Summer of Success Series: Mastering Boundaries and Recovery for Peak Performance with Dr. Shideh Shafie

In this episode, Coach Kooley is joined by Dr. Shideh Shafie, an expert in emergency medicine and high-performance coaching, to discuss strategies for avoiding burnout, setting effective boundaries, and achieving work-life balance. Dr. Shafie shares insights on active recovery, enforcing personal boundaries, and maintaining peak performance in high-pressure environments. Dr. Shideh discusses strategies for rest, recovery, and setting boundaries as a high performer. She shares tips on simplifying daily life, asking for help, and maintaining joy while balancing a demanding career and family. The conversation covers practical tips for managing time, energy, and relationships to create a fulfilling life.

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Timestamps:

[03:11] The importance of recovery in high-performance environments

[07:39] Active recovery strategies and examples

[10:32] The role of boundaries in preserving rest and recovery time

[13:53] Enforcing boundaries and avoiding resentment

[16:59] Dealing with workplace interruptions and managing communication

[21:41] Implementing and adjusting to new boundaries

[23:58] Transitioning family dynamics with changing boundaries

[25:07] Balancing parenting and a busy career

[26:29] Importance of help and simplification for working parents

[29:31] Strategies for simplifying gift-giving and daily tasks

[32:01] Ways to get help without spending money

[38:14] Benefits of asking for help and allowing others to support you

Quotes:

• If you're going to play hard, you have to learn how to recover hard. Recovery is really, I think, the key to living well and living joyfully.
• If you want to set bigger goals and you're like kind of addicted to that adrenaline and delicious sort of octane that comes with setting big goals and achieving them, you have to know what to do to recover.
• When you have twins at home and they're one year old, that all looks different. So, first of all, give yourself notice of your rest and recovery periods and then realize that boundaries are not about pushing people out.
• The reason boundaries are really important is because whenever we say yes in a place where we really wanna say no, we are creating fertile ground for this horrible emotion called resentment.
• Boundaries are not about changing other people's behavior. They are about deciding what you are going to do and what you are going to allow into your life.
• Help is really important. Good, reliable help is like incredibly important for working moms.
• I would start looking at life as a game. Like, life is this game that's meant to be enjoyed, and we're here to learn how to play it well.

Resources:

Break Point: https://www.netflix.com/title/81569920

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