Is There a Vaccine for Burnout?

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The antidote of companionat love tends to help with lot of work place situations, including burnout. The research is actually quite new, even though we have about 30 years of it. There's no psychological sindrum that you can treat, and there's no medicine that you can take. So you're not working on a vaccine for burnout, not yet. It really does sem to me a wonderful aspect of workplace culture that helps with a lot of things, including burn outs.

Working long hours won’t necessarily burn us out, but getting too little sleep or feeling unappreciated might. Women commonly face extra stressors, like office chores or doing a “second shift” at home, that can leave us exhausted. And once we’re burned out, it usually takes more than a few yoga classes or going on vacation to feel like ourselves again.

Mandy O’Neill, an expert on workplace well-being, explains the causes, symptoms, and repercussions of burnout. She suggests several antidotes (including laughing with your colleagues) and ways to protect ourselves from experiencing it in the first place.

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