Episode 15: The Stories We Inherit: How Family Patterns Shape Us as Helping Professionals with Sarah Voronov

Episode 14: The Excuses Leaders Use to Avoid Supervision (And Why They Don’t Stack Up)

This is the second instalment of my Bold Boundaries for Leaders mini-series, and today we’re talking about one of the most overlooked but essential leadership strategies: supervision.

Here’s the irony I see all the time: as leaders, we expect our staff to engage in supervision, yet so many of us don’t prioritise it for ourselves. And that comes with risks: to our wellbeing, our organisations, and the people we lead.

In this episode, I’ll cover:

• The three excuses leaders use to avoid supervision:

  1. The Firefighter - “I’m too busy putting out fires.”

  2. The Lone Wolf - “I can manage on my own.”

  3. The Banker - “There’s no budget, my organisation won’t fund it.”

• And why these excuses don’t stack up

• -Five key reasons you can use to self-advocate with your organisation about the importance of investing in supervision for leaders:

  1. Risk management

  2. Role-modelling

  3. Retention

  4. Professional standards

  5. Fairness and justice

Supervision isn’t optional, it’s your “regular service” as a leader. It helps keep you effective, grounded, and sustainable, and it strengthens your staff and organisation too.

Tune in and reflect on how you can stop hiding behind the excuses and start taking action on your own supervision.

Let’s connect: Visit www.jazminpursell.com.au, follow me on Instagram @jazminpursell

Send me a DM on Instagram and let me know which of the three excuses has popped up for you in the past, and what your next step towards prioritising supervision might be.

Episode 13: Should the Next Generation of Leaders Have No Boundaries Just Because We Don’t?

As leaders, supervisors, and mentors, our boundaries don’t just affect us, they quietly ripple out to the people we guide.
This solo episode is part of my Bold Boundaries for Leaders mini-series on Not Another PD.

And today, I’m asking a confronting but necessary question:

“Should the next generation of leaders have no boundaries… simply because we don’t?”

I’m also unpacking three leadership traps I see helping-professional leaders fall into again and again:

1. The Fixer
2. The Always On
3. The Over-Committer

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• How inconsistent boundaries quietly shape team culture and wellbeing

• Why your staff and clients take their cues from how you lead

• The cost of neglecting your own limits in leadership

• Practical reflections to help you lead with clarity, balance, and integrity

If you’re a helping professional in a leadership role, whether manager, supervisor, team lead, coordinator, or coach, this episode is especially for you.
Tune in to reflect on your own boundaries and the impact you want to have as a leader.

If this episode resonates and you’d like personalised support, I offer 1:1 leadership supervision for helping professionals.
I have appointments available both this month and in the new year, and I’d love to support you.

Book a 1:1 supervision session here:
https://jazminpursellconsulting.as.me/

Let’s connect:
www.jazminpursell.com.au
Instagram: @jazminpursell

Send me a DM and let me know which leadership trap resonated with you most.

Episode 12: Beyond the Tick-Box: What Real Supervision Looks Like with Jess Marsh

What does real supervision look like, the kind that actually helps you stay well in the work instead of just ticking a box?

In this episode, I’m joined again by Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, Jess Marsh, to talk about supervision as a genuine burnout prevention and recovery tool. Jess shares her own experience of burnout and how reflective supervision helped her find her way back to sustainable practice.

We also explore:

What makes supervision truly supportive (and what doesn’t)

Why “tick-box” supervision misses the point

The difference between counselling and reflective supervision

How tools like the Supervision Menu and ProQOL can help practitioners stay grounded

And I have to admit, this episode came about because I was totally fan-girling over Jess’s Supervision Menu after buying myself a copy and using it in my own sessions. Maybe I’m the only supervision nerd here… haha!

Tune in to hear how supervision, done well, can become one of your biggest protective factors against burnout.

Connect with Jess Marsh:

Instagram

Facebook

Grab a copy of Jess’ amazing Supervision Menu and Therapeutic Practice Menu.

Other Resources Mentioned:

The Professional Quality of Life Scale – 5 (ProQOL)

Connect with Jazmin Pursell:

If you’re ready for supervision that supports your boundaries, wellbeing, and sustainable practice, you can:

Book supervision or Coaching with me

Explore my wellbeing membership, Beyond the Caseload here

Send me a DM on Instagram if this episode has helped you shift your thinking around your own supervision, I would love to hear from you.

New episodes of Not Another PD are released every Friday before work.

Subscribe so you don’t miss the next conversation for helping professionals who care so much about the work that they do, but don’t want to burn out while doing it.

Episode 11: Burnout and When Your Work Starts Clashing with Your Values with Jess Marsh

What happens when the work you love starts pulling you away from the values that made you want to help in the first place?

In this conversation with Social Worker, Counsellor and Clinical Supervisor Jess Marsh, we explore what burnout really looks like, not just in your workload, but in your nervous system, values, and workplace culture.

Jess shares her own experiences of burnout (yes, more than one), the physical signs she missed, and what she’s learned about how values misalignment and organisational culture quietly feed exhaustion. We also talk about the pressure to “just be grateful,” and how reflective supervision can help you stay grounded and aligned, even in challenging systems.

And yes, this episode started because I was totally fan-girling over Jess’s Supervision Menu after buying myself a copy. Maybe I’m the only supervision nerd here … haha!

If this chat gets you reflecting on your wellbeing, go back to Episode 5 with Exercise Physiologist Nat Barbieri, where we talk about how movement and physical energy can support burnout prevention for helping professionals.

