Burnout is chronic emotional, mental, and physical exhaustion. It’s not just feeling tired after a week. The chronic exhaustion is perpetuated by unmanaged stress. Often, burnout isn’t noticed at first because it tends to build gradually. Common Signs of Burnout: Constant fatigue even after 7-8 hours of sleep Irritability Lack of motivation Brain fog/decreased concentration Detachment from work or responsibilities Feeling [...]
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Workday Shutdown: How to Transition into Home Life
Many people struggle to leave their work at work, but what happens when we bring work home with us? When we bring work home, it can increase stress, make it easy to neglect self-care, increase the risk for burnout, affect relationships, and even reduce our quality of sleep. If you feel that you are constantly thinking about [...]
What is Professional Burnout and How to Handle it
For those of us in the working field, heavy workloads and deadline pressures are things we have all experienced at some point in the job. Who doesn’t feel overwhelmed or stretched thin sometimes? But when relentless work stress pushes you into the debilitating state we call burnout, it is a serious problem. It affects not [...]