Sociologists sometimes talk about reverse gaslighting so that you don't feel like the thing that you are feeling is a personal problem, right? Or it's not a personal achievement either. Everything that we're experiencing are part of these larger systems. So whether it's, I'm so tired, why does motherhood feel the way that it does? Why do I feel this way about athletics? What is a hobby? Why is childcare hard to come by?"
What does "burnout" even mean anymore? If you're asking yourself this question, you've come to the right podcast. Anne Helen Petersen is the writer who helped popularize the term and she thinks people are missing the big picture. In this episode, Anne Helen and Chris discuss the structures that are leading so many people, from nurses to teachers to office workers, to suffer from chronic, work-related stress. Then, Anne Helen suggests some of the ways that we can rethink our relationship to work – and offers practices that could protect us from laboring past our limits. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts