Burnout resources

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Do You Need Immediate Help?

If you are (or if someone you know is) currently experiencing serious distress, you should know that you can telephone one of these

phone numbers for services THROUGHOUT THE WORLD provide emergency mental health support.

Are YOU struggling with burnout?

Are you unsure if it’s really burnout you’re dealing with? Read my newsletter features about:

• the core features of burnout,
• the early warning signs of burnout.

If you’re fairly sure you’re burning out, I want you to know that burnout is common, and nothing about it is shameful. It can be a debilitating condition, and recovery can be hard work — but you don’t have to do it all on your own! Must burnout is driven by workplace problems, but it can help to have support from mental health professionals.

I hope that some of the following resources will be useful.

• Guidance on dealing with burnout from BeyondBlue.
• More guidance on dealing with burnout from the Black Dog Institute.
• Suggestions for neurodiverse people experiencing burnout from YoungMinds.
• Help for people under 25 with identifying and dealing with burnout from ReachOut.
• Talk to other people who have experienced burnout by joining a support group or finding an online forum (e.g., the BeyondBlue online forum system).
• My feature article on why so many people who burn out experience shame — and why they shouldn’t have to!
• My discussion about early warning signs of burnout with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Lisa Leong and BeyondBlue‘s Luke Martin for ABC Radio National’s This Working Life.
• Burnout podcast Share, Inspire, and Explore, including my discussion with host Chis Wilson about obstacles to burnout recovery and how to overcome them, available in video (Part 1 / Part 2) and audio (Part 1 / Part 2) format.
• My discussion with Adam from the It’s Good to Talk podcast about what burnout really means, where it comes from, and why so many people seem to be experiencing it.

Are you are a PROFESSIONAL supporting people with burnout?

The following resources are especially useful for organisational psychologists, WHS professionals, and other workplace leaders:

• READ BEFORE BURNING, my newsletter about burnout and how to manage it (such as my April 2026 feature on what to do after someone discloses they are burning out).
• Mind on the Job podcast episode Burnout & Wellbeing at Work featuring burnout expert Professor Michael Leiter.
• My report on the early warning signs of burnout, based on preliminary results from my Experiences of Burnout 2025 study.
• My conversation about managing burnout in the workplace with FlourishDX directors and Psych Health and Safety hosts Jason van Schie and Joelle Mitchell.

The following resources are especially useful for clinical psychologists and other mental health professionals:

• My two interviews with Dr Bronwyn Milkins on the podcast Mental Work about how mental health workers can better support clients who experience burnout; available in video (Part 1 / Part 2) and audio (Part 1 / Part 2) format.
• More practices to help people recover from burnout from PositivePsychology.com (a learning resource site for mental health practitioners).