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As we continue to navigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become increasingly clear that women everywhere are suffering from burnout. We are working more, caring more for others, and finding less and less time to prioritize ourselves – both personally and professionally. In our workshop with the Xavier Office of Alumni Engagement in May 2020 we addressed this issue head-on with our focus: “Prioritizing You and the Power of NO During COVID-19.”
In this session we focused on:
Reframing personal and professional goals during a time of uncertainty.
Creating self-permission to prioritize your basic needs while still working towards goals.
Using "no" as a powerful tool to eliminate the things that drain and distract.
We understand and respect that planning and goal-setting during this time of upheaval can feel impossible. But we also know that without focusing on ourselves and saying “no” more often to the needs of others that we can’t get where we need to go.