Ergopathology (BURNOUT) with Dr. Kandi Wiens
Exhaustion! Numbness! Anger! You’re stressed out. I get it. Let’s fix it. I cornered one of the world’s experts on Ergopathology, scholar and author Dr. Kandi Wiens, to ask about the causes of burnout, warning signs, what professions are more at risk, how to recover from burnout and prevent it in the future, which was the focus of her book, “Burnout Immunity.” We also chat about neurodiversity, hockey mascots, childhood trauma, how do you tell your boss you're burned the F out, grit, and guilt. Also, you don't need to wait until you're on a tropical vacation to recharge. In fact, don't.
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A donation went to Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation
Links to things we discussed:
Understanding Blood Pressure Readings | American Heart Association
Fight-or-flight response - Wikipedia
Understanding the stress response - Harvard Health
Mayo Clinic: Chronic stress puts your health at risk
Adrenal Hormones | Endocrine Society
Big five model personality traits and job burnout: a systematic literature review - PMC
Burnout Is More Strongly Linked To Neuroticism Than To Work-Contextualized
CPTSD (Complex PTSD): What It Is, Symptoms & Treatment
About Adverse Childhood Experiences
Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT)—Development, Validity, and Reliability - PMC
Autistic Burnout: What it is and how to prevent it
Stanford Neurodiversity Project
High-risk occupations for suicide
The Relationship Between Grit, Burnout, and Well‐being in Emergency Medicine Residents
Development and Validation of the Short Grit Scale (Grit–S)
The National institutes of Health’s ADHD support toolkit
Burnout, hopelessness and suicide risk in medical doctors
Burnout During Residency Training: A Literature Review
Association of Stress-Related Disorders With Subsequent Autoimmune Disease
Addressing causes of burnout in veterinary medicine
Suicide in veterinary medicine: Let’s talk about it
Executive function deficits mediate the relationship between employees' ADHD and job burnout
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