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Beyond the fruit basket
What if the manager you have doesn’t give a damn about his team members? What if he/she cares about results and him-/herself and nothing else? I often observe companies who claim do to something for...
My ideal client.
I’ve been a burnout consultant for 2 years & my ideal client is someone who is burning out, but realizes that and comes to me to seek help, so we can course correct. A client of my who works for...
How big is your plate?
I often talk about our limits and that we have them and should accept them. When discussing this topic with my therapist, when I burned out. I was asked by her to lift up a Mini Cooper. Realizing...
Definition Burnout
I disagree with the official definition of burnout! According to the WHO the definition of Burnout goes as follows:“Burn-out is a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress...
Reintegration
When I burned out, I was on sick leave for 7 month. Then I started my reintegration working 50%, then adding 10% every month until 6 months later I was working 100% again. I was very fortunate to...
Relationships
Relationships are everywhere and multifaceted. Relationships are hard work. There will be bumps in the road with any relationship. Sometime there will be arguments or disagreements. I presume you...
Responsibility
Taking responsibility means taking responsibility for your own life. When I burned out, I blamed others for my situation. It was the case that my supervisor was partly to blame for my situation. But...
Negativity in the news
Reading the news can be very dark and depressing. Floods in Asia, the 50th variant of the corona virus that has scientist concerned, Inflation, Energy prices and war in Ukraine. A lot of folks...
How I work
Firstly I need to point out that I am not a therapist. My clients like working with my because I went though a burnout myself. They like that I very much understand them and can provide input based...
What is a burnout?
Official definition according to WHO: "WHO describes burnout as a syndrome due to chronic stress at work that is not successfully managed." Three dimensions of burnout: - A feeling of exhaustion; -...