What causes burnout
Fatigue. Fatigue is like the yeast in making bread – the essential catalyst that causes the other factors of burn out: frustration; disappointment; cumulative irritation;…...
Burn out
The Neuro Science of Burnout
Recent studies have shown the following: Burn out enlarges your amygdala – the fight, flight, freeze part of the brain. This is the part of…...
Signs you are approaching burnout
Once again, this has to do with fatigue. It’s impossible to live a life without stress, but of course cumulative stress means that you get…...
Immediate solutions for burnout
Ok, your burned out or at least right at the edge: what to do? Go the fuck to sleep! Excuse our language but it really…...
Long term solutions for burn out
Having addressed the sleep/rest issue, it’s now worth looking at the second layer of burnout care. This is all about stress and coping. As we…...
Addressing the time, cost, and commitment issues associated with getting moving
Everybody’s personal economy is different, but the usual resistances one hears to be above strategies include: The problem with these excuses is that there is…...
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Parent-child burnout
This is a real cause of guilt. But the fact is, that even if you are not a special needs parent, you can burn out…...
Parent-parent burnout
It’s not unusual for committed partners to burn out on each other. If you are going to spend years or even decades largely in the…...
What is burnout
Burn out is a perfect storm of cumulative stress, fatigue, over-repetition of the same-old same-old, and confusion about how to address this. What it amounts…...