Burnout

80% of Australian employees are reporting symptoms of burnout. As a psychiatrist, I want to tell you what that number means. And what it doesn’t. When I quote…

Burnout is not a personal failing. The World Health Organization agrees with me, which is always nice! In the diagnostic manual ICD-11, burnout is classified as an occupational…

Have you ever said, “I’m fine” while clearly not being “fine”? There’s solid research on what saying “I’m fine” while feeling otherwise actually does to us. In mental…

Ask a manager who on their team they’re worried about in terms of burnout, and they’ll often name the person who’s visibly struggling: missing deadlines, calling in sick,…

We’ve spent decades telling employees to be more resilient, and burnout rates continue to climb. Maybe the problem isn’t the amount of resilience. Maybe it’s the definition. The…

These two get confused constantly, in both directions. People with depression may tell themselves it’s just burnout and push on. People with burnout may fear they have depression…

If a forest is on fire, it needs water to put it out, not a helicopter dumping fuel onto the flames. So why can we not rest and…