Rebecca Pope-Ruark talks about her book, Unraveling Faculty Burnout, on episode 408 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

There is a lot of shame attached to a diagnosis of burnout.

Burnout is not something we talk about in higher education.

We all know someone who is burned out but we don’t necessarily know that they are because it is not talked about.

There is a stigma of talking about burnout.

Going through burnout doesn’t mean you are bad academic.

Perfection is a comparison disease.

We will never be perfect. There is no such thing as perfect.

Higher ed will take as much as you give it.