Over time, as you can imagine, I got increasingly tired, detached from the very work that had been my calling for 20 years. Even though I am a psychology professional, I didn't, at the time, realize I was burning out. It took studying my symptoms, quitting work for awhile, and really working on myself to get back into balance. So I'm here today as a psychology professional, but more importantly as a crusader, hoping to save you from going to hell and back with serious stress and burnout. Women's Speaker Let's begin by defining burnout.
Stress is a part of burnout, but here's the important difference.
Or you're pushing to meet a deadline at the same time as the boss calls you, the coffee on your desk spills, etc. Each of those are stressful events. If you take those timeouts and feel no better, regardless of how long you were off, you're probably in a stage of burnout and you should look very seriously at your symptoms and your situation. As a dual-career parent, you absolutely are working two fulltime jobs. There's so much to consider that I can't adequately go into during our short time today.