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Borysenko can walk you through the darkness and point you to the light in which you will emerge, healed, whole and revived. (Editor Kindred Spirit magazine )
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18 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
This book has become my new favourite on the subject of burnout (previously Dina Glouberman's "The Joy of Burnout"), and one which I will undoubtedly refer to many times in my efforts not to repeat my own journey into the Inferno. The stages and personality traits are well explained, with useful links to sites and even a Myers-Briggs self-test on the Internet (that unfortunately doesn't work on a Kindle).
The Kindle version requires some amendment of errors in punctuation and spelling. For some reason there is a common error in words beginning with FLA where the L is omitted, hence "flag" becomes "fag"(!) and I also found "fagellation" and "fame". (This is my particularly observant type of burnout personality requiring eveything to be perfect!).
The Kindle version requires some amendment of errors in punctuation and spelling. For some reason there is a common error in words beginning with FLA where the L is omitted, hence "flag" becomes "fag"(!) and I also found "fagellation" and "fame". (This is my particularly observant type of burnout personality requiring eveything to be perfect!).
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this for my wife. She is reading it now and thoroughly enjoying it, finding it very easy to read and very useful.
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43 of 45 people found the following review helpful
Medically specific, heartwarmingly real
29 Dec 2010
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
In short, no author I know blends medical information with empathy and warmth as well as Joan Borysenko. This book is extremely precise, concrete and educational -- and at the same time, so wonderfully, embracingly empathic.
Borysenko approaches burnout from a physician's point of view. "Burnout and stress are different. Burnout is not stress, nor is it caused by stress." This is a guide to recognizing the symptoms of burnout, which is a distinct psychological and physical condition. This is why we need a Harvard trained medical scientist, psychologist, and director of a spiritual mentor training program to show us what it is, and how to step out of it.
Borysenko takes the various signs of burnout off the pedestal of "necessary losses." Yes, our world is overwhelming, but this specific condition doesn't just come with daily life. "Unless you've experienced burnout personally, you may not fully comprehend how serious this state of emotional exhaustion and loss of motivation can be, and how crucial it is to meet its challenge before you collapse into depression, addiction, or physical illness."
It's very moving to read passages like: "Not only can I no longer make toast, I *am* toast... I have nothing left to give and very little interest in receiving. I just want to be left alone" (xx). Who among us hasn't been there?
The questions this book addresses:
-- Are burnout and depression the same thing, or different?
-- In what ways do adverse experiences lead to learned helplessness that increases your chances of burnout?
-- How can you learn to manage your energy and find a dynamic state of balance?
-- How do you find your passion?
-- How do you mobilize courage?
-- What is it about living in the Now that is so enlivening?
Borysenko outlines 12 stages of burnout (how wonderful that they are so specific):
* Driven by an ideal
* Working like a maniac
* Putting your own needs last
* Miserable, and clueless as to why
* The death of values
* Frustrated, aggressive, and cynical
... and there are 6 more.
The most delightful aspect of the book is the inclusion of ideas from Borysenko's Facebook friends. I, being one of them, can attest that we had many conversations on the subject of burnout. She would post a status update, one of her longish but ever so readable, warm, embracing, and inspiring missives. Within the hour, it would get easily 150 comments. Many of these comments I noted and drew inspiration from. Thank you, Joan, for being a light in so many ways -- online, on paper, and in my heart.
Borysenko approaches burnout from a physician's point of view. "Burnout and stress are different. Burnout is not stress, nor is it caused by stress." This is a guide to recognizing the symptoms of burnout, which is a distinct psychological and physical condition. This is why we need a Harvard trained medical scientist, psychologist, and director of a spiritual mentor training program to show us what it is, and how to step out of it.
Borysenko takes the various signs of burnout off the pedestal of "necessary losses." Yes, our world is overwhelming, but this specific condition doesn't just come with daily life. "Unless you've experienced burnout personally, you may not fully comprehend how serious this state of emotional exhaustion and loss of motivation can be, and how crucial it is to meet its challenge before you collapse into depression, addiction, or physical illness."
It's very moving to read passages like: "Not only can I no longer make toast, I *am* toast... I have nothing left to give and very little interest in receiving. I just want to be left alone" (xx). Who among us hasn't been there?
The questions this book addresses:
-- Are burnout and depression the same thing, or different?
-- In what ways do adverse experiences lead to learned helplessness that increases your chances of burnout?
-- How can you learn to manage your energy and find a dynamic state of balance?
-- How do you find your passion?
-- How do you mobilize courage?
-- What is it about living in the Now that is so enlivening?
Borysenko outlines 12 stages of burnout (how wonderful that they are so specific):
* Driven by an ideal
* Working like a maniac
* Putting your own needs last
* Miserable, and clueless as to why
* The death of values
* Frustrated, aggressive, and cynical
... and there are 6 more.
