Preventing the Cycle of Burnout From Repeating: Twyla Verhelst

<p>Leader of the <a href="https://freshbooks.com/accountants">Accounting Professionals Program</a> at FreshBooks.</p> <p>Show notes: <a href="https://www.markgraban.com/mistake73">https://www.markgraban.com/mistake73</a></p> <p>My guest for Episode #73 of the <a href="http://myfavoritemistakepodcast.com/">My Favorite Mistake podcast</a> is <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/twylav/">Twyla Verhelst</a>.</p> <p>She&nbsp;lives and breathes accounting. As a CPA, tech entrepreneur, and now leader of the <a href="https://freshbooks.com/accountants">Accounting Professionals Program</a> at FreshBooks, she’s working to empower accounting professionals with the tools they need to thrive, as well as helping them discover their most valuable tool — their authentic self.</p> <p>In this episode, Twyla talks about her “favorite mistake” — a past episode of burnout and what she learned that allows her to prevent things from getting as bad when she detects signs of burnout starting to appear.</p> <p>Questions and topics include:</p> <ul> <li>What caused her burnout?</li> <li>Why was a 7-day silent retreat helpful to her?</li> <li>What does it mean to be your “authentic self”?</li> <li>As an accountant, an introvert, she had created a representation of herself… speaking up, doing things she decided “weren’t her”</li> <li>Being authentic vs. getting out of your comfort zone?? Where is the balance?</li> <li>Being a mentor to women in accounting and entrepreneurship arenas…</li> <li>Is the name “Twyla” more popular after the show “Schitt's Creek” aired?</li> <li>Find Twyla on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thattwylagirl/?hl=en">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/TwylaVerhelst?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Twitter</a>, and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/twylav/">LinkedIn</a></li> </ul> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/favorite-mistake/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/favorite-mistake/support</a>