Jodi Avrigan is the host of a new show called Good Sport. It's about how sports can connect us with one another and help us improve our lives. She says she has learned to channel her competitive fire through sports. "This season at least they've helped me answer some questions I've had for a long, long time"
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