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7 things I’ve learned lately about work and stress
Stop chewing over it I am getting better at identifying what's worth pulling apart and thinking about deeply and what demands an instant decision. Regarding the latter, the trick for me has been...
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How to give yourself space
In my last post 7 things I've learned lately about work and stress I mentioned there was an eighth thing, but it requires a full post all on it's own. Not because it takes a lot of explaining. Here it...
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The subliminal message of Doctor Dolittle
I keep thinking about Doctor Dolittle…and whether a subliminal message is being sent through this children's classic by its sneaky author, Hugh Lofting. It all began with an absurdly long title:...
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Brene Brown on The Power Vulnerability
Feeling burnt out means you feel a lot of other things too. One of those things is bound to be 'vulnerability'. Like for many others, vulnerability has come screaming at me like a banshee from my very...
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Catie Payne on food and burnout
Embracing the adage “We are what we eat”, does not mean accepting that if I eat a Brussels sprout, I become a Brussels sprout. But the natural question for us burnees is: What should I be eating? In...
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Jerome Stone, nurses and burnout
In the world of burnout, healthcare workers can have it tough. And nurses can have it toughest. Jerome Stone knows this well. Being a registered nurse with over thirty years experience (including pain...
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The burnout recovery elephant
There has been an elephant in the room here on My Burnout Thing. A well-meaning elephant with poor table manners. The elephant is called ‘the clumsy recovery’. Frankly, I’m wondering if there is any...
View ArticleChronic fatigue can help someone with cancer
It’s true. Chronic fatigue can help someone with cancer. How do I know this? Until recently, my father had cancer. The battle had been going for twenty years, but in recent months the challenge...
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How to have an adventure while feeling completely knackered
Apologies for my absence. I’ve been busy preparing for the greatest adventure of my life. And that of my partner, Jeff. Why a grand escapade? Because we’re both knackered. It may seem a little strange...
View ArticleWhat travelling AND camping AND working taught me about burnout
First, camping is not for the fainthearted. Particularly camping for months in the Australian desert with unreliable equipment. But, as they say, it’s not a party until something gets broken. And...
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