Understanding Burnout: Causes and Solutions

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#196: Louise Kershaw is an Executive Coach who helps people find careers that align with their values and give them true career fulfilment.  She explains the different types of burnout, the early warning signs of burnout, and how to avoid experiencing burnout.

What you’ll learn

• [01:38] Why Louise left HR and retrained as a coach.
• [04:28] The different aspects of burnout.
• [05:13] How to work out if your career is right for you.
• [07:12] Why people get stuck in careers they don’t enjoy.
• [08:45] The definition of burnout and what makes it different from stress.
• [10:54] The positive aspects of stress.
• [11:27] What it feels like to experience burnout.
• [11:43] The different types of burnout.
• [14:34] How lack of progression can cause burnout.
• [15:39] The danger of being underworked.
• [16:57] How a lack of belonging can cause isolation burnout.
• [18:55] The pros and cons of remote working.
• [19:55] How being misaligned with an organisation's culture can cause burnout.
• [23:03] The negative effects of masking at work.
• [24:09] The early warning signs of burnout.
• [26:09] How untreated burnout can affect you.
• [27:39] What to do if you’re experiencing burnout.
• [28:40] How to distinguish drivers and values.
• [30:08] How to uncover what your values are.
• [32:37] How much of burnout is due to your mental state.
• [36:20] The crossover between different types of burnout.
• [38:19] How to avoid burnout and the danger of the arrival fallacy.
• [40:20] How different personalities flourish in different roles.
• [41:33] How to explain to your boss that you’re experiencing burnout.
• [46:25] The shame involved with experiencing burnout.

Resources mentioned in this episode
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• Job demands-resource model
• Emotional labor
• Burnout, Emily Nagoski
• Unstressable, Alice Law and Mo Gawdat

For the show notes for this episode, including a full transcript and links to all the resources mentioned, visit:

https://changeworklife.com/the-four-types-of-burnout-causes-and-coping-strategies/

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