Overcoming Burnout Series
A multipart blog series to help individuals to learn effective strategies and skills for reducing burnout. These strategies and skills are adapted in large part from BREATHE, a research-based burnout reduction/prevention program, and described in greater detail in a forthcoming book, Finding Purpose and Joy in a Burned Out World: How you Can Overcome Burnout.
What you can do in 2024 to combat burnout: Series Introduction
Burnout continues to increase even after the pandemic. You can wait for your CEO to fix burnout–or learn to combat burnout yourself.
7 thoughts that cause you burnout. Here’s what you can do about them
7 common thoughts can burn you out at work. But you can overcome them and burnout using a basic cognitive-behavioral technique.
Reclaim Your Time and Beat Burnout: Priorities and Scheduling
Actively setting priorities and using them to drive your schedule is a useful way to combat burnout and improve your sense of accomplishment.
Create Your Daily “Mini-Rituals” for Stress Reduction and Renewal
Many of our daily habits drain energy but you can take quick, easy actions each day to reduce stress, renew your energy, and combat burnout
Your Basic Building Blocks for Combating Burnout
You can develop the basic building blocks for combating burnout. Learn to identify your warning signs and triggers and embrace self-care.
Meaning and Purpose: Antidotes to Burnout
Many have lost a sense of meaning in their work. Rediscovering and affirming your personal sense of meaning for your work can reduce burnout.
Physical Strategies for Preventing Burnout
Many have lost a sense of meaning in their work. Rediscovering and affirming your personal sense of meaning for your work can reduce burnout.
Harness Your Natural (But Often Neglected) Activities for Reducing Burnout
Build your resilience to burnout by remembering to regularly engage in the personal activities that bring your relaxation and renewal
Fighting Burnout with Core Contemplative Practices
Contemplative practices, such as loving-kindness meditations, are a great way to combat burnout and improve your well-being
Reclaim Your Time And Beat Burnout: Setting Boundaries
Feeling too busy and overwhelmed are leading causes of burnout. Learn how to combat burnout by setting compassionate boundaries.
7 Steps to Effectively Handling Work Conflicts and Reducing Burnout
Learning how to handle work conflicts and building positive social support at work is crucial for beating burnout
Put It All Together: Create Your Own Personal Action Plan for Overcoming Burnout
You can learn to create your own personal plan as a simple but effective step to combat burnout and improve your well-being
