Start Here: A practical guide for the overwhelmed

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Surveys indicate that over half of workers are experiencing burnout.

Burnout results from chronic work stress and when we experience it, we feel exhausted and depleted. Our performance suffers and we can feel disconnected and cynical about our work. Burnout can also lead to more significant physical health and mental health problems. Working mothers and those in the helping professions are especially vulnerable to burnout.

Many of us yearn for a map which will take us from languishing to flourishing, narrated by an expert who has climbed the same mountain. This book is that map - distilling a century of science into a three-step recipe for treating burnout: Soothe, transcend, then move.

Start Here is crafted for easy readability for the overwhelmed reader. Sentences and chapters are short. The research is supported by relatable personal stories applying their lessons in real life. Professional design and illustrations increase accessibility and an abbreviated 'shortcut' journey is offered through the text for those lacking time, energy or attention.

This warm, culturally-informed manual is the emotional life manual that you want your smart friend to write...

Author Bio

Cited over two hundred times in the academic literature, clinical psychologist Dr Kerry Makin-Byrd is a noted burnout and wellbeing expert. Integrating research and clinical experience providing therapy, she regularly speaks to international associations, reaching communities of up to 10,000 mental health professionals. Alum of Penn State University, University of California, San Franciso, and Stanford Medical School, she was honoured to receive the Special Contribution Award from the Veterans Health Administration in recognition of nationally impactful policy contributions and clinical teaching. Not only an expert but also a burnout survivor herself, Dr Kerry previously published a memoir, The Ballad of Burnout.