Burnout

Why Caregivers Need Self-Compassion

Kristin Neff | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Caregiving, Empathy, Self-Compassion, Burn Out, Compassion, Compassion Fatigue, Caregiving and Burnout, Caregiver Burnout, Caregiving Burnout, Caregivers and Burnout, Burnout, Self-Care, Caregivers, Healthy Living News

Although the term "compassion fatigue" is well-known, some psychologists are starting to argue that the term should be changed to "empathy fatigue."

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How To Filter Through The Noise To Learn What You Love

Noah Kass | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Stress, Tips for Stress, The News, Focus, Life Tips, The Media, Mindfulness, Tips for Life, News Media, Unplug and Recharge, Media, Overwhelmed, Burnout, Anxiety, Stress Tips, Healthy Living News

The news has become noise, massive chatter that's transmitted at lightning speed. Here are a few tips to tune out the drone and listen to only what's essential.

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Advice You'll Never Hear From A Career Counselor

Katrina Alcorn | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Career Advice, Working Women, Gaps in Employment, Working Mothers, Humanity in the Workplace, Healthy Living, Burnout, Women News

When you are honest about what went wrong, people will like you and want to work with you, even more than if you pretend to be floating sublimely above the messiness of your life.

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Do You Have a Hospital Fantasy?

Katrina Alcorn | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Stress, Burnout, Working Parents, Parents-Moms-on-the-Go, Escape Plan, Parents News

Do you ever hope that you'll get in a minor accident so you can rest up for a few days in the hospital? If your answer is yes, you're not alone.

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Are You Too Passionate For Your Own Good?

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Obsessive Passion, Work, Work Satisfaction, Burnout, Healthy Living Health News, Working and Burnout, Burned Out, Overworked, Brain Science, Workaholics, Healthy Living Mind, Work Burnout, Passion and Work, Healthy Living News

The type of passion one has matters -- not just for work, but for many other areas of life. What kind of you passion do you have? Do you feel a compulsive need to work, or are you easily able to disengage?

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How to Escape the 'Too Busy Trap'

Jinny Ditzler | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Stress, Enjoying Life, Busyness, Burnout, Happiness, Relaxation, How to Escape Being Too Busy, How to Relax, Healthy Living Mind, How to Pace Ones Self, How to Not Be Too Busy, Consciousness, Healthy Living News

Americans struggle with happiness, while others seem to find it naturally with so much less. How about you? Could you learn something about living a happier life?

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The Growing Problem Of The Incredible Shrinking Vacation

Joe Robinson | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Paid Vacation Law, Minimum Paid Leave, Job Stress, Work-Life Balance, Burnout, Unplug and Recharge, Vacation Time, Paid Vacation Time, Paid Leave, Healthy Living News

Time off to recharge and renew is the engine of productivity and innovation. Enlightened companies understand this.

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What Do You Do if You Are Jobless? Insights About the Business Brain

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Srini Pillay, Unemployment, Brain, Srinivasan Pillay, Jobless, Business, Motivation, Burnout, Coaching, Hopelessness, Healthy Living News

When jobs are scarce and hopelessness is rife, what can you do in a down economy where you cannot see any obvious options for return to work? How does brain science and psychology research help us deal with this?

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Unplug And Recharge: When Burnout Fries Your Motivation

Joan Borysenko | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Unplug and Recharge, Fighting Burnout, Burnout Tips, Overcoming Burnout, Burnout, Burnout Strategies, Healthy Living News

When burnout wipes the canvas clean, it is an invitation to pick through the ashes and make life new again.

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Helping Haitians to Heal, Part 2

James S. Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stress, Stress Relief, Haiti Earthquake, Ptsd, Burnout, Caregivers, Haiti, Impact News

This is the beginning of our Haiti training, but before I tell you about these new colleagues of ours and about what we are learning together, I have to jump to Wednesday morning.

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'Soul Of A Citizen': Arun Gandhi, Martin Luther King, And Looking Beyond The Impossibly Perfect Standard

Paul Loeb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Perfection, Community Organizer, Psychology, Social Change, Burnout, Howard Zinn, Activism, Martin Luther King Jr., Arun Gandhi, Oil Spill, Climate Change, Books News

From reining in Wall Street to preventing the next oil spill and tackling global climate change, we often hold back from taking important public stands because we're caught in a trap I call "the perfect standard."

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The Election Needs You, Broken Heart and All

Paul Loeb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Disappointment, Politics, Democrats, Volunteering, Burnout, 2010 Elections, Activism, Barack Obama, Energy Debates, Elections 2010, Politics News

Granted, we're far from where we thought we'd be when Obama was elected. Now, too many of us watch morosely from the sidelines, feeling disappointed and betrayed. But we have to get over it and start taking action for the November election.

