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'How burned out am I?' What are the signs and symptoms of burnout? Chronic stress has real and substantial effects on the body and brain. Burnout signs are normally seen as falling into 1 of 3 main categories: Although seen as a work-related problem, it can significantly affect energy and mood outside of work, including relationships, health, and sleep. Burnout affects our body and how we think, feel and behave In my experience of executive coaching and counselling, people gr

How much time are you spending just trying to recover from work stress? Is burnout just workplace stress? People often wonder if burnout is just the same work-related stress. Basically, burnout is chronic work-related stress. So… Burnout occurs when: we've been working at a high level or in difficult circumstances over an extended period of time, usually without sufficient recovery time and the stress has not been well-managed It’s fairly normal for people to go through perio

It’s taken me a while to write about this, largely because this was a really difficult time of my life. BUT, I figured that if I expect...

On how the use of psychology is everywhere around us - may as well get in on the action!

Do you suffer with motivation slumps? My last article looked at how our thinking processes can sabotage our best attempts at change or...

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What are the causes of burnout? Causes of burnout are usually multiple and can be organisational or personal. So we’ve already looked at What is Burnout? and Symptoms and Levels of Burnout And I’ve explained how exhaustion, negative emotions and reduced productivity are unfortunate but totally natural consequences of long-term stress. This is our body's way of forcing us to rest. Here we’re moving on to look at causes of occupational burnout. Introduction: Rarely