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Burnout is not a productivity problem, it is a trauma problem, and this episode explains why.
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In this episode
- A personal account of burnout and what recovery actually looks like
- How firefighters rebuild after post-traumatic stress
- What a psychology researcher says about mindfulness and human connection
- Why isolation makes burnout worse and what to do instead
About this episode
Is HELL really other people as Sartre wrote? Or is hell unprocessed trauma and isolation? Join writer, activist, and mental patient Rachel Michelle Fernandes as she shares her own story of burnout and personal devastation. She then looks at the post traumatic recovery of Firefighters, hears from the creator of Firestrong.org, and talks to a psychology professor and researcher who studies mindfulness, empathy and human connection. Ending the stigma against mental illness, one rehab session at a time.Follow Rachel on Insta!
https://www.firestrong.org/
More about Karen Dobkins, PhD:
http://karendobkins.ucsd.edu/
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