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START HERE: A Practical Guide For The Overwhelmed

Burnout results from chronic stress and when we experience it, we can feel exhausted, hopeless and ineffective. Our performance suffers and we can feel disconnected at work and at home. Over time, stress and burnout can lead to even more significant physical and mental health problems.

Many of us yearn for a map which will guide 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.

Research is supported by relatable personal stories, practical real-life lessons and beautiful illustrations. This is the emotional life manual that the overwhelmed reader needs; just Start Here.

BALLAD OF BURNOUT: A Helper Lost and Found

Ballad of Burnout is a personal memoir, a travel log to transformation, and a love letter to all helpers. Recommended reading for every teacher, medical professional, caregiver, and working parent who is exhausted.

Part poetic memoir, part battlecry, a clinical psychologist documents her journey through professional burnout to healing and growth.

Clinical psychologist Kerry Makin-Byrd appeared successful and balanced. She treated trauma survivors at the University of California, San Francisco and published research at the National Center for PTSD and New York University. But as COVID-19 spread across the globe, Kerry joined approximately 5 million medical professionals experiencing work burnout.

This lyrical poem details first her unraveling, then her journey to a new peace. Makin-Byrd reports her disintegration with wrenching precision. Happily, her evolution receives the same care and scrutiny. Drawing from her expertise in posttraumatic growth, moral injury, and compassion practices, she deftly integrates the wisdom of poets, philosophers, and scientists into a healing roadmap for us all.