Anxiety at work, Burnout, Career counselling, Workplace mental health
by Roberta Balagopal Stress Stress reactions are normal, and your body’s way of dealing with situations where you feel under threat. They are physical and emotional responses to a situation, whether acute or chronic, of heightened stress. Stress becomes a...
Anxiety at work, Career coaching, Career counselling, Workplace mental health
by Vinod Balagopal Why do people feel like impostors if they have the education and job experience to do their work? Impostor syndrome is a curious phenomenon. Breaking the term apart, you have two terms – impostor and syndrome. Impostor = pretending to be...
Anxiety at work, Burnout, Career counselling, Workplace mental health
by Roberta Balagopal The “Worn out” version of burnout is when you want to achieve a goal but lack sufficient motivation. You cope by giving up in the face of stress. This differs from overload because you choose to do this work. You might be very willing...
Burnout, Career counselling, Workplace mental health
by Roberta Balagopal What does boredom have to do with burnout? When you aren’t feeling challenged, or learning anything new, you may find you get stuck with doing the same sort of tasks over and over – probably because you’ve gotten so good at them,...
Anxiety at work, Burnout, Career counselling, Workplace mental health
by Vinod Balagopal Overload is a common type of burnout. You work towards success until you reach a state of exhaustion. You cope by emotional venting or complaining. Workplace overload – When does this happen? – A colleague leaves and you have to take...
