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Stress & burnout.
Stress is a normal response to pressure. When the tension no longer eases, your energy runs out and overstrain or burnout is lurking. In this theme you'll find everything in one place about work pressure, overload, fatigue, work-life balance, recovery and returning to work.
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Stress & fatigue
For anyone who feels the pressure rising and their energy draining away. Six lessons on what stress is, why you get it and how to recover, in the short and the long term.
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Recovering from burnout
For anyone who has already gone past their limit. About what burnout does to you, finding rest, building up energy and getting back to work step by step.
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Effectiveness at work
For anyone who wants more focus, calm and enjoyment at work. Four lessons on job satisfaction, stress at work and your stress resilience.
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More audioStressed? You're really not the only one
Stress and burnout can happen to anyone, even people who seem to have everything under control. A few of them:
In 2007 Arianna Huffington, founder of The Huffington Post, collapsed from exhaustion in her office and broke her cheekbone on the edge of her desk. She was working eighteen hours a day. Since then she has called sleep her most important performance enhancer and has written two books about it.
After releasing her album 4 in 2011, Beyoncé pulled the plug: she gave herself a break of several months, for the first time since her childhood. She had, she said, never learned to stand still. Since then she has deliberately built in periods of rest between tours and recordings.
In 2008 Floortje Dessing literally came to a standstill: burnout after years of non-stop travelling and filming, with a diary that was never empty. She cancelled everything, went walking and learned to set boundaries again. Her programmes took on a calmer pace after that.
Herman Finkers, whose shows always seem the picture of calm, was hit by burnout twice, in 1996 and in 2001. He said he felt empty and lost for words. During his second recovery he said: "I was in a pit, but it was a pit with a view."
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BookVan big bang tot burn-outWitte Hoogendijk & Wilma de RekView at bol.comPsychiatrist Witte Hoogendijk and journalist Wilma de Rek show why our ancient stress system isn't equipped for today's complex world, and why insomnia, depression and burnout are on the rise. A clear plea for a different view of stress, our expectations and our relationship with medication.
BookOver de kopBrankele FrankView at bol.comNeurobiologist Brankele Frank had burnout herself and discovered that you can see it in the brain. She explains what happens in your body and turns that into a manageable plan for recovery, caring for body and mind alike. Humorous, scientific and personal.
BookDe burn-out resetSonja van Zweden & Carolien HammingView at bol.comWhy does recovery take so long, and will you get better? This book explains how prolonged stress throws your stress system off balance and offers a guide in three phases: finding rest, building up energy and taking on tasks responsibly. With rules for daily living, checklists and tests to track your recovery.Not sure whether it's stress or already something more? You don't have to worry about that on your own. Feel free to bring it to your therapist: together you can look at what you need to catch your breath again.