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444: Can you become immune to burnout? UPenn Burnout Expert Reveals What Stress-Resilient People Have in Common

May 1, 2024

UPenn burnout expert Kandi Wiens shares insights on immunity to burnout, discussing emotional intelligence, resilience, and work relationships. She explores the armor framework, traits of burnout-immune individuals, and the impact of childhood events on stress. Reflecting on health signs and changing perspectives on stress for high achievement, she emphasizes the importance of recognizing burnout, setting boundaries, and aligning values with actions.

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Quick takeaways

Stress can be a catalyst for personal growth and resilience, as highlighted by Kelly McGonigal's research.

Burnout is often a result of job conditions, but individuals have the power to address and overcome its effects.

Deep dives

The Impact of a Stress-Enhancing Mindset

Developing a stress-enhancing mindset, as highlighted by Kelly McGonigal's research, can be transformational. Approaching challenges with a perspective that stress can lead to growth and learning has helped individuals navigate stressful situations effectively.

Introduction

2min

Unveiling Burnout Immunity in High Performers

10min

Building Resilience and Identifying Burnout

28min

Reflections on Ignoring Health Signs

2min

Changing the Perspective on Stress and High Achievement

3min

Understanding the Real Cause of Burnout and Taking Control of Recovery

3min

Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 444, featuring an interview with the author of Burnout Immunity: How Emotional Intelligence Can Help You Build Resilience and Heal Your Relationship with Work, Kandi Wiens. In her book, Kandi shares her research and discoveries about burnout immunity. After extreme stress caused a life-threatening health crisis in her own life, Dr. Kandi Wiens dedicated herself to understand why work was leaving millions of us sick, exhausted, unmotivated, and feeling stuck and ineffective. In her research, she discovered something remarkable: Despite dangerous levels of work-related stress, some people seemed to be naturally “immune” to burnout.

Kandi Wiens, EdD, MSEd, MBA is a Senior Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, Director of the Penn Master’s in Medical Education Program and the Penn Health Professions Education Certificate Program, and Academic Director of the PennCLO Master’s Program. She often teaches in various graduate-level programs across the University of Pennsylvania. She is a researcher, national speaker, and executive coach whose work focuses on helping leaders hone and use their emotional and social intelligence to amplify their positive impact and protect themselves from burnout.

Get Kandi’s new book here: https://rb.gy/5ur5qq

Burnout Immunity: How Emotional Intelligence Can Help You Build Resilience and Heal Your Relationship with Work

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