However, I think the concept I found the most useful was “Human Giver Syndrome.” “Symptoms include: And more than that, I recognized that these things have been a pattern in my life for as long as I can remember. Every day I picked the book up, I realized that I related so closely with the experiences that Julie and Sophie and Emily and Amelia (all examples in the book) were having. And together, they have created a book filled with clear examples of burnout and useful strategies for conquering stress, or at least going with the flow and completing the stress cycle so you are in less danger of burning out.įull disclosure: It took me three weeks to read this book, because I have been overworked this summer. Amelia is a highly accomplished conductor and musician. Emily is a health behavior specialist and sex educator and very deep into the science of behavior. I’ve read so many self-help/self-empowerment/self-care books, that I feel like Burnout wasn’t necessarily presenting me with information that I didn’t already know, but it was putting together information that I already know in a surprising way.īurnout is written by two sisters – Emily and Amelia Nagoski – and it is specifically aimed at woman-identified people and the specific stressors we face. I just finished reading Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily and Amelia Nagoski.
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