Feeling the Burn: Workplace Burnout

Achieving occupational wellness is what we all want ultimately, but on the journey to finding that, we may experience bumps in the road such as burnout. Even if you feel like you are achieving occupational wellness, you do what you love and are passionate about your work, you will still unfortunately at one time or another experience workplace burnout. When you read the phrase ‘workplace burnout’, what words pop into your mind instantly? Stressed, impatient, easily irritated, overwhelmed, easily distracted mentally and the list can go on and on, right? Job burnout is a special type of work related stress - a state of physical or emotional exhaustion that also involves a sense of reduced accomplishment and even a loss of personal identity. This can impact your physical and mental health. Take time now to reflect on how to know if you are experiencing workplace/job burnout. If you aren't sure what workplace burnout looks like, or if you have identified that you are experiencing it/see that you can see yourself getting close, don’t worry, we have a whole podcast episode for you to tune-in to.