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3 Tips to Manage Caring for Elderly Parents

Yolanda Reid Chassiakos | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Burnout, Senior Care, Sandwich Generation, Health Care, Healthy Living News

Many of us in mid-life are finding ourselves sandwiched between generations and trying to cope. We're starting families later, raising grandchildren and caring for seniors living into their 90s.

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'Soul Of A Citizen': Want To Help? 10 Ways To Start Making Change

Paul Loeb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citizenship, Disappointment, Burnout, Saul Alinsky, Activism, Political Activism, School Funding, Gulf Oil Spill, Activists, Soul of a Citizen, Books News

Effective activism's a long-haul process, not "save the Earth in 30 days, ask me how." But there are some principles that seem to reoccur for people addressing every kind of challenge.

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The Productivity Myth

Tony Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Way We're Working Isn't Working, The Energy Project, Mortgage Crisis, Ben Bernanke, Ernst & Young, Toyota, Burnout, Productivity, Business News

Americans are working 10 percent fewer total hours than we did before the recession, but are producing nearly as many goods and services as we were back in the full employment days of 2007. Is this increase in efficiency good news?

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Dealing With Low Energy And "Burnout"

Jim Selman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Energy, Positive Thinking, Responsibility, Attitude, Work, Workloads, Mood, Burnout, Fatigue, Illness, Choice, The Balanced Life, Healthy Living News

Our moods originate in how we relate to our circumstances and our workload. When we assume responsibility for how we relate to our circumstances, we are no longer victims.

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The Imposter Syndrome: A Clue To Why People Stop Living Long Before They Die

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Srini Pillay, Dreams, Career, Cycnicism, Hope, Srinivasan Pillay, Imposter Syndrome, Summit Syndrome, Burnout, Hopelessness, Careers, Healthy Living News

Have you ever wondered why your achievements in life reached a plateau when they did - how you were on the path of your dream before something got in the way and stopped the surge?

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Inner Activism: Three Tricks To Avoiding Burnout

William Horden | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Zen, Social Change, Tao Te Ching, Equal Rights, Authenticity, Lao Tzu, Peace, Inner Change, Transfomation, Fortitude, Symbols, Burnout, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News

Farmers have to rely on the weather but know it will break their hearts sometimes. As citizens, we have to rely on our leaders but know they will break our hearts sometimes. It is the downside of activism.

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Career Transitions: 'I Hate My Job. Now What?'

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Srini Pillay, Change, Brain, Work, Srinivasan Pillay, Frontal Cortex, Change Management, Commitment, Burnout, Coaching, Career Change, Healthy Living News

People run into problems because they often feel as though they cannot be committed until they find a new and better job. However, this very thought may be standing in the way of the change.

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The Difference Between Stress And Burnout

Kari Henley | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Stress Management, Stress, Politics, Depression, Kari Henley, Featured Contributor, Exercise, Adrenaline, Burnout, The Balanced Life, Healthy Living News

Whew. Things are heating up out there, aren't they? Temperatures are in full summer swelter, political tempers are sky high, and the hurricane season ...

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Is Health Care Reform Possible Without Caring For The Providers?

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Socialized Medicine, Srini Pillay, Brain Drain, Depression, Salaries of Doctors, Srinivasan Pillay, Health Care Reform, Suicide, Physician Burnout, Burnout, Healthy Living News

The current mentality of socialized medicine will usher in a new kind of doctor and usher out many talented, gifted and important physicians who could have made contributions to health care.

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Why Americans Are The Worst Vacationers

Kari Henley | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Stress, Time Off, Vacation, Alan Grayson, Personal Health, Health Care, Burnout, Health, Healthy Living News

Ahhhh, summer's here, and with it come trips to the beach, bar-be-ques, fireworks and vacations. Been on a vacation yet this summer? How was it? Did y...

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The Burnout Antidote: Why Less Is More

Russell Bishop | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Overwhelm, The Balanced Life, The Inner Life, To-Do Lists, Burnout, Personal Effectiveness, Healthy Living News

It's quite easy to spend an entire day getting things done and when you get to the end of the day, you still don't feel like much happened. That can lead to burnout or a sense of overwhelm.

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Overwhelm And The Corporate Arsonist

Russell Bishop | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Performance Improvement, Overwhelm, Personal Productivity, The Balanced Life, Important vs. Urgent, Burnout, Getting Things Done, The Ethical Life, Arsonists, Arson, Healthy Living News

If you are lucky enough to still have a job, and that job is working in an office, then you may know a little bit about overwhelm and burnout. Over...

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The Transformational Twenties

Kay Goldstein | Posted 11.17.2011

Virtually all twentysomethings are learning to find a way to manage your personal and financial lives and figure out not only what you want from life, but how to get it.

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