December 11, 2025. Empower Your Spark: Reigniting Strength in the Face of Burnout
In today’s fast-paced and demanding world, burnout is a pervasive challenge, particularly for women who often juggle multiple roles and responsibilities. We had a conversation to help recognize the signs of burnout, reclaim our energy, and build resilience. This is more important than ever, especially during the holiday season when demands can feel overwhelming. View the PowerPoint here.
Topics of Discussion:
- What is burnout and how does it manifest
- How to recognize and prevent burnout
- How to recover from burnout
“Burnout is a profound, chronic exhaustion of mind, body, and spirit, often leading to a sense of helplessness and detachment. ”
Key Takeaways:
- Grounding and being self aware is important to identify feelings that may lead to burnout
- Recovery from burnout is personal for everyone
- Find what works for you, trust your gut, and reclaim your spark
“Noticing and being open to whatever you are feeling–and being able to put words to it involves deep awareness and can completely transform the way you connect with yourself, others, and your environment.”
Meet the Speaker:
Jamie Renbarger MD, MS, PCC
Chief of Precision Health and Academic Medicine, Parkview Health
Dr. Jamie Renbarger provides professional coaching for individuals and teams. Her approach to coaching is grounded in deep experience as a physician, leader, and non-profit founder and her commitment to whole person wellness. She uses a strength-based approach to help individuals achieve personal and professional goals. Jamie works with individuals to develop presence and build awareness aimed at supporting personal and professional growth; and she has extensive experience coaching individuals through various life transitions. Jamie works with individuals in helping professions and healthcare system professionals on things ranging from leadership development to resilience and work-life balance to support clients to identify and work towards personal and professional goals. She also has significant experience working with individuals and families facing chronic and life-threatening illness.
Prior to joining Parkview Health and launching her work as a physician coach, Dr. Renbarger had a long career in academic medicine where she served as a highly successful leader, physician, and researcher.
Dr. Renbarger has 30 years of experience:
● as a physician caring for complex patients and their families
● as an institutional leader and researcher building, bringing together, and empowering individuals and diverse teams working on complex initiatives
● as a university professor teaching, mentoring, and coaching physicians, trainees and students toward successful lives and careers
● as an innovative non-profit wellness center founder supporting chronically ill individuals and their families to live fulfilling lives.
Dr. Renbarger has received extensive leadership and coaching and consulting training. She completed coaching training at the Gestalt International Study Center and is an ICF and Gestalt certified coach; and she has completed additional training at the Indianapolis Gestalt Institute. She received her medical degree from St. Louis University and completed post-graduate training at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital. She received a Master of Science in Clinical Investigation at Indiana University School of Medicine where she also completed advanced leadership training as part of a number of professional programs.
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