How To Recover From Burnout - Part 1. In this episode, we're going to be discussing the symptoms of burnout and how to recover from it. We'll be providing tips on how to identify when you're feeling burnt out, how to take action to recover, and how to prevent burnout from happening in the first place. If you're feeling tired, stressed, and unsuccessful in your work, then this video is for you. We'll discuss the symptoms of burnout and how to recover from it, so you can get back to feeling productive and happy again. Burnout is a common and debilitating condition that can affect anyone in any profession. In this video, we'll discuss the signs and symptoms of burnout and how to recovery from it. We'll also provide some tips on how to prevent burnout in the first place, so that you can continue to achieve your goals! Four life problems need an urgent solution. If these problems are not solved fast, they tend to become chronic, we develop a new sense of what is "normal" for us... a new baseline. These life problems are:

Relationship abandonment

Financial ruin

Unexpected loss of a loved one

Significant sudden health challenge

All of these problems produce a similar consequence, or a similar state in the people afflicted. People end up feeling broken, bewildered, confused, betrayed, sad, upset... just a very uncomfortable state that seems to have no solution or way out! There is total loss of hope; and they feel helpless. Clearly this state makes it pretty much impossible to change circumstances. My first notes on the method I had used with clients at the office became the book "Awesome Again", but things have evolved quite a bit since then. The most powerful lesson from my own ordeal was to realise that the ordeal itself was the best thing that happened in my life, not the worst. These kinds of breakdowns give us an opportunity to redesign our lives from scratch... almost as if we were born again, but as an adult! If you know of someone who is going through this kind of desperation right now, please be patient with them. As a friend, family member or partner of somebody going through this "deep dark hole", we often feel tempted to abandon them because they seem not to be trying hard enough to get their lives back. Judging from the outside, these people seem to be "broken" somehow, and basically "done". I can tell you that no one wants to live in that state. We all want to heal, we just don't know how, and, from that perspective, we do not think that we can heal. Eventually family, friends and loved ones tend to leave the "broken" alone. I have studied both the "broken" and those who leave the "broken". I finally understood that the loved ones who flee do so out of their own feelings of impotence to help those they love and sometimes depend on. So, if you know of someone who seems to be "broken" right now, what should you do? Please be patient with them, and bless them. Do your best not to judge them as lazy, or as looser. To the extent you can, listen to them if they want to talk. Let them talk things out. Encourage them to seek professional help. ANY professional help! Start with whatever the person CAN start. A personal trainer at the local gym is one example; a seasoned therapist who specializes in this syndrome is another. Encourage the person to start with SOMETHING, anything. This is very important. Please do not judge yourself for not being able to help that person more. Some of the best therapists in the industry, in several countries, could not help me when I felt hopeless. Perhaps you are not a therapist yourself, and even if you are, you are not your loved one's therapist. Do not judge yourself for not being able to do more for them, it is not your fault. This may seem contradictory, but it is not. Give the person space to be "where they are at", but do NOT abandon them. I realise that this last one is tough. Seeing a loved one "broken" hurts. and we all feel tempted to run away from what hurts. This is the golden key. In your heart and heart of hearts, deep in your soul, SEE that person WELL and JOYOUS. Resist the temptation to see them with your natural eyes, which only see what appears to be true. See the person with the eyes of your soul, which always see what is real. The truth is that your loved one is a divine entity going through the theatrical human experience of misery. The veil of illusion will be lifted and the frail will be strong; the miserable will be joyous. Dread will turn to hope, and the Sun will shine again. When it is all over, you will look back and feel proud of yourself for having loved, instead of abandoned. For now, when you feel hurt yourself, please know that you are not alone, for nothing done in love goes unnoticed by the Eternal Source of Life. Always,

Flavio