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May 2024
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154- Breaking Down Burnout: Understandin...

Carole Jean Whittington, Autistic Burnout Researcher at Whittington Well-Being
About this episode

Today, we're diving deep into the impact of burnout on both individual mental health and organizational performance.


Let's start with the top 10 ways burnout impacts mental health on an individual level then we’ll round out our conversation today with 5 impacts of burnout on work performance and how it can cost an organization more than money.


🔗 Connect with Carole Jean Whittington: 

STEP 1: Take the Spicy Pepper Burnout Quiz and discover if you are in burnout or not, and if so, what’s your burnout level from a Poblano Pepper Level 1, where there’s just a bit of heat up to the Ghost Pepper Level 5 when “you’re so hot, you’re not.”  


This will give you access to join one of the upcoming free classes beginning every Thursday, May 16th to discover your Degree of Heat.


Take the Quiz: https://energize.whittingtonwellbeing.com/products/courses/view/1155744 


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