Neha Sangwan, MD is an internal medicine physician, international speaker and corporate communication expert. Her private practice and corporate consulting focuses on empowering individuals, organizational leaders, and their teams with the tools for clear, effective communication. She addresses the root causes of stress, miscommunication, and interpersonal conflict, often healing chronic conditions such as headaches, insomnia, anxiety, depression, and burnout. She consults with organizations such as the American Heart Association, American Express, Apple, Kaiser Permanente, and Google, and has shared her journey on the stages of TEDx Berkeley, TEDx San Luis Obispo, and TEDx Babson. She is the author of TalkRx: Five Steps to Honest Conversations that Create Connection, Health and Happiness.
Today on the show we discuss: how to prevent and reverse burnout, what burnout actually means and the three main signs that you are suffering from it, the three stages of burnout and how to know if you’re entering the final phase, the pivotal role that boundaries play in your relationship with burnout, some hidden things that drain your energy that you may not be aware of, how to have a conversation with your partner that is overworking and much more.
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