The world can be so chaotic sometimes. Different things will motivate you to decide on relationships, education, and career. However, we can never eliminate the hardships and pressures it produces within our minds. Thus, for mentally tough people, life can be more traumatic and challenging to handle or even to survive.
Dr. Jillian Rigert is an Oral Medicine Specialist, Head and Neck Cancer Researcher, YouTuber, Mental Health and Quality of Life Advocate, Air Force Veteran, and Certified Professional Leadership Coach. Jillian had experienced depression during a time when a career was a marker of success by societal standards. After years of navigating a life-threatening level of burnout, career transitions, identity loss, and deep diving into personal healing- life and leadership coaching completely transformed Jillian's life's trajectory. Now, she "lives to give it" and pays forward the fantastic benefits of coaching. Today, she specializes in partnering with clients as they work to reconnect with their essential selves, often during times of burnout and transitions in career and life. She supports individuals in exploring their authentic goals, establishing boundaries, and navigating the best next steps in their journeys.
In this special episode with Dr. Jillian Rigert, we'll learn about the journey of a woman who battled with the negative thoughts within her mind and felt the loneliness of unbelonging. She seeks to raise mental health awareness, particularly on burnout, mind-body healing, and an eating disorder. Tune in as she shares her bravery, struggles, grief, and self-compassion story.
"It was the environment that I was at that helped me to lean into everything and start to see that I needed to make some changes." – Dr. Jillian Rigert
Topics Covered:
(00:00:00) Introduction + Episode Snippet
(00:00:17) Introducing our special guest, Dr. Jillian Rigert
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(00:02:12) Medicine and Dentistry: What encouraged Jillian to take the path she's currently taking?
(00:04:02) The existential crisis: How do Jillian's busy moments affect her?
(00:07:14) Imposter syndrome: What made Jillian think she was heading in the wrong path?
(00:09:05) The peril of being in a High-risk environment while having low self-esteem
(00:10:00) How was Jillian as a college athlete?
(00:11:24) How athleticism helped Jillian become more confident
(00:11:49) An obsessive exercise: Why running became unhealthy for Jillian?
(00:12:32) Coping with career transition, identity loss, and grief
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(00:14:44) The self-evaluation: What path should I take now?
(00:16:13) How Jillian managed dealing with both the pandemic and her inner crisis?
(00:19:00) Holding space for cancer patients
(00:20:19) No steps are wasted.
(00:21:00) What led Jillian into coaching?
(00:22:54) How can we truly help people with eating disorders?
(00:25:11) The power of knowing you're not alone: Share your story!
(00:26:19) Final TimeOut with Dr. Jillian Rigert: How would you counsel someone under pressure to change yet going through a difficult time in her life?
(00:26:50) The core of mental toughness is self-compassion
(00:27:12) Never make everything big at one time.
(00:28:22) Connect with Dr. Jillian Rigert.
Key Takeaways:
"I got clouded by my lack of confidence, and I thought I didn't deserve to be in oral surgery." – Dr. Jillian Rigert
"The core of mental toughness is self-compassion. People that are very mentally tough need to have self-compassion." – Dr. Jillian Rigert
"No steps are wasted, whether they're failure, success, ups, downs, happiness, sadness, it all comes together to make us a unique individual." – Dr. Derrick Burgess
"Self-compassion is not fluffy. It's not something that should be overlooked and seen as a soft skill. It's necessary." – Dr. Jillian Rigert
Connect with Dr. Jillian Rigert:
Website: https://www.jillianrigertcoaching.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/permissiontopivotcommunity
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jillian_rigert
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillian-rigert/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jillian_dmd_md_and_reese_dog/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JillianRigertDMDMD
Connect with Dr. Derrick Burgess:
Website: https://www.drderrickthesportsdr.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drderrickthesportsdr/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TimeOut.SportsDr
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derrick-burgess-72047b246/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHGDu1zT4K_X6PnYELu8weg
Email: thesportsdoctr@gmail.com
