Episode Details

If you've ever come back from a vacation still running on empty, you already understand why PTO doesn't fix burnout on its own. In this episode of The Traveling Therapist Podcast, I sit down with ShannonElaine John, a licensed therapist and EMDR specialist who spent over a decade in the travel industry before founding Travel To Retreat, a travel advisory built specifically for burned-out healthcare and service professionals.

ShannonElaine unpacks the guilt and savior complex that keep so many of us from actually stepping away, why the balance between rest and fun determines whether time off actually works, and how that same thinking is showing up in her work with ancestral travel and retreat planning for other practitioners.

In This Episode, We Explore…

• Why guilt and a savior complex keep healthcare professionals from truly taking their PTO.
• The two-part balance between rest and fun that actually resolves burnout.
• How a decade in the travel industry shaped ShannonElaine's approach to burnout prevention.
• What ancestral travel is and why it's becoming a meaningful way to reconnect with identity.
• How ShannonElaine helps other practitioners plan and run their own retreats.

Connect with ShannonElaine John:
Website: https://traveltoretreat.com/ | https://alongyourjourney.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannonelaine-john/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShannonES.John/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/happychani | https://www.instagram.com/traveltoretreat

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• www.instagram.com/thetravelingtherapist_kym
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