Stop Hijacking your Real Ambition: Get Out of Over-ing

Are you over-ing, especially in your career arena?
Are you someone who over-does, over-commits, over-functions?
Are you ready to stop romanticizing work as your main identity?
Over-ing has REAL health consequences and keeps you out of living your true ambition of impact and goodness in the world. This is one of the messages of don’t be 2016 me.

workshop, changeTamara YakaboskiJanuary 13, 2023overfunction, overworking, ambition, rest, anxiety, burnout, high-achievers, higher education, hacks, impact, mindfulness, intentional, purposeComment

Recognize your Rescuer Role in the Drama Trauma

I’ve found the Rescuer role is the predominant one folks I work with play - in large part because they are servant leaders/educators and change agents so their energy and efforts are outward seeking naturally. The line between serving and rescuing can be blurry. Rescuers lose their own empowerment and sense of choice in relationships as they slide into over-functioning and over-working.

academia, transformation, workshopTamara YakaboskiNovember 29, 2022drama triangle, rescuer, overfunction, overworking, burnout, shadows, victim, higher educationComment

I Learned Love: Lessons from a Recovering Academic

Central to (un)(re)learning Love is how to love self, love others, and be loved in order to fall in love daily with the World. We choose to love. We get to choose mindsets, actions, and behaviors that support and grow Love.

academia, transformationTamara YakaboskiOctober 10, 2022love, burnout, choice, higher education, soulworkComment

Step One to Unblocking your Creativity

creativityTamara YakaboskiJune 7, 2022choice, higher education, play, creativityComment

Imposterism as a Self-Compassion, Somatic Practice

academiaTamara YakaboskiMay 16, 2022career, fear, celebration, choice, education, higher education, imposterism, self-coachingComment

Noticing the Bullsh&tery of Over-working, Over-functioning, and Imposterism

reflectionTamara YakaboskiApril 13, 2022career, boundaries, reflection, higher education, overfunction, overworking, imposterismComment

Weed Fear Out to Seed Self-Worth: A Seasonal Shift is Coming

workshop, reflectionTamara YakaboskiMarch 15, 2022reflection, higher education, healing, motherhood, plants, nature, resiliency, imposterism, fear, high-achieversComment

The Need for Resilience Rebuilding in Higher Ed

mental health, skillsTamara YakaboskiMarch 8, 2022resiliency, higher educationComment

Soothing Sensory Overload in the Time of Winter and Ongoing Pandemics

self-care, mental healthTamara YakaboskiJanuary 17, 2022rest, higher education, healingComment

Time to Reclaim You: A Call for Pleasure

Pleasure is doing what feels good and feels like self and collective love. It is not about harm and excess and numbing. It’s about accepting ourselves AS Nature with a connection TO Nature. So when I want to hug a tree, I do.

workshopTamara YakaboskiJanuary 1, 2022feminism, higher education, healing, change, play, new yearComment

Kicking Off Winter with Different Types of Rest

I’ve been exploring the seven types of rest: physical, mental, emotional, social, sensory, creative and spiritual. With these in mind I’ve planned my winter break differently - loosely scheduling my days for connection/disconnection, spaciousness, and proactive planning rather than catching up.

self-careTamara YakaboskiDecember 23, 2021creativity, patterns, higher education, healing, restComment