---
title: Self-Care, Burnout, and the Way Forward – One Counselor’s Inspiring Story with Jessica Smith
description: Self-Care, Burnout, and the Way Forward – One Counselor’s Inspiring Story with Jessica Smith
---

[The Thoughtful Counselor ](https://paloaltou.edu/resources/the-thoughtful-counselor-podcast)

# [Self-Care, Burnout, and the Way Forward – One Counselor’s Inspiring Story with Jessica Smith](https://paloaltou.edu/resources/the-thoughtful-counselor-podcast/self-care-burnout-and-the-way-forward-one-counselors-inspiring-story-with-jessica-smith/)

 Written by [Mike Shook](https://paloaltou.edu/resources/the-thoughtful-counselor-podcast/author/mike-shook) | Jun 20, 2018 8:48:00 AM

[View full post](https://paloaltou.edu/resources/the-thoughtful-counselor-podcast/self-care-burnout-and-the-way-forward-one-counselors-inspiring-story-with-jessica-smith/)

```json
{
  "@context" : "http://schema.org",
  "@type" : "BlogPosting",
  "author" : {
    "@type" : "Person",
    "name" : "Mike Shook"
  },
  "dateModified" : "2025-10-17T16:19:09.335Z",
  "datePublished" : "2018-06-20T08:48:00Z",
  "headline" : "Self-Care, Burnout, and the Way Forward – One Counselor’s Inspiring Story with Jessica Smith",
  "image" : {
    "@type" : "ImageObject",
    "height" : 450,
    "url" : "https://f.hubspotusercontent20.net/hubfs/20705724/Palo_2021/images/Blog-featured-image-back-episodes-13.jpg",
    "width" : 810
  },
  "mainEntityOfPage" : "https://paloaltou.edu/resources/the-thoughtful-counselor-podcast/self-care-burnout-and-the-way-forward-one-counselors-inspiring-story-with-jessica-smith/",
  "publisher" : {
    "@type" : "Organization",
    "logo" : {
      "@type" : "ImageObject",
      "height" : 60.0,
      "url" : "https://20705724.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/20705724/TTC%20Podcast/ThoughtfulCounselorBannerLogo.png",
      "width" : 146.60803
    },
    "name" : "The Thoughtful Counselor"
  }
}
```