Sherrie Bourg Carter Psy.D.

About

Dr. Sherrie Bourg Carter, Psy.D., is a psychologist and an author who specializes in the area of women and stress. Her most recent book, High-Octane Women: How Superachievers Can Avoid Burnout, offers expert advice to high-achieving women on how to cope with the unique challenges in their lives and maintain a realistic and healthy work/life balance.

Some of Bourg Carter’s other publications include numerous articles on the topic of women and stress, a book chapter on professional burnout in John Wesley Hall’s Professional Responsibility in Criminal Defense Practice (3^rd ed.), and an article for the American Journal of Family Law, titled When the Enemy Lies Within: Risk for Professional Burnout Among Family Law Attorneys. She also has several published books on the topic of children and the challenges they face as witnesses in the legal system.

Books by Sherrie Bourg Carter Psy.D.

Recent Posts

Burnout: Are You Its Next Victim?

Burnout can be a serious, life-changing condition, but it's preventable. Here are steps you can take to avoid becoming its next victim.

Science Reveals the Prescription for Living a Happy Life

If you could change one thing about your life to make it happier, what should it be? Research that has spanned more than eight decades reveals the simple answer.

Physical Inactivity: A Silent Threat to Global Health

Physical inactivity represents lost opportunities for improved global health, and rather than improving, recent data indicates that we're becoming less active globally.

Physical and Mental Health Risks in an Intense Heat Climate

While nature provides us with powerful forms of stress relief, safety should be a foremost consideration with record-breaking temperatures and an increasingly changing climate.

Color Me Calm: Uniquely Colorful Strategies to Reduce Stress

When it feels like stress and anxiety are looming around every corner of your life, here are three quick and colorful visualization techniques to calm your mind and body.

The Power and Impact of Good Listening

Good listening presents challenges, but it's a valuable and learnable skill that has mutual benefits for both the speaker and the listener.

The Detrimental Impact of Sleep Loss on Emotional Well-Being

As sleep loss becomes an almost universal phenomenon, research supports a growing body of evidence showing its adverse impact.

Safely Navigating the Sharp Edges of Hypercompetitiveness

High levels of competitiveness can have some very sharp consequences. Is your highly competitive nature worth the risks?

6 Breaches That Signal It’s Time to End a Relationship

Should I stay or should I go? Six critical "what is" considerations when deciding whether to end a relationship.

How to Combat Our Susceptibility to Misinformation

With so much information bombarding our daily lives, it's difficult to judge what's reliable and what's not. Here are some effective strategies to detect and combat misinformation.