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When I Grow up, I want to be a Werewolf!. “Burnout”. Term developed by Herbert Freudenberger . Maslach defines burnout as exhaustion, cynicism, and inefficacy. Connected with a reduced sense of personal accomplishment. . The Cycle. Compulsion to Prove Oneself Working Harder
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“Burnout” • Term developed by Herbert Freudenberger. • Maslach defines burnout as exhaustion, cynicism, and inefficacy. • Connected with a reduced sense of personal accomplishment.
The Cycle • Compulsion to Prove Oneself • Working Harder • Neglecting One’s Own Needs • Displacement of Conflicts • Revision of Values • Denial of Emerging Problems • Withdrawal • Obvious Behavior Changes • Depression • Burnout
Warning Signs • You’re exhausted all the time. • Your day is filled with overwhelming or mind-numbingly dull tasks. • You feel unappreciated/underappreciated. • Anger at “higher ups.” • Self-criticism with putting up with unreasonable demands. • Lack of personal autonomy.
The Solution: • Reconnect. With purpose.
“If we want to grow as teachers -- we must do something alien to academic culture: we must talk to each other about our inner lives -- risky stuff in a profession that fears the personal and seeks safety in the technical, the distant, the abstract.” ― Parker J. Palmer
“Our deepest calling is to grow into our own authentic self-hood, whether or not it conforms to some image of who we ought to be. As we do so, we will not only find the joy that every human being seeks--we will also find our path of authentic service in the world.” ― Parker J. Palmer
“Like a wild animal, the soul is tough, resilient, resourceful, savvy, and self-sufficient: it knows how to survive in hard places. I learned about these qualities during my bouts with depression. In that deadly darkness, the faculties I had always depended on collapsed. My intellect was useless; my emotions were dead; my will was impotent; my ego was shattered. But from time to time, deep in the thickets of my inner wilderness, I could sense the presence of something that knew how to stay alive even when the rest of me wanted to die. That something was my tough and tenacious soul.” ― Parker J. Palmer
“Good teaching cannot be reduced to technique; good teaching comes from the identity and integrity of the teacher.” ― Parker J. Palmer