoint of the people around them.

Having a mindset shift that the world in general is understanding and forgiving can ease stress and pressure. This mindset also allows them to be self forgiving when they make mistakes. And this mindset is helpful when they are facing mountains of work and they feel overwhelmed.

Instead of pushing through the stress and overwhelm and burning themselves out to produce perfect work, they can choose to do work that is ‘good enough’. If they are comfortable doing so, your clients can also express how overwhelmed they are and hope for their colleagues’ or other people’s understanding.

Being open with their vulnerabilities can invite other people to be understanding and avoid miscommunication. But of course, this approach highly depends on their work culture and office culture. some offices may not welcome such expressions of vulnerability. If so, your clients can choose to express their overwhelm to people they trust.

Moving on to the next mindset we can practice to face stress with self compassion, your clients can redefine what success means to them.

When I mention the word ‘success’, there’s a high chance that pictures of money, awards and fame come to your mind. However, we have to be realistic that only a small percentage of people out there can have everything at one go.

I remember one successful much older business owner telling me this when I was 21 years old. He said that “you can have everything you want, but usually not all at the same time.” If your clients have placed very high expectations on themselves and burning out, you can invite them to redefine success.

In fact you can define success in any way you want.

If they are stressed out because they are not meeting their income goals, you can invite them to expand their definition of success.

Some suggestions of success include having ‘good health’, ‘ healthy relationships’, enjoying freedom of time, having a balanced life and also mental peace. There are people who have money and recognition but do not have all that.

Encourage your clients to write down the things and people they have in their lives which are blessings that they take for granted. When they feel stressed out about not achieving their goals on time, they can remind themselves that they have other successes in their lives which they overlook.

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The next mindset shift to face stress with self-compassion is to have a healthy relationship with mistakes and failure. If your clients are perfectionists, they are going to cringe at this suggestion. Invite your clients to be open to trying new strategies and failing fast.

The good thing about failure and mistakes is that they are very good teachers. Trying new ways of doing things or new ways of handling situations is refreshing and can encourage a growth mindset. They can choose to adopt a curious mindset when they try something new.

For example, if they are stressed out that they can’t finish work before a deadline, they can experiment with submitting work which is not perfect and see what happens. This curious mindset allows them to be a bit more playful with work and takes some of the stress off.

If they ‘fail’ or get an outcome they do not want, they can take that experience as a learning moment instead of letting that failure define their career or define their reputation. Having a playful and curious approach to life in general can reduce your clients’ stress.

While most coaches can share these mindset tips with their audience, I find that they get better results when you offer them a download or a workshop to help them out. If you are someone who wants to level up, download the free lead magnet BELOW and share it with your audience.

Thanks for being here and see you.

Shikah