This is my final blog looking at the excellent book by twin sisters Emily and Amelia Nagoski "Burnout: The Secret To Solving The Stress Cycle". I've called this the Hidden Side of Burnout because I was especially impressed by the way that they look at less talked about pieces of…
Modern life is complex and stressful and we all suffer exhaustion, even burnout, at least at times. What steps can we take to prevent burnout? Emily and Amelia Nagoski, identical twin sisters with doctorates in human sexual behaviour (Emily) and music (Amelia) have written an excellent book about burnout, Burnout:…
This is my second blog looking at Emily and Amelia Nagoski's an excellent book about stress and burnout, Burnout: The Secret To Solving The Stress Cycle. The Nagoskis offer straightforward solutions based on science but first we have to really understand what is meant by “the stress cycle” and how…
Modern life is complex and stressful and we all suffer mental and physical exhaustion at times. When does exhaustion become burnout? And what exactly is meant by burnout? What is burnout? The term was first used in 1975 by German psychologist Herbert Freudenberger. Much research has been done since and…