How to Survive Your First Year as an SLP
There is nothing like finally finishing with graduate school, passing all of your exams (including the Praxis), getting your license and starting our very first job as an SLP. Your...
Do SLPs Suffer from Chronic Stress?
If you are an SLP and starting to feel like you are constantly stressed, and that it just seems to keep building, you might be suffering from chronic stress. While...
How to Prevent Mental Fatigue as an SLP
Mental fatigue as an SLP is for real. When it kicks in, it feels like the only thing you can do is stare off into space, binge on a TV...
How to Improve Work-Life Balance as an SLP
Finding work-life balance as an SLP can be one of the hardest parts of the job. As an SLP, you have loads of paperwork and admin tasks, are often paid per...
Should You do SLP Work on Your Holiday Break?
It’s the holiday season! Many SLPs are either about to be on a Winter Break for a few weeks, or are perhaps taking a few days off, finding the work...
What to Ask Yourself Before You Quit Your SLP Job or Career
Being an SLP can be incredibly wonderful at times, and at other times incredibly stressful. A great deal of this stress comes from the parts of the job that are...
5 Ways to Stop Feeling Drained from SLP Work
A few weeks ago I was having one of those days where I realized I was feeling completely drained. It was near the end of a long week (but not...
1 Simple Way for SLPs to Create More Time in Your Day
I recently gave a lecture at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. I spoke to their Speech Therapy graduate students about how to recognize, prevent and manage burn out...
