Returning to work can be hard after any illness or injury, especially burnout. This issue looks at return-for-work programs and how to improve the return-to-work experience for workers who have been recovering from burnout.
I appeared on the Share, Inspire, and Explore podcast to discuss why recovery from burnout can be so difficult. Across two episodes I explain six obstacles to recovery, and I provide some advice on how to overcome them.
We’ve all heard about people who burn out because they never take holidays. But these stories encourage the belief that vacations will fix everything. In this issue I discuss why that belief is dangerous, and explain what we can do to make the best of our breaks.
I was fortunate to have a deep, practical, and honest conversation about burnout with Adam from the It’s Good to Talk podcast. We discuss what burnout really means, where it comes from, and why so many people seem to be experiencing it today.
It’s vital that we identify burnout earlier. Download a copy of Dr Ben J. Searle’s Experiences of Burnout 2025 Preliminary Report on early warning signs of burnout. The first of two reports being prepared on the Experiences of Burnout 2025 study, this report focuses on the study’s primary goal: identifying early warning signs of burnout.…
Most people who go through severe burnout say they wish they’d recognised the early warning signs. In this issue of Read Before Burning, I describe the results of my Experiences of Burnout 2025 study that investigated early warning signs of burnout.
I joined ABC Life Matters host Tegan Taylor and Fiona Macdonald (Centre for Future Work) to discuss the impact of Right to Disconnect laws and their influence on Australian working hours and working habits.
I recently appeared on the ABC Radio National program This Working Life to discuss early warning signs of burnout, including results from my Experiences of Burnout 2025 study, with host Lisa Leong and Beyond Blue’s Luke Martin. Click on the image to listen to the episode on the ABC’s website. Or listen here:
Welcome to Read Before Burning, a monthly newsletter by psychologist Dr Ben J. Searle. Come here for simple but informative coverage of burnout-related concepts, research findings, and actionable advice – all firmly grounded in science. Who am I? After earning a PhD in psychology, I spent 20 years in academia studying stress, burnout, and related…
