Burnout Part 1

This week, I’m going to do something a little different than other weeks. I’m going to devote the whole week for a discussion on burnout. I think this topic is so prevalent and relevant that it needs a lot of air time.

Burnout is the cluster of feelings/thoughts/behaviors that come about when we’ve held sustained stress for a long period of time. It can come about personally and professionally, and usually starts with small signs that grow and fester unless they are attended to.

I think a lot of people are dealing with some form of burnout lately. Whether it’s related to the election, the pandemic, or something else...we’ve all been holding a lot of stress these last several months.

Burnout can present in different ways- on this slide I put down symptoms of burnout that can come up within these 3 broader categories.

The first step in dealing with burnout is recognizing it. Labeling the feelings/thoughts/behaviors you are experiencing and creating an understanding of where they are coming from. The good news is, we can work with these feelings to help ourselves rediscover balance.

Stay tuned for more discussion on burnout, including how we can cope and gain more of an awareness of where it might be coming from...

What would you add here? Would love to hear your thoughts.