Burned Out? | Ebook Function

The Buddha didn’t stay underneath the bodhi tree, and neither does Mom Teresa neglect her prayers. Prajna and upaya, knowledge and compassion — these are the “head and tail” of spiritual follow. Stagnation or burnout are the detrimental outcomes of neglecting one finish or the opposite.
— Robert Aitken in Not Turning Away by Susan Moon

Ebook: Joan Borysenko is a pioneer in integrative medication and an professional on the thoughts/physique connection. Her e-book Fried presents a wide-ranging examination of burnout plus methods to climb out of this malaise of the physique, thoughts, and soul.

Religious Observe: On this excerpt from Fried, Joan Borysenko presents quite a few solutions replenishing ourselves after experiencing the “discovered helplessness” of burnout.

Excerpt: Parker Palmer addresses burnout on this excerpt from Let Your Life Communicate. He asserts that we burn out not as a result of we give an excessive amount of however as a result of we don’t give from the essence of who we’re.

Excerpt: On this excerpt from A Step Alongside the Manner: Fashions of Christian Service, Stephen J. Pope argues that understanding the Gospel message will help folks keep away from burnout and embrace long-lasting compassion.

Movie: Bringing Out the Useless, directed by Martin Scorsese, charts the journey of Frank Pierce, a superb man and seasoned paramedic who has been worn down by all of the struggling, loss, and demise round him.

Movie: Gun Shy, directed by Eric Blakeney, is a unusual comedy about middle-age burnout. Almost all of the lead characters are discontented with their jobs or standing and harboring fantasies of a greater, easier, and extra enjoyable future.

Religious Citation: What we identify burnout might come from unacknowledged anger, in keeping with Brenda Shoshanna

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