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What does neuroscience say about burnout? In this episode, Senior Consultant Kristian Lees-Bell and the Chief Psychology Officer Dr Amanda Potter build on the neuroscience of resilience podcast and discuss the physiological and neurological reaction to stress, the emotions we feel as a result and the risk of burnout. This podcast explains the chemical response to burnout and starts to outline some actions you can take to reduce the risk of burning out and remain stronger in prolonged or acute stress situations. 
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Timestamps

Neuroscience of Burnout

·       00:00 – Introduction to the Neuroscience of Burnout

·       01:13 – Tell the story you know…

·       02:01 – Atkins Neuroscience, not the diet

·       03:22 – You are what you eat

·       04:04 – Dopamine; its on the list.

·       05:10 – Serotonin; the superglue to Dopamine’s sticky tape

The Persistence of Memory

·       06:05 – What is Burnout?

·       06:58 – I think you ought to know, I’m feeling very depressed…

·       08:04 – I’m too tired to write something witty here, also my head hurts

·       09:08 – GPP (Genuine People Personalities)

·       10:06 – I’m feeling no connection here

·       11:00 – What was I doing again?

In my mind’s eye…

·       13:27 – Burnout in the workplace

·       14:09 – The 12 Steps (not by the AA)

·       15:16 – It affects us all; own it!

·       17:42 – Perhaps it’s an age thing…

·       18:20 – It’s your personality

·       19:28 – The Brain’s HPA and feeding yourself cortisol 

·       21:19 – This is stressful!

·       22:35 – Solipsistic this isn’t it?...

Burnout is much more than skin deep.

·       23:25 – The process

·       26:10 – You’re overthinking the little details

·       27:35 – Try to be nice, but always be kind

·       28:23 – What does your therapist say?

·       29:40 – Let set some boundaries here:

·       31:25 – Please share

·       32:16 – The end.

Episodes are available here https://www.thecpo.co.uk/

To follow Zircon on LinkedIn and to be first to hear about podcasts, publications and news, please like and follow us: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zircon-consulting-ltd/

To access the research white papers mentioned in this and other podcasts, please go to: https://zircon-mc.co.uk/zircon-white-papers.php

For more information about the BeTalent suite of tools and platform please contact: [email protected]