Anna Schaffner, a former academic who suffered from burnout, now works as a coach helping those who are exhausted. In her book, Exhausted: An A-Z for the Weary, she discusses the reasons behind exhaustion, how to identify the signs, and offers advice for dealing with it.
How often do you feel weary and depleted? Or perhaps just plain exhausted? Anna Schaffner knows these feelings well. In her previous life as an academic she suffered from burnout. Now she works as a coach specialising in helping those who are exhausted, and has written a book, Exhausted: An A-Z for the Weary.to discuss why we might be feeling this way, how we can spot the signs, and her advice for dealing with it. Keep reading for her experience...“ Exhaustion is a spectrum”, says Anna.
“Burnout is at the extreme end of that spectrum. When we suffer from proper burnout, we can often no longer function at work. We have to stop working completely. Burnout really means that your body says: ‘No, you can no longer function’. “We can also be exhausted in such a way that we can function, which is called burn on. We have very low energy reserves, but we can continue to function.“But burnout is a diagnosis with very specific symptoms, and they include chronic fatigue (that isn't curable by resting) and also a sense of reduced efficacy that we can't really manage our workload anymor
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