Sarah's been weird lately. Not dramatic weird just... off.

Used to text back immediately. Now takes hours. Used to hang around after service. Now disappears before I can catch her.

Finally cornered her in parking lot yesterday. Asked if she's okay.

She completely lost it. Started sobbing between the cars. "I can't do this anymore but don't know how to stop."

Turns out Sarah wasn't avoiding me. She was drowning and I was too oblivious to notice.

Tonight we're talking about burnout warning signs I completely missed. How my "helpful" solutions made everything worse. Why appreciation speeches don't fix actual problems. What happens when one job secretly becomes six jobs.

Plus how asking better questions changed everything. Why building backup systems matters more than finding assistants. And how Sarah went from drowning to loving nursery again.

Warning: you might discover your best volunteers are quietly falling apart while you focus on programs.

For leaders whose volunteers are secretly struggling, coordinators who've missed obvious warning signs, and anyone ready to pay attention to people instead of just programs.
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