by Dina | Apr 19, 2019 | Burnout, Life, Mindset
“He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how.” Nietzsche Burnout was the best thing that ever happened to me. Really? Yes, really – because when I burnt out 6 years ago, I discovered my why and Lessons-in-Self was born. I slowly, but surely realised the...
by Dina | Mar 13, 2019 | Burnout, Online Interview
Carol’s life mission is to replace burnout for joy in as many lives as possible (including her own). With The Better Achiever, she offers the thought of shifting from doing more to doing better, from overachievement for better achievement. I’m happy to...
by Dina | Mar 13, 2019 | Burnout, Life, Positive Psychology
I was in and out of therapy from the age of 13 until the age of 42, undergoing the type of therapy reminiscent of the “repairing damage within a disease model of human functioning” (Seligman & Csikszentmihalyi, 2000). In fact, since World War II psychology has...
by Dina | Mar 12, 2019 | Burnout, Education, Online Interview
Excited to be invited to talk on Fred Koepp’s podcast The Teacher Recharge, a podcast that aims to help teachers start their week off with positivity, strategies and a new sense of purpose. We’ll be talking about teaching and the rituals that I start my...
by Dina | Feb 27, 2019 | Burnout, Life
Forrest Gump is one of my favourite films ever. I’m sure you’ve all watched it (if you haven’t, you absolutely must). Who doesn’t remember that iconic part of the film where, following the death of his mother and Jenny leaving him, he decides to ‘go for a little...
by Dina | Feb 20, 2019 | Burnout
The term burnout was coined in the 1970s by New York psychoanalyst Herbert J. Freudenberg. He defines burnout syndrome as ‘a state of mental and physical exhaustion caused by one’s professional life’ (Kraft, 2016), for me it was so much more than ‘just’ my...