The most delightful aspect of the book is the inclusion of ideas from Borysenko's Facebook friends. I, being one of them, can attest that we had many conversations on the subject of burnout. She would post a status update, one of her longish but ever so readable, warm, embracing, and inspiring missives. Within the hour, it would get easily 150 comments. Many of these comments I noted and drew inspiration from. Thank you, Joan, for being a light in so many ways -- online, on paper, and in my heart.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Disconnected material
15 Mar 2011
Format:Hardcover
Allow me to preface the negative review by saying I really wanted to like this book, and needed its benefits. Being an English teacher, I also appreciated the opening metaphor (The Divine Comedy); however, somewhere after the descriptions of burnout stages, Fried lost focus. Whether it be the reading level (alternates between casual girlfriend talk and academic language) or the content (from Facebook posts/personal anecdotes to psychological diagnostics/ inventories) a consistent thread failed to develop or tie the material together. I agree with another 2 star review that lamented the author wanting to publish a burnout memoir but lacking the material to do it, and I add that Borysenko apparently also had no other place for research on Depression. It would have been valuable to clearly distinguish between depression and burnout, but instead the author spends a disproportionate amount of space on items such as anti-depressant medication debate. One finds themselves wondering, "Did I pick up Psychology Today instead of my book? What happened to the topic at hand?" In short, if one distilled the elements that truly related to burnout (causes and remedies), one might end up with a 2 page article suited for a health magazine. I did not find the help that I sought from Fried, and had much higher expectations of depth from an author so highly credentialled. Very disappointing to have paid full price for this book.
50 of 62 people found the following review helpful
She should have written a memoir
6 Jan 2011
Format:Hardcover
Note: Free copy received via NetGalley.
I feel like not only did I have to sit through a half hour lecture by my physician about my daily habits, but when I told her I was having pain in my kidneys to "take two of these and call me in the morning." I sincerely don't feel like this book addressed the topic, and much of it was rehashing of personality types ala Myers-Briggs, there was quite a bit of psychotherapy/alternate spirituality buzzword-throwing, and far too many personal anecdotes that didn't really fit. It seems to me that Borysenko really wanted to write a memoir about being burned out and just didn't know how to do it. So instead we have a somewhat ineffectual self-book all about Borysenko helping herself. I didn't see anything new in this, and if you're like me and out of work it will not help you at all.
I think Borysenko really missed out on a good opportunity to help out a lot of people who are in very dire situations right now. These are the people who actually have the time to read a book like this and might benefit most from it. Instead we get advice like, "make sure you take time for vacation!" Her advice can pretty much be summed up in this passage from the second to last chapter:
"To prevent burnout, listen to yourself, rest when you need to, and love your body in the way you eat and what your senses take in...spend time in silence, meditate, take walks in nature. Talk or write, but don't let anything fester." Page 144 (quote verified using Google Books).
I also found the writing style to be a bit abrasive. It sounds as if she is writing directly to her friends who all come from the same or very similar backgrounds. I found the use of relying solely on her personal experience and those of her Facebook friends to be a little questionable and it just felt like she was trying to prove herself to her audience about her credentials and how good of a person she is now. I'm just not convinced that this helps anyone but the author.
I feel like not only did I have to sit through a half hour lecture by my physician about my daily habits, but when I told her I was having pain in my kidneys to "take two of these and call me in the morning." I sincerely don't feel like this book addressed the topic, and much of it was rehashing of personality types ala Myers-Briggs, there was quite a bit of psychotherapy/alternate spirituality buzzword-throwing, and far too many personal anecdotes that didn't really fit. It seems to me that Borysenko really wanted to write a memoir about being burned out and just didn't know how to do it. So instead we have a somewhat ineffectual self-book all about Borysenko helping herself. I didn't see anything new in this, and if you're like me and out of work it will not help you at all.
I think Borysenko really missed out on a good opportunity to help out a lot of people who are in very dire situations right now. These are the people who actually have the time to read a book like this and might benefit most from it. Instead we get advice like, "make sure you take time for vacation!" Her advice can pretty much be summed up in this passage from the second to last chapter:
"To prevent burnout, listen to yourself, rest when you need to, and love your body in the way you eat and what your senses take in...spend time in silence, meditate, take walks in nature. Talk or write, but don't let anything fester." Page 144 (quote verified using Google Books).
I also found the writing style to be a bit abrasive. It sounds as if she is writing directly to her friends who all come from the same or very similar backgrounds. I found the use of relying solely on her personal experience and those of her Facebook friends to be a little questionable and it just felt like she was trying to prove herself to her audience about her credentials and how good of a person she is now. I'm just not convinced that this helps anyone but the author.
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