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So, I think these are important conversations to be had. MDK: Certainly there are many elements of what you've just said now that I have felt, at different times and also all in one go. That's my experience and definition, it may not be for everyone, but I hope it's helpful to some. So for example, you don't have a social network around you, you don't sleep enough, you don't eat balanced meals, you don't train, or you train too much, essentially one stress is stacked on top of the other and the cumulative stress is too much for what you can handle. The root cause of a burnout, and this could be a personal definition is that you're either doing work that is not aligned with your values, or you're not supported in the work you're doing, or you are doing something you love and you are supported, but you don't have any recovery strategies to deal with the daily stress. I didn't even realise because in my head it was, it was very logical I was doing what I thought was best. It was a very, very gradual loss of energy. That's my personal definition, it may not work for everyone, but that's what I found. Or when you feel that, where you'd normally have energy for something, you just rather go to sleep. So, when you get feedback like that from others. But then other people see your energy, and that you're just not your normal energetic self.
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And this seems normal to you because you've got the justification of ‘well I've got too much on’. But you'll know it is a burnout when it changes your character, so you start being more withdrawn, you start to not have energy for things and just not being present for people and events. SK: For some people it's more obvious and for some it's imperceptible. How would you describe the burnout feeling or situation? It's quite possible that it means different things for different people. I would love to start with asking you, from your perspective, to describe what burnout is.
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So, even more now than ever we need to be talking about this overwhelm and how to be aware of it. Things are returning to a new normal and we're all expected to be back on the grind and I think for a lot of people that's very challenging, and understandably so.
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Michelle De Klerk (MDK) : Having spoken to so many of the Women's Chapter members recently, we've all got a sense of overwhelm.