In this episode Jess and I chat about:

-How burnout can sneak up even when you “know the signs”

-What values misalignment really feels like in practice

-Why workplace culture matters more than good intentions

-The early-career trap of gratitude and over-giving

-How reflective supervision supports long-term wellbeing

Connect with Jess Marsh:

Instagram

Facebook

Grab a copy of Jess’ amazing Supervision Menu and Therapeutic Practice Menu.

Connect with Jazmin Pursell:

If you’re ready for supervision that supports your boundaries, wellbeing, and sustainable practice, you can:

Book supervision or Coaching with me

Send me a DM on Instagram if this episode has helped you shift your thinking around your wellbeing and what additional steps you can put in place to optimise this, I would love to hear from you.

New episodes of Not Another PD are released every Friday before work.

Subscribe so you don’t miss the next conversation for helping professionals who care so much about the work that they do, but don’t want to burn out while doing it.

Episode 10: Back Yourself: Imposter Syndrome, Supervision & Vicarious Trauma with Hannah Gordon

From “doing the bare minimum” to going all-in: how to trust your skills and protect your wellbeing.

This week on Not Another PD, I’m joined by Hannah Gordon, Accredited Mental Health Social Worker and founder of Nextdoor Counselling & Consultation.

Hannah supports adults feeling overwhelmed, uncertain, or stuck; provides specialist guidance for people living with dementia and their families; and offers strengths-based supervision for helping professionals.

She works in-person from Mornington/Frankston and via Telehealth Australia-wide.

We talk about:

• - Backing yourself: why imposter syndrome is so common (even 20 years in) and what changed when Hannah went all in on private practice

  - Supervision that actually helps: the difference between KPI/operational supervision and reflective external supervision, and why both matter

• - Vicarious trauma: how “the trauma we didn’t ask for” builds slowly (disaster recovery insights, what to watch for)

  - Boundaries that stick: Hannah’s end-of-day ritual (leave the laptop in the office!) and strategies to stop bringing work home

  - Community & support: the power of group supervision, mentors, and data (how seeing her business metrics helped her believe her own progress)

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• Try this this week:

  - Book/attend reflective supervision (not just operational check-ins).

  - Create a shutdown routine: device off, door closed, bag left in the office.

  - Write a one-page “I back myself” evidence list (wins, client feedback, progress graphs).

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• Connect with Hannah

  Website

  Next Door Counselling & Consultation on Instagram

  In person appointments with Hannah: Mornington & Frankston (plus Telehealth Australia-wide)

  Connect with Hannah’s Business Manager (Paul)

  -Jarcun Business on Instagram

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• Work with me

• Coaching and Supervision for mindset, boundaries, and sustainable practice as a helping professional.

  Boundaries Masterclass (Part 1: Foundation Boundaries)

  Boundaries Masterclass (Part 2: In Action Boundaries)

  Email: contact@jazminpursell.com.au
  Instagram

Episode 9: From People-Pleasing to Embodied Wellbeing with Steph De Niese

How movement, boundaries, and knowing your needs can change everything.

This week on Not Another PD, I’m joined by Steph De Niese, counsellor, psychotherapist, and dance/fitness instructor with over 15 years’ experience helping people connect body, mind, and spirit.

Steph shares how chronic people-pleasing led to a major health wake-up call in 2019, and how she now combines psychotherapy, dance, and fitness with lived experience to support her clients.

We dive into:

People-pleasing origins: why many of us learn to earn worth by over-giving

A health and wellbeing reset: the health scare that forced a full-life reframe

• Needs vs. requests: how to name your needs (Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, including some practical prompts)

  
  

  Movement & embodiment: what “flow” looks like mentally, emotionally, spiritually (not just the gym!)

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  Practice what you preach: why therapists must embody the tools they offer

  
  

  Boundaries that stick: Steph’s non-negotiables, no work after 6pm and Sundays off, and how she decides what counts as work

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• Steph also joins me as an expert guest inside my Beyond the Caseload membership, where she contributes to the Physical Health & Energy module with her unique insights on movement and holistic wellbeing.

  Connect with Steph

  Instagram: @movementwithsteph

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• Website: movementwithsteph.com.au

• Work with me

• Coaching for mindset, boundaries, and sustainable practice and Supervision

• Email: contact@jazminpursell.com.au
  Instagram: @jazminpursell

Episode 8: Who Are You Without the Title? Identity Beyond Work

Do you over-identify with your professional role? Let’s talk about who you are outside the job title.

In Episode 7, we looked at three mindset shifts to get unstuck in your career. Today, we’re continuing this two-part career series with a focus on something I’m deeply passionate about: your identity beyond your professional title.

As helping professionals, it’s easy to get caught in the trap of defining ourselves solely by our work, but that can come at the cost of our wellbeing.

In this episode, I share my own story of realising I was leading with “I’m Jazmin, I’m a social worker” in social settings, and how that reflected an over-identification with my role.

We’ll explore:

The Always Worker: When work seeps into every corner of your life
The Storyteller: When shop talk dominates your social time The Title Holder: When your worth feels tied to your job title

These patterns are common, but they’re not the whole of who you are. Together, we’ll reframe what identity beyond work can look like, and why it matters.

I’d love to hear from you: do you resonate most with the Always Worker, the Storyteller, or the Title Holder? Send me a DM or email.

If you’re struggling with career mindset blocks, you can work with me one-on-one in coaching.

Or, if you want to focus on your wellbeing outside of work, join my Beyond the Caseload membership, we dedicate a whole module to Identity Beyond Work.

Contact: contact@jazminpursell.com.au
Instagram: @jazminpursell