Said With Courage

Tag: Burnout

  • The Secret Behind My Bulletproof Resilience In Crisis Support

    The Secret Behind My Bulletproof Resilience In Crisis Support

    When I started volunteering in suicide prevention, growth hurt. So badly. Now? My work improves with ease. I used to ask: why is it so difficult to just… get better? Some calls would go super well and I’d feel like I did a great job. Only to connect the dots later and realise I’d projected…

  • My Burnout Went From Unwelcome Guest To Good Friend Because I Changed

    My Burnout Went From Unwelcome Guest To Good Friend Because I Changed

    Burnout sucks. It’s come and settled into my life twice. The first time I drifted away from volunteer work it was a gentle tide pulling me. The next time it was a tidal wave destroying everything – my relationships, my hard won sobriety, my identity. In years of suicide prevention I’ve seen it take away…

  • I Burnt Out Providing Suicide Support For These 3 Lessons

    I Burnt Out Providing Suicide Support For These 3 Lessons

    1. Self care gets easier the more you increase your self worth. To start with, self care was hard to justify! Sitting in a group supervision or with my trainer, talking about self care was easy. Yes, of course I see how important it is. Easy to talk about, not so easy to follow up.…

  • 2 Obvious Burnout Signs I Completely Missed

    2 Obvious Burnout Signs I Completely Missed

    I didn’t realise I was burnt out until it was too late. Everything was going fine… until it wasn’t. My whole life had blown up at once, it wasn’t just that I stopped showing up for shift… I’d also started self destructing again. Old habits, long put to rest had resurfaced and I was on…