There's every indication that more and more people are showing signs of burnout, that seems clearly related to our always-on world. Technology has had a big role in changing our relationship to work. That change is continuing at a very rapid rate in our time,…
The way through burnout is to open myself to my own deepest reality. As psychiatrist R.D. Laing said, "The only person to whom we owe an absolute obligation to be honest is with ourselves." In /a-midlife-transition, a container is created for a deep level of…
Summer is associated with warm, relaxed times in the sun, far from work. But other realities are also part of summer. Several very significant factors that can drive burnout and the need for burnout treatment can take on a formidable potency in summer:
In my first post on winter burnout treatment, I emphasized the possible connection between burnout and the experience of "winter blues". In this post, I examine some of the energies within us that might move us beyond burnout, to a new stance in our lives.
January and February are months when many are aware of experiences similar to burnout. Often people can become fully aware of burnout-like symptoms that have been semi-conscious for a long time. Burnout often relates to work, but can be much broader, often representing a whole…
Burnout is incredibly common during midlife transition. In fact, there may be a great deal of disillusionment and fatigue connected to living in work and other social roles and in meeting their expectations.
Burnout is the state of emotional, mental, and physical exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress, often work related stress. It often occurs when a person feels overwhelmed and unable to meet constant demands, which can be from work, or sources such as long term…