There are many ways to describe burnout but it usually refers to a situation when you find yourself exhausted, not just physically, but emotionally and mentally. You may also feel alack of motivationand overwhelmed by even the simplest of tasks. Most of us have gone through some of these sym...
Josh Garofalo, a consultant and copywriter for SaaS companies, told me his creative burnout isn’t what he would describe as typical because it’s not from working too hard or having too many things on his plate. He explains, “My burnout is a product of comfort and repetition. For six ...
Parental burnout isn’t caused by just one thing. Instead, many factors converge to create a perfect storm of high stress and low support. The combination isn’t sustainable and can lead to parental burnout. Factors at play in parental burnout happen at different scales, according to asystemati...
If most of these symptoms describe you, then maybe it is time to make some lifestyle changes. Although you can implement short-term fixes to cope with symptoms of burnout, the only way to truly prevent burnout is by making lifestyle changes and decisions that directly attack the issue at h...
The American psychologist Herbert Freudenberger coined the term ‘burnout’ in the 1970s. He used it to describe the consequences of severe and high ideals in ‘helping’ professions. Burnout, however, can affect everyone and anyone. Whilst elevated stress isn’t a mental health problem in itself...
The Best Language to Use to Describe Location Here’s a few examples of location language to use instead of just [City, State]: “Remote,”“Virtual,”“Distributed,”“Work at Home,” etc. (these are examples to use to write a job description that can be done anywhere). Fun fact: ...
Psychology has coined the term “allostatic load” to describe the cumulative impact that multiple different stressors have on the body. Sometimes stress factors are beyond an individual’s control, with a low likelihood of being resolved. However, the overall allostatic load can b...
Wellbeing: how to avoid teacher burnout Most teachers describe themselves as being exhausted sometimes, but do you know the technical definition of the term? There are two types of exhaustion: physical and mental, and - unsurprisingly - they are linked....
The WHO also went into more detail to describe some symptoms of burnout, which included a lack of energy, fatigue, feeling negative about one’s job, as well as reduced productivity. In some professions such as aviation and healthcare, burnout could lead to disastrous outcomes as it causes ...
We read with great interest the article by Khan and colleagues1 reporting on a Foucauldian critical discourse analysis of the construction of burnout in postgraduate medical education. They describe 3 discourses of burnout: burnout as an illness, burnout as an occupational phenomenon, and burnout as...