Burning Out and Hanging on: Leadership, Stress and Survival

Burning out is not an inevitable part of leadership but it is a common one; leaders can care for themselves and each other as they avoid burnout where possible, heal from burnout where necessary and use burnout to learn new ways of life.

Conversation Overview

• What is burnout?
• How do we distinguish between burnout, stress, depression, fatigue, etc.?
• How do our mental models and vows contribute to our tendency to burn out?
• How can we recover from burnout?
• How can we protect ourselves and those we lead from burnout? 

Links

• Faithwalking
• Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory by Tod Bolsinger
• A Non-Anxious Presence: How a Changing and Complex World will Create a Remnant of Renewed Christian Leaders by Mark Sayers
• Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski & Amelia Nagoski
• Emily & Amelia Nagoski on Unlocking Us podcast with Brene Brown
• Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue by Edwin H. Friedman

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