Tuesday tip of the week: Being open about your mental health IS authenticity in the work place.

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Tuesday tip of the week: Even when you don’t believe in yourself, I believe in you. You are worthy of everything you dream.

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Tuesday tip of the week: When people or companies talk about values, pay attention to how they action them. Values should be verbs.

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I was unemployed for about 5 months in 2015 and very unsure about what I wanted to do next. I was spending 50-60 hours a week researching and applying to jobs. It took a while but I found a great job and it put my career on a new trajectory.

But burnout is real even when you're unemployed and I was worn down. Here are my tips for treating yourself with kindness while you're unemployed now that I'm on the other side of it.

1. Set daily time limits for your job search/applications.
2. Allow yourself to still have fun and stick with your hobbies.
3. Lean on other people, more people have been unemployed than you might think.
4. Unemployment, voluntary or involuntary, doesn't change your worth as a person and new employee somewhere else. Speak positive things to yourself daily.

When things get stressful at work, at school, or even if you're just looking for work, it can be really tempting to just sit at the computer and keep going and going and going. You might feel guilty for not pushing harder or squeezing in more things. But I've actually found that taking a walk and getting fresh air is a great way to reset. I actually think it would be a great company program to have walk groups to make sure people aren't getting cooped up at work. What do you think?