Pt. 2 - Recognizing The 12 Stages of Burnout

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Picking up where we left off yesterday on the podcast:

STAGE 7: Social Withdrawal – We pull back from others and isolate ourselves

STAGE 8: Obvious Behavior Changes – Now others are starting to notice something is wrong with us

STAGE 9: Confusion of Identity – You don’t even know who you are anymore

STAGE 10: Inner Emptiness – You now feel lost, alone and completely drained

STAGE 11: Depression Sets In – Over the past 10 stages you have now altered your physiology and body chemistry. In some situations, you have even created cellular changes in the brain. 

STAGE 12: Mental or Physical Collapse – Hopefully you have not gotten this far!

The first step to reversing any one of these stages is recognizing your current state of mind and making a decision to develop the necessary changes in your day to day. This will require a commitment to make alterations in your decision making, mind habits, and health habits. As the old adage states, “If you always do what you’ve always done, you will always get what you always got.” 

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Michelle L Steffes is a Certified Speaker, Corporate Trainer, Executive Coach and Author of two books: "Reframe & Rewire" (also available on Audible) and "The Machine Inside Me." Discover more and contact her through her website, IPV Consulting.