3 Strategies for Self-Coaching: How to Grow Professionally
For many of us, our dream job is the endpoint. When we finally land the job we’ve dreamed of (or the position that will eventually …
In 2019, the World Health Organization made a major announcement that affirmed what many of us who have experienced or worked with individuals experiencing burnout already knew: burnout is a serious, legitimate health issue.
WHO now describes burnout as “a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed.”
The World Health Organization’s official shift in how they define burnout made it possible for burnout to enter the international diagnostic manual, and clear the way for more research and treatment options for people who are experiencing burnout.
Below, you will find a number of resources that I have created surrounding the topic of burnout, preventing burnout, and recovery from burnout.
For many of us, our dream job is the endpoint. When we finally land the job we’ve dreamed of (or the position that will eventually …
Everybody’s “trophy case” will look a little bit different. In this doodle, I illustrate four examples of good day trophies: Notes & Cards. A box …
Good play helps us rest in more satisfying ways, bond more deeply with friends and partners, work more productively, and grow resilience to burnout. So why are so many of us so bad at it? In this article, I share a visual summary of how adults play, according to Dr. Stuart Brown in his book PLAY. Want to learn your play style? Log in via Patreon to take the quiz.
Even before the pandemic, working from home presented unique challenges to the work-life balance. During the COVID-19 pandemic, these challenges have become even more pronounced, …
In the simplest terms: burnout occurs when the stress we experience exceeds our capacity to cope with that stress. Some individuals may be able to …
Recently, my illustrations have been exploring Chronic Stress and Burnout. One way of understanding this slow process of burning out is through the concept …
When all you can muster up the energy to do is sit on the couch in a blanket-burrito browsing internet memes, try sitting outside in …
Needs that are ignored or unable to be met due to lack of resources do not go away – instead, they often become all-consuming until …
Most of the “life stories” we encounter through fiction, movies, and summary biographies (i.e. wikipedia) follow narrative development that isn’t really accurate. In real life, …
What Is Burnout? The voice of burnout is not YOUR voice. Burnout will say you aren’t cut out for it, that you don’t enjoy it, …
Our minds and our bodies are intimately connected. In a world that is constantly firing stress signals at us (Hint: just about all advertising is …