Category: Education
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Burnout is on the Rise
This title might not be shocking to people and there is a reason for that. Over the past 10 years burnout rates have been increasing and are at all time highs with about 44 percent of workers reporting they feel burned out. Nearly 1 in 2 people feel burned out and yet it is a…
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How NOT to Deal With Stress
Stress is something that everyone experiences and we all have our own ways of dealing with it. Some can be more effective than others so here we’ll explore some of the less helpful coping skills that people employ to try and cope with their stress: Blaming This is a common one and easy to fall…
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The Harm of Too Much News
If you’ve been paying attention to the news lately, things have been pretty hectic in the world lately. With so many major events happening it’s hard not to pay attention. Being informed is a good thing, but like all good things there can be too much of it. Between 24/7 news networks, social media, and…
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How Connection to Values Can Reduce Burnout
Connecting with our values can help mitigate the effects of burnout and prevent it from building. “Values” here doesn’t mean financial gains, but deep personal values. These are things that we find important and want to keep in our lives. If you can find and connect with a value of yours each working day, it…
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5 Tips to Manage Work Stress
We all feel overwhelmed at times by our work, even when it’s something we enjoy. Admitting we feel stressed isn’t admitting we are bad at our jobs but a good way to preserve them. If you’re feeling some emotional exhaustion from work, here are 5 things you can try to relieve some of the tension.…
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Study On Healthy Leadership and Leader Self Care
From what I’ve seen in my work, leaders often tend to focus on how they can help everyone before themselves. In highlighting how helping yourself can help others, I want to share a research study from 2022 that I ran across from the University of Bremen. There has been a lot of research showing positive…
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What is Compassion Fatigue?
Compassion fatigue is a condition that affects those whose roles involve helping others. It can look similar to burnout and even accompany burnout. Despite this, the causes are different and the effects can be, too. Where burnout is a general sense of feeling fatigued or overwhelmed from too high of a workload, compassion fatigue is…
Burnout Prevention Therapy 