Activists can face a lot of stress and even burnout campaigning for the causes they care about. Showing themselves self-compassion can help them deal with that stress.
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Despite being a central concept in the digital age, mental workload remains difficult to define and study in real-life situations.
Mental health for teachers carries critical benefits for students.
Unique factors contribute to burnout in Australia’s arts and culture sector. Preventing burnout will require long-term, sector-wide commitments.
Start by categorising tasks. Are they urgent and important, important but not urgent, urgent but not important or neither urgent nor important?
The COVID pandemic has exacerbated staff shortages in health care. We need to think about how we can better retain staff in this sector.
Having interviewed advisers to past and present prime ministers in Australia, Britain, Canada and New Zealand, my new research shows how crucial it is to recruit and train staff – before an election.
Many Canadians are still feeling burned out at work. Companies can help by being more accommodating of their workers’ needs and addressing some of the root causes of burnout.
New research from Swinburne University suggests the four-day work week really can be win-win for workers and bosses.
There are four signs of parental burnout and four positive things parents can do to take care of themselves as well as their kids.
COVID-19 and responses to the pandemic have increased our attention on how individuals and systems cope with stress-inducing shocks.
Our review explored what leads to early childhood educator burnout in 13 countries, including Australia.
Junior doctors face immense pressure at work – and a growing number are choosing to leave the NHS as a result of these poor working conditions.
While employee resilience seems appealing — especially in the current uncertain and unpredictable time we are living in — overusing it can actually jeopardize an organization’s effectiveness.
Workers in Australia didn’t resign from their jobs in the wake of COVID, but they did burn out. A new survey found some solutions.
Decreased patience and heightened emotions have created a cycle of frustration, with rude customers having abrupt interactions with stressed out service workers.
Burnout prevention needs to start with the organisation, not the employee.
Remembering why we choose to celebrate with friends and family can help us overcome any stress we may now be experiencing.
Though some people experience higher levels of stress than others, they may be less likely to burnout because they are more frequently connected with what is significant in their lives.
It’s important that employers and employees understand sympathy, empathy and compassion, and consider these emotions’ roles in both job performance and employee relations.
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