Self Care for Security Professionals
summary
Starts from lived crises—divorce, alcoholism, a child born the week a parent dies—and lays out specific coping tools that actually work: CBT techniques, nine years of therapy plus medication, short journaling streaks that revealed a decision to divorce, meditation via Headspace, using a neti pot and proper shoes to fix plantar fasciitis. Cites data: Google’s 180-team study and half-century of research on psychological safety, ISC2’s ~3 million workforce gap and 70% impacted, and a 15-organization job hunt that ends by choosing a startup for better impact and trust.
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chapters (26)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:38Carolines professional story
- 2:07Personal story
- 2:55Burnout
- 5:14Cybersecurity talent shortage
- 5:51What is burnout
- 6:22Living in constant stress
- 6:50Team trust and burnout
- 7:14Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- 7:52Core Beliefs
- 9:15Acceptance
- 10:35Negative Thought Process
- 12:11Catholic School
- 13:32We have choices
- 15:30Get to know yourself
- 17:37Energy level
- 20:55Body
- 22:14Spirit
- 22:51Key takeaways
- 23:29QA
- 24:10Kelly
- 25:47Susan
- 26:48Ava
- 28:45Sarah
- 30:41Mitchell
- 32:38Alan
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