Relational Best with Amanda Williamson

Burnout  Sometimes our situation, whether in work or personal lives, can lead to us feeling burnt out. My clients describe it in a number of ways such as feeling tired and flat all the time, struggling to enthuse about life, feeling overwhelmed or simply as losing one's mojo. There are parallels with depression and certainly, prolonged burnout can lead to depression. There is an article on my therapy site I wrote several years ago on depression about how it can signal that something needs to change. It might be that we need to consider changing our working patterns, or areas of burden and responsibility in our lives. Or up the self-care. Or learn to say no (more about managing boundaries here ). Some of us may have burnout because we are caring for a relative with a terminal illness, end of life, or a life changing injury, illness (physical or mental; acute or chronic) or medical procedure. This is a lot to carry on our shoulders and whilst, understandably, the focus is on the per