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I’m Sensing Burnout, How Can I Stop it in its Tracks?

Talking About Burnout: Conversations to Facilitate Change

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Access counseling and support services through Brown's Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

• Phone:1-855-629-0554
• Online: brownu.springhealth.com
• Visit the EAP page for more information.

Take a meditation break

Listen to a guided, 12-minute meditation 

Find help in the moment 

• “5, 4, 3, 2, 1: Countdown to make anxiety blast off” Mayo Clinic Health System
• “Blocking Burnout” from New Directions

Talk to someone right now

Access counseling and support services through Brown's Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

• Phone:1-855-629-0554
• Online: brownu.springhealth.com
• Visit the EAP page for more information.

Read articles on burnout, its causes and tips for combating it 

• “Don’t Mistake Silent Endurance for Resilience” In powering through discomfort, I became inured to it — until I figured out how to acknowledge what I actually wanted. By Priyanka Mattoo for the NY Times
• “Feel Like You’re Going Out of Your Mind? Consider Your Mind-Set” No one likes to make mistakes, but how you manage them can be a key to a stronger future. By Alina Tugend for the NY Times

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• “The routines, rituals and boundaries we need in stressful times.” Therapist Esther Perel discusses the importance of creating routines, rituals and boundaries to deal with pandemic-related loss and uncertainty -- both at home and at work -- and offers some practical tools and techniques to help you regain your sense of self. TED Talk, Esther Perel

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• “How to Find the Secret to Meaningful Work” Arthur Brooks and Jenn Lim, the CEO of Delivering Happiness, analyze the barriers to feeling that your work serves a higher purpose. By Rebecca Rashid for The Atlantic

Take a meditation break

• Listen to a guided, 12-minute meditation 

Helpful tips and tools 

• “Blocking Burnout” pdf from New Directions
• “Secrets for Finding Happiness at Work” New Directions

Read 

• “Burnout Isn’t Just in Your Head. It’s in Your Circumstances.” We can fight emotional exhaustion by decreasing demands, increasing support and enhancing control. Adam Grant, NY Times

Watch

• “How to Admit to Your Boss You are Feeling Burned Out” Crucial Conversations Master Trainer Justin Hale shares a tip for coming clean with your manager about your burnout.

Listen 

• “Burnout is everyone’s problem.’ Burnout seems to be everywhere. But it's not inevitable. Come inside some high-pressure workplaces that have figured out how to fight exhaustion by redesigning jobs -- and changing cultures. TED Talk (audio only), Adam Grant

Talk to someone right now

Access counseling and support services through Brown's Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

• Phone:1-855-629-0554
• Online: brownu.springhealth.com
• Visit the EAP page for more